Biographies & programs
5/27/24
11:40
Jana Margová
Slovakia
Finalists
Grzegorz Biegas
Poland
Special Awards
"Orpheus" 1st Special Prize of Ars Augusta Society
Special Prize of Belle Voci Foundation

Program
Franz Schubert
Der Musensohn D 764 (Goethe) - 1R
Frühlingsglaube D 686 (Uhland)
Im Frühling D 882 (Schulze)
Nachtviolen D 752 (Mayrhofer)
Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op.25
1. Widmung (Rückert)
20. Weit, weit (Burns/Gerhard)
Franz Liszt
Oh, quand je dors S 282 (Hugo)
Tre Sonetti di Petrarca, S 270
3. Vidi in terra angelici costumi - 1R
Hugo Wolf
Eichendorff-Lieder
3. Verschwiegene Liebe" aus "Eichendorff-Lieder" (Nr.3)
Goethe-Lieder
28. Die Bekehrte
30. Ganymed
Reynaldo Hahn
A Chloris (Theophile de Viau) - 1R
Erich W. Korngold
Four Shakespeare Songs, Op.31
4. When birds do sing - 1R
Media
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Jana Margová
Soprano
Year of birth:
1997
Jana Margová is a Slovak soprano, the graduate of Ostravská univerzita in Czech republic in the class of prof. Henryka Januszewska-Stańczyk. She also currently studies at the Academy of Music of Karol Szymanowski in Katowice, Poland. Her artistic activity focuses mainly on concerts and solo recitals across the Europe – her repertoire consists of lieder and opera, oratorio and cantata arias across all the epoches from early renaissance and baroque music through romantism to the late 20th century music. As a young singer she won the category Operní naděje at the Antonín Dvořák’s International Vocal Competition in Karlovy Vary (2017). Later, she was the second and the third prize at the competitions Slovak competition of conservatory students (Košice, Slovakia, 2017; Žilina, Slovakia, 2019), International vocal competition Ars et Gloria 2023 (Katowice, Poland, 2023, special interpretation prize), International competition Iuventus canti (in Vráble, Slovak republic, 2023, special prize – solo recital in summer 2024). Interpretation competition of Janáčkova filharmonie (Ostrava, Czech republic, 2023 – concert with Janáček’s philharmony Ostrava in Spring 2024). She has cooperated with many pianists, especially Branko Ladič or Martin Pančocha, also played with Ján Fic. She has also sing with the orchestra MASO Kharkiv, conducted by Jurek Dybal, or with Musica Iuvenalis, conducted by Igor Dohovič. She also sing with ján Čižmář or Maurycy Raczyński and their baroque ansambles.
Grzegorz Biegas
Pianist
He studied at the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice and completed the piano class of Prof. Eugeniusz Knapik (1990-1995). In 2002 he completed postgraduate studies in the piano class of Prof. Józef Stompel. He is a professor in the chamber music department of his alma mater. The focus of his artistic activity is primarily on chamber music, with particular attention to vocal literature. As a trainer and teacher, he took part in numerous singing and chamber music courses, including in Bückeburg, Vienna, Duszniki-Zdrój, Katowice, Radzyń Podlaski, Nowy Sącz, Wroclaw, Gdansk, Sosnowiec, Beijing and Louisville, and worked with teachers, conductors and Directors such as Irena Argustiene, Walter Berry, Henryka Januszewska-Stańczyk, Helena Łazarska, Bogusław Makal, Eugeniusz Sąsiadek, Leopold Spitzer, Daniel Weeks, Ingrid Kremling, Michał Znaniecki, Michael Ramach, Michał Klauza, Rudolf Piernay, Izabella Kłosińska, Wł odzimierz Zalewski together. As an accompanist, he played for soloists in numerous singing competitions in Poland and abroad, including Bilbao, Karlovy Vary, Vienna, Oslo, Pärnu, Sion, Trnava, Vráblach, Düsseldorf, Bydgoszcz, Duszniki-Zdrój, Katowice, Łódź, Nowy Sącz, Kraków, Dublin , Włoszakowice, Warsaw, Gliwice and Wroclaw and won numerous awards for best accompaniment, including the Jerzy Lefeld Special Prize. As a chamber musician, he has performed at numerous concerts in Poland and abroad, as well as at music festivals (Europe, USA, Argentina, China) and has collaborated with many leading singers. He has made numerous recordings for Polish public radio and television (TVP) as well as CDs to his credit, with a particular focus on Polish music (Quartet in D minor op. 8 by Zygmunt Noskowski, Humorous Songs by Henryk Czyż, Arias by Józef Poniatowski, songs by Witold Lutosławski, children's preludes by Edward Bogusławski, songs by Mieczysław Weinberg). From 2005 to 2012 he was deputy rector of the Faculty of Vocal and Instrumental Music and is currently deputy rector of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.