State Of Matter Dobrawa Czocher

• Dobrawa Czocher (b. 1991): Monologue:
• 1 Czocher: Monologue 04:12
• Blue:
• 2 Czocher: Blue 03:39
• Phoenix:
• 3 Czocher: Phoenix 05:24
• Sehnsucht:
• 4 Czocher: Sehnsucht 07:28
• Sirens:
• 5 Czocher: Sirens 04:25
• Letter From The Soul:
• 6 Czocher: Letter From The Soul 03:32
• Fluctuations:
• 7 Czocher: Fluctuations 04:40
• Monologue II:
• 8 Czocher: Monologue II 03:50
• Someone On Your Side:
• 9 Czocher: Someone On Your Side 04:52
• Goodbye:
• 10 Czocher: Goodbye 05:24
• Total Runtime 47:26

Info for State Of Matter

Acclaimed Polish cellist and composer Dobrawa Czocher returns with her contemplative and sonically adventurous second album ‘State Of Matter’ via FatCat Records’ modern classical imprint 130701.

Shaped by Czocher’s relocation from Warsaw to Poland’s Baltic coast, ‘State Of Matter’ is a meditation on change, vulnerability, and forward motion. Inspired by the vastness of the ocean and surrounding forests, the album marks a creative evolution in which she expands both her instrumentation and expressive range. Percussive cello techniques, Moog synthesisers, nonanalogue electronics and the first-ever inclusion of her own layered voice sit in symbiosis with her classical foundations.

Recorded at the historic Studio S4 at Polish Radio in Warsaw with engineer Mateusz Danek, the album builds on the compositional promise of her debut ‘Dreamscapes’ (2023). Drawing from influences spanning Johann Sebastian Bach and Zoltán Kodály to Max Richter and Steve Reich, the music balances technical precision with expressive spontaneity.

First single ‘Blue’ introduces the album’s central theme of water through rhythmic motion and a newly introduced vocal ‘choir’ of Czocher’s own voice. “Water served as my starting point,” she explains, “a poetic metaphor for exploring states of concentration and the quest for answers.”

Described as “one of Europe’s most esteemed contemporary cellists” - Loud & Quiet, Dobrawa Czocher is internationally recognised for her versatility across classical and contemporary music. Trained at Warsaw’s Chopin University of Music and Germany’s Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, she has performed as a lead soloist with the Mieczysław Karłowicz Symphony Orchestra and is widely known for her long-term collaboration with pianist Hania Rani, with whom she released Biała Flaga (2015) and Inner Symphonies (2021) via Deutsche Grammophon.

Dobrawa Czocher, cello, Moog synthesizer, electronics, voice

Dobrawa Czocher
is a Polish cellist born into a musical family who started playing at the age of 7. She soon became inseparable from the cello and from there it was a natural decision to dedicate her life to music. She is graduate of two prestigious music universities: Chopin University of Music in Warsaw as a student of Professor Piotr Hausenplas’s class and Hochschule für Musik in Detmold in Germany under Professor Alexander Gebert. She is also the winner of several solo and chamber music competitions. She has participated in numerous international master classes and music festivals.

Between 2008 and 2010 she was a scholar of the National Fund for Children On. In 2017 Czocher became a member of Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and in September the same year she became principal cellist of the Neue Philharmonie Berlin . In 2018 she joined the Szczecin Symphony Orchestra as a solo cellist. Czocher has also performed in many prestigious concert halls in Poland and abroad including in Germany, Lebanon, Serbia, Austria, Turkey, Portugal, United Kingdom and many more.

As a musician Czocher loves to expand spectrum of cello sound, oscillating between classical and contemporary music. Her long career as an award-winning chamber and orchestra musician means she feels comfortable mixing philharmonic music with more alternative approaches. Her major talent is to combine perfect cello technique with limitless imagination and expression. For many years she has been collaborating with her good friend, pianist Hania Rani. In 2015, they released album Biala Flaga, featuring their arrangements of Polish rockstar Grzegorz Ciechowski’s music, giving them a taste of recording success and leading to the yet more ambitious Inner Symphonies released by the Deutsche Grammophon. She has also collaborated with friend Hior Chronik playing among others at Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, Nederlands. Dobrawa’s motto is to never stop growing and the last year she has lived up to this once again as she started composing her own music. One of her pieces entitled “Timelines” was included in “Project XII” created and released by the legendary Deutsche Grammophon. Her debut solo album „Dreamscapes” will be released in 27th January by BMG / Modern Recordings.

This album contains no booklet.