Kwadrofonik

Kwadrofonik
Background information
Origin Poland
Genres Traditional folk music
Years active 2006–present
Labels Warner Music Poland, Sony Music Entertainment Poland
Associated acts Dorota Miśkiewicz
Members Emilia Sitarz
Bartłomiej Wąsik
Magdalena Kordylasińska
Miłosz Pękala

Kwadrofonik is a Polish band. The unusual combination of percussionists and pianists is the only such quartet in Poland and one of a few in the world. Founded in 2006, they perform compositions from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Their music is inspired by composers like Bartok, George Crumb and Luciano Berio. Through improvisation and musical dialogues they make maximum use of the possibilities offered by two pianos and percussion. The instruments exchange functions almost imperceptibly – the pianos become percussion instruments, while percussion instruments become the melodic ones. For the arrangement of folk songs performed at the ninth Folk Music Festival Nowa Tradycja (New Tradition) in 2006, the musicians were awarded the Grand Prix, an Award from the President of Warsaw and also one from the public – "Burza Braw" (Burst of Applause).

Discography

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
POL
[1]
Folk Love
  • Released: April 18, 2008
  • Label: Warner Music Poland
  • Formats: CD
—
Lutosławski Tuwim. Piosenki nie
tylko dla dzieci (with Dorota Miśkiewicz)
  • Released: November 12, 2013[2]
  • Label: Sony Music Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download[3]
36
  • POL: 15,000+[4]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

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  1. ↑ http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=846&lang=
  2. ↑ http://muzyka.wp.pl/rid,35081,title,Lutoslawski-Tuwim-Piosenki-nie-tylko-dla-dzieci,plyta.html
  3. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/pl/album/lutoslawski-tuwim.-piosenki/id734456844
  4. ↑ http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/regulamin.php
  5. ↑ http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/zloteplyty/cd.php


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