DOUCE AMERTUME
Genre : Classical
Catalogue: Phasma-Music 090
UPC: 731093480713
recording, editing, mastering: Grzegorz Stec
recorded in April, 2024, in Kwidzyn, Poland
recording place: Casino of Culture
production management: Iwona Glinka
graphic design: Michail Travlos
premiere: September 20,2024.
IWONA GLINKA flute
VIOLINA PETRYCHENKO piano
MARYNA HROMADSKA violin (tracks 2, 5-8, 11-14, 17-24 )
SILVIIA FUDELA violin (tracks 5-9, 15, 17-24 )
ANNA BURA viola
MARIYA BIL cello
The album DOUCE AMERTUME features 13 works (world premiere recordings) by 11 living composers: Scott Brickman, Lars Michael Fetzek, Arnaud Fillion, Jarmo Herkman, Satoru Ikeda, David W. Pyke, Louis Sauter, José Jesus de Azevedo Souza, Neil Stipp, William Toutant and Jean-Pierre Vial.
Product details:
Lars Michael Fetzek
01. Two Minute Duo #1 for alto flute and cello [02:10]
Arnaud Fillion
02. Douce amertume for violin, viola, cello and piano [04:14]
Jarmo Herkman
03. Gloomy for cello and piano [01:43]
Satoru Ikeda
04. Neo-Summit Yugawara for alto flute and cello [03:07]
David W. Pyke
String Quartet #1
05. I. Allegretto [01:42]
06. II. Cantabile [02:39]
07. III. Vivace [01:16]
08. IV. Presto [00:56]
Louis Sauter
09. L'âme d'un poète for flute, violin, viola and cello [02:32]
José Jesus de Azevedo Souza
10. On the bridge for alto flute and cello [03:16]
Neil Stipp
Classical Suite for violin, viola and cello
11. I. Allegro [02:59]
12. II. Bourrée [01:35]
13. III. Minuet [02:30]
14. IV. Gigue [03:12]
William Toutant
15. En homage a Debussy for violin and piano [07:58]
Jean-Pierre Vial
16. Fughetta for flute, viola and cello [02:47]
Scott Brickman
String Quartet #6 (Divertimento)
17. I. Variations [03:20]
18. II. Scherzo - Waltz – Finale [04:52]
String Quartet #7 (Galicia)
19. I. [04:00]
20. II. Ballad Ukraine [03:48]
21. III. Finale [03:30]
String Quartet #8
22. I. [03:25]
23. II. [03:09]
24. III. [03:55]
Total time: [75:36]
An award-winning IWONA GLINKA is a soloist, educator, recording artist, orchestral and chamber musician, and leading performer of new and experimental music. She founded the Phasma-Music Ensemble in 2016, where she currently serves as the artistic director in addition to playing many concerts a year as an ensemble member. She has given dozens of solo recitals with classical and contemporary repertoire and has appeared as Principal Flautist with orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. She has developed a great interest in New Music, which since 1994 has resulted in over three hundred world premières of works by Australian, Belgian, British, Canadian, Greek, German, Polish and US composers, more than hundred of them commissioned by and written especially for her.
Iwona Glinka was born in Kwidzyn, Poland. At the age of 18 she graduated from the Music Lyceum in Gdansk with a Flute Diploma (Highest Distinction). She continued her studies at the Music Academy of Gdansk, Poland. She graduated from the Academy in 1994 with the degree of Master of Music in Performance (flute). Between 1991 and 1994, on the Baloise Holding Scholarship, she attended the Summer Courses of the Music Academy of Lenk in Switzerland with Peter-Lukas Graf. In 1992, on a scholarship from the Mayor of the City of Darmstadt in Germany, she attended the Ferienkurse für Neue Musik where she studied with Pierre-Yves Artaud. In 1996 there followed a further period of studies at the Accademia Internationale Superiore di Musica in Biella, Italy, again with Peter-Lukas Graf and later at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, France, with Pierre-Yves Artaud.
Since 1995, Iwona Glinka has made Athens, Greece, her second home. In 2015, she relinquished her position with the Athens Symphony Orchestra and Hellenic Contemporary Music Ensemble to pursue a more active solo career after 20 years as an ensemble member and an orchestral musician. She currently divides her time between her family home in Piraeus and Kwidzyn. Currently she is a professor of Flute and Chamber Music at the University of Ioannina in Greece where she has taught since 2020.
