MA Katarzyna Neugebauer-Jastrzębska

Pianist born in Poznań, where she graduated with honours from the State Music High School. Winner of national piano competitions (Goleniów 1992, Warsaw 1994). For over a decade she has been associated with the Wrocław music scene, where in 2007 she had the opportunity to perform as a soloist with Jacek Kaspszyk, Adam Klock and the Wrocław and Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra Association.

During her studies, she began to focus her musical interests on chamber music. Her collaboration with violinist Bartosz Bokun resulted in the release of her first CD (Duo4U, 2009, JB Records). The artist is interested in performing contemporary music. She has premiered works by composers such as Katarzyna Brochocka, Katarzyna Dziewiątkowska and Adam Porębski, which have been presented at festivals such as Eurosilesia, Gwiazdy Promują and Musik unter Zeit in Munster. In 2010, the pianist began working with the Wrocław Philharmonic Choir (now the NFM Choir) as an accompanist and coach, and this collaboration continues to this day. This collaboration resulted in a joint recording with the legendary Bob Chilcott (Seed of Stars, Signu, Classic, 2012). Since 2010, she has been collaborating with the Wratislavia Cantans festival, where she has had the opportunity to work with conductors such as Paul McCreesh, Giovanni Antonini, Giancarlo Guerrero, Jacek Kaspszyk and Bassem Akiki. The pianist is regularly invited to collaborate in national and international vocal competitions and masterclasses in Poland and abroad, where she has worked with Rockwell Blake, Kałudi Kałudow, Robert Nakoneczny, Eamon Dougan, Nicolas Mulroy, Linus Roth, and Ingeborg Danz, among others. She performs in Poland and abroad with soloists such as Iwona Sobotka, Kałudi Kałudow, Joanna Klisowska, Ewa Płonka, Tomasz Raff and Karina Skrzeszewska. She participated in the production of the opera ‘King Roger’ conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk with Mariusz Kwiecień in the title role. In 2012-2015, she was a répétiteur for soloists at the Wrocław Opera, where she had the opportunity to work on about 15 opera productions. In 2017, she took part in the recording of the album Moniuszko śpiewany inaczej with the Leopoldinum Orchestra and the Choral Academy conducted by Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny.

In 2014, she formed a duo with cellist Urszula Kopijkowska, which is also very active, performing in Poland and abroad, including at the NOSPR in Katowice. The pianist was invited to record doctoral presentation albums, during which she performed Weinberg's cello sonatas and song cycles by Schubert, Williams, Jan Joachim Czech and Karol Szymanowski.