Waclaw Golonka - Profile

/born in 1969 in Bielsko-Biała, Poland/


Waclaw Golonka's repertoire covers the period from early baroque to the contemporary music. He gave concerts in many places across Europe (cathedrals in Chartres, Vienna, and Utrecht, the Municipal House in Prague, ORF in Vienna, Meistersingerhalle in Nuremberg, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, the Albert Hall in Nottingham, and attended major festivals in London, Berlin, Copenhagen, Brno, Krakow, etc.). He also played in the USA (Museum of Art in Cleveland, Dayton, etc.), in South Africa (at universities in Pretoria, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, and Stellenbosch), as well as in Korea on the occasion of inauguration of a new organ made by Schuke Berliner Orgelbauverkstatt.

He made many recordings for Austrian Radio ORF in Vienna, Bavarian Radio, the Dutch Radio NOS Hilversum, and Czech Radio. His recitals at the Prague Spring International Music Festival were broadcast by many EBU member radio stations as part of Euroradio programme exchange. He also recorded music for TV Polsat and TV Katowice.

Waclaw Golonka is the artistic director of the J. S. Bach Festival which takes place in his hometown. He also teaches at the Academy of Music in Krakow.

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