ENSEMBLE LES AMIS - MICHAEL'S ANGELS (Canada)

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MEZZO-SOPRANO KATARZYNA (KASIA) SADEJ was born in Wroclaw, Poland. Katarzyna’s singing calendar has most recently found her in Bogota and Cartagena, Colombia for the Cartagena International Music Festival. She was also recently in Taipei for Stravinsky's Les Noces; Sulmona, Italy for Cherubino in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro; and Jerusalem, for the world premiere of A Call For Peace, composed by Sharbel Dalal. Kasia is a member of Les Amis Ensemble of Toronto, for whom she premiered Michael Pepa’s Isomorphe at the Glenn Gould Studio in June 2008. She reprised this piece and performed several others on tour with Les Amis Ensemble and the Penderecki String Quartet in April 2009 in Croatia, Serbia and Romania.
Recent oratorio debuts include Mendelssohn’s Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem and Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium.

She made her Carnegie Hall debut in May 2009 through the The Weill Music Institute’s Dawn Upshaw and Osvaldo Golijov Composing Song Workshop, for which she sang the world premiere of Oceanic Verses by composer Paola Prestini.
Kasia made her debut at the Bard Summerscape Music Festival in June 2009 with a performance of Wagner’s Wesendonk Lieder. Also in June 2009, she performed for the second time as a soloist with the Berkshire Bach Society in Handel’s Chandos Anthems 9 and 11, as well as alto soloist in Purcell’s Rejoice in the Lord Alway.
She is also one of four guest vocal artists to perform in Ottawa in June 2008 and 2009 as part of the National Arts Center Summer Music Festival, in a special vocal workshop with renowned soprano Benita Valente.

Kasia is a Graduate of the Vocal Arts Program at Bard, where she premiered in February 2010, the title role of Isabelle Eberhart in Song from the Uproar, a new opera composed by Missy Mazzoli.

She also sang the roles of Maman and Libellule in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, in Bard’s triple-bill opera production at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.
Kasia studies with Lorraine Nubar, Kayo Iwama and Dawn Upshaw in New York.
Kasia graduated summa cum laude from the University of Ottawa, earning her Bachelor of Music degree; she completed her Master’s Degree in Opera at the University of Toronto, where she studied voice with Darryl Edwards.
In the summer of 2008 she participated in the exclusive Academy of Villecroze, France, where she worked with Dalton Baldwin and Lorraine Nubar, a relationship she has nurtured through the Academie de Nice and the Foliage Art Song Festival in Vermont.

Kasia has been an apprenticeship artist with Opera Lyra Ottawa, with whom she had her professional operatic debut in December 2005 as Hansel in Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel.
Other opera roles she has performed include the Mozart roles of Donna Elvira, Cherubino and Second Lady, Bianca in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, Giannetta in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore and the title role in Handel’s Ariodante.
Kasia made her debut with Saskatoon Opera as Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto in July 2008.

Notable awards and distinctions include the Vivian Asfar Memorial Award for Vocal Excellence, the William and Phyllis Waters Graduating Award from the University of Toronto, New England Regional Finalist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and numerous scholarships from the University of Ottawa, University of Toronto, Bard College and the Canadian Opera Volunteer Committee.

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PIANIST MARIANNA HUMETSKA was born in Lviv, Ukraine. She holds a Diploma with Honor from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School of Music in Toronto and a Master Degree from the Lviv Music Academy.

Marianna Humetska is a prize-winner and diploma-winner of numerous international competitions, among which are Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians and Diaghilev Competition in Moscow, “Virtuosos of the year 2000” Competition in St. Petersburg, Dvarionas Competition in Vilnius and Calgary Honens Competition. Ms.Humetska is a winner of the “Galaxie” Rising Stars Award of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the “Debut” Young Artists Auditions and Marusia Yaworska Award from the University of Ottawa.
Marianna Humetska’s concert performances were held in different countries worldwide. She participated in the well-known music festivals, in particular: Kuhmo Festival (Finland), Rheingau Festival (Germany), Tibor Varga Festival (Switzerland), Music at the Institute in New-York (USA), Music Biennale Zagreb (Croatia), Niagara International Music Festival, SoundaXis (Canada), Kyiv Music Fest, “Contrasts”, “Virtosos”, Chamber Music Sessions, Bach-Fest (Ukraine).

