Adam Bałdych performs on both violin and renaissance violin for this album.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Adam Bałdych's album "Portraits" aims to capture the human condition and moral dilemmas of our time through emotions and sounds.
Recording & Production
The album was recorded between October 15th and 17th, 2023, at Boogie Town Studio in Poland.
Historical Context
To understand contemporary sentiments, Bałdych draws on 20th-century archival documents, including testimony from Szymon Laks's 1967 book "Auschwitz Games," and materials from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Recording & Production
This project received financing and professional support from the Pilecki Institute in Warsaw.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album is described as a protest song against war and a call for peace, questioning how human sensitivity can coexist with brutality.
