Vaughan Williams, passionate about preserving folk melodies, treats them here with love, an act of cultural service that preserves these tunes and the communities that carried them.

Salina Fisher’s Kintsugi reflects on the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, celebrating fractures for the unique history they represent.

Sebastian Black’s new work for solo violin then tells the story of Alexander Aitken’s violin, gifted to him on his voyage to fight in the First World War, played for his comrades at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, then lost at the Somme, but not forever.

Ravel’s Piano Trio closes AWE London 2026, completed in 1914 as the outbreak of war spurred him on to finish the work before enlisting.

PERFORMERS

Benjamin Baker (NZ/UK) - violin | AWE Artistic Director

Yura Lee (USA) - viola

Maciej Kułakowski (Poland) - cello

Jack Moyer (NZ/UK)- cello (AWE Scholar)

Daniel Lebhardt (Hungary) - piano

Gideon Klein String Trio - 13’

Ross Harris: Notes from the front (Songs for Corporal Aitken) - 15’ 

Dvorak: Piano Quartet No.2 in E-flat major, op.87 

Yura Lee - violin/viola

Benjamin Baker - violin

Maciej Kulakowski - cello

Louis Schwizgebel - piano 

(TBC) - tenor

Tim Crawford Violine

William Hagen Violine

Stephen Waarts Violine

Maria Włoszczowska Violine

Ting-Ru Lai Viola

Timothy Ridout Viola

Maciej Kułakowski Violoncello

Tim Posner Violoncello

Federico Colli Klavier

Programm

SCHUMANN Drei Romanzen für Viola und Klavier op. 94 (orig. für Oboe und Klavier, Fassung von Timothy Ridout)

BRAHMS Sonate Nr. 1 e-Moll für Viola und Klavier op. 38 (orig. für Violoncello und Klavier, Fassung von Timothy Ridout)

ENESCU Streichoktett C-Dur op. 7

William Hagen Violine

Maria Włoszczowska Violine

Ting-Ru Lai Viola

Maciej Kułakowski Violoncello

Programm

SCHUMANN Streichquartett A-Dur op. 41 Nr. 3

BRITTEN Drei Divertimenti für Streichquartett

HAYDN Streichquartett D-Dur op. 76 Nr. 5 Hob. III:79

Tim Crawford Violine

William Hagen Violine

Stephen Waarts Violine

Maria Włoszczowska Violine

Ting-Ru Lai Viola

Timothy Ridout Viola

Maciej Kułakowski Violoncello

Tim Posner Violoncello

Programm

BACH Ricercar à 6 aus Musikalisches Opfer für Streicher BWV 1079

MOZART Streichquintett C-Dur KV 515

ROLLA Divertimento F-Dur für Viola und Streichquartett

BRUCH Streichoktett B-Dur op. posth.

Joseph Haydn - Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob:VIIb/1

Marek Tworek - conductor

Szczecin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Chamber music concert with Ribal Molaeb, Tanja Sonc and Alexandra Trisu.

Beethoven & Schumann

Monika Wolińska – conductor
Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra

Leszek Kułakowski – Cello Concerto

Recital with Kateryna Titova

Beethoven, Boulanger, De Falla, Schostakovich & Piazzolla

Recital with Kateryna Titova

Beethoven, Boulanger, De Falla, Schostakovich & Piazzolla

MACIEJ KUŁAKOWSKI, cello & JEAN-SÉLIM ABDELMOULA, piano

JANÁČEK: Pohadka  
BEETHOVEN: Variations on “Bei Männern, Welche Liebe Fühlen” from Magic Flute, WoO 46
CLARA SCHUMANN: Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22, arr. for cello
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70, arr. for cello
NADIA BOULANGER: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
LILI BOULANGER: Nocturne
CÉSAR FRANCK: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano, arr. for cello

Berlin Confidential w/ Arash Safaian – What the Thunder Said

Alexey Stadler, Claudio Bohorquez, Ivan Skanavi, Lena von Almen, Maciek Kulakowski, Oliwia Meiser and Dusan Kostic (double bass)

Benjamin Baker - VIOLIN

Maciej Kułakowski - CELLO

Benjamin Frith - PIANO

Matthew Hunt - CLARINET

Ilker Arcayürek - TENOR

THOMAS LARCHER:

Kraken - (for piano trio)

Nucleus - (for clarinet, cello and piano)

Lyrical Lights - (for tenor and clarinet)

A Padmore Cycle - (for tenor and piano trio)

Programme:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Serenade for Strings in C major, Op.48

 Antonin Dvořák

Serenade for Strings in E major Op.22

WARSAW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BAR AVNI conductor

EDWARD ELGAR - Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 [30’]

Łukasz Byrdy - fortepian

Maciej Kułakowski - wiolonczela

Zofia Olesik - skrzypce

W programie: Mendellsohn, Panufnik

Chamber music concert with Timothy Chooi and Yue Chu

Including pieces by: Chopin, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Vitali

