Bio
Young generation trombonist
Dr Wojciech Jeliński,
graduated from the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań with distinction. He was in the class of professor Maciej Łakomy, PhD. He also graduated from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, in the class of the long-time trombonist of the Berlin Philharmoniker of Professor Christhard Gössling.
In 2016-2018 he was granted the scholarship of the Karajan Akademie Der Berliner Philharmoniker, in the class of Professor Olaf Ott.
He is a laureate of scholarships including:
- artistic scholarship of the City of Poznań
- scholarship of the Marshal of the Wielkopolska Province in the field of culture
- scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage
- scholarship of the Minister of Science for outstanding young scientists.
Wojciech Jeliński is an assistant professor at the Department of Brass Instruments at the Academy of Music in Poznań. In 2021 he obtained his PhD degree in music arts.
He is the creator and artistic director of Tromboholizm – Poznań Trombone Music Festival.
Since 2024 he has been one of the organizers of Żywiecki Suwakowanie
Collaboration with orchestras and ensembles
Since 2019, Wojciech Jeliński has been the first trombonist of the T. Szeligowski Poznań Philharmonic.
He plays in ensembles such as: TrombQuartet, Sepia Ensemble and Polish Brass Trio
He collaborates with orchestras such as: Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatstheater Cottbus, S. Moniuszko Grand Theatre in Poznań, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Gorzów Philharmonic, Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, Lower Silesia Philharmonic, Collegium F;
and ensembles: Ensemble Mini, Animatic, Music Cooperative, Respiro d’Arte, Trans-for-Matha Ensemble, Ensemble Mosaik, Ensemble Apparat, Ensemblekollektiv Berlin.
Festival and concerts
Wojciech Jeliński has performed at numerous prestigious festivals and concerts in Poland, including the International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn, the International Festival of Contemporary Music Poznań Musical Spring, the Music in Old Cracow Festival, the concert of laureates of the 20th and 21st Century Music Competition at the W. Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw, the Witold Szalonek in memoriam concert in Katowice organized by the Polish Music Publishing House;
and internationally, including: in the Czech Republic-Gramodeska in Prague and Brno, in Germany-Berliner Festspiele, Mikromusik – Festival experimenteller musik und sound art in Berlin, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, at the Hoschschule für Musik und Theater in Rostock, Austria-Marathon V-Festival for young contemporary music in Vienna, Estonia-Estonian Music Days in Tallinn.
He is a regular lecturer at the Żywiecki Suwakowanie and the Summer Academy of Brass Instruments in Kalisz.
Recordings
In 2022, solo album Serocki Trombone Works was released by DUX, which received many positive reviews.
“… Wojciech Jeliński, with his virtuosity, sensitivity and inventiveness, turns listeners into trombone fans. This album is a tribute to Serocki and phonographic wings for trombone works”
“… They were performed by Wojciech Jeliński and all other artists with care and attention to detail. The orchestral works are conducted, not surprisingly, by Łukasz Borowicz, who also does an excellent job in his role. The positive impression is complemented by a wonderfully prepared booklet. I recommend it!”
“There must be something in the character of Wojciech Jeliński, an outstanding trombone player, that he became the main character of the DUX CD recording entitled Kazimierz Serocki, Trombone Works. Because if someone were to take on the task of performing all of Serocki’s compositions for this instrument, which bears the English name trombone, we probably wouldn’t find anyone more suitable than the first “trombonist” of the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra…”
In 2024, the album Penderecki: Concertos, Vol. 10 was released, which included the piece Wintereise, which was first recorded in a version for trombone and orchestra, arranged by Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska (the premiere took place in November 2023 with the T. Szeligowski Poznań Philharmonic).
In 2023, the second album of the Sepia Ensemble „L’atelier Sonoristiques” was released as part of the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the “Warsztat Muzyczny” ensemble.
Contemporary music
The artist specializes in performing music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and has premiered works by contemporary composers, including Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska, Artur Kroschel, Zbigniew Kozub, Krzysztof Penderecki, Rafał Zapała, Monika Kędziora, Michał Janocha, Cezary Duchnowski, Paweł Hendrich, Reinhard Karger, Marek Barden, and Ann Cleare.
Despite his young age, he has already recorded several albums and performed pieces as a soloist with orchestras, including with the Poznań Philharmonic, the Lower Silesian Philharmonic in Jelenia Góra, the Zielona Góra Philharmonic, the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra of J. Semkow, the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, the Tutta Forza Orchestra from Gdańsk, the Symphony Orchestra and the Wind Orchestra of the Academy of Music of I.J. Paderewski from Poznań.
Privately
He is the husband of Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska and the father of two sons – Adam and Jan.
Photo
Video
Frank Martin - Ballade for trombone and piano
Stjepan Šulek - Sonata "Vox Gabrieli"
Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska - Arabeska II for trombone and piano
Henri Dutilleux - Choral, Cadence et Fugato
Kazimierz Serocki - Swinging music (Sepia Ensemble)
Paul Desmond - Take Five, arr. I. Luis (TrombQuartet)
Lauren Bernofsky - Trio for Brass (Polish Brass Trio)
Piotr Czajkowski - Suita Romeo i Julia (TromboSphere Poland)
Ensembles
TrombQuartet
A trombone quartet, four trombonists, actually four friends. We played our first concert in 2012, but we had already played many rehearsals together, but only for pleasure and the desire to make music together. Since 2012, our trombone family has had two weddings and has grown to include 3 potential new trombonists. We have a lot of classical music in our repertoire. Thanks to excellent arrangements, we perform the most famous pieces of classical music, as well as jazz. We also made it a point of honor to promote Polish music. So far, we have performed and premiered works by, among others, Kazimierz Serocki, Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, Piotr Moss, Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska, Magdalena Cynk.
Sepia Ensemble
Contemporary music has become my passion from the moment I met my future wife, Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska - a wonderful composer who trusted my trombone skills from the very beginning of our relationship and in 2009 she composed a Suite for trombone and piano for me. This is how my adventure with newly written songs began. I think that thanks to this I was asked in 2012 by Artur Kroschel to join a new group performing contemporary music, which they created together with Rafał Zapała. As a result, we currently have an 11-person Sepia Ensemble, which specializes in performing new music. With Sepia, we have performed at least several dozen world premieres of works by composers from Poland and abroad. Currently, together with Ewa and Tomek Sośniak, we are creating the team's program board.
Polish Brass Trio
A trio consisting of a trumpet, French horn and a trombone, including the first trumpeter of the Poznań Philharmonic, the first horn player at the Görlitz theater and a modest trombone player. It would seem that such a line-up of musicians should, in the context of the repertoire, at least compete with a brass quintet. Unfortunately, the repertoire is quite limited and that is why we try to change it by ordering new pieces, not forgetting Polish music and Polish composers.
