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Stefanie True, soprano

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Stefanie True, soprano, has performed extensively around Europe, North, and Central America, appearing in operas, oratorios, festivals, and solo recitals. As a soloist she has appeared in the major works of Bach including St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, Mass in B Minor, Christmas Oratorio, and several cantatas, as well as Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Graun’s Der Tod Jesu, Handel’s La Resurrezione, and Faure’s Requiem. Past opera experience includes roles such as Cephise in Campra’s L’Europe Gallante with William Christie (Ambronay Festival), Poppea in Handel’s Agrippina, Belinda in Purcell’s Dido and Aneas (York University), as well as various roles in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, and Adelaide in Handel’s Lotario (Opera Concertante).

Her discography includes Aci in Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, Maddalena in Handel’s La Resurrezione, and two solo recordings of Handel’s early Roman Cantatas, all under the direction of Marco Vitale with Contrasto Armonico. She also recently celebrated the release of a recording of Lully’s Ballets & Recits Italiens under the direction of Fabio Bonizzoni with La Risonanza for the Glossa Label. Stefanie is currently awaiting the release of two CDs with the Hungarian Baroque Orchestra, Cappella Savaria, of English cantatas by Arne, as well as previously unknown “revolution arias” of Shield and Attwood.

She has also performed solo concerts at such well-known festivals as the Utrecht festival of Early Music (Netherlands), and the Stresa Festival (Italy). She has received scholarships to participate in several young artist programs, including Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute (Canada), Gregynog Festival Masterclasses (Wales), and the Britten-Pears Young Artist Program (UK). Stefanie completed her BFA in music at York University (Toronto, Canada) studying with the Canadian mezzo-soprano, Catherine Robbin in 2003. In 2007 she completed her B.Mus. in Early Music and an Artist’s Diploma in Classical Singing at the Royal Conservatoire, Den Haag, studying with Diane Folano, Barbara Pearson, Jill Feldman, and Michael Chance, and will finish her MA in Early Music at the same institution in 2009.

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Amanda Markwick, classical flute

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Mesmerized by the pure, almost vocal sound of the flute since she first heard it as a child, Amanda Markwick has since made that fascination her own reality, playing historical flutes and earning such encouraging feedback as “beautifully flowing, colourful tones” and “you play a golden sound”. In her journey through cultural refinement, Amanda received a Bachelors degree in French Language and Literature and in Modern Flute, and Masters degree in Early Music from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. She then received another Bachelors and Masters degree in Early Music at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague, the Netherlands, where she was awarded a Huygens scholarship by the Dutch Ministry for Education, Culture, and Science. Thanking the thoughtful guidance of her teachers Barbara Kallaur, Kate Clark, Wilbert Hazelzet, and Barthold Kuijken, Amanda has since become a sought-after collaborator in chamber music and orchestral work, performing regularly throughout the United States and Europe.

Amanda is an active member of Barcelona Barroc, most recently giving chamber music concerts with them in the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden. With Prima Prattica, a mixed consort focusing on Renaissance music, she has toured in England, Germany, and the Netherlands. With Ensemble Eloquentia and Quartet Almaviva, she performs chamber music of the Classical period. She also works regularly with The Bach Orchestra of The Netherlands.

Amanda has participated in the Bloomington Early Music Festival, in Bloomington, Indiana, the U.S.A.; the International Harp Convention in Prague, the Czech Republic; the Corso Internazionale die Musica Antica in Urbino, Italy; the Casa de Mateus Festival in Vila Real, Portugal; the Festival Internacional de Musica de Cadaques in Cadaques, Spain; and the 3rd Festival Internacional de Música Clásica de Ribadeo, Spain. www.amandamarkwick.com

Krzysztof Białasik, natural horn

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Krzysztof Białasik started his musical education in the elementary music school at the age 13. Originally, his main subject was trumpet, but it was soon replaced by the French horn. After graduating from the secondary music school, he started his studies at the Music Academy in Poznań where he was accepted to the horn class of professor Krzysztof Stencel in 2002. He participated in numerous masterclasses, as well as orchestral and chamber music projects. While still studying in his fourth year, he was inspired by the art of playing the natural horn, introduced to him by his professor. He bought a suitable instrument and started a regular practice. During a lesson with Teunis van der Zwart, Krzysztof was invited to study at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. He was accepted at this conservatory after finishing his studies in Poland.

