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Lucid Duo Marimba Artists
Lucid Duo Marimba Artists
in Auditorio de Tenerife, Spain;
Celebration of Keiko Abe Festival 2017 -
“A Tribute to Marimba Duo” at the BCV
Hall in Lausanne, Switzerland etc.
Lucid Duo
Irena and Tomasz want to share their vision about this unique instrument and convince the audience to perceive it as a standard classical instrument. They mainly perform with a technical proficiency and above all passion and excitement a repertoire with selections of own compositions and arrangements in a variety of musical styles.
“The music of Lucid Duo has a lot of energy and sensitivity and it will make an impression on the audience. They show great promise for the future.” - Keiko Abe
“Lucid duo, has this fantastic and unique combination of very interesting compositions, joined by impressive virtuosity, musicianship and Slavic souls, that just add to their unique position in the percussive world.” - Nebojša Jovan Živković
School of Music and Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo,
Japan. The ensemble was also invited as a guest jury
member at the Japan Percussion Association’s
Competition 2019 in Saitama. The marimba duo was
formed in 2011 by Irena and Tomasz in Belgium. After
graduating Europe´s first Marimba Master Degree at the
Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, the duo believes in
bringing the instrument to a further development. Lucid
Duo premieres many new works, written by Tomasz for
marimba duo, marimba duo with electronics, or double
marimba concertos with an orchestra/percussion
ensemble. Irena and Tomasz won the Start-Stipendium in
2016, awarded by the Federal Chancellery of Austria,
given to outstanding artists, which led to completing
their specialization with the Japanese legend Keiko Abe
at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, Japan.
Lucid Duo is Yamaha artist and an Innovative Percussion
Endorser, currently collaborating with the Armstrong
Music and Arts Agency in Beijing. Both members of the
duo are based in Vienna, Austria.
Lucid Duo’s performance is an introduction to the wide spectrum
of marimba virtuosity. Irena Manolova and Tomasz Goliński are
the first prize winning laureates of the Universal Marimba
Competition 2011 in Belgium, praised for their amazing degree
of sensitivity to sound.
Their success allows them to perform regularly at international
festivals and to hold masterclasses worldwide. The duo made an
appearance on festivals in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Spain,
Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Mexico,
amongst which the Zivkovic's International Summer Academy in
Vienna 2020; Festival Internacional de Marimbistas 2019 in
Chiapas, Mexico; Midis-Minimes Festival 2018 in Brussels,
Festival de Música Contemporánea de Tenerife 2017,
performing at venues as the National Olympics Hall in Tokyo,
Dolce Artists Salon in Osaka, Japan; Stadschouwburg Leuven,
Belgium; Koszalin Philharmonic Hall, Poland; Auditorio de
Tenerife, Spain; Austrian Cultural Forum in Berlin; Palais
Rasumofsky in Vienna etc. In the recent years they gave lectures
in renowned music universities such as the University of Sciences
and Arts Chiapas, Mexico; Osaka College of Music, Toho Gakuen
Irena Manolova
The Bulgarian-born Irena Manolova,
internationally acclaimed marimba and
percussion artist, started playing percussion
at the age of six. In 2016 Irena got awarded
the Start-Stipendium Scholarship by the
Federal Chancellery of Austria for her project
Popularization of Marimba, which allowed
her to complete her studies with the Japanese
composer and marimba soloist Keiko Abe at
the Toho Gakuen School of Music, Tokyo.
The marimbist is a winner of numerous solo
and chamber music competitions, among
which are: Laureate of Yordan Kamdzhalov’s
Foundation in Sofia (2016); Fidelio Chamber
Music Competition in Vienna, Austria
(2014&2015); ARTos Soloist Music prize in
Antwerp, Belgium (2013); Marimba Solo
laureate of the International Marimba
Competition in Fermo,Italy (2010) and of the
International Competition Music and Earth in
Sofia (2008); Award for artistic achievements
by the Ministry of Culture in Bulgaria (2005);
Grand Prix Prize at the Balkan Festival Art
Amphora in Sofia (2004) etc.
She performed in concert halls and venues
including the Musikverein, Konzerthaus,
Vienna State Opera, ORF Radiokulturhaus,
Theater an der Wien, MuTh, Belvedere 21,
Porgy and Bess in Vienna, Esterhazy Palace in
Eisenstadt, Austria; Concertgebouw and
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam,
Philharmonie Haarlem in the Netherlands; BCV
Concert Hall Lausanne in Switzerland; deSingel
Antwerp, Stadsschouwburg Leuven,
Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent in Belgium;
Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz de Tenerife,
Spain; National Olympics Memorial Hall in
Tokyo, Dolce Artists Salonin Osaka, Japan;
Koszalin Philharmonic Hall in Poland; Austrian
Cultural Forum in Berlin, Germany.
