Rostislaw Wygranienko
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Rostislaw Wygranienko is a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
concert organist
Organist
An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
, pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and musicologist of Ukrainian
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
origin. In 2003 he graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy
Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy
The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw is located at ulica Okólnik 2 in central Warsaw, Poland...
, Warsaw (Master of Arts with "excellent degree" diploma), where he studied with Joachim Grubich. Also he took part in lessons and masterclasses with Edith Picht-Axenfeld
Edith Picht-Axenfeld
Edith Picht-Axenfeld was a German pianist and harpsichordist.She started her concert career in 1935, and took part two years later in the third Fryderyk Chopin Competition, where she was awarded a 6th prize; this launched her career...
, Johannes Geffert, Edgar Krapp, Bernhard Haas, Christopher Stembridge, Jon Laukvik
Jon Laukvik
Jon Laukvik is a Norwegian organist.Laukvik studied church music, organ and piano in Oslo. Afterwards he worked with Michael Schneider and Hugo Ruf in Cologne and Marie-Claire Alain in Paris. 1980 he was appointed professor of organ at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart...
, Martin Haselböck
Martin Haselböck
Martin Haselböck is the musical director of Musica Angelica in Santa Monica, California, and the musical director and founder of the Orchester Wiener Akademie. He is also a professor at the University of Vienna, where he teaches organ.-External links:...
, Olivier Latry
Olivier Latry
Olivier Latry is a French organist, improviser and Professor of Organ in the Conservatoire de Paris. Latry was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France...
and others.
Prizes and awards
He won first prizes at the following competitions:- 2002: Rumia
- 2003: St-Maurice ("Prix de l’Etat du Valais")
- 2005: Feliks Nowowiejski Competition in Poznań
Music activity
Concert activity in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Poland, Belarus and Ukraine.He was a member of the Jury for the 19th Organ Conversatorium (Early Polish Organ Music Competition) in Legnica
Legnica
Legnica is a town in south-western Poland, in Silesia, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the plain of Legnica, riverside: Kaczawa and Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 and 31 December 1998 Legnica was the capital of the Legnica Voivodeship. It is currently the seat of the county...
, Poland and for the 5th International Organ Competition in Saint-Maurice, Switzerland.
Rostislaw Wygranienko is specializing in early and romantic organ music of Poland. He recorded (as World Premiere Recording) the Complete Works by Adam of Wągrowiec
Adam of Wagrowiec
Adam from Wągrowiec , was a Polish composer and organist, as well as a Cistercian monk in Wągrowiec closter. He was born in Margonin. He was famous during his life, and was invited to inspect a new organ in Gniezno cathedral on 17 March 1620...
, as well as complete Warsaw Organ Tablature (ca. 1680), Dumka by Feliks Nowowiejski
Feliks Nowowiejski
Feliks Nowowiejski was a Polish composer, conductor, concert organist, and music teacher. Nowowiejski was born in Wartenburg in East Prussia, German Empire...
and contemporary Polish music. Among his other recordings there are Nowowiejski's Organ symphonies
Organ Symphony
This page lists the best known Symphonies for solo Organ and Symphonies for Orchestra and Organ. Organ concertos are not listed here.- Edward Shippen Barnes :...
as well as music by Petrus de Drusina, Piotr Żelechowski and others.
Discography
- "Adam z WągrowcaAdam of WagrowiecAdam from Wągrowiec , was a Polish composer and organist, as well as a Cistercian monk in Wągrowiec closter. He was born in Margonin. He was famous during his life, and was invited to inspect a new organ in Gniezno cathedral on 17 March 1620...
, Piotr Żelechowski, Petrus de Drusina -- organ works" - Acte Préalable, 2008 (Opera Omnia by Adam of Wągrowiec is recorded for the 1st time) - "The Complete Warsaw Organ Tablature" - Acte Préalable, 2008 - World Premiere Recording
- "Feliks NowowiejskiFeliks NowowiejskiFeliks Nowowiejski was a Polish composer, conductor, concert organist, and music teacher. Nowowiejski was born in Wartenburg in East Prussia, German Empire...
known and unknown" (with others) - Feliks Nowowiejski Society, 2006 - Stanisław Moryto - Msza Legnicka (The Mass of Legnica) (for solo voices, mixed choir and organ) (with others) - DUXDUXThe DUX-53 and DUX-59 were submachine guns designed at the Oviedo Arsenal in Spain. They were based directly on the design of the Finnish 9mm Model 44 submachine gun, which in turn was based on the Soviet PPS-43...
, 2006 - Twenty Years of Organ Conversatorium in Legnica: 1986-2005 (with others) - DUXDUXThe DUX-53 and DUX-59 were submachine guns designed at the Oviedo Arsenal in Spain. They were based directly on the design of the Finnish 9mm Model 44 submachine gun, which in turn was based on the Soviet PPS-43...
, 2005