Duo del Gesú

Duo del Gesú
Founded in Gdansk in 2010 by the French violinist Arnaud Kaminski and the Polish violist Krzysztof Tymendorf, the group Duo del Gesú won the first prize at the 25th Young Musician International Competition “Città di Barletta”. This success in Italy sparked off the international career of the group including performances all over the world, invitations to international festivals, congresses, and seminars, teaching in music workshops, and jury participation at music competitions. The artists—laureates of numerous international competitions, scholarships and prizes—mastered their skills in Paris, Vienna, Gdańsk and Göteborg, which encompassed study with such chamber music luminaries as Eberhard Feltz, and the quartets, Apollon Musagète Quartett and Quatuor Ebène. Eclectic and ever hungry for new ideas, they have worked with, amongst others, Christoph Hartmann (Berliner Philharmoniker), Bertrand Braillard (Orchestre national dÎle-de- France), Giuseppe Nova, Janusz Wawrowski, Joanna Woś, Tytus Wojnowicz, Mateusz Smoczyński, Antoine de Grolée, Maciej Gański, Bartosz Koziak, and NeoQuartet, as well as with the icon of Polish electronic music Władysław “Gudonis” Komendarek.
Duo del Gesù attach particular importance to undiscovered classical-period works. This period is characterized by an untapped legacy of compositions combining the violin with the viola by such composers as Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, Louis-Charles Ragué, Ignaz Pleyel and the “Paganini of the viola” Alessandro Rolla. In addition, the group performs contemporary and the very latest music including premieres of works dedicated to it by Polish and foreign composers, most notably, Thomas Emmanuel Cornelius, Maximilian Kreuz, Stephan Kühne, Tadeusz Dixa, Ewa Miriam Saczko, Kamil Cieślik, Gunnar Karel Màsson.
From 2012 Duo del Gesù serve as the artistic directors of the Gdańsk Euro Chamber Music Festival, which has been awarded the prestigious 2017-2020 EFFE (Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe) label. The group also conceived of the Baltic Music Workshops [Nadbałtyckie Warsztaty Muzyczne] and the Baltic Coast String Duets Competition [Nadbałtycki Konkurs Duetów Smyczkowych], a unique event in Europe for string duets whose aim is to promote young talent as well as the dissemination of duet repertoire.

Programs

Works composed up to 1950.

Johann Sebastian Bach	Inventions BWV 772-786 Little Preludes (transcription by Duo del Gesù) Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (transcription for Dymitr Sitkovetsky's string trio)
Johannes Brahms	Hungarian dances No. 1, 2, 5 (transcription by Duo del Gesù) Waltz opus 39 No. 15 (transcription by Duo del Gesù)
Jean-Baptiste Bréval	Duos opus 19
Max Bruch	Double concerto opus 88
Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni	Duos opus 4, 25
Jean-Baptiste Cartier	Potpourri patriote n°4
Giuseppe Maria Cambini	Duos opus 5
Frédéric Chopin	Nocturne No. 20 opus posthume (transcription by Duo del Gesù) Polonaise «Military» opus 40 No. 1 (transcription by Duo del Gesù)
Pierre Crémont	Concert duets opus 12
Claude Debussy	Moonlight from the Bergamasque Suite (transcription by Duo del Gesù) A girl with flaxen hair from Préludes I livre (transcription by Duo del Gesù) Romantic waltz (transcription by Duo del Gesù)
Antonín Dvořák	Slavic dance opus 72 No. 2 (transcription by Duo del Gesù) Humoresque opus 101 No. 7
Robert Fuchs	Duos opus 60
Georg Friedrich Haendel	Chaconne, HWV 435
Michael Haydn	Duets, P.127-130
Joseph Haydn	Sonates, Hob.VI:1-6
Franz Anton Hoffmeister	Duos opus 7, 13, 19, 65
Johan Halvorsen	Passacaglia Sarabande con variazioni
Marin Marais	Couplets de folies
Bohuslav Martinů	3 Madrigals, H.313
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Duets K.423, 424 12 Duos K.487 Divertimento for string trio K.563
Ignaz Pleyel	Grands Duets opus 69 Duos opus 4, 46
Manuel Ponce	Sonata a duo
Vaclav Pichl	Duos opus 18
Louis Charles Ragué	Duos opus 11
Alessandro Rolla	Serenata per violino e viola accordata una terza sotto Sonata per viola con accompagnamento di violino
Franz Schubert	Erlkönig D. 328 (transcription by Duo del Gesù) Lob der Thränen D. 711 (transcription by Duo del Gesù) Ständchen D. 957 (transcription by Duo del Gesù)
Jean Sibelius	Duo
Ludwig Spohr	Duo opus 13
Carl Philipp Stamitz	Duos opus 10, 12, 18, 34

