Anna Budzyńska Soprano
ANNA BUDZYNSKA
ANNA BUDZYNSKA is a singer specialising in early music performance. Graduate of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań as well as of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Law). In 2023, she obtained the title of Doctor of Arts.
Former scholarship holder of the Marshal of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in the field of culture. She made her operatic debut in the role of Adele in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss at the Musical Theatre in Poznań, where she was a soloist for 12 years. She has performed the parts of, among others, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Arsena in The Gypsy Baron by Johann Strauss, Valencienne in The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár, and many others.
Over time, she focused on the historically informed performance of early music. She works with outstanding Baroque ensembles: {oh!} Orkiestra, Arte dei Suonatori, or Ensemble Peregrina, performing in cantata and oratorio works as well as a soloist in chamber ensembles she has created. Anna gives concerts in Poland and abroad, taking part in prestigious music festivals – she has performed solo recitals in, among others, Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan, and Lithuania.
An active organiser of cultural life; since 2016, she has been the President of the Świat Możliwości [A World of Possibilities] Foundation. In addition, she is the originator and Artistic Director of the On the Gothic Route in Western Poland Festival as well as of the concert series Personal Music Encounters at the EDGE Music Studio in Poznań and Classical Music in the Open Air in Mosin.
ENSEMBLE DEL PASSATO
The ENSEMBLE DEL PASSATO was created in 2017. The artists – Anna Budzyńska, Henryk Kasperczak, and Maciej Kończak – share a passion for early music and the subtle sound of voice, lute, and guitars. The ensemble is known for its rich guitar improvisations, dialoguing with the improvised ornaments in the vocal part.
The artists combine their quest for a variety of tone colours and moods with intense expression, dynamism, and energy of the created programmes. They arrange all pieces by themselves, thanks to which they feel at ease in a wide repertoire – from Renaissance, through Baroque and Classicism, to Romanticism. They search for works forgotten in old prints and manuscripts to reproduce their likely forms and sound and then reintroduce them to the concert repertoire. Their musical imagination makes them feel as comfortable in Italian, English, or German works as in pieces by native composers. They carefully prepare their programmes, as a result of which the listeners can expect a well-thought-out narrative. Their concerts are always a musical adventure at the highest artistic level.
The ensemble performs at prestigious concerts and festivals; its foreign debut in May 2024 in the Berlin Konzerthaus was enthusiastically received.
In 2023, the DUX record label released the ensemble’s debut album entitled Clori, 1622, launching the publishing series Music From 400 Years Ago, which is continued by these albums.
