Download Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) was an Italian composer who

Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) was an Italian composer who worked in Rome and
Madrid; he was a peer of the famous Johann Sebastian Bach. He wrote in a lighter,
sunnier style than the German cantor’s. One can hear early glimpses of Mozart in
his music. Left an impressive oeuvre, including the stunning 555 harpsichord
sonatas.
Marcin Masecki, 1982, pianist, composer, music activist, winner of many prizes,
among them First Prize at the Moscow International Jazz Piano Competition 2005
and the Grand Prix and Prize for Best Soloist at Jazz Hoeilaart"98 in Brussels. A
versatile artist with a discography of over 20 titles, Masecki participates in a wide
variety of projects. Apart from performing solo and leading his own sextet
Profesjonalizm, he is a member of the international band ParisTetris
(www.paristetris.com). He is also Music Director and of the first edition of WOR Warsaw Orchestra of Recreation - a project which unities Warsaw’s musicians from
different backgrounds and features a rotating leadership with a different member
for every successive edition. Masecki has more recently become a composer in
great demand - this year three commissioned compositions will be premiered: two
for brass orchestra (a commission from “Kody” Festival in Lublin and a
rearrangement of Handel’s “Water Music” for Festival organized by the Polish
Composers Union) and one for piano and ten cellos (a commission from the
Lutosławski International Cello Competition 2013 in Warsaw). His parallel passion is
classical music which he performs regularly in venues not usually associated it. His
recitals often feature unconventional details; in a recent program of Beethoven's
three last piano sonatas he played wearing both ear stoppers and anti-noise
headphones, so as to perform from the perspective of the deaf composer. Recently
in London he has performed a critically acclaimed deconstruction of Scarlatti’s
sonatas (the concert can be seen on www.hibrowtv.com). His latest CD release is
Bach's "Art of the Fugue" recorded on a cassette walkman. Since 2006 he is a
member of the independent record label Lado ABC, which records and promotes
Polish alternative music, especially that from Warsaw. Masecki has worked with a
long list of artists - among others Tomasz Stańko, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Michał
Urbaniak, Pink Freud, Innocent Sorcerers, Macio Moretti, Ziv Ravitz, and Natalia
Korczakowska. He has also composed music for theatre plays in Warsaw's Teatr
Rozmaitości (“Solaris”, 2010) and in Wroclaw's Teatr Współczesny (“Pasażerka”,
2009). Masecki lives in Warsaw and Buenos Aires.