Contemporary and latest music

2019
Maximilian Kreuz	Freie Variationen über "Brunnquell' aller Güter" Wv. 89 [dedication to Duo del Gesú]
Stephan Kühne	Moment Musical [dedication to Duo del Gesú]
Kamil Cieślik	A due ! [dedication to Duo del Gesú]
Arnaud Kaminski / Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf	Exodus Aurora Vagues ritournelles
2018
Gunar Kàrel Masson	Flæði IX [dedication to Duo del Gesú]
Ewa Miriam Saczko	Aforyzmy [dedication to Duo del Gesú]
2017
Tadeusz Dixa	Bagatele [dedication to Duo del Gesú]
2016
Thomas Emanuel Cornelius	Dawno temu [dedication to Duo del Gesú]
2015
Piotr Jędrzejczyk	Fraszka [dedication to Duo del Gesú]
2008
Krzysztof Penderecki	Ciaconna in memoriam Giovanni Paolo II
1992
Pascal Dusapin	Ohimé
1975
Mariusz Matuszewski	Duetti per violino e viola
1962
Witold Lutosławski	Bukoliki (transcription by Duo del Gesù)

Repertoire with orchestra

Carl Philipp Stamitz	Sinfonia concertante in D major
Max Bruch	Double Concerto in E minor, opus 88
Kurt Atterberg	Suite No. 3, opus 19 No. 1 for violin, viola and string orchestra
Arthur Benjamin	Romantic Fantasy for violin, viola and small orchestra
Georg Abraham Schneider	Sinfonia concertante in D major, opus 19
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Sinfonia concertante in E flat major K. 364
Benjamin Britten	Double Concerto in B minor
Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk	Oblivion

Concerts

2021
TBA	International Festival of Organ and Chamber Music in Wolsztyn, Poland
TBA	Chamber concert C. P. Stamitz - Sinfonia Concertante in D Major M. Bruch - Double Concerto in E minor
11.04.2021	3rd Season of Chamber Concerts in Praga Południe, Warsaw, Poland Opening concert
05-06.06.2021	13ème Festival International de musique de chambre Commixtus, France
13.06.2021	II Bialski Festival of Organ and Chamber Music Biała Podlaska, Poland
18.06.2021	Pomeranian Tournée Duo del Gesú Castle Muzeum in Malbork, Poland
21.06.2021	Pomeranian Tournée Duo del Gesú St. John's Centre in Gdańsk, Poland
28.06.2021	Pomeranian Tournée Duo del Gesú Father E. Dutkiewicz SAC Hospice in Gdańsk, Poland
28.06.2021	Pomeranian Tournée Duo del Gesú Children's Hospital POLANKI in Gdańsk, Poland
29.06.2021	Pomeranian Tournée Duo del Gesú J. Korczak's House. Regional Care and Therapeutic Center in Gdańsk, Poland
29.06.2021	Pomeranian Tournée Duo del Gesú Old Town Hall in Gdańsk, Poland
11.07.2021	Pomeranian Tournée Duo del Gesú Museum of Kashubian-Pomeranian Literature and Music in Wejherowo, Poland
28.07.2021	Pomeranian Tournée Duo del Gesú Dar Pomorza, Gdynia, Poland
28.07.2021	Pomeranian Tournée Duo del Gesú Sopoteka, Sopot, Poland
29.07.2021	Pomeranian Tournée Duo del Gesú Rondo Concert Theater in Słupsk, Poland
29.07.2021	Pomeranian Tournée Duo del Gesú Palace in Łebunia, Poland
29.08.2021	International Chamber Music Festival in Żukowo, Poland
2020
2020/01/01	Meiqi Grand Theatre, ShangHai, China Austria Philharmonic Orchestra
2020/01/02	Dushu Lake Theatre, SuZhou, China Austria Philharmonic Orchestra
2020/01/03	Zijin Grand Theatre, NanJing, China Austria Philharmonic Orchestra
2020/01/22	Austrian Cultural Forum, Warsaw, Poland
2020/03/03	Barneville-Carteret, France
2020/03/07	Sheraton Sopot Concert for the Bibus Menos company
2020/06/14	12ème Festival International de Musique de Chambre Commixtus Gond Pontouvre, France
2020/06/19	Organ-chamber concerts, Warsaw, Poland
2020/06/20	II Biala Festival of Organ and Chamber Music, Biała Podlaska, Poland
2020/06/21	IX Euro Chamber Music Festival, Gdańsk, Poland
2020/06/25	10TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARTISTIC CAREER - Jubilee Tournée 10/10 Dar Pomorza in Gdynia, Poland
2020/06/26	Jubilee Tournée 10/10 - 10th anniversary of an international artistic career
2020/06/28	VI Baltic String Duo Competition, Gdańsk, Poland
2020/07/1-2	IV Baltic Music Workshops, Gdańsk, Poland
2020/07/05	Polish Rising Music Stars, Gdańsk, Poland
2020/07/19	V Festival d'Autan, Albi, France
2020/07/26	VIII International Organ and Chamber Music Festival in Lukow, Poland
2020/08/15	VI Henrykowski Festival in Kożuchow, Poland
2020/08/30	Calliope Kammermusikreihe - House of Vogtland Philharmonie, Veranstaltungsforum Reichenbach in Vogtland, Germany
2020/09/13	Lesser Poland Festival "Music in Monuments"
2020/09/17	Jubilee Tournée 10/10 From Beethoven to Contemporary Music, Sopoteka in Sopot, Poland
2020/09/20	Festival Konvergencie - International Chamber Music Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
2020/09/27	V Festival d'Autan, Albi, France église du Carla (commune de Castelnau de Lévis 81)
2020/10/03	Jubilee Tournée 10/10 5:00 pm - Teutonic Castle in Malbork, Poland 7:00 pm - III Braniewo Organ Autumn Minor Basilica of st. Katarzyna Aleksandryjska in Braniewo, Poland
2020/10/04	Jubilee Tournée 10/10 10:15 am - Church of Holy Trinity in Wejherowo, Poland 12:15 am - Church of James the Apostle in Lębork, Poland 3:00 pm - Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Władysławowo, Poland 7:00 pm - Collegiate Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kartuzy, Poland
2020/10/17	Jubilee Tournée 10/10 Christ the King's Church in Kolczyglowy, Poland
2020/10/23	Jubilee Tournée 10/10, Polish Rising Music Stars 2020 Video concert Old Town Hall in Gdansk, Poland
2020/10/28	Austrian Consulate in Katowice, Poland
2020/11/6	Jubilee Tournée 10/10 5:30 pm St. Adalbert's Church in Gdansk, Poland 6:45 pm St. Catherine's Church in Gdansk, Poland
2020/11/12	Jubilee Tournée 10/10, IX EURO Chamber Music Festival Gdańsk Theatrical performance, Beethoven's Letters Guest starring: Daniel Olbrychski - actor
2020/11/14	Jubilee Tournée 10/10, Słupsk Cultural Center, Poland Rondo Theater Center
TBA 2020	Premiere - Charles David Wajnberg, Échos (Éphémère II) pour violon et alto, commande 2020 création
TBA 2020	Premiere - Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk, Two contrasts for a duo