Iwona Glinka is the first-prize winner in the International Moscow Music Online-Competition 2020, the 2019 International Quebec Music Competition, the Salzburg and Amsterdam Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition 2019, the Rome Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition 2018, the IMKA International Internet Music competition 2018 and she received the Most Distinguished Artist Prize & Special Mention at the IBLA Grand Prize Competition 2017. In addition to touring on a regular basis, she was chosen as a featured performer: for The International Conference “Research Hands on Flute” (2017, Aveiro, Portugal), the National Flute Association Convention (2016, San Diego, USA), the Canadian Flute Association Convention (2015, Toronto, Canada) 5th and 10th Sacred Music of Patmos (2005 and 2010, Greece), Electro Media Works (2008, Athens, Greece), International James Galway Flute Festival (2007, Weggis, Switzerland), 3rd and 4th Mediterranean Contemporary Music Days (2005 and 2006, Istanbul, Turkey), 3rd Flute Festival (2006, Madison, USA), Archanes Festival (2002, Greece), Days of Contemporary Music (2002, Athens, Greece), Schoenberg Festival (2001, Athens, Greece), International Flute Festival (1997, Rome, Italy), International Computer Music Conference (1997, Thessaloniki, Greece).
She received major grants to commission, to record and to perform new works the Costopoulos Foundation (2020, 2017, 2013, Greece), the Norwegian Society of Composers (2017), the Adam Mickiewicz Institute Polish Culture Around the World (2015, 2016, Poland), the Britten-Pears Foundation (2012, UK), the RVW Trust Foundation (2012, UK), the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (2012, Canada).
Iwona Glinka has recorded extensively and appears on a dozen CDs available on the European, Canadian and US labels such as Sarton Records, Universal, BMG, Auris Subtilise, Centaur Records, Irida, Magni, Legend, Phasma Music and others.
In May 2009, she obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Music Performance (flute) from the Academy of Music in Cracow, Poland, for her dissertation on and a recital of Brian Ferneyhough’s complete flute music. In 2012, she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, for her research on contemporary Greek music for solo flute.
Dr Iwona Glinka is a Yamaha Artist - playing on 14K gold Yamaha Flute 977H and she maintains a Web presence at www.travlos-glinka.com.
Iwona Glinka is a superb flutist and musician whose pure, silvery tone will lift the spirits of the most jaded listener.
David DeBoor Canfield / FANFARE MAGAZINE / May-June 2017
Glinka has gained a substantial reputation, in Europe especially but essentially worldwide, for her devotion to new and experimental music. In addition to years of playing in orchestras and chamber ensembles, she has been a tireless recitalist, promoting the music she has discovered and often inspired. Since 2015, she has resigned from orchestral playing—she was principal in the Athens Symphony—and is concentrating on her advocacy. This project, and several other discs released in the last couple of years, are part of the result of that new focus. Her performances are imaginative and committed, her technique always equal to the often considerable demands of the music.
Ronald E. Grames / FANFARE MAGAZINE / Nov-Dec 2017
Glinka has perfect mastery over the arsenal of pops, buzzes, and squeaks that has been amassed over the past century or so.
Joe Cadagin / FANFARE MAGAZINE / Nov-Dec 2017
Glinka’s performance is impeccably clean yet mightily expressive. … magnificently sensitive, while the recording captures every single nuance.
Glinka has the remarkable ability to honor the basic emotion of each and every piece, as this juxtaposition demonstrates so clearly.
Colin Clarke / FANFARE MAGAZINE / Nov-Dec 2017
… Glinka’s superb legato line the playful “The Dance” that follow is sprightly.
Colin Clarke / FANFARE MAGAZINE / May-June 2017
In "Projection for Flute Alone," a first-class exercise in the uses of "bent" notes, multiphonics, and other modernities, composer Panayiotis Liaropoulos seemed equally smitten with the flute as it has existed everywhere, from high-art to "primitive" .... Iwona Glinka gave it a stunning performance.
Richard Buell, The Boston Globe
Her musicality and utter control of subtle nuances revealed a sophisticated musician of great taste.
Carlo Vincetti Frizzo, Composer USA
... simply brilliant ...
Avant-garde & Beyond, CJSR Radio 88.5 FM (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
VIOLINA PETRYCHENKO was born in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, into a family of musicians. She began playing the piano at the age of six, and her passion for music quickly became a central part of her life. At the music school in Zaporizhzhia, she focused intensively on piano and musicology, with her curiosity and dedication leading her to participate in international conferences and competitions at an early age. At twelve, she took part in the prestigious S. Prokofiev International Competition, and at sixteen, her first theoretical work was published.