Recital with Jean -Selim Abdelmoula

Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra
Adam BANASZAK - conductor

Joseph Haydn - Cello Concerto no.1 in C major Hob. VIIb:1 [24’] 

Chamber Superstars: Schubert and Coleridge-Taylor

Programme:

James B. Wilson - Microcosm (UK Premiere)

Sasha Scott - Newborn Star (Britten Pears Arts Commission/World Premiere) 

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Nonet, Op.2

Schubert - Octet in F major, D.803

Artists:

Armand Djikoloum – Oboe (Current YCAT Artist)

Jonathan Leibovitz – Clarinet (Current YCAT Artist)

Amy Harman – Bassoon (YCAT Artist 2014-19)

Ben Goldscheider – Horn (YCAT Artist 2019-21)

James Baillieu – Piano (YCAT Artist 2010-14)

Sini Simonen – Violin (YCAT Artist 2016-20, Castalian String Quartet)

Nathan Amaral – Violin (Current YCAT Artist)

Jaran Ziegler – Viola (Former BBC Young Musician 2022)

Maciej Kułakowski – Cello (YCAT Artist 2019-24)

Will Duerden – Double Bass (Current YCAT Artist)

James B. Wilson – Composer (YCAT Composer Fellow)

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Klavierquintett Es- Dur op.44

Michael Shaham, Claire Wells, Noga Shaham, Maciej Kułakowski, Martina Consonni

Joseph Phibbs (*1974)
Streichquartett Nr. 4

Claire Wells, Patricia Cordero, Noga Shaham, Maciej Kułakowski

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Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Klavierquartett  Nr. 3 c-moll op.60

Georgii Moroz, Miguel Erlich, Maciej Kułakowski, Martina Consonni

Orchestra PFB
George Tchitchinadze – conductor

Antonín Dvořák - Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

EAST I. FOKUS TSCHECHIEN

PARTICIPANTS

• Dietmar Bär Recitation

• Soojin Han violin

• Leonard Fu violin

• Sindy Mohamed viola

• Maciej Kułakowski cello

PROGRAMME

Recitation: Tolstoy “The Kreutzer Sonata”

Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)
String Quartet No. 1 “The Kreutzer Sonata”

Subject to change.

NORTHWEST. FOKUS ENGLAND

PARTICIPANTS

• Benjamin Hulett tenor

• Hana Chang violin

• William Hagen violin

• Soojin Han violin

• Christel Lee violin

• Pauline van der Rest violin

• Valeriy Sokolov violin

• Matthew Lipman viola

• Samuel Rosenthal viola

• Noga Shaham viola

• Hayoung Choi cello

• Maciej Kułakowski cello

• Edgar Moreau cello

• Martina Consonni piano

• Mishka Rushdie Momen piano

PROGRAMME

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet No. 30 in G minor op. 74 No. 3 Hob III:74 “Rider Quartet”

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
On Wenlock Edge

intermission

Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Piano Quintet in A minor op. 84

Concert introduction at 6.45 pm in Großer Saal with Chloë Herteleer.

Subject to change.

SOUTHEAST. FOKUS ÖSTERREICH

PARTICIPANTS

• Hana Chang violin

• William Hagen violin

• Soojin Han violin

• Christel Lee violin

• Karolina Errera viola

• Sara Ferrández viola

• Oliver Herbert cello

• Maciej Kułakowski cello

• Edgar Moreau cello

• Mishka Rushdie Momen piano

• Thomas Flender horn

• Josef Weissteiner horn

PROGRAMME

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Musical fun “Dorfmusikantensextett” KV522

Anton Webern (1883–1945)
Five movements for string quartet op. 5

intermission

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major op. 99 D 898

Subject to change.

Works by: Janáček, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Sarasate

LEONORA ARMELLINI – fortepian, MACIEJ KUŁAKOWSKI – wiolonczela | Po fortepianie była zaraz wiolonczela

FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810-1849)

Komplet utworów wiolonczelowych

Introdukcja i Polonez C-dur op. 3 na wiolonczelę i fortepian

Grand Duo Concertante na wiolonczelę i fortepian

Sonata g-moll op. 65 na wiolonczelę i fortepian op. 65

1. Allegro moderato

2. Scherzo

3. Largo

4. Allegro molto moderato

Leonora Armellini i Maciej Kułakowski

FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Komplet utworów wiolonczelowych

Introdukcja i Polonez C-dur op. 3 na wiolonczelę i fortepian
Grand Duo Concertante na wiolonczelę i fortepian
Sonata g-moll op. 65 na wiolonczelę i fortepian
1. Allegro moderato
2. Scherzo
3. Largo
4. Allegro molto moderato

• Toruń Philharmonic Orchestra

• Dainius Pavilionis — conductor

• E. Elgar - Cello Concerto in e minor op. 85