2019

26.01.2019	Château Yverdon-les-Bains Geneva, Switzerland
28.05.2019	1st Beskid Classic Festival "Cavatina Classics" Bielsko-Biała, Poland
6.06.2019	Dworek Sierakowskich, Sopot, Poland
14.06.2019	17th Wörthersee Classics Festival Klagenfurt, Austria
16.06.2019	45th Anniversary of the Polish Institute in Vienna, Austria Szymon Nehring - piano
21.06.2019	8. EURO CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Gdańsk, Poland
29.06.2019	V Baltic String Duo Competition - jury Gdansk, Poland
july 2019	5. Music Festival 5. Małopolska Talent Academy in Łąck, Poland
1-2.07.2019	III Baltic Music Workshops
09.07.2019	Spectrum Chamber Music Festival Ljubljana, Slovenie
10.07.2019	XVI Alba Music Festival, Italy
11.07.2019	Bergamo, Monastero del Carmine, (Włochy)
21.09.2019	VII Lower Silesian Music Festival, Stronie Śląskie - Chapel of St. Onofrio, Poland
22.09.2019	V Chamber and Organ Music Festival of the Legionowski District 2019, Nieporęt, Poland
26.09.2019	European Solidarity Center, Gdańsk Cappella Gedanensis, Magdalena Pawlisz - conductor, Arnaud Kaminski - violin, Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf - viola, Kurt Atterberg - Suite No. 3, op. 19 No. 1 for violin, viola and string orchestra (Polish premiere)
29.09.2019	Jan Matejko's manor house, "Evenings with Stanisław Wyspiański", Cracow, Poland
5-6.10.2019	Klagenfurt, Austria
22.10.2019	10th MAGfestival, Split, Croatia
29.12.2019	Liaoning Grand Theatre, ShenYang, China Austria Philharmonic Orchestra
30.12.2019	Banquet Hall of the Great Hall of the People, BeiJing, China Austria Philharmonic Orchestra
31.12.2019	Meiqi Grand Theatre, ShangHai, China Austria Philharmonic Orchestra

