About
Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf has been among the eminent Polish musicians of his generation for many years now. He comes from a family with deep musical traditions and is a descendant of the renowned Polish composer Michał Kleofas Ogiński. In 2012, Komendarek-Tymendorf graduated with honors from the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk in the Master’s viola class of professor Irena Albrecht.
He perfected his skills at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien with Prof. Wolfgang Klos and Ulrich Schönauer and as a guest student of the Swedish National Orchester Academy in Göteborg.
He has also studied under eminent viola masters such as Alexander Zemtsov, Matthias Buchholz, Avri Levitan, György Gulyás Nagy (Auer String Quartet) and Piotr Szumieł.
In 2019, he graduated with honors from postgraduate studies in Culture Management in Government, Local Government and Non-Governmental Organizations at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, also receiving the award of the Director of the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is currently MBA at the University of Adam Mickiewicz University and Poznań University of Economics.
Komendarek-Tymendorf is a laureate of many music competitions, e.g. he took the 1st place at the Macroregional Competition for Young Violists in Warsaw, 1st place at the 25th Young Musician International Competition 'Città di Barletta' in Italy.
At the age of 24, after winning two official competitions for the position of assistant, he began to teach at his Alma Mater where he currently works as assistant professor in the viola and chamber music class. In 2018, he defended his doctoral dissertation.
He perfected his skills at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien with Prof. Wolfgang Klos and Ulrich Schönauer and as a guest student of the Swedish National Orchester Academy in Göteborg.
He has also studied under eminent viola masters such as Alexander Zemtsov, Matthias Buchholz, Avri Levitan, György Gulyás Nagy (Auer String Quartet) and Piotr Szumieł.
In 2019, he graduated with honors from postgraduate studies in Culture Management in Government, Local Government and Non-Governmental Organizations at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, also receiving the award of the Director of the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is currently MBA at the University of Adam Mickiewicz University and Poznań University of Economics.
Komendarek-Tymendorf is a laureate of many music competitions, e.g. he took the 1st place at the Macroregional Competition for Young Violists in Warsaw, 1st place at the 25th Young Musician International Competition 'Città di Barletta' in Italy.
At the age of 24, after winning two official competitions for the position of assistant, he began to teach at his Alma Mater where he currently works as assistant professor in the viola and chamber music class. In 2018, he defended his doctoral dissertation.
He made his debut as a soloist with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot and as a chamber musician with the famous Polish oboist Tytus Wojnowicz in Tadeusz Baird Zielona Góra Philharmonic. Komendarek-Tymendorf has been invited
to perform concerts as a viola soloist with the Lower Silesian Philharmonic, Cappella Gedanensis, Baltic Youth Philharmonic and the Chamber orchestra of the Stanisław Moniuszko Music Academy.
He has worked as a soloist-leader of the viola section in many international
symphony and chamber orchestras. From 2007 to 2012 he was the main leader of the viola group in the world's oldest youth orchestra - RIAS Jugendorchester in Berlin. He also performed the role of group leader and solo voice in such orchestras as: Verler Vier Jahreszeiten Sinfonie Orchetser, Landesjugendorchester Bremen, Junges Philharmonisches Orchester Niedersachsen and International Mahler Orchester.
EURO SFK Symphony Orchestra, Verler Vier Jahreszeiten Sinfonie Orchetser, Landesjugendorchester Bremen, Junges Philharmonisches Orchester Niedersachsen, Deutsch-Skandinavischen Jugend-Philharmonie, Salzburger Philharmonie Orchester, Royal Johann Strauss Orchestra oraz International Mahler Orchestra. He also cooperates with such orchestras as: AUKSO Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot,, Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra (USA Tournée – 46 concerts), Elblag Chamber Orchestra, Baltic Opera, Sinfonietta Nordica Chamber Orchestra, Detmolder Kammerorchester Orchester, Webern Symphonie Orchester, Studentische Philharmonie Hannover, Klangforum Mitte Europa Orchester, Landestheater Detmold Orchester, Pan-European Orchestra, Jasna Gora Ensemble, Gorzów Philharmonic and as violinist with Morphing Vienna Chamber
Orchester.
He has performed under the baton of such excellent conductors as Pierre Boulez, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Krzysztof Penderecki, Marek Moś, Tadeusz Strugała, as well as with prominent soloists: Ivry Gitlis, Kolja Blacher, Quatuor Ebène, Krystian Zimerman, Piotr Beczała, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, and Łukasz Długosz.
