Distinguished Warsaw-based clarinetist Andrzej Ciepliński will appear in a rare American recital performing Jewish classical music masterworks as a part of Sidney Krum Young Artists Concert Series. This program will feature Alexander Krein’s two suites of “Jewish Sketches” for Clarinet and String Quartet which take inspiration from Yiddish folksong and Klezmer music and Joseph Achron’s Kindersuite, a collection of character pieces inspired by Hebrew cantillation for clarinet, string quartet, and piano. The program will also feature a new work by YIVO’s own Alex Weiser and selections from Ciepliński’s Limanowa project which features recently discovered pre-Holocaust Jewish music found in a small town in Southern Poland. Sergei Prokofiev’s beloved Overture on Hebrew Themes completes the program. Ciepliński will be joined by cellist Julian Schwarz, pianist Marika Bournaki, violinists Peter Sirotin and Daniel Kurganov, and violist Colin Brookes. 

Andrzej Ciepliński is a distinguished Polish clarinetist who has gained recognition from a wide audience, performing as a soloist with such orchestras as: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice (NOSPR), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw, Opole Philharmonic, Lviv Philharmonic, Slovak Sinfonietta, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Aukso, Sudeten Philharmonic. He has given concerts under the baton of Krzysztof Penderecki, Elim Chan, John Axelrod, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Marek Moś, Zsolt Hamar, Boon Hua Lien, Tung-Chieh Chuang, Yaron Traub, Christian Zacharias, Boian Videnoff, Paweł Kapuła. In 2015 as a representative of the Polish Radio, he won the prestigious title of The New Talent of The Year at the International Forum of Young Performers in Bratislava, held by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). He is also a laureate of many clarinet competitions. In 2022, the DUX label released the Ciepliński’s debut album, “Irrberge,” which includes Claude Debussy’s Sonata for Violin and Piano. Continuing the work of his grandfather, a legendary Polish trombonist Juliusz Pietrachowicz, Andrzej Ciepliński is involved in creating new clarinet literature through collaborating with many composers. He also promotes Polish music, his repertoire including all of the clarinet masterpieces by Krzysztof Penderecki and Mieczysław Weinberg. This young and yet acknowledged artist is a graduate from the class of François Benda at Hochschule für Musik in Basel and professor Arkadiusz Adamski at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice where he was awarded the title Primus Inter Pares. Andrzej Ciepliński was awarded the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship for his outstanding achievements.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Co-sponsored by the American Society for Jewish Music and Polish Cultural Institute New York.