NeoQuartet is the Polish string quartet
focused on performing contemporary classical music. Members of NeoQuartet
(Karolina Piatkowska-Nowicka – 1st Violin, Pawel Kapica
– 2nd Violin, Michal Markiewicz – Viola, Krzysztof Pawlowski – Cello)are
great enthusiasts of modern art, therefore, they very often combine
contemporary classical music with visual arts, modern dance, and electronics.<<cut>>
NeoQuartet's aim is to collaborate with contemporary composers and to make their music familiar to the wider audience.
In NeoQuartet's repertoire there are the compositions by Reich, Crumb, Schnittke and Penderecki (to name a few). Moreover, the pieces by Stulginska, Czerniewicz and Kosciow (young Polish composers) were premiered by this ensemble.
In 2008, the quartet made a recording of the Quartet by Stulginska.
This recording, released by DUX, was nominated to the Fryderyk Award in the Contemporary Music Cathegory.
Also, it was included in the CD commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Gdańsk Music Academy.
In 2009, NeoQuartet participated in the Gaudeamus International Competition in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Achieving the Semi-Final Stage, NeoQuartet became one of the ten best contemporary music ensembles of that edition.
In 2010, NeoQuartet recorded their debut album released by DUX.
This CD represents a diversity of contemporary classical music: eclectic String Quartet by Lason, sonoristic Floral Fairy by Hosokawa and minimal-music Streepjes by Janssen. Two other compositions on this CD written by Stulginska and Czerniewicz were dedicated to NeoQuartet.
In 2012, NeoQuartet was nominated to the Sztorm Roku Award, the Pomeran Artistic Award, and the Fryderyk Award (Polish Grammy Award) for the debut recording.
NeoQuartet performs many different concert projects.
One of them, titled “Voices of the Mountains” was perfomed in Lausanne, Switzerland marking the state visit of the President of the Republic of Poland Mr. Bronislaw Komorowski.
NeoQuartet is the organizer of the NeoArte Festival named the New Music Spectum.
The main idea of this annual event is to popularize the contemporary classical music among wide range of audience.
For this festival, renowned composers, artists and young talented musicians meet together to provide a new musical perspective of our times.
The first edition of the New Music Spectrum took place in October 2012 in Sopot, Poland, featuring great Polish composer Pawel Szymanski as the guest of honor.