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http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=23-Jan-2009&lang=de&s=555
http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=23-Jan-2009&lang=de&s=555
23-Jan-2009
by Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions
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 Polish accordionist Grzegorz Stopa recently made his debut as a soloist in Vienna’s world-famous Big Hall of Musikverein performing Kalevi Aho’s ‘Sonata No.2 (Black Birds)’.He was born in Przemysl (Poland) in 1973, and studied accordion with Professor W. L. Puchnowski at the F. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, and as a scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), with Professor Mie Miki at the Folkwang Hochschule für Musik in Essen, and also at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, Germany. During his studies, Grzegorz Stopa, was also a teacher at both academies. Grzegorz Stopa is a prize-winner of 11 international and national solo and chamber music competitions, among others the Grand Prix of the International Accordion Competition in Tokyo, Japan (2002) as well as numerous scholarship foundations. He has made several concert tours as soloist and chamber musician in Europe and Asia. Since his debut concert in Tokyo (2003), he has given regular recitals in Japan (e.g. Casalas Hall or Kioi Hall, Tokyo; Phoenix Hall, Osaka). Grzegorz Stopa was the first accordionist to perform in the concert series ‘Soloists of the Young Elite’ in the Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival (2003), and has numerous first performances within the scope of contemporary music. He has worked with the ensemble "die reihe" and with composers such as Kalevi Aho, Sofia Gubaidulina, Lukas Ligeti or Makoto Nomura. In 2005 Grzegorz Stopa was appointed to the Vienna Conservatory as teacher of the first university accordion class, and since 2007 also a teacher at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz. |