Atom String Quartet

Dawid Lubowicz, violin
Mateusz Smoczyński, violin
Michał Zaborski, viola
Krzysztof Lenczowski, cello

Project co-financed by the Ministry Culture and National Heritage

Atom String Quartet is one of the most original chamber ensembles in the world, and we’re happy to have them perform on our stage the day after their appearance at the Monterey Jazz Festival. It combines the tremendous skills of a classical string quartet with broadly understood improvisation, inspired by Polish folklore, world music, as well as contemporary and classical music. In its repertoire the group constantly blazes new paths, looking for their own sound and formal solutions that escape any classification. All graduates of the Warsaw Chopin University of Music, they all also compose and successfully lead their own solo projects. Since winning the Grand Prix at the 13th Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa in 2011, the ensemble has been regularly performing on the most important Polish and international music stages.

The musicians of Atom String Quartet are regularly invited to recording sessions and collaborate with leading Polish and international artists and orchestras. Their musical partners include artists and bands such as: Branford Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, Gil Goldstein, Vladislav Adzik Sendecki, Mino Cinelu, Paolo Fresu, Leszek Możdżer, Lars Danielsson, Zohar Fresco, Jerzy Maksymiuk, André Ochodlo, Urszula Dudziak, Anna Maria Jopek, Marek Moś, Natalia Kukulska, Kayah, Aga Zaryan, Adam Sztaba, Grzech Piotrowski, Krzysztof Herdzin, Andrzej Smolik, Orkiestra AUKSO, NFM, Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Szczecińskiej, Orkiestra NFM Leopoldinum, Sinfonia Varsovia, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Sinfonia Iuventus.

In the 2017/2018 season, Atom String Quartet was artist-in-residence at the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin. In March 2021, Atom String Quartet, together with pianist Hania Rani, performed Max Richter’s piece Testament. Commissioned by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, the composition was written and dedicated to the artists as a tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki, who passed away in 2020. The premiere performance was recorded by TVP Kultura.
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Kloetzel Chapman Duo – The Women of Note Project

Jennifer Kloetzel, cello
Allegra Chapman, piano

Works by Hélène Liebmann, Luise Le Beau, Mel Bonis, and Leokadiya Kashperova

Women of Note is a multi-season project celebrating cello and piano repertoire by women. Through concerts, educational performances, and recordings, Jennifer Kloetzel and Allegra Chapman bring to life works that have been forgotten or overlooked. Thoughtfully curated programs demonstrate that this music belongs at the center of the cello and piano repertoire, not at its margins. Currently, the project spans almost 250 years from the early 1800s through today.

The duo came together in 2023 to record a new cello sonata composed for Kloetzel by Richard Aldag. They quickly found a shared mission: to bring to light the rich and largely overlooked repertoire of works for cello and piano written by women composers. That mission now drives their ongoing project, Women of Note, through which they are committed to performing and recording these deserving works for audiences who have rarely, if ever, had the chance to hear them.

Recently, the Kloetzel Chapman Duo has performed for Berkeley Chamber Performances, Noontime Concerts in San Francisco, and Point Reyes Chamber Concerts, and has been featured on KALW Radio’s On the Arts and KWMR Radio. Kloetzel and Chapman are both graduates of The Juilliard School.

Praised for her “ceaseless musicianship” (BBC Music Magazine) and “impressively passionate performances” (The Strad), cellist Jennifer Kloetzel has performed as soloist and chamber musician at Lincoln Center, the Ravinia Festival and San Francisco Performances. Her international credits include Harpa Concert Hall (Reykjavik), Izumi Hall (Osaka) and the Eroica-Saal (Vienna). Jennifer’s engaging programs offer audiences a surprising mix of repertoire by Shostakovich, Mel Bonis, Frank Bridge, John Williams, and Philippe Hersant. She has premiered over 80 solo and chamber works, including five concerti written specifically for her.

Fascinated with performance projects that create community, Jennifer’s Mission:Bach—A Pilgrimage of Sound tour has included nearly 60 concerts at all 21 California Missions, performing Bach’s Cello Suites and commissioned companion pieces. These concerts with conversation explore local history and musical connections across centuries. Her Inspired By America project brought a multi-media collaboration to large concert halls, exploring what it means to be an American through live chamber music combined with film.
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