Album Notes

Silesian Guitar Octet is the only octet all over the world performing that has a stable structure. This musical body has been created in 2001 from the initiative of Franciszek Wieczorek. In the beginning the idea was to put together as many guitars as possible and at the same time not to create a guitar orchestra. Originally, each of the guitarists should have played his own part. Later on, the number of guitarists has become eight.

After finding of the excellent Silesian guitarists, there appeared some complication. The problem is that there are very few pieces written originally for the octet. This fact made Franciszek Wieczorek to carry out the transcription of many beautiful pearls for the orchestra music.

After long hours of playing, practicing, overcoming the difficulties, finally there came the time for the debut in Rybnik (in 15th March 2002). The octet was given ovations and later it became even better.

Silesian Guitar Octet has played with success in many concerts in Poland as well as abroad (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Sweden, Denmark, Great Britain).

LINE-UP:

Tomasz Spalinski - adiunct in the Musical Institute of Silesian University in Cieszyn. Laureate from the guitar concourses in Lodz and Tychy; in 1992/93 obtained the scholarship from the Spanish government.

Jacek Plosa - teacher in Sosnowiec Music School; graduated from the Musical Academy from the guitar classes of assistant Franciszek Wieczorek; laureate of the guitar concourses in Poland (Cieszyn, Koszalin, Krynica, Kielce).

Franciszek Wieczorek - teacher in Katowice Secondary Music School, “father of the thought”, initiator and leader of the group; publishes and organizes the musical life (artistic leader of the International Guitar Festival in Zory).

Katarina Wieczorekova - teacher in Secondary Music School in Katowice; together with her husband she manages the Artistic Agency Modran (as artistic leader of the Festival in Zory, Poland).

Mariusz Bury - teacher in Music School in Tychy; graduated from the Musical Academy in Katowice from the class of professor Wanda Palacz; laureate from the guitar concourse in Sanok (Poland).

Jan Kudelka - student in Music Academy Katowice in the class of professor Marek Nosal; laureate of the concourses in Volos (Greece), Uzhorod (Ukraine), Mrzezyno and Cieszyn (Poland).

Piotr Kudelka - teacher in Katowice Music School; graduated from the Musical Academy in Katowice from the class of professor Alina Gruszka; laureate of the guitar concourses in Poland (Sanok, Gdansk, Krynica and Cieszyn).

Krzysztof Kolodziej - student in Music Academy Cracow in the guitar class of Dr. Michal Nagy; laureate of the guitar concourses in Stramberk (Czech Republic), Uzhorod (Ukraine), Sanok and Zory (Poland).