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| Krystyna Pronko & Koman Band |
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Krystyna Pronko Born in Gorzów Wielkopolski, singer, composer, and music teacher. |
She made her debut in 1969 with the Respekt band at the 1st National Festival of Beat Avant-Garde in Kalisz. She collaborated with Czeslaw Niemen (singing in the choirs), Refleks, Skaldowie and Czerwone Gitary bands. During her studies, she sang in the academic Big Band, and in 1987-1989 she performed with Gustav Brom's big band. In 1972, she started working with the Koman Band. In 1973 she performed at the Jazz Vocalists Festival in Lublin and at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, where her interpretations of the songs "Why do you need this, boy" (music by Janusz Koman, lyrics by Janusz Szczepkowski) and "Dead Landscapes " (music by Janusz Koman, lyrics by Grzegorz Walczak) were distinguished. In 1974 at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, she sang a song entitled "Paper birds " (Koman-Szczepkowski) The award for the best arrangement of the Festival was given to Janusz Koman. Two years later, in 1975, she won the main prize in Opole for her interpretation of the song "Let my heart rock you to sleep " (music by Janusz Koman, lyrics by Marek Dutkiewicz). This hit was also named song of the year in a poll by the prestigious music magazine "Non Stop". She performed at the Soviet Song Festival in Zielona Góra. She performed at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole many times, including in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, and 1987. According to a poll by the magazine "Non Stop", Krystyna Pronko was twice recognized as the most popular vocalist in Poland - in 1975 and 1977. In 1980 she was named "Singer of the Year". She also sang several times at one of the largest jazz festivals, Jazz Jamboree, the Prague Jazz Festival and the Castlebar Festival.. In the years 1979–1981 she taught a singing class at the Academy of Music in Katowice. For a year she also worked with young singers at the Musical Theatre in Gdynia. In 1981 she took part in the oratorio by Ernest Bryll, set to music by Wojciech Trzcinski, Koleda-Nocka. She has led blues workshops for vocalists in Bolesławiec many times. Since October 2001 she has taught a singing class at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University at the Faculty of Arts at the Institute of Music in Lublin. In 1991, she founded her own record label, Power Music. In the years 1992–1995, she was involved in music journalism, hosting many original radio programs, including on radio Gdansk, Krakow, Bialystok, Szczecin, and on radio Gorzow in her hometown of Gorzow Wielkopolski. In 2008, she received the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture, Gloria Artis, from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Bogdan Zdrojewski. Together with Marek Koscikiewicz and Marek Tysper, in the spring of 2010, she sat on the jury of the first edition of the TVP1 program "Sing and fight". In 2013, she performed at the jubilee gala - "Opole! I love you!" during the 50th National Festival of Polish Song in Opole. She lives in Warsaw. (Wikipedia) |
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Janusz Koman Composer, arranger, pianist and producer born in Lodz. |
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| He began his musical education on piano at the age of 6. | ||
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| At the age of about 13-14 he began his studies in the percussion class led by Professor Skowera at the music school in Lodz, and in the trumpet class with Professor Szejwałło. | ||
| He founded his first band in Łódź under the name: | ||
| 47th generation of Piast and Rzepicha | ||
| in the club of the Lodz Sports Club, where the program was dominated by the Beatles and Rolling Stones repertoire. | ||
