Maciej Kułakowski - Krzysztof Penderecki: Chamber Works Vol. III (2023) [Hi-Res]

In 2022 he completed his studies at Kronberg Academy with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.

Highlights this season include concerts at Wigmore Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus and the Kronberg Festival. He takes part in the Cello Biennale in Amsterdam and gives recitals at the Bath, Newbury Spring, Brighton and Machynnleth Festivals in the UK.

As soloist he appears with Kymi Sinfonietta conducted by Jascha von der Goltz, the Orchestra of Opera North, Firebird Orchestra (London), the Brighton & East Sussex Youth Orchestra, and with orchestras across Poland.

Further afield Maciej joins Chamber Music at the World's Edge (AWE) in New Zealand and returns as a Faculty Guest to Morningside Music Bridge in Boston, USA.

In 2022 Delphian Records released his debut album of French music ‘Beau soir’ to critical acclaim. He went on to record Penderecki’s complete solo cello music, due for release in 2023.

Maciej has performed widely as soloist highlights including the Warsaw Philharmonic, Baltic Philharmonic, Sinfonietta Cracovia, London Mozart Players, Silesian Philharmonic, Deutsches Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Brussels Philharmonic, Calgary Philharmonic and the Klassiche Philharmonie Bonn at the Laieszhalle Hamburg. He has been fortunate to work with Krzysztof Penderecki, Yaroslav Shemet, Frank Braley, Marek Moś, Eivind Gullberg Jensen and Stéphane Denève, among many others.

An avid chamber musician he has taken part in festivals across Europe, and participated in the Piatigorsky Cello Festival in Los Angeles and Beijing Super Cello Festival. Recent collaborations include Viviane Hagner, Stephen Waarts, Kian Soltani, Mischa, Lily and Sascha Maisky, Charles Neidich, Emanuel Ax, Jan Vogler and Lawrence Power .

Born in Poland, to a family of classical and jazz musicians, Maciej studied at the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, Mannheim University and the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar, prior to entering the Kronberg Academy.

Maciej plays a Giovanni Baptista Ruggeri Cello made in Cremona, 1700 on loan from a Charitable Trust.