Kasia and Basia bring new interpretation to art songs through small and intimate performances reflective of the genre's historical practice as well as with use of visual media, designed to break the tradition of program translations.
Both artists work with many living composers and continuously explore new performance styles, techniques and ideas with the intention of making art songs a genre accessible to all audiences.
Polish-Canadian Mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Sadej was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She has sung internationally in concert, opera, chamber music, oratorio and recital. Katarzyna has performed numerous world premieres and has had over a dozen new works composed especially for her.
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Katarzyna's recent and upcoming solo debuts include The Chicago Philharmonic, Le Salon des Musiques, SOPAC Ottawa, L.A. Opera, San Diego Opera, The Industry, and Festival Mozaic, among other notable venues and festivals. She was the 2015 First Prize winner of the Marcella Sembrich Kochanska Competition, and the 2016 First Prize Winner of the Susan and Virginia Hawk Competition.
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Polish-American pianist, Basia Bochenek, is an avid performer of traditional and modern music, whose passion and dedication for collaborative arts brought her to venues throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.
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Basia has made Los Angeles her home, a city where new music thrives and classical works continue to be relished and reinvented. Her performances bring new interpretations to art songs, chamber music, and operas including an array of projects devoted to world premieres, such as First Take with the Industry. Over the last year, Basia has been accompanying the L.A. Opera Education and Outreach Program.
Basia has been an accompanist and a vocal coach at Calarts, Pasadena City College, as well as University of Southern California.
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