Boguslawa HUBISZ - SIELSKA - viola
Having completed her musical education at the Higher School of Music in Krakow she went on to participate in complementary master classes in Warsaw under Stefan Kamasa and in Munich under Kim Kashkashian.
She has performed at numerous Polish Festivals, among others, Poznanska Wiosna Muzyczna, Spotkania Muzyczne w Baranowie Sandomierskim, Dni Kompozytorów Krakowskich.
She has been performing for both Polish and international audiences. Her performances abroad took place in Austria, the Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia, the Slovak Republic, Switzerland and the USA. She has also made TV and radio recordings in Poland, Austria, Germany and USA.
She has recorded CDs with Sonatas of J.B.Vanhal (AP Classic) and music of Rachel Knobler
(Acte Prealable).
She has issued scores in Poland (PWM) and Germany (Editio Alto).
Boguslawa Hubisz -Sielska is the founder-member of the Artistic-Association Muzyka Centrum.
She is a member of the German Section of the International Viola Society.
She is a senior teacher at the Academy of Music in Cracow. She has been the head of The Lutoslawski Conservatory of Cracow since the year 2001.
Mariusz SIELSKI - piano
Studied in Krakow under Ludwik Stefanski, Ewa Bukojemska and Janusz Dolny. His studies were followed by complementary master classes (with Alexander Jenner, Rudolf Buchbinder, Eliane Richepin and Fausto Zadra) and at the Munich Hochschule für Musik.
He is well known as a soloist and chamber musician both in Poland and abroad. Highly acclaimed
at the Polish National Piano Festival in Slupsk, he also took part at the CIMA festival in France. His tours abroad have included Austria, the Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Slovak Republic, Russia and Switzerland.
Together with his wife he has made CDs recordings.
He has been teaching piano playing class at the Academy of Music in Krakow since the completion of his studies.
The voices of the press:"...the piano part being rippling and the viola very vigorous and dashing [...] very romantic music-playing with the domination of a soft sound-shaping viola [...] the full-feeling and tuned play [...]
Münchner Palette nr. 9 September 1989
"...presented BHS and MS with the depth of musical expression [...]
Neuhauser Nymphenburger Anzeiger nr. 30 July 1992
"...the pieces of Polish composers were presented by BHS and MS in their excellent interpretations [...]
Sendlinger Anzeiger nr. 31 July 1992
"A particularly tasty snack for the admirer of chamber music was the performance of a master duet [...] .Both performers played their interpretations [...] in a very concentrated manner showing their freedom and joy of performing [...] MS with his strong beat and BHS who with her dreaming and elegiac part well accompanied her partner.[...] In C minor Sonata of F.Mendelssohn the musicians presented teamed playing [...] particularly in the third part , beautiful music making [...]with tem-per and involvement [...] pleasure for the ear [...] The proper climax was F minor sonata (op.49) of Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894) [...] The pianist with his strong beat [...] but the viola player was able to be heard through with her sound.
After strong applause BHS and MS performed an encore [...] and the happy audience thanked them."
Saale-Zeitung 31 July 1992"...Particularly in the first part (of E flat major Sonata of J.B. Vanhal) both musicians pictured precise motif work, whereas the second , lyrical part gave them a chance to make music of complete expression , and the third [...] was given contours full of imagination.[...] BHS and MS expressed in beautiful colours the dreaming and grim character of the first part (C minor Sonata of F.Mendelssohn), in the second part MS played masterly [...] the arpeggios characteristic for the composer [...] in the variations of the third part gradually growing dynamics [...] lead to romantic and expressive climax played with bravura [...] passionate and syncopated rhythms (in three dancing pieces of Polish composers) governed the interpretation of the Polish guests [...]This kind of music in particular seems to be close to BHS and MS…"
Nordfriesische Nachrichten December 1997"...On the 9 November performed a mastery duet of BHS and MS [...] a performance of style and perfect dialogues between the viola and the piano combined with the youthful fascination with mu-sic [...]
Pogranicze, 30 November 1999
"...but as a rule they are (Sonatas of J.B. Vanhal ) well composed and when interpreted faultlessly and with effect , they do not miss any of their charm [...]
Review of the CDs with J.B. Vanhal's Sonatas "Die Viola " nr. 55 1999/II
"...her (Rachel Knobler) Elegy for the viola solo played by BHS pictures her experiences in the musical manner- pitifully and suffering at times , at others rebelliously and with passion [...]
Münchner Merkur 30 April 2001"...BHS played [...] like a master with the completeness of expression [...] and the compassionate pianist MS [...]
Süddeutsche Zeitung/Dachau 3 May 2001"...plaintive and pitiful sounds , matching these pieces, with great mastery interpreted by BHS and MS [...]
Münchner Merkur 3 May 2001
"...through impressive playing of BHS whose viola gave these pieces a particular character. She was accompanied by MS [...]
Süddeutsche Zeitung 3 May 2001"...it turned out that this piece (E flat major ) from the technical point of view was not less deman-ding than other more popular works of Vienna classical period composers [...] this piece could be admired in the lively interpretation of Cracovian musicians [...] with their romantic longing [...] loftiness and passion [...] for an encore they played joyfully [...] Kreisler..."
Süddeutsche Zeitung 6 May 2002"BHS performing his D major Sonata (of Niccolo Paganini) not only showed, that she was able to do it well but did it with real mastery. MS accompanied her playing the piano..."
Ziemia Jaroslawska November 2002"...for this grim composition (Rachel Knobler's Totenklage ) the viola found a proper colour [...] atmosphere [...] we heard Henri Wieniawski’s Reverie, Max Bruch's Romanze, as well as the most important Hebraique Suite of Ernest Bloch interpreted masterly by BHS and MS - the piano [...]
Süddeutsche Zeitung 7 April 2003
"...BHS the viola player playing the above mentioned pieces (the composition for the viola solo of Rachel Knobler) must have understood well the intentions of the composer, expressing their quasi-vocal , improvising character [...]
Reviev of CDs with music of Rachel Knobler - "Muzyka 21" Nr 7(36) July 2003