Publications (since 2012):
DUO: Bąkowska & Skardowska (violin and piano) was funded to promote the chamber music compositions of Andrzej Kurylewicