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Kwadrofonik
Background information
OriginPoland
GenresTraditional folk music
Years active2005–present
LabelsWarner Music Poland, Sony Music Entertainment Poland
MembersEmilia Sitarz
Bartłomiej Wąsik
Magdalena Kordylasińska
Piotr Maślanka
Past membersMiłosz Pękala

Kwadrofonik is a Polish band. The unusual combination of percussionists and pianists is the only such quartet in Poland and one of a few in the world.

Founded in 2005, they perform compositions from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Their music is inspired by composers like Bartok, George Crumb and Luciano Berio. Through improvisation and musical dialogues they make maximum use of the possibilities offered by two pianos and percussion. The instruments exchange functions almost imperceptibly – the pianos become percussion instruments, while percussion instruments become the melodic ones. For the arrangement of folk songs performed at the ninth Folk Music Festival Nowa Tradycja (New Tradition) in 2006, the musicians were awarded the Grand Prix, an Award from the President of Warsaw and also one from the public – "Burza Braw" (Burst of Applause).

Discography

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
POL
Folk Love —
Lutosławski Tuwim. Piosenki nie
tylko dla dzieci (with Dorota Miśkiewicz)
  • Released: November 12, 2013
  • Label: Sony Music Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 36
  • POL: 15,000+
  • POL: Gold
Requiem ludowe (with Adam Strug)
  • Released: April 1, 2015
  • Label: Polskie Radio / NInA
 —
Astronomia poety. Baczyński (with Mela Koteluk) 2
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

  1. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  2. "Wiadomości muzyczne w Open.FM". open.fm (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  3. "Lutoslawski Tuwim. Piosenki nie tylko dla dzieci by Dorota Miśkiewicz & Kwadrofonik". Apple Music. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  4. "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Wyróżnienia - Regulamin". bestsellery.zpav.pl. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  5. "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Wyróżnienia - Złote płyty CD". bestsellery.zpav.pl. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  6. "Kwadrofonik, Adam Strug - Requiem Ludowe". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  7. ""Astronomia poety. Baczyński" Mela Koteluk i Kwadrofonik na 76. rocznicę Powstania Warszawskiego". www.1944.pl (in Polish). 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  8. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-09-20.


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