2018

12.05.2018	Oliwa's Town Hall of Culture in Gdansk
03.06.2018	Alba Music Festival, Italy
21.06.2018	St. Catherine's Church in Gdańsk, 7. Euro Chamber Music Festival, Poland
21.06.2018	St. Catherine's Church in Gdańsk, 7. Euro Chamber Music Festival, Poland
01.07.2018	Baltic String Duo Competition in Gdansk Jury
02-04.07.2018	Baltic Music Workshops Masterclasses
08.07.2018	Lower Silesian Music Festival
12.07.2018	Władysławowo, 46. International Music Festival "Summer Organ and Chamber Concerts", Poland
15.07.2018	Museum of Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński in Pran, forester, Poland
18.07.2018	Cathedral in Pelplin, Poland
22.07.2018	Koronowo, Poland
27.07.2018	Concert at the Palace of Art in Krakow
29.07.2018	9th Puplinge Classique Festival, Geneva, Switzerland
15.08.2018	Grande Chapelle du CAD in Coutances, France
16.08.2018	Abbaye de Mondaye, France
17.08.2018	Église Saint Clément in Cherbourg, France
18.08.2018	Église in Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin, France
19.08.2018	Festival Musiques à Pontorson, France
15.09.2018 - 21.10.2018	II Concerts in the Świdnica Region Gruszów - Makowice - Krzyżowa - Witoszów Dolny - Grodziszcze - Ślęza
04.11.2018	Le Moulin d'Andé, France
7.11.2018	University of Sorbonne in Paris
18.11.2018	New Waves - 4th Festival of Contemporary Music, Gdansk, Poland

03.09.2017	Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Stary Wielisław Chamber concert as part of the Lower Silesian Music Festival
13.08.2017	Church in Osseja, France Festival Itinerant de musica – Les cles du Classique
16.07.2017	Church of St. Wojciech in Gdansk, 6. Euro Chamber Music Festival, Poland
14.07.2017	Church of St. Joseph in Gdansk, 6. Euro Chamber Music Festival, Poland
02.07.2017	Drewniany Zabytkowy Kościół, Sierakowice, Poland 7. Summer Chamber Music Festival
29.06.2017	Dworek Sierakowskich in Sopot, chamber concert, Poland
06.10.2016	Cremona, Italy, 43. International Viola Congress
8.07.2016	Church of St. Wojciech in Gdansk, 5. Euro Chamber Music Festival, Poland
19.06.2016	Kamieniec Palace, Chamber hall, Lower Silesian Music Festival, Poland
18.06.2016	Roman catholic parish of St Urban I in Zielona Góra, Poland
21.06.2015	Empik in Baltic Gallery, Gdansk, Poland
21.06.2015	St. Catherine church in Gdansk, chamber concert „Wariat`s Variations”, 4. Euro Chamber Music Festival, Poland
07.05.2015	Bari, Italy Chamber concert
03.05.2015	Paris, France Chamber concert
11.09.2013	Music Academy in Krakow, Concert hall, 41. International Viola Congress, Poland
10.09.2013	Krakow Culture Center, Camber concert, Poland
05.07.2013	American Corner in Gdansk, Chamber concert „3M”
01.07.2013	Uphagen's House in Gdansk, Chamber concert, Poland
21.06.2013	Church of St. Nicolas in Gdansk, 2. Euro Chamber Music Festival, Poland
18.05.2013	Gdansk Town Hall, chamber concert, Poland
27.03.2013	The Great Mill in Gdansk, Poland Chamber concert „Mozart and his europe”
26.03.2013	The Great Mill in Gdansk, Poland Chamber concert „Wien, Mannheim & Moravia”
24.11.2012	Gdansk Town Hall, Chamber concert „Golden Baroque and Classic”, Poland
20.11.2012	Gdansk Town Hall, Chamber concert „En vrac”, Poland
24.09.2012	Gdansk Town Hall, Chamber concert „Golden Baroque and Classic”, Poland
20.09.2012	Gdansk Town Hall, Chamber concert „En vrac”, Poland
08.09.2012	Mariacka Street in Gdansk, Chamber concert, Poland
18.07.2012	Cathedral in Pelplin, XIV International Organ Music Festival, Poland
14.06.2012	Gdansk Town Hall, Chamber concert „Vienna in the center of Gdansk”, 1. Euro Chamber Music Festival, Poland
07.06.2012	Dworek Sierakowskich in Sopot, Concert Hall, Poland
16.02.2012	Austrian Culture Forum, Concert Hall in Warsaw, Poland
05.06.2011	Top Trendy Sopot Festival Concert - Duo del Gesú, Honorata "Honey" Skarbek

Duo del Gesú

Programs

Works composed up to 1950.

Contemporary and latest music

Repertoire with orchestra

Concerts

2021

2020

2019

2018

Gallery

Euro Chamber Music Festival

Poland

Ars Sine Qua Non

France

Salagon Production