She continued her studies at the National Music Academy of Ukraine in Kyiv, specializing in piano performance. In 2007, her journey led her to Germany, where she studied at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" in Weimar and later at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne under the tutelage of Professor Jakob Leuschner. Today, Violina continues to refine her craft under the guidance of Professor Evgeny Sinaiski at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. Her artistic development has been further enriched by masterclasses with renowned musicians such as Peter Nagy, Ferenc Rados, Geoffrey Swann, Evgeny Skovorodnikov, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
Violina's musical achievements have been recognized with numerous awards and scholarships, including those from the Society of Friends and Sponsors of the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar, the New Liszt Foundation Weimar, the Anna Ruths Foundation, and the Werner Richard - Dr. Carl Dörken Foundation. For her outstanding academic and artistic accomplishments, she received the DAAD Prize and the Folkwang University of the Arts Music Award. Her international concert career has taken her to Germany, France, Austria, Spain, the Czech Republic, and her native Ukraine, where she has captivated audiences with her profound musicality and commitment to Ukrainian culture.
A significant aspect of Violina Petrychenko's career is her work in chamber music. She founded the duo "Kiel" with saxophonist Kirstin Niederstraßer and the trio "Serenade," with which she regularly performs Ukrainian works. Her artistic focus, however, is not only on the interpretation of Western classical music but also on the preservation and rediscovery of Ukrainian composers, whose works she records and presents worldwide with great dedication.
In 2015, Violina released her second solo album, "Ukrainian Moods," dedicated entirely to the works of Ukrainian composers. Notably, she has made significant contributions to the promotion of Vasyl Barvinsky's legacy, recording his piano compositions and premiering his piano concerto in London and Palermo in 2022. In 2023, she released the album "Dreams – Ukrainian Hope," featuring works by Lysenko, Stepovyi, and Revutsky, which was nominated for the prestigious "Opus Klassik" award. Her album "Passion for Ukraine," created in collaboration with renowned singer Lena Belkina, further showcased her deep connection to Ukrainian musical traditions.
In addition to her artistic work, Violina is actively involved as an artistic director and co-organizer of the Days of Ukrainian Music in Münster, Germany. In 2023, she founded the Ukrainian music festival "Sounds of Ukraine," which aims to showcase the diversity of Ukrainian music and bring it to a wider European audience. Since August 2023, Violina has also been performing as a soloist with the Lviv Philharmonic, providing her with an even greater platform to continue her mission of cultural diplomacy and the promotion of Ukrainian music.
Her work culminated in the release of the album "Winter Whispers" in late 2023, featuring Christmas music by Ukrainian composers such as Barvinsky, Dremlyuga, and Silvestrov. In the 2023/24 concert season, she embarked on an extensive tour across Germany, performing Barvinsky's piano concerto under the baton of Volodymyr Syvokhip. The 2024/25 season marks another highlight in her career, with a new interpretation of Viktor Kosenko's piano concerto, which has already been performed in major philharmonics in Ukraine and Poland.
Violina Petrychenko continues to be a driving force in chamber music. In the project "Ludkevych 145," she collaborates with her colleague Natalia Gordeeva and the Svitzer publishing house to record works that previously existed only as manuscripts. Her artistic journey is further enriched by numerous concerts with the Phoenix String Quartet, where they perform important piano quintets by Schumann, Lyatoshynsky, and Barvinsky.
In 2024, she will continue her festival "Sounds of Ukraine," dedicated to spreading the beauty and diversity of Ukrainian music in Germany and beyond.
MARYNA HROMADSKA - ukrainian violinist, started her musical education in age of 5. Studied in Uzghorod Musical College (teacher Olha Leshko) and Lviv National Academy of Music named after M.Lysenko in the class of prof. Wolodymyr Zaranskiy.
Took part as a soloists and a member of ensembles in such festivals as Music Salons in Museum (Lviv, 2015 - 2017), Music Suzir’ya of Zakarpattya (Uzhgorod, 2014 - 2018), Le
Festival Radio France Montpellier (Montpellier,2018), Festival Eufonie (Warsaw, 2019), Lviv MozArt (Lviv, 2019, 2021), Probaltika (Toruń, 2022), Pohoda Festival (Trencin, 2022),
Immling Festival (2022), Contrasts Festival of Contemporary Music (Lviv 2023), Music marathon in memory of Vasyl Slipak (Lviv, 2023), The Ukrainian Culture Week in South Korea (Pyeongtaek, 2023).
