Housewarming at Oliwa!
Grand opening of the new Savchenko Gallery space in Oliwa.
May 10th, 5:00 PM.
The day has finally arrived!
With joy, we announce that Savchenko Gallery is coming back to you.
During our temporary absence, we didn’t waste time; we worked on creating a new space with one thought in mind: to make it interesting, cozy, and always welcoming for our guests and friends.
Event Schedule:
Gallery Hall
5:00 PM – Aperitifs for guests.
Presentation of screen printing works by Teresa Żywicka.
Studio Hall
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – ‘Romances’ duet concert.
7:00 PM – Holiday auction of art pieces and souvenirs and gifts for guests.
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM – Presentation of signature cocktails – Craft Cocktails – Cocktail Bar.
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM – Refreshments for guests.
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Improvised jam session “Free Sounds.”
Small Cinema Hall
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM – Screening of short animated films by Serhiy Savchenko.
We invite you to share the joy of the new place with us.
See you on Friday, May 10th, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
We missed you greatly, and our main motto remains unchanged.
We are because you are with us!
Savchenko Gallery Team.
Free entrance.
Komeda – “Romances” is the debut project of two young artists: vocalist Joanna Wojtkiewicz and pianist Mateusz Kaszuba. The idea for the project arose from the desire to interpret the compositions of Krzysztof Komeda-Trzciński in an authentic and simple way. While studying in Denmark, Joanna began to seek a connection with Polish music and film. It was in the Polish cinematography of the sixties, including works by Jerzy Skolimowski, Andrzej Wajda, and Roman Polański, that she discovered Krzysztof Komeda’s music from a different perspective. By analyzing the compositions more deeply, she managed to find lyrics for Krzysztof Komeda’s compositions, which turned out to be the works of great creators such as Wojciech Młynarski and Agnieszka Osiecka. Joanna, who has been in love with poetry since childhood, found a part of herself in the lyrical layer of the songs, which allowed her to naturally interpret the lyrics. Mateusz and Joanna strive to maintain an intimate character in their performances, where only the piano and voice convey both the lyrical and compositional content.
“Joanna Wojtkiewicz has a voice that enchants Komeda’s compositions; she is incredibly authentic and lyrical, engaging excellently with Mateusz Kaszuba’s ‘Komeda-esque’ piano. The session is not a race to make the songs catchy, but rather a capture of the atmosphere, mood, sound, and melody. It’s about building beautiful musical associations through unobtrusive sounds, virtuosic phrases, and the subtly sensitive language of Agnieszka Osiecka and Wojciech Młynarski’s lyrics.”
Dionizy Piątkowski
ERA JAZZU
“The creators, using their sensitivity but also a proper approach to musical form – within the realm of classical jazz – have created an album that captivates with refinement. There is interpretative purity, a certain simplicity, but also the energy of the moment, strongly marking the whole with something incredibly moving. And in this naturalness lies a great power of influence on the listener.”
Łukasz Dębowski
Polska Płyta Polska Muzyka
Joanna Wojtkiewicz graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Composition and Music Theory from the Academy of Music in Poznań in 2022 and since then has been a first-degree student in jazz vocal studies at the Syddansk Musikkonservatorium – Danish National Academy of Music in Denmark. She is the winner of the Grand Prix at the Nationwide Art Song Festival in Rybnik and the first prize at the XV Literary Song Festival named after Łucja Prus in Białystok.
Mateusz Kaszuba is a graduate of the Jazz Department at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, as well as the Henryk Majewski Jazz Vocational School in Warsaw. He also completed his master’s studies at the Jazz Department of the Academy of Music in Krakow under the supervision of Dr. Piotr Wyleżoł. Among his awards are: 1st place at the 22nd and 23rd Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa, 2nd place at the Krokus Jazz Festival, 3rd place at this year’s Jazz Juniors competition, as well as special awards at Jazz Juniors 2019 and 2023, 1st place at the Tarnów Jazz Contest, 2nd place at the Young Hope of Jazz Novum Jazz Festival, and the Grand Prix at the School & Jazz Festival.
Photos from the event. (Olga Savchenko)