The following are the prestigious venues worldwide, where the pianist has been playing: Great Hall and Rachmaninov Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Steinway Hall and St.Martin-in-the-Field Church in London, Herzog-Friedrich-August-Saal in Wiesbaden, George Enescu Hall in Bucharest, Kolarac Hall in Belgrade, Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, Chapelle Historique in Montreal, Ukrainian Institute in New-York and Chicago among others.

Performances with orchestras include concerts with: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, London Soloists, Russian National Orchestra, Festival Orchestra of the Banff Art Center, Orchestra of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto (Canada), Geminiani Orchestra (Italy), Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, Lugansk Philharmonic Orchestra (Ukraine).

In addition to her solo and orchestra performances, Marianna Humetska is also very much in demand as a chamber music player and collaborative artist.

Marianna Humetska has collaborated with world famous string quartets Aviv String Quartet, Tokai String Quartet and Penderecki Quartet as well as with Jeffrey Solow, Victoria Loukianetz, Jovan Kolundjia, Thomas Sanderling, Shauna Rolston, Gary Kulesha, Simon Streatfield, Lynn Kuo, Rachel Mercer, Lori Friedman, Joseph Macerollo, Miriam Konzen, Joaquin Valdepenas among others.

The intense expressiveness is peculiar to the artist’s masterly performance. “The real expressive interpreter” is the translation of heading of the review of Marianna Humetska’s performance in the “Lauterbacher Anzeiger” (Germany).

Her playing is distinguished by perfect technique, sound colors, vivacity and generosity in conveyance of feelings. “Marianna Humetska startled everyone by her virtuosity, depth and temper of the performance. The viewers got powerful charge of active energy from her art” (“Panorama”, Ukraine).

According to the critic from the “Music Life” magazine (Russia), the pianist’s performance of L. Beethoven Piano Concerto #3 “startled by not only confident pianism, which excluded any randomness, but also by the deepness of philosophical comprehension of music, harmony of the performer’s concept and preciseness of its implementation. She did not have a single sound, which was not filled with an idea, warmed by a feeling”.

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Guarnerius Art Center

Guarnerius Art Center was founded by Maestro Jovan Kolundzija. It is the most spectacular chamber music hall in Belgrade. It was opened in October of 2001, as a private non-profit institution. It is located in the vicinity of the old bohemian quarter Skadarlija in the building created by Russian architects Vasiljev and Kosinski in 1924. Maestro Kolundzija dedicated several years to restoring this space to its original splendor and beauty.

This center is named after Guarneri, the famous violinmaker from Cremona. One of his precious violins, made in 1754, is owned and performed on by the leading Serbian violinist Jovan Kolundzija. His exceptional qualities as a performer have brought him numerous tours numbering over four thousand concerts, as well as many international prizes and awards.

Since the opening of the Art Center, we have presented over 600 artistic programs in the Guarnerius Concert Hall and in the Gallery. During this period, the Belgrade audiences had the opportunity to experience works of important artists from over twenty countries. We also give special attention to young musicians. Our institution gives them the opportunity to show their talent to the public, take part in master classes and get recommendations from Master Artists.

As a special honor, the Guarnieri family granted us the permission to use their coat of arms, which has become our shield as well.

The concert hall of exceptional beauty and acoustics, built in the late Renaissance style, can seat over one hundred. Apart from concerts, the hall is also used for theater plays, master classes, film projections, lectures, book readings, fashion shows, press conferences, receptions, presentations, cocktail parties, exhibitions, various celebrations, seminars, auctions and others. Because of the flexibility of its space, the concert hall can be accommodated for specific needs of the clients.

General director: Jovan Kolundžija
Board director: Miljana Kolundžija
Artistic director: Nada Kolundžija

Contact 12 Džordža Vašingtona St. 11000 Belgrade Serbia tel / fax: ++381 (0)11 - 3346807 tel: ++381 (0)11 - 3345237 info@guarnerius.rs www.guarnerius.rs Tickets can be purchased at the office of CLU Guarnerius, Dzordza Vasingtona 12. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can reserve tickets over the phone at: 011 / 3346807 or e-mailom Bank account : 190-1460-69, JUBMES bank