Friday, August 22, 2025, 7:00 PM

Julian Gembalski is a graduate of the State Higher School of Music in Katowice, where he graduated from the organ class of Prof. H. Klaja, and the Department of Composition and Theory. He continued his studies in Belgium and France. He has performed in concerts in Europe and the USA, and has recorded over 40 albums. In the years 1991–2007 he made a series of radio recordings Anthology of Organs in Upper Silesia, in which he recorded the sound of over 90 instruments from that region. A laureate of organ and piano improvisation competitions, winner of numerous awards (including the W. Korfanty Award, the Catholic Lux et Silesia Award, the Evangelical Silesian Emerald Award), and awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal by Pope John Paul II. He is a professor at the Academy of Music in Katowice, where he teaches the organ class and heads the Department of Organ and Harpsichord. He founded the first organ museum in Central and Eastern Europe. For many years he has served as archdiocesan visitor of organs and organists.

Saxophone Quartet INIKO - was founded in 2024. It is a band originating from the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań and consists of musicians with various orchestral, solo and ensemble experiences. The idea of ​​the band is based on combining the individual ambitions of each member with the possibilities and pleasure of playing chamber music together. The name of the band (sounding exotic) is nothing more than a Hawaiian word meaning an insect, which, in the artists' mind, well reflects the fancifulness of the performed repertoire and is in line with the search for diversity in music, just as diverse is the world of insects.