Krzysztof’s main interests focus on performing chamber music. He is an active member of wind quintets and wind octets, as well as with small ensembles with fortepiano. He also performs with the following orchestras: New Dutch Academy, Warsaw Chamber Opera, Eik en Linde Baroque Ensemble, and Il Concerto Barocco.

Agnieszka Oszanca, cello

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Having studied cello for several years in her hometown music school, Agnieszka E. Oszanca moved to Krakow, where she has studied under the guidance of Jacek Kociuban. As a result of her chamber music experiences, she developed a keen interest in the subject of authenticity in musical performance. The decision to study early music in The Netherlands followed shortly. She completed her Masters Degree at the Utrecht Conservatorium in baroque cello class of Viola de Hoog in the summer 2008. Since autumn 2009, she has been continuing her education under Marco Frezzato in Cesena (IT).

Agnieszka has been a finalist in several competitions such as the Bach Competition in Zielona Gora (PL), the International Young Artists Presentation in Antwerp, and Academia Palatina in Mannheim.

Active as a soloist as well as a chamber and orchestral musician, Agnieszka is a member of Musica Poetica, Pramea Ensemble, Trio Ryu-Oszanca-Lievonen, and ensemble La Chromosfera. She is regularly invited to perform in the Fringe concerts of the Utrecht Early Music Festival, the Brzezice Festival in Slovenia, and similar events around Europe. She is a founder and artistic director of the Sterren Oude Muziek series and Sterrenfestival in Utrecht.

She has collaborated with Schonbrunn Ensemble on the recording of the Mozart flute concertos for the Globe label. With the Pramea Esemble, she recorded two CDs featuring rare and unpublished pre-classical flute trios. In autumn 2009, she recorded the 2nd Cello Suite by Bach for the Silver Bee project in Poland.

Agnieszka devotes herself to the research of improvisation techniques of the first cellists, including chordal realisation of basso continuo on cello.

Agnieszka plays a cello made by Benoit Fleury in Paris in 1763.

www.oszanca.eu

Ula Danielewicz, fortepiano

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Ula Danielewicz is a Polish fortepiano and harpsichord player active as a recitalist, chamber musician and accompanist. She has taken part in several music festivals in Poland, such as the Harpsichord Music Festival, May with Old Music, Polish Contemporary Music Festival Musica Polonica Nova, and Eurosilesia. She has also performed on the Fringe Concerts of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in 2008 and 2009. Further, she was a semifinalist in the harpsichord competition XV International J. S. Bach Wettbewerb in Leipzig, Germany, in 2006.

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After graduating from music schools, she earned a Masters Degree at the Academy of Music in Wrocław in the harpsichord class of Marta Kaczmarska. At the same time she got a Masters Degree from the Academy of Economy in Wrocław.
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In 2006, she was awarded a scholarship by the French government in order to pursue harpsichord studies with Elisabeth Joye at the Conservatoire Municipal Erik Satie in Paris. In 2008, Ula received a Bachelors Degree from the Royal Conservatory in the Hague after three years of studying harpsichord with Jacques Ogg.
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Ula has completed the first year of a Masters study in the harpsichord class of Bob van Asperen at the Amsterdam Conservatory, at the same time continuing at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague as a fortepiano student of Bart van Oort and Stanley Hoogland. Ula has also attended master classes with Gustav Leonhardt, Nicholas Parle, Ketil Haugsand, Viviana Sofronitzky and Theresa de Goede.