Irena participated in many festivals and events,
such as the Wagner-Gala in Concertgebouw
2011; Bitten-Happening 2012 and John Cage
Celebration 2012 with the HERMESensemble
in deSingel, Antwerp; Kiss of Fire with SPARK -
die klassische Band 2014 in Amsterdam;
Vienna International Saxfest 2014-2016;
Nomus Festival 2015 in Serbia; Lange Nacht:
Interpretation zeitgenössischer Musik 2016 at
the Zurich University of the Arts ; SGEM
Vienna – International Scientific Conference on
Social Sciences and Arts 2016; Zurich
International Saxfest 2017; Wien Modern 2019
etc. As a pedagogue, Irena presented her
marimba educational workshops and was
working on her interdiscliplinary project Keep
playing in 2014-2015 at the Amadeus
International School of Vienna.
After graduating the National Music School Lubomir Pipkov (2008) in Sofia, Bulgaria, Irena obtained with the greatest distinction her Bachelor Degree of Percussion (2011), Marimba Master Degree (2013) and Master of Percussion Degree (2014) at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp , Belgium, guided by her teachers Ludwig Albert, Lin Chin-Cheng and Nando Russo. As a continuation, Irena specialized with the composer and multi-percussion concert artist Nebojša Živkovic exclusively on his percussion and marimba works at the
Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna in 2014, followed by performing together with him the Serbian Premiere of his Double Percussion Concerto Obsesiones during the Nomus Festival 2015 in Novi Sad.
Irena gained her experience as an orchestral percussionist with Ensemble Kontrapunkte, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra Amsterdam, Neue Oper Wien etc., led by conductors as Marc Albrecht, Edo de Waart, Philippe Herreweghe, Markus Lehtinen, Peter Keuschnig etc. Currently the percussionist is performing as a guest member of various orchestras, chamber and contemporary ensembles in Austria, premiering new contemporary works and having the chance to work with composers as Peter Eötvös, Richard Dünser, Julia Purgina etc.
Tomasz obtained with the greatest distinction his Master Degrees in Percussion, Marimba, Chamber Music and Postgraduate Marimba Solo in the class of Ludwig Albert at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, the Leuven College of Arts in Belgium and at the Music Academy in Gdansk. He graduated his Bachelor in Composition in the class of Luc van Hoove at the Leuven College of Arts, as well as a specialization of Electroacoustic Composition with Joris de Laet at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp. In 2016 he completed his marimba specialization with the Japanese composer and marimba legend Keiko Abe at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, Japan.
The composer receives commissions from Austria, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, USA, Poland, Spain, and Denmark such as marimba solo/duo works with electronics, marimba and organ, marimba and violin, marimba and saxophone,marimba and flute,solo and duo percussion/marimba concertos with Philharmonic Orchestras etc. In 2016 Tomasz held his composition masterclass at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna. His Marimba Quartet No.1 was commissioned and premiered by ensemble Schlagwerk Wien (led by the internationally renowned composer and multi-percussion soloist Nebojsa Zivkovic) at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna.
Tomasz Goliński is a Polish composer,
marimbist and percussionist. He is one of the
leading composers and performers of his
generation on the international marimba and
percussion scene.
Some of his commissioned works include:
Double Percussion Concerto No.1 premiered
in 2015 by Tuopali Duo, the Orquesta
Sinfónica de Tenerife and Maestro Eckart
Preu (USA) during the International Festival
de Música Contemporánea de Tenerife at
the Auditorio de Tenerife in Spain; Double
Marimba Concerto No.2 premiered in 2017
by Lucid Duo, Koszalin Philharmonic and
Maestro Simone Zuccatti in Koszalin,
Poland; Marimba Concertino Luminosity
premiered in 2018 by Mark Ford and Opole
Philharmonic in Opole, Poland,
commissioned by Mark Ford/University of
North Texas; Italian Premiere of Luminosity
Concertino performed in 2019 by Filippo
Lattanzi, Orchestra della Fondazione
Petruzzelli and Maestro Luigi Piovano in
Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari; The Principal
Delusion;Double Marimba Concerto for
marimba orchestra premiered in 2019 by
Lucid Duo, Phonix Marimba Orchestra and
Shiniti Ueno in Tokyo, Japan and by Lucid
Duo &Filarmonica de Marimbas de la
UNICACH in Chiapas, Mexico 2019. Tomasz
is a laureate of several marimba and
composition international competitions
including the First prize of the Universal
Marimba Composition Competition in
Belgium (2011&2012) with his marimba solo
pieces Luminosity and
Purity; Second prize at the 39th Percussive
Arts Society Percussion Composition Contest
in the USA with his marimba solo piece The
Absurd World (2011); Second prize in the
marimba solo category of the 8th Percussive
Arts Society Italy International Percussion
Competition in Fermo (2010) etc. For his
artistic and academic achievements Tomasz
received a scholarship from the Polish
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in
2010 and in 2012 a scholarship from the
Ministry of the Flemish Community in
Brussels, Belgium. It is worth to mention that
in 2011 Tomasz's first marimba solo piece
Luminosity was used as a set-piece of the
Universal Marimba Competition Belgium in
2013. Since than Luminosity is becoming a
standard piece in the marimba solo repertoire,
being regularly performed in the USA, Asia,
Europe, South America and Australia.
His compositions Purity II and
Luminosity have been published by the
Danish publishing house Edition Svitzer and
The Absurd World, by Keyboard Percussion
Music in the USA.
Tomasz Goliński
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