The ARTISTS of the festival

Grzegorz Frankowski, a true enthusiast of tango and its Piazzolla sound, has been continuously performing in numerous tango projects since 1990. He set up his first own group in 1996 and called “Trio Revirado”. With the trio that initially included the piano, violin and bass, he launched two records with Astor Piazzolla music and classical miniatures.

During more than twenty years of his active presence in the area of tango in Poland, Grzegorz Frankowski made a great deal of concerts and released many records of Piazzolla music, playing with the world leading musicians like Mossalini, Binelli or Gerber.

In Poland, he regularly plays with such famous artists as Kevin Kenner, Waldemar Malicki or Jorgos Skolias.

Having launched the record with his own compositions made in tango nuevo style, Grzegorz Frankowski decided to come back to the tango roots and re-activated the trio in its classical set-up of bandoneon, piano and bass.

This trio was made up of his friends whom he invited from his Tango Bridge group which has been successfully performing in “Tango Piazzolla” musical on the stage of the Słowacki Theater in Cracow. The members of his newly re-activated trio are Jacek Bylica (piano) and Piotr Kopietz (bandoneon).
It is worth mentioning that Piotr Kopietz belongs to a very narrow group of musicians in Poland who play on bandoneon, the argentinian national instrument. He is also one of the unique artists to play on the French instrument of accordina. Jacek Bylica, in turn, has been involved in many tango projects in Poland, once also played the piano in the legendary ensamble of Ewa Demarczyk.

The program of the Trio includes classical and most popular argentinian tango as well as well known polish tango pieces and – also - the selection of Astor Piazzolla compositions. The Trio is inspired in its productions by the best benchmarks of tango groups like the Juan Jose Mossalini Trio or that of Rudolfo Mederos. The arrangements, however classical, bear strong “seal” of Astor Piazzolla’s music - the latter being a result of a long experience of the Trio musicians in playing the music of the argentinian giant.

The key idea that stands behind the re-activating the Trio is, indeed, the return to the tango roots where the dance and music had been mutually integrated, complementary inspiring each other. That integration helped develop a wonderful culture that further generations incorporated into their
own ground. This culture has become a common value of all people all over the world and has been recognized in the list of UNESCO as a heritage of the entire mankind.