During the study took part as a soloist and a member of the Ensemble of Soloists by Olena Korolenko (Uzghorod), Lavotta Janos Kamarazenekar (Hungary), Soloist of Baroque ensemble and was 1-st concertmaster of Students Symphony Orchestra (2018-2019) in Lviv National Music Academy.
Took part in the international project I’Culture Orchestra (2018-2019) and in a tour in Poland, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Germany. Took a master classes with famous violinists such as Orest Smovzh, Marko Komonko, Marika Faltskog, Sava Latsanich, Adelina Oprean. Also orchestra master classes with Kruk
Eugen (INSO Lviv), Zholt Tihamer-Visontay (I’Culture Orchestra).
Was part time member of the following orchestra’s: INSO Lviv, Lviv Philharmonic National Symphony Orchestra, Ukrainian Festival Orchestra, Odessa National Theater Opera and Ballet, Miskolc Symphony Orchestra. Since from 2020 artist of Symphony Orchestra Lviv National Theatre Opera and Ballet named after S.Krushelnytska.
Work under conductors and soloists: Kirill Karabyts, Oksana Lyniv, Taras Krysa, Theodor Kuchar, Noah Bendix-Belgley, Daniel Hansson, Hobart Erl, Nemanha Radulovich, Giovanni Barbato, Jacob Show, Carolin Widmann, Orest Smovzh, Kery-Lynn Wilson, Valeriy Sokolov, Vincent Kozlovsky.
ANNA BURA was born in Lviv, Ukraine.
Graduated Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy with a master degree. As a student participated in Musical Festivals and violin competitions in Ukraine and Europe.
Member of the I, CULTURE Orchestra (2017, Poland) and the INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra (2012-2018, Ukraine).
Since 2018 she has been working as a member of the string quartet "Vivere". Since 2022 - as a member of the Lviv National Opera orchestra and the Ukrainian Freedom orchestra.
SILVIA FUDELA - violinist, laureate of ukrainian and international competitions, participant of youth festivals "Young Euro Classic" (Berlin, Germany 2018), "The festival of young artists" (Bayreuth, Germany 2019), LvivMozart (Lviv, 2018-2019), Probaltica” (Toruń, Poland 2022), "Mozartiana" (Gdansk, Poland 2023). In 2015, she graduated from the Uzhgorod Music College named after D. E. Zador (class of Nataliya Shiposh).
Continued her studies at the Lviv National Academy of Music named after M. V. Lysenko in the class of Professor Volodymyr Zaranskyi, where in 2021 she will receive a Master’s degree in musical art.
During the period of study, she won the Second Ukrainian Competition of Chamber Ensembles named after V.P. Povzuna (Odesa, 2018 - 1st prize), International String Connections" (Edmonton, Canada - 2021, 2nd prize).
During the period of study she took masterclasses with famous ukrainian violinist Marko Komonko (for solo performance), and also - orchestra masterclasses with A. Murza , D. Nodel, E.Kruk.
As part of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine ( 2018-2021) under the leadership of conductor Oksana Lyniv, Silvia held the position of concertmaster of the second violins.
From 2018 until now - she is an artist of the orchestra of the Lviv National Philharmonic named after M. Skoryk and K&K Philharmoniker , which performed in the best halls of Europe, such as: Konzerthaus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie, HerkulessaalMunich, Berlin Philharmonie, etc. Since 2020, she is an artist of the orchestra of the first violins group - "Ukrainian Festival Orchestra".
She is also took part as a chamber musician in collaboration with pianist Uliana Selska, and is a member of Piano quintet "Ukrainian muse" (2022).
As part of the winter concert tour as part of the orchestra of the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra, she actively toured the USA, in particular - a performance at Carnegie Hall (New York 2023).
Since 2023, she has been an artist of the orchestra of the Lviv National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after S. Krushelnytska.
MARIYA BIL graduated from Lviv National Academy of Music named after M. Lysenko (class of professor H.M. Kolessa).Held a position in the symphony orchestra of the Lviv National Philharmonic for more than 10 years. She took part in the recording of the CD
"Ernst Gottlieb Baron - Music for Lute & Recorde" for Brilliant Classics label. Also she is an active participant of various festivals, concerts and experimental projects on the territory of Ukraine and abroad (Poland, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland).
