Jozef Kapustka


Józef Kapustka is a Polish classical pianist. He currently lives in Paris, France.
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Biography and schooling

Jozef Kapustka was born in 1969. He began receiving early musical tuition from local instructor Danuta Cieślik at the age of 3. He then briefly studied at the State Higher Academy of Music in Kraków with Ewa Bukojemska. Having graduated from The Juilliard School in New York, he moved on to obtain a Postgraduate Advanced Studies Diploma specializing in piano performance from the Royal Academy of Music in London, with Martin Roscoe. He also worked with Dimitri Bashkirov and Vera Gornostaeva in Paris and Moscow. Being an alumnus of the Music Academy of the West in Montecito, 1991, he holds a Diplome superieur de la langue et civilization francaise from Paris Sorbonne University. In 1994 he received the Grand Prix of the [Conservatoire International de Musique de Paris]. He was nominated for the Molière award in 2010.

Performances

Kapustka has performed in Europe ; USA - Lincoln Center appearances 1989-1992, Juilliard IBM concert series, Kosciuszko Foundation-Hunter College Music series broadcast live on WQXR New York classical radio, Carnegie Recital Hall 1997, United Nations on invitation from the Russian Permanent Mission 2004. In 2010 he initiated a Bach in Rio project, playing and recording selected Bach keyboard concerti with the Orquestra de Cordas da Grota in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Discography

  • Jozef Kapustka:Improvisations with Bashir

General references

  • "Jozef Kapustka – Free listening, concerts, stats, & pictures at". Last.fm. 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  • "About Jozef Kapustka". Bachtrack.com. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  • "Bach-Kapustka: Piano Transcriptions of Bach's Works - Works". Bach-cantatas.com. 2010-11-09. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  • Luc Nevers " Rarétes à découvrir - Non curieux s'abstenir! " PIANISTE revue Le santour persan, le tombak s'associent au piano pour créer une série d'improvisations. Elles réunissent, dans des harmonies inextricables, les traditions et cultures orientales, perses, arabes et occidentales. On songe parfois aux musiques hypnotiques de Gurdjieff et de Hartmann Inspirateur de ce programme, Jozef Kapustka, fait judicieusement alterner la prima voce entre tel ou tel instrument D'autres caractéristiques encore plus étonnantes surgissent de cette musique. Une découverte intéressante.
  • Roger Thomas " Contemporary Music on CD - New Listening 21 February 2014, International Record Review, p.20 "There seems to be a general movement on both sides to try and salvage, preserve and develop the musical culture of the region at a time when war and political strife mitigate against such concerns. Jozef Kapustka’s Improvisations with Bashir, which sets Kapustka’s piano alongside the santur and the tonbak before closing with an extensive solo piano workout, is a fine example of this, its slowly developing, restrained extemporizations building sonic structures that seem to shimmer like desert mirages."
  • Mikołaj Szykor Józef Kapustka:Improvisations with Bashir ''Nowa płyta Józefa Kapustki, jest nagraniem, które mnie osobiście zaskoczyło… choć może lepszym słowem będzie zafascynowało… i to od pierwszych dźwięków. Mało spotykamy dziś takich nagrań… nagrań bez dwóch zdań natchnionych, metafizycznych i… intymnych?Słuchając tej płyty, otwiera się kilka możliwości odniesień muzycznych… wspomniany już Możdżer, może Keith Jarrett, Tord Gustavsen, ale i Bobo Stenson. Te wszystkie inspiracje według mnie słychać, jednakże w Improvisations with Bashir jest również sporo muzycznej indywidualności… i świeżych pomysłów improwizatorskich… całość jest intrygująca…''