With more than five million tickets sold in 50+ countries, the MozART Group string quartet has more than just a smattering of humour interwoven amongst the horsehair of their bows. Hysterical, even if you don’t know your Mozart from your Bach, but exquisitely performed if you do!
In order to better understand the performance and genre the MozART group has represented since 1995, it is good to start with what the gentlemen have said some years ago…
“We exist despite the sober formality of great concert halls, despite the boredom of classical musicians’ life, despite fanatic lovers of classical music, despite fans of rock, rap or pop who are afraid of classical music. We treat our Muse with a humorous irony and we’re sure, she will have nothing against it!”
From exquisitely performed football chants, to Elton John’s Crocodile Rock and all the way through to an interesting reenactment of a violin catching its muse cheating with a cello… yep you read that right. The MozART Group promises beautifully played classical music with an hilarious twist, and something you have never seen before.
All four gentlemen of the MozART group are well educated instrumentalists who graduated from prestigious Academies of Music in Warsaw and Łódz, but they decided to play classical music in a humorous way. Filip Jaślar, Michał Sikorski, Paweł Kowaluk, Bolesław Błaszczyk and former cellist and founding member Artur Renion created a worldwide unique musical cabaret, where the music, not the words are the source of joy and laughter.
The musicians of the MozART group have been playing together since 1995. At the beginning, they presented short musical jokes on Canal Plus Television and gave their first debut in 1997 at the PAKA competition of young Polish cabarets in Krakow. In the same year, they presented their first cabaret program entitled Mozart’s Still Alive and since then, they have played concerts in all of Europe, Canada, the USA and Asia.
The MozART group are frequent TV guests including international galas and concerts. The quartet received prestigious prizes like the Grand Prix of the XVIII Festival of Satire and Comedy in Lidzbark, The special prize from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Poland for outstanding achievements and 15 years on stage and all three main prizes at the 10th Festival des Artes Burlesques in St Etienne, France, the Grand Prix of the Jury, the Audience Award and the Press Award. And that’s just the beginning!
Fans of The MozART Group have said, “I think it is wonderful when very talented musicians make music fun. It just puts their talent and the music at a totally different level. We all have heard and enjoyed the original pieces in their entirety with a full orchestra. But presenting those same iconic pieces as a backdrop for a little fun and enjoyment makes it so much better. These guys are great.”
“BRAVO! Magnificent! Love the music…the musicality…the humor…the musicianship of each gentleman…Splendid!”
“Coolest, most original comedy I’ve seen in some years. Bravo & well done!”
“I laughed and laughed every single minute, from the start to the end… These guys are real medicine for the soul…”
So if you’re looking for a hilariously funny yet beautifully performed world class show, tickets are available via www.mozartgroup.net
