Igor Jankowski (born November 23, 1983, in

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) –

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and music activist.

Biography

He studied composition with Dmitry Smolski at the Belarusian State Academy of Music in Minsk (BA, 2006–2009) by Marek Jasiński and

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at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz (MA, 2009–2011). Then under the supervision of Marian Borkowski at the

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(doctorate, 2011–2014). He also studied

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in the class of Włodzimierz Czernikow and playing the

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

by Nikolai Bujanov at the National Music College named after M. Glinka in Minsk (1999-2003). He is also the founder and artistic director of the Belarusian Culture Festival in Pomerania and from January 18, 2016, he is the president of the Foundation for Artistic Development and International Cooperation MSM UNICUM. In December 2018, the SOLITON publishing house in Sopot released Igor Jankowski's album ''QVO VADIS'', containing 11 songs.

Musicianship and influence

Almost all of the pieces Igor wrote were performed in public in various cities of

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(over 150 performances). He describes his musical language as ''neotonic''. Igor Jankowski owes an important role in shaping his creative personality to his three professors:

Dmitry Smolski Dmitry Smolski (July 25, 1937 – September 29, 2017) was a Belarusian composer, Honored Artist of Belorussian SSR (1975), laureate of the State Prize of BSSR (1980), National Artist of the Republic of Belarus (1987), laureate of the Order of Fr ...

, Marek Jasiński and

. In 2011, Jankowski's first album, ''A New Size Of Old Traditions'', was released by the Belarusian music publisher VIGMA, and in November 2012 he became a member of the Polish Composers' Union (Warsaw Department).

Main compositions

* ''Two pastorals'' for the male band (2005) * Poem for

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and

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(2006) * Variations for

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

and piano (2006) * ''Zachód słońca'' for

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mixed

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to poems by M. Bogdanowicz (2006) * ''Nokturn'' for a piano(2006) * ''Prelude and grotesque'' for a piano (2006) * ''Jesienna minutka'' for a piano (2006) * ''Triptych'' for children for a piano (2006) * ''Ekspromt'' for a

(2006) * ''Bogurodzico'' musical illustration to history for

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

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, piano and

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(2007) * ''Triptych'' to the poems by Jakub Kołos for mixed choir a cappella (2007) * ''Pasja Chrystusa'' for

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(2007) * ''Pop and classic'' reflection for a

string quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...

(2008) * Suite for a cappella mixed choir in four movements to poems by

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(2008) * ''Carol diptych'' for mixed choir a cappella set to folk texts (2008) * ''Z lasu, lasu ciemnego'', variations on the theme of the Russian folk song for piano (2008) * ''Niemen'' to the poems by Jakub Kołos for

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and

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of folk instruments (2008) * ''Istlewajut zwuki w efirie'' for

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and string quartet to poems by A. Akhmatova (2008) * ''Mysterium Fidei''

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for mixed choir, soloists and organ (2009) * ''Oj, rzeka'' with own lyrics for a folk band a cappella (2009) * ''Grzybki'' for female

alto The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: ''altus''), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In 4-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in choruses by ...

and folk orchestra (2009) * ''Oj, Jurija'' for

baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...

and folk orchestra (2009) * ''Maślnica'' choreographic suite for choir, orchestra of folk instruments and

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group (2010) * ''Trzy impresje'' for a

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(2010) * ''Lux in Tenebris'' ballet (2011) * ''Libera nos'' for mixed choir a cappella (2011) * ''Diptych'' for Edward Stachura's memorial for mixed choir a cappella (2011) * ''Trzy metamorfozy'' for clarinet,

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and button accordion (2012) * Six Polish Hejnał for

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in B and in C (2012) * ''Pod Twoju miłość'' for a cappella mixed choir to Orthodox liturgical texts (2013) * ''Rhapsody for button accordion and symphony orchestra'' (2014) * ''Gloria'' for mixed choir a cappella (2014) * ''Panienko Skępska'' for baritone and organ (2015) * ''Miejcie wiarę'' for soprano, tenor, mixed choir and organ (2016) * ''Psalm 142'' for mixed choir a cappella (2016) * ''Triptych'' for solo organ (2017) * ''Qvo Vadis'' author's album, containing 11 vocal and instrumental pieces. Published by SOLITON Sopot (2018) * ''Choral Works'' third author's album. Contains 12 compositions for mixed a cappella choir (2019) * ''Да молчит всякая плоть'' Orthodox church concert piece for a cappella mixed choir for the assistant Dr. Maria Januszkiewicz from the Academy of Music in Krakow (2019) * ''Gloria'' author's piece for Christmas with a music video * ''The Best Songs'' forth author's album, containing 16 vocal and instrumental pieces in Polish, English and Italian (2021)Igor Jankowski – The Best Songs
''Spotify'', February 4, 2021.

References

Bibliography

Biography in Polmic service (in Polish)

* ttps://bobolice.pl/cms/19268/hejnal_bobolic Town Hall in Bobolice, city bugle-call composed by Igor Jankowski (in Polish) * Alina Konieczna in an interview with Igor Jankowski, ''He honored the Polish Pope with music'' (in Polish), in: „Głos Koszaliński”, N 77 (1286), s. 5, 2 April 2011.
Festival of Belarusian Culture in Pomerania (in Polish)

Belarusian Culture Festival Facebook page (in Polish)
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