Maurycy beniowski biography sampler
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Praising one`s achievements is frowned upon in Japan. If anything, you should minimize your skills as much as possible to appear humble. You should also not praise somebody else exceedingly as to not embarrass them. So, please forgive me for praising the skills of AcidSitter to the high heavens for the sake of this review, because this band is truly spectacular. Anything else would simply be dishonest.
Cover of Make Acid Great Again
AcidSitter is very close to my heart and I cannot stress enough how happy I am to receive their album to review. Polish -Japanese relations are my forte. I`ve spent many years promoting Japanese culture in my home country, as a journalist and through cultural events. Vanadian Avenue has always been a platform to help new artists, connect cultures and hopefully bring people together. Both Rita and I are founding members of Section 9, one of Poland’s oldest fan gatherings for those who were interested in Japanese culture, under the Silesian Fan
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II.2. Czechs, Slovaks and America: Responses to the New World from the Declaration of Independence to the Mid-19th Century
1There are several specific things to be said about the Czechs and Slovaks and their relationship to the United States- One of them, maybe not so unique after all, is the relative scarcity of good creative literature dealing with the Czech-American and Slovak-American experience1. Another, perhaps more unusual, is the ongoing lack of a full, unbroken history of this complex experience involving millions and millions of people from all walks of life, both living and dead- What with the combined contingent of Czechs and Slovaks closely trailing only that of the Poles among the Slavic ethnics living in America2, and with the Slovaks being outstripped only bygd the Irish as to the degree of depopulation which emigration to America brought to their native lands3, one would expect things to be a little different. But then, unlike the Poles, the Irish, the Jews, th
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compositions for stage
detour (instrumental theatre work, after text by Theodor W. Adorno), speaker, cello, piano, percussion, 2 tapes, 1974;
Glückspavillon for Cathy(instrumental theatre work, text by KK), tuba, tape, 1978;
Woman’s voice(ballet, scenario by KK after poems bygd Rafal Wojaczek), percussion ensemble (4), tape, 1980;
Light (monologue for actress, text by KK), 1981;
Satan in Goray(ballet, scenario by KK after novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer), flute, violin, cello, piano, tejp, 1993;
Der Erwählte(ballet, scenario by Marek Wortman after novel by Thomas Mann), recorders (soprano, alt, tenor, bass), cornemuse, baroque trombone, lute, harmonium, percussion instr., synthesizer Yamaha DX7IIFD, fiddle, viola da gamba, 1995;
Awakenings (ballet, scenario by Piotr Bikont after novel by Oliver Sachs), speaker, saxophones (soprano, tenor), percussion instr., synthesizers, samplers, sound installation, 1998;
The Heartpiece – Double Opera