Andrzej Ciepliński
Polish clarinettist Andrzej Ciepliński is highly regarded for his original interpretations and extraordinary musical sensitivity. As a soloist, he performs with such orchestras as Sinfonieorchester Basel, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Szczecin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw. Active in chamber music, he has performed with many renowned artist, including Julian Rachlin, Claudio Bohórquez, Janusz Wawrowski, Sào Soulez Larivière, Tymoteusz Bies, Szymon Nehring and Anastasia Kobekina.
Continuing the work of his grandfather, the legendary Polish trombonist Juliusz Pietrachowicz, the artist seeks new means of expression and expands the standard clarinet repertoire by collaborating with composers and creating new arrangements. In 2024, he inaugurated the POLIN Music Festival with a performance of Alex Weiser’s Tfiles Clarinet Concerto. His debut album Irrberge (DUX, 2022), with his own transcription of Claude Debussy’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, was nominated for the Fryderyk 2023 award.
Andrzej Ciepliński is the recipient of The Kosciuszko Foundation scholarship. As a result, he completed a three-month internship at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York, developing one of his original projects – Disturb the Silence, which is a musical story about the history of Jewish musicians from the former Galicia region. Here, David Krakauer, an acclaimed clarinettist, seamlessly blending klezmer, classical and jazz music, became his musical mentor.
Andrzej Ciepliński graduated with distinction from the Hochschule für Musik in Basel (master class by François Benda). He is also a graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (class of Arkadiusz Adamski) where he was awarded with the Primus Inter Pares title.
[2025]