Kacper Nowak - Cellist
Marjan Hellraeth
Kacper Nowak is a well established Polish concert cellist based in Brussels.
Gary Hoffman describes him as « a most gifted young cellist with exceptional technical attributes and a very natural and unmannered approach to music. » The Belgian broadcasting network states that « Kacper Nowak undoubtedly has the stature of a soloist with a voluptuous, warm, powerful, but always elegant sound. But the element that charmed us the most is perhaps his stylistic accuracy : whether he plays J-S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky or Martinu, Kacper Nowak is credible, and that, in our eyes, is the height of refinement. »
Kacper was born in Poland and already from an early age he was in close contact with music. His educational path started in Poznań with Danuta Taczanowska, continued in Brussels with Didier Poskin, Cologne with Maria Kliegel, Antwerp with Justus Grimm and finally at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel under Gary Hoffman’s artistic direction, along with Masterclasses with Gérard Caussé, Augustin Dumay, Gautier Capuçon, Artemis Quartet, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Natalia Gutman allowed him to develop a very individual style, full of passion but respectful towards composer’s will.
Kacper performed in most renowned halls in Europe and abroad (Bozar, Flagey, deSingel, la Seine Musicale, Poznan Philharmonic, Duomo in Milan, Dubaï Opéra, Vilnius Academy Hall, Wigmore hall etc.) and became top prize winner at several competitions such as Johannes Brahms, Madrid and Vienna international competitions, Liezen Cello Wettbewerb, Supernova and Nordic Strings.
He recorded a series of CDs in duo with Christia Yuliya Hudziy, Urban Piano Quartet and Ensemble K that have been praised by the international press ( New York Cello Society, BBC, France Musique, RTBF, Crescendo Magazine and Diapason).
In September 2022 Kacper will have his debut as soloist at the Wiener Konzerthaus with Beethoven Triple Concerto, supported by Cartier ®.
AUDIO
Cello Concertos
Elgar: Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Haydn: Concerto No.1 in C major
Haydn: Concerto No.2 in D major, Op. 101
Honegger : Concerto, H.72
Lalo: Concerto in D minor
Saint-Saens: Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Schumann: Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Schostakovitch : Concerto No.1 in E flat Major, Op. 107
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a theme Rococo, Op. 33
Pieces for cello and piano
Beethoven: Mozart’s Magic Flute Variations, Op. 66
Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 69
Beethoven: Sonata in C major, Op. 102, No.1
Beethoven: Sonata in D major, Op. 102, No.2
Brahms: Sonata in E minor, Op. 73
Chopin: Polonaise Brillante, Opus 3
Chopin : Sonata for cello and piano
Debussy : Sonata for cello and piano
Fauré : Sonata No.1
Fauré : Cycle of Cello Piano pieces Franck : Sonata No.1 in A Major
Janacek: Pohadka
Martinu : Sonata No.2
Paganini: Variation on a theme by Rossini
Popper : Elfentanz
Popper : Hungarian Rhapsody
Prokoffiev : Sonata in C Major, Op.119
Schnittke : Sonata No.1 (1978)
Schostakovitch : Sonata in d minor, Op.40
Schubert: “Arpeggione” Sonata in A minor, D.821
Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Opus 73
Tchaikovsky: Pezzo Capricioso, Nocturne & Andante-Cantabile
Foto: © Lara Herbinia