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Warsaw Cello Quartet with Anna Gadt: Coincidentia Oppositorum (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Vocalist and composer Anna Gadt joins the Warsaw Cello Quartet in a carefully balanced encounter between composed structure and improvisational expression, where layered cellos and an extended vocal presence explore contrast and convergence through restraint, silence, and a continuously shifting dialogue between sound and abstraction, captured live at Hashtag Lab, in Warszawa.
 

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Anna Gadt-voice, composer

Jakub Pozyczka-cello

Dominik Frankiewicz-cello

Filip Sporniak-cello

Wojciech Bafeltowski-cello

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UPC: 5903878255013

Label: Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Catalog ID: 27/2025
Squidco Product Code: 37034

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2025
Country: Poland
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded live at Hashtag Lab, in Warszawa, Poland, on February 5th and 6th, 2025, by Michal Kupicz.
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Artist Biographies

"Anna Gadt, chanteuse, improviser, composer. A representative of the European jazz stage who combines free improvisation, classical music and contemporary jazz. She has recorded 5 original albums. In 2018 she has been nominated for the prestigious Polish Fryderyk Award for the best artist.The Grand Prix at Jazz Struggle, the international competition for singing musicians and the acclaim of Billy Harper, the head of jury, determined a breakthrough in her artistic work. She toured in France, Germany, Switzerland, Latvia, Slovakia, Poland. She participated in Polish Stage at Jazz European Conference. Apart from singing comprehended in traditional way, she seeks for the unusual sounds and techniques of performance. Her concept refers to the improvised music, in which there is no division into the accompanying band and the leader. Such a unity highlights the wealth of differences between the musicians and the value of mutual complementarity. The search for the common idea, the daring and spontaneous creation happening "here and now," become the aim."

-Anna Gadt Website (https://www.annagadt.pl/bio)
2/6/2026

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Jakub Po yczka

Jakub Pożyczka is a Polish cellist active in contemporary classical and experimental music, performing works by modern composers as well as engaging in interdisciplinary projects. His playing emphasizes precision, timbral control, and responsiveness within ensemble settings, particularly in music that blends written material with open or hybrid forms.

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Dominik Frankiewicz is a Warsaw-based cellist specializing in contemporary repertoire and collaborative performance. He is involved in chamber ensembles and projects that explore extended techniques and nontraditional performance contexts, often working at the intersection of classical discipline and experimental sound practice.

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Filip Sporniak is a Polish cellist whose work spans chamber music, contemporary composition, and experimental performance. His approach focuses on textural nuance and collective balance, contributing to ensemble contexts that emphasize subtle transformation and long-form structural awareness.

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Wojciech Bafeltowski is a cellist engaged in contemporary and experimental music scenes in Poland, performing both notated and exploratory works. His practice often involves close collaboration with composers and improvisers, with attention to blending acoustic tradition and modern sonic language.

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