Zygmunt Stojowski - Complete Works for Violin & Piano (Irena Kalinowska-Grohs; Barbara Pakura)

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Composer: Zygmunt Stojowski

• Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 13
• Violin Sonata No. 2 in E major, Op. 37
• Romance, Op. 20
• Mélodie
• Aubade

Irena Kalinowska-Grohs, violin

Barbara Pakura, piano

Date: 2011

Label: Acte Préalable

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Zygmunt Stojowski (4 May 1870 – 5 November 1946) was a Polish pianist and composer. He studied in Kraków and at the Paris Conservatoire before moving to the United States in 1905, where he built a distinguished career as a performer and teacher. He composed extensively for piano, chamber ensembles and orchestra; notable works including a symphony, two piano concertos, a violin concerto and the cantata Spring. His late-Romantic style combined European influences with Polish musical traditions. Stojowski's music has experienced renewed interest through recent recordings, publications and performances.

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Barbara Pakura is a Polish pianist, a graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, where she later completed postgraduate studies in chamber piano music. Since 2009, she has performed regularly with violinist Irena Kalinowska-Grohs, presenting repertoire from the Baroque to contemporary music, with particular emphasis on Polish Romantic composers. Pakura has an extensive discography featuring world-premiere recordings of works by Zygmunt Stojowski, Franciszek Brzeziński, Józef Szulc and Józef Wieniawski. She also performs as an accompanist at competitions and festivals.

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