| At the age of 17 he went to Gdańsk, where he joined the Whisperers band at the ZAK student club. | ||
Debut on the professional stage - May 1967 in the "Red-Black" band. From 1969 to 1972 cooperation with PAGART. In 1972 - program: "Krystyna Pronko and Koman Band" |
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1973 - 1991 Polish Song Festival in Opole
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| Opole`73 |
Krystyna Pronko
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award in the
Interpretation
category- "Po co ci
to chłopcze"
(Koman-Szczepkowski) "Umarłe krajobrazy" (Koman-Walczak) |
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| Opole`74 |
Janusz Koman -
award for the
best arrangement
- "Papierowe
ptaki"
(Koman-Szczepkowski),
in performance Krystyna Pronko |
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| Opole`75 |
Krystyna Pronko
-award
in the Interpretation
category
- "Anioł
i róża"
(Koman-Szczepkowski, "Niech moje serce kołysze ciebie do snu" (Koman-Dutkiewicz) |
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| Sopot`77 | Zdzisawal Sosnicka - Grand Prix du Disque - "Jeden świat" (Koman-Kofta), | |
| Opole`78 | Premiere of the rock opera "3400 years after Icarus" (muzyka J. Koman, libretto B. Olewicz) | |
| Sopot`80 | VOX - Festiwal Interwizji - 1st Record Day Award and Audience Award | |
| Bratysława`80 | VOX - Grand Prix, Golden Lyre, Bronze Lyre | |
| Opole`85 | Janusz Koman - special award for arrangements of festival songs | |
| Opole`86 | Janusz Koman - distinction in the arrangement category | |
| Opole`87 | Janusz Koman - award for the song "Zagranicą" (Koman-Korczakowski) | |
| Opole`91 |
Janusz koman
- award for the song
"Moja
cierpliwość"
(Koman-Młynarski) in performance Danuta Błażejczyk |
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Creative
collaboration: Stan Borys, Andrzej Dabrowski, Wojciech Mlynarski, Zbigniew Wodecki, Ryszard Rynkowski, Zbigniew Namyslowski, VOX, „2+1”, Czerwono-Czarni, Niebiesko-Czarni, Andrzej Zaucha, Hanna Banaszak, Ewa Bem, Majka Jezowska, Jacek Skubikowski, Grazyna Lobaszewska, Krystyna Pronko, Zdzislawa Sosnicka, Urszula Sipinska, FIESTA, Janusz Kondratowicz, Maria Czubaszek, Bogdan Olewicz, Wlodzimierz Patuszynski, Wojciech Waglewski, Jan Wolek, Danuta Blazejczyk, Krzysztof Krawczyk, Krzysztof Dzikowski, Grzegorz Walczak, Janusz Szczepkowski, Jacek Korczakowski, Leonard Kaczanowski, Andrzej Olejniczak, Krzysztof Scieranski, "Adzik" Sendecki, Zbigniew Jaremko, Jan Zajac, Marek Dutkiewicz, Agnieszka Osiecka, Jonasz Kofta, Maria Czubaszek, Jerzy Gruza, Janusz Kondratiuk, Orchestras: Henryk Debich, Stefan Rachon, Zbigniew Gorny, Jerzy Milian, Andrzej Trzaskowski, Polish Radio and Television in Lodz, Poznan, Warsaw and Katowice Concerts: Europe, the Middle East, Cuba, Italy, and the entire territory of the former USSR Recordings: over 400 pieces for Polish Radio, TV, Polskie Nagrania, Pronit, JKP Studio, musicals, rock operas, film, theatre and ballet music. Film: 2010-2012: full-length film interviews with outstanding artists from the ZAiKS Authors’ Association, such as:: Jacek Bochenski, Jozef Hen, Wojciech Mlynarski, Jacek Cygan, Romuald Lipko, Jerzy "Dudus" Matuszkiewicz, Edward Pallasz, Ryszard Poznakowski, Eustachy Rylski, Krzysztof Dzikowski, Feliks Falk, Zbigniew Holdys, Janusz Kondratowicz, Henryk Kuzniak, Ilona Lepkowska, Janusz Majewski, Andrzej Mogielnicki, Bogdan Olewicz, Adam Slawinski. Koman Production Publishing House: From 2000 to May 2017, approximately 5,000 titles were developed in the form of scores, pianos and voices for instruments: vocal, guitar, keyboard, bass, drums. In 2021, he was awarded the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis. |
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| Lexicon of Polish Popular Music" - author Ryszard Wolanski. Publishing Agency "MOREX" - Warsaw 1995 & Koman Production | ||
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