Concert Program
Carl Stamitz (1745–1801)
Clarinet Concerto No. 7 in E-flat major (“Darmstadt Concerto”)
I. Allegro
Blazej Wasiak, clarinet
Marina Matsuoka, piano
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano
Blazej Wasiak, clarinet
Marina Matsuoka, piano
— Interval —
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
II. Lebhaft, leicht
III. Rasch und mit Feuer
Blazej Wasiak, clarinet
Marina Matsuoka, piano
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 28
I. Allegro
II. Allegretto
III. Adagio
Blazej Wasiak, clarinet
Marina Matsuoka, piano
Performer Biography
Blazej Wasiak (b. 2001, Sulechów, Poland) is a clarinetist currently pursuing his Master’s degree at the Grieg Academy in Bergen, in the class of Professor Christian Stene. He also studied at the Academy of Music in Poznań (Poland) with Dr. Jakub Drygas and has also spent a semester at LUCA School of Arts in Leuven (Belgium) under Professor Roeland Hendrikx as part of the Erasmus+ program.
Blazej has performed with several orchestras, including the Norwegian National Youth Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Neue Philharmonie München, and the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra. He also collaborates regularly with the Tadeusz Baird Philharmonic in Zielona Góra. In addition to his performing activities, he has worked as a classical music journalist for Radio Afera and Radio Zgiełk.