After the successful graduation with honour (1994) at the Music Secondary School in Gdansk, he finished as well with honour in 2000 studies in the class of assistant master Miroslaw Adrjanczyk at the Moniuszko Music Academy of Gdansk.

Beside the master courses lead by professors Ch. Caskel (Köln, Germany), K. Tresselt (Stuttgart, Germany), K. Abe (Japan) and K. Mycko (Poland), Piotr Schiller took part in "The World Marimba Competition" in Stuttgart and achieved second place in the National Percussion Competition in Opole, Poland, twice.

As a soloist he played the concert for marimbaphone and violin orchestra Ney Rosauro at the diploma concert at the Moniuszko Music Academy in Gdansk, accompanied by the City Orchestra of the Baltic Opera.

There were a lot of recitals and concerts all over Poland, Germany, Switzerland and Lithuania because of the 70th anniversary of the town of Gdynia and the 50th anniversary of the Moniuszko Music Academy in Gdansk.

Beside collaborating with the Percussion Formation in Gdansk Jeunesses Musicales he performed in the Polish Orchestra of the Baltic Philharmonics, at the Baltic Opera, and in the Capella Gedanensis. Since the beginning of playing in the orchestra in D. Boduszkowa Music Theatre in Gdynia (1997) he took part in the preparation of following musicals: "Hair", "Evita", "Les Miserables", "Scrooge", " Jesus Christ Superstar", "Wuthering Heights", "Chess", "The Birdcage", "Chicago", "Konzert-Memories", "Pinochio", "Das Fester Meisters des Welt", "Dracula", and toured with the Music Theatre in Germany, Austria, Holland, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxemburg.

Piotr Schiller participated in the release of the CD "Relations" with the Polish Baltic Philharmonics and the Kantaten of J. B. Freislich with Capella Gedanensis, as well as the recording of parts of the musical "Hair" for the radio station RMF FM and the musical "Pinochio" for the City Theatre in Gdynia.

Since October 2003 Piotr Schiller started to work as an assistant teacher in the percussion class at the Moniuszko Music Academy of Gdansk.

Maciej Bulinski born April 22^nd 1980 in Gdynia, Poland.

Started his musical education at the age of 6 taking accordion lessons, followed by piano and percussion at the Public Primary and Secondary “Felisk Nowowiekski” Music School in Gdańsk. Graduated with honors in 1999. From the age of 14 till 17 Maciej sang as soprano in boy’s “Pueri Cantores Olivenses”choir under the direction of Jan Łukaszewski. Graduated The Stanisław Moniuszko Musical Academy of Gdańsk from the class of dr. Mirosław Adrianczyk. Participated in many music competitions and festivals. Awarded first place at National Percussion Competition in Gdańsk,  second place at National Percussion Competition in Poznań and third place at National Percussion Competition in Łomża.

Reaching artistic maturity and fascinated by jazz and rock Maciej performed in various jazz and rock bands in the tri-cities clubs and musical scenes both in the tri-cities and around Poland. The most important ones being gospel group “Błogosławieni”, rock band “Virena”, hard-rock band “Chassis”, electric trio “Electrinity” and classical marimba and xylophone duet “Malletduo”. Maciej collaborated with MaciejMiecznikowski, Krystyna Prońko, Piotr Schiller, DominikBukowski, Zdzisław Kalinowski and many other artist from the Polish musical scene. 

His fascination by music and passion for teaching encouraged Maciej to deepen his pedagogical knowledge. In 2015 he graduated with degree in pedagogy from Gdańsk University. Maciej works with children and youth teaching percussion, piano and music theory. Since 2007 Maciej has been composing as well. He created pieces for his students as well as for theater-ballet performances like “The Elements” in 2015, “Time Machine” in 2016 and “Snow White” 2018. All performed at the Public Primary and Secondary “Felisk Nowowiekski” Music School in Gdańsk as well as on the stage of Baltic State Opera in Gdańsk. Maciej worked at Gdańsk Community Center, Community Music School in Morena, “Positive” Elementary School and “Music Fan” school in Banino.

Maciej is also a member of “Gloria Dei” choir and involved in the artistic life of the Lutheran Parish at the Saviors church in Sopot.

He started studying music in 1997 in the Grażyna Bacewicz and Fryderyk Chopin music school in Gdańsk – Wrzeszcz, first in piano class under professor Zofia Jasyk Kural and later in percussion class under Arkadiusz Skotnicki. In 2012 he became a student in the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk in percussion class under assistant professor Mirosław Adrjanczyk.

He engages in various music projects. He cooperated with rock goup “Comise” , funk group “Wattever”, blues band “Fedor Band” and sung poetry group “Raz do roku”. He was also engaged in different jazz and classical music projects at the Academy.

He cooperates with Polish Baltic Philharmonic’ Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic in Sopot, Baltic Opera, Gorzów Philharmonic, Chamber Music Orchestra in Elbląg and Music Academy in Warsaw.

Mateusz Zawadzki

 

He was born on 24.11.1993 in Warsaw. He began learning percussion instruments at the age of 6. In 2012, he graduated with distinction from the Secondary Music School named after J. Elsner in the class of Prof. Bogdan Lauks. Since 2012, he has been a student at the Academy of Music named after S. Moniuszko in Gdańsk in the class of Prof. Mirosław Andrjanczyk.

 

He has also developed his instrumental skills through masterclasses conducted by outstanding representatives of percussion art, including David Friedman (Germany/USA), Carlo Willems (Belgium), Bernhard Wulff (Germany), Ignacio Ceballos Martin (Spain), Casey Cangelosi (USA), and Marta Klimasara (Poland/Germany).

In 2005, he won first prize at the National Competition “Mały Werblista”. In 2011 and 2012, he was a finalist of the National Percussion Auditions for Secondary Schools. In 2013, he became a semi-finalist of the International Percussion Competition in Vilnius (Lithuanian International Drums and Percussion Festival and Competition 2013) and received second prize in the snare drum category at the Italy Percussion Competition in Montesilvano.

He has collaborated with the Academic Symphony and Chamber Orchestra in Gdańsk, Sinfonietta Consonus – Symphonic Orchestra, and the Progress Chamber Orchestra. In 2013, he completed a three-week tour in the People’s Republic of China with the Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk.

He has performed, among others, at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, the Baltic Philharmonic in Gdańsk, the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw, and the Academies of Music in Warsaw and Gdańsk.

He participated in the recording of two albums: “Explorations” (Sinfonietta Consonus – Symphonic Orchestra) and “Wojciech Kilar: Angelus, Exodus, Victoria” (Academic Symphony Orchestra) – the latter was nominated for the prestigious Fryderyk Award in 2014.

Since 2014, he has been a member of the Mallet Duo ensemble.