Dobrzyński's music aims to overcome human suffering, with hope, sensitivity, respect, and friendship forming the basis for human dialogue.
Performer Biography
The NeoQuartet is a Polish string quartet specializing in contemporary classical music, often combining it with visual arts, modern dance, and electronics.
Compositional Technique
The minor third plays a prominent role in Dobrzyński's music as a melancholic timbral metaphor.
Performer Biography
Joanna Freszel, the soprano on this album, specializes in contemporary music and has premiered works by composers such as Arvo Pärt and Uri Caine.
Compositional Technique
The basic harmonic structure of Dobrzyński's music is polytonal, often featuring two to three tonal layers running in parallel, with micro-intervals between them.
Performer Biography
Since 2017, the NeoQuartet has also performed as the 'Neo Electric Quartet,' playing new music on electric instruments with synthesizers and loop stations.
Composer Biography
Michał Dobrzyński, a Polish composer, was selected by Krzysztof Penderecki and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki for the 'Young Composers in Memory of Fryderyk Chopin' program.
