On Saturday, November 12, 2016 at At 5.00 p.m. we invite you to Olivia Sky Club (12th floor, Olivia Tower) for the sixth edition of the Olivia Camerata concert series. The programme will feature mainly Polish music in interesting arrangements. Admission to the concert is free.

The excellent ECHO male choir from Tczew, conducted by Leszek Gołąb, will perform. Working within the structures of the Centre for Culture and Art in Tczew, the ensemble has won many awards at choral competitions and festivals, m.in. Third Prize and “Bronze Lyre” at the 5th Warsaw International Choir Festival and 3rd prize at the 1st International Festival of Choral Music in Eišiškės, Lithuania.

The choir was founded in 1923. Four years later, he joined the Pomeranian Association of Singing Circles, whose aim was to promote musical culture by establishing choirs and orchestras and providing them with professional and material assistance. Due to the outbreak of World War II, the choir was interrupted, but after the end of the war, it returned to the stages of the Tczew region, adding splendor to all important state, regional and church ceremonies with its singing.
Under the baton of excellent conductors, the choir reaches a better and better artistic level.
The choir was led by:
• Ludwik Sumiński (1923-34),
• Leon Galiński (1934-66),
• Elżbieta Grzenkowska-Hawryluk (1966-2002)
• Leszek Gołąb (since 2002).
This is reflected in numerous awards and distinctions from reviews, competitions and festivals. In November 2009, The choir won the third prize and the “Bronze Lyre” at the 5th Warsaw International Choir Festival. In 2012 the Choir took third place in the First International Festival of Choral Music in Eišiškės (Lithuania). The choir has given many concerts abroad, m.in. in Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Finland, four times in Germany, twice in Lithuania, three times in Hungary and Ukraine. Since 1974, the Tczew Choral Song Festivals have been held, the originator and organizer of which is the Echo Men’s Choir.
The conductor of the Choir is Leszek Gołąb, the accompanist of the Choir is Tadeusz Abt, and the president of the Choir is Włodzimierz Mroczkowski.
The “ECHO” Men’s Choir works within the structures of the Centre for Culture and Art in Tczew.

Choir conductor – Leszek Gołąb – A graduate of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk, at the Faculty of Choral Conducting under the supervision of Prof. Zbigniew Bruna. From 1996 to 2001 he was a member of the Academic Choir of the University of Gdańsk. Since 2001 he has been a professional singer of the Baltic State Opera in Gdańsk. Winner of the first prize at the Conducting Competition in Gdańsk (2001). He has participated in numerous conducting seminars and cultural projects under the m.in direction of such authorities as Mikis Theodorakis, Prof. St. Stuligrosz, Prof. R. Zimak, among others. He has conducted both chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras. He has performed a series of concerts entitled “Creative Trust – Meetings of Contemporary Gdańsk Composers”. In 2009 he was nominated for the Young Creator of Culture award of the Mayor of the City of Gdańsk

As part of the promotion of young talents, Aleksander Tryba – student of the Secondary Music School. in Gdansk-Wrzeszcz In the double bass class, prof. Maria Baczyńska.

Aleksander Tryba – a graduate of the State Music School Them. Mieczysław Michalski in Lębork. Laureate of the national double bass competition in Malbork and winner of the provincial competition in Gdynia. Since 2014 student of the Second Cycle of SM Them. Fryderyk Chopin in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz in the class of prof. Maria Baczyńska and a student of the Gdańsk University of Technology. In 2015 he took 3rd place in the National String Competition in Elbląg, and in 2016 he won the first prize in the 2nd National Double Bass Competition. Tadeusz Pelczar.

We cordially invite you!