Komendarek-Tymendorf has acquired his knowledge of chamber music from renowned musicians such as: Valentin Erben (Alban Berg Quartett), Peter Schuhmayer (Artis Quartett), Apollon Musagète Quartett, Quatuor Ebène, Eberhard Feltz, Peter Matzka and Averis Kuyumjian.
He is co-founder and member of the Balthus Quartet and Duo del Gesù; he performed together with eminent artists such as Christoph Hartmann, Avri Levitan, Wolfgang Klos, Joanna Woś, Krzysztof Podejko, Janusz Wawrowski, Bartosz Koziak, Anna Staśkiewicz, Bartosz Woroch, Mateusz Smoczyński, NeoQuartet and Mitch&Mitch.
He has performed in many ensembles and orchestras in the most prestigious European halls, including Berliner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Herkulessaal in Munich (Germany), Musikverein, Wiener Konzerthaus, Musik Theater Schönbrunn (Austria), Tivolis Konzertsal (Denmark), Konserthuset Gothenburg (Sweden) and Obecní Dům (Czech Republic).
He has also performed and participated in various international festivals: Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Usedomer Music Festival, La Folle Journée, Puplinge Classique Festival, Alba Music Festival, International Viola Congress, Spectrum Music Festival, Aurora Music Festival, Apollon Musagète Festival – Internationales Musikfest, Wörthersee Classics Festival.
He has recorded for radio stations such as Deutsche Kultur Radio, Bayerischer Rundfunk, ORF Vienna Radio, Radio 1 (Poland) and television, notably TVP 1 and Telewizja Polsat. As a musician, he worked on the set during the shooting of Agnieszka Holland's film In the Dark.
In 2019, a CD with the artist's participation as a soloist was released by the Acte Préalable label. The release of the debut solo album at the NAXOS Deutschland record label is planned for the end of 2020.
Komendarek-Tymendorf is the winner of prominent scholarship programs: Nordic Baltic Festival Platform Fellowship, Erasmus +, The Festival Academy - Atelier for Solidarity, Cultural Scholarship of the City of Gdańsk, Scholarship of the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship for creators of Culture, Gdańsk "Mobility Fund" Scholarship, ZAIKS Creativity Fund Scholarship, Scholarship Program of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage “Young Poland”, Easter Festival Ludwig van
Beethoven, Scholarship to participate in workshops leaded by the Apollon Musagète Quartet as part of the Apollon Musagete Festival - 8th Internationalen Musikfest in German Goslar - Harz. As the only lecturer in music universities, he received from
the Minister of Science and Higher Education a prestigious 3-year scholarship for the most outstanding young scientists.
In 2016, he won the City of Gdańsk Award for Young Artists in the field of Culture and was awarded the Gazeta Wyborcza audience award. In the same year, he received the title of ambassador of the national social campaign Save the Music. Dziennik Bałtycki and Poland Press have honored him with the titles Personality of Pomerania and Personality of Gdansk of the Year 2016 in the Culture category. In 2017, he received the honorary award "Distinguished for Polish Culture" and an occasional award from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, while in 2018 the Rector's Third Degree Award. The EURO Chamber Music Festival, which artist is the director, received the international EFFE mark (Europe For Festivals Festivals For Europe) awarded by the European Festival Association.
He is regularly invited to lecture in viola master classes, among others by the University of North Texas College of Music, Conservatory M. R. Korsakov in St. Petersburg, Tallinn Music Academy, Turku Arts Academy, 46. International Music Courses Z. Brzewski in Łańcut; he also sits on the jury of music competitions.
He has been art director of many initiatives, including EURO Chamber Music Festival, Sp ace Art Festival, Viva Viola Festivity, Baltic Music Workshops. From 2012, he was associated as an activist of the Association of Polish Musicians in Warsaw, from 2013 a member of the Polish Viola Society in Krakow. In 2013, he was appointed the vice president of the Association of Artists Capable of everything in Zielona Góra, which he hold to this day, while since 2018 he has been the president of the Ars Sine Qua Non Foundation in Sopot.
The artist is a protagonist of viola and new music and has performed over 20 world premieres. Contemporary composers dedicate his works to him. His articles are published, among others in the Journal of the American Viola Society (USA) and on meakultura.pl.
Artist leads intensified concerts, pedagogical and didactic activity in Poland and abroad. Currently, he plays the master viola of Wojcech Topa from 2020.
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