Its current members are: In 1978, graduates of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice founded the Silesian String Quartet.
[2] The Silesian String Quartet has given over 1000 concerts, attracting enthusiastic critical response, in many European countries, as well as the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Hong Kong.
The Silesian String Quartet also worked with radio stations in Germany (RIAS, SFB, WDR), the Netherlands (NOS), Greece and the Czech Republic.
The Silesian String Quartet performed with other eminent artists such as: Dmitri Ashkenazy, Andrzej Bauer, Eduard Brunner, Bruno Canino, Martin Frost, Stefan Kamasa, Jadwiga Kotnowska, Eugeniusz Knapik, Karri Krikku, Waldemar Malicki, Jerzy Marchwiński, Janusz Olejniczak, Piotr Pławner, Ewa Pobłocka, Ewa Podleś, Jadwiga Rappe, Hokan Rosengren, Jan Stanienda, Hary Sparnay, Wojciech Świtała, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Krystian Zimerman.
The Silesian String Quartet's repertoire includes over 300 pieces of chamber literature, of which almost 200 were written by 20th-century composers.
More than 100 works, by Polish and foreign composers, were premiered by the Silesian String Quartet.
These were, among other works: The Silesian Quartet was awarded many prizes at international musical competitions got a number of Polish awards and decorations, including:[3] Chamber music album of 6 CDs Agata Zubel – soprano Maria Grochowska – flute Jadwiga Czarkowska – clarinet Mirosław Neinert – reciting Krzysztof Jaguszewski – percussion Piotr Połaniecki – percussion Michał Klauza – conductor Witold Serafin – viola Józef Gomolka – cello Marek Moś – violin Silesian String Quartet
Andrzej Krzanowski Aleksander Lasoń Eugeniusz Knapik Music with string quartet www.musicaprobono.org.pl
from trio to octet vol.2 Joanna Liberadzka – harp Elżbieta Mrożek-Loska – viola Krzysztof Firlus – double bass Adam Krzeszowiec – cello Jan Krzeszowiec – flute Roman Widaszek – clarinet Silesian String Quartet Sextuor á cordes for 2 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos Sonatina da camera for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp Tombeau de Chopin for string quintet Trois pieces for clarinet, harp and string quartet www.tansman.lodz.pl
Silesian String Quartet Agata Zubel – soprano A. Krzanowski – Audition no.
Bruno Canino – piano Piotr Pławner – violin Silesian String Quartet Concerto in D major op.
Silesian String QuartetDominik Połoński – cello Elżbieta Mrożek – viola Relief no.
103 Alexander Glasunow – Valse from "Novelettes" op.15 Anatoly Liadow – Mazurka Alexander Glazunov – Courante Anton Webern – Rondo Dmitri Shostakovich – Polka: Allegretto (1931) John Cage – Quodlibet Igor Stravinsky – Dance from "Trois Pieces" Astor Piazzolla – Four, for Tango ...and after dances: Giacomo Puccini – Chrysanthemen Ludwig van Beethoven – Prelude and Fugue in C Major Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov – Fugue "Im Kloster" Hugo Wolf – Italian Serenade in G Major WW XV/3 Anatoly Liadow – Fugue Franz Schubert – Quartet Movement in C Minor Krzysztof Penderecki – String Quartet No.2
Silesian String Quartet Charles Ives – Scherzo (1903–04) Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz (1905) Rondo (1906) Sechs Bagatellen Op.9 (1913) Igor Stravinski: Trois Pieces (1914) Concertino (1920) Double Canon (1959) John Cage – Quodlibet (1950) Dmitri Shostakovich – Elegy, Polka (1931) Alfred Schnittke – Canon in memoriam Henryk Czyż – Jazz etude Krzysztof Penderecki: Quartetto per archi No.2 (1968) Der Unterbrochene Gedanke (1988) Astor Piazzolla – For, for Tango (1987)
CD nominated to the "Fryderyk" Award J. Haydn – String Quartet D- minor Op.
81 A. Liadow – Sarabande A. Borodin – Serenata alla spagnola G. Puccini – Chrysanthemen S. Rachmaninoff – String Quartet No I H. Wolf – Italian Serenade in G- major WW XV/3
CD nominated for the Fryderyk Award Piano quintet in F minor op.
Silesian String Quartet and other artists Quatuor en sol mineur, Op.10 (live recording)