French Jan Krzeszowiec & Tymoteusz Bies

• Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941): Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano:
• 1 Gaubert: Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano: I. Modéré 05:11
• 2 Gaubert: Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano: II. Lent 04:26
• 3 Gaubert: Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano: III. Allegro moderato 06:34
• Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974): Sonatine for Flute and Piano, Op. 76:
• 4 Milhaud: Sonatine for Flute and Piano, Op. 76: I. Tendre 03:49
• 5 Milhaud: Sonatine for Flute and Piano, Op. 76: II. Souple 02:24
• 6 Milhaud: Sonatine for Flute and Piano, Op. 76: III. Clair 02:34
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Sonata in A major, Op. 13:
• 7 Fauré: Sonata in A major, Op. 13: I. Allegro molto 09:21
• 8 Fauré: Sonata in A major, Op. 13: II. Andante 07:12
• 9 Fauré: Sonata in A major, Op. 13: III. Allegro vivo 04:03
• 10 Fauré: Sonata in A major, Op. 13: IV. Allegro quasi presto 06:11
• Pierre Sancan (1916 - 2008): Sonatine for Flute and Piano:
• 11 Sancan: Sonatine for Flute and Piano: Moderato. Andante espressivo. Animé 09:29
• Total Runtime 01:01:14

Info for French

French flute music holds a unique place in the canon of modern flute performance, a status shaped by the multifaceted phenomenon of the French Flute School in the first half of the 20th century. One of its influences was the development of a rich repertoire, incorporating a new style of performance. For his solo debut album, Jan Krzeszowiec chose works by Gabriel Faure, Philippe Gaubert, Darius Milhaud, and Pierre Sancan, offering his own artistic perspective and personal voice within this tradition. He is joined on the piano by Tymoteusz Bies.

Jan Krzeszowiec, flute
Tymoteusz Bies, piano

Jan Krzeszowiec
He graduated with honours from the Wrocław Karol Lipiński Music Acade­my at Professor Jerzy Mrozik’s class. For prominent achieve­ments, he was awarded a honorary Primus Inter Pares title by the Vice-Chancellor’s Council.

He was awarded at numerous flute contests at home and abroad, including the ones in Warsaw, Cracow, Bucharest and Città di Aversa. He has won Ministry of Culture and Art, and Silesian Voivideship scholarships. He participated in numerous master classes, perfecting his technique and interpretation under the guidance of such masters as Patrick Gallois, András Adorjan, Jeanne Baxtresser, Julius Baker, János Bálint, Mirjam Nastasi, Peter-Lukas Graf.

He is an active musician. As soloist and chamber musician, Jan Krzeszowiec took part in many festivals, including the Warsaw Autumn, Musica Polonica Nova, Musica Electronica Nova, Paweł Szymański Festival, The Silesian String Quartet and its Guests, Music on the Heights, Young Artists in Cracow, Witold Lutosławski Lublin Contempo­rary Art Forum, Cantus Organi, Wrocław Guitar Festival, Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro (USA).

Since 2001, he has been a flute soloist at Witold Lutosławski Philharmonic Orchestra in Wrocław. He collaborates with a number of ensembles, including Trio Aristos, Silesian String Quartet, Wratislavia Chamber Orchestra, Morphing Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Sopot, The New Music Orchestra, Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra, Film Harmony Orchestra.

At present, he teaches at the Music Academy he had graduated from, and also at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.

Since 2007, he has been Vice-President of the Polish Flute Players Society.

Tymoteusz Bies
Born in 1995, he is a Polish pianist, chamber musician, music producer, and composer. Recognized as one of the most original and versatile musicians of his generation.

He is the winner of over thirty awards in national and international piano and chamber music competitions. He has performed with solo piano recitals and symphonic concerts in dozens of countries across three continents. From 2020 to 2022, he was a resident artist at the National Symphony Orchestra of the Polish Radio.

A graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (Primus Inter Pares, 2019). He values the insights gained from academic education as much as raw intuition and artistic naturalness, which allows him to move freely through various music genres and artistic expressions.

He has made a number of recordings, both solo and with symphonic and chamber ensembles. Three of his albums have been nominated for the Fryderyk Award (Irrberge | DUX 2022, Polish Piano Quintets | CD Accord, 2024, J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations | Tymoteusz Bies | DUX, 2024).

As a music producer, he has co-created dozens of hip-hop, pop, underground, and experimental tracks. He has composed music for several feature films. Along with his brother Jacek, he forms the composer-producer duo BIESY. He is also the arranger and artistic director of the Paktofonika: Retrospectives project.

In 2021, he participated in the production of the film Bread and Salt (dir. Damian Kocur, Poland, 2022), playing the lead role and performing the piano pieces used in the film. The film won the Special Jury Award at the Venice International Film Festival and received several accolades at international film festivals. His acting debut was awarded the JANTAR statuette for Best Male Discovery at the Young and Film Festival in Koszalin (2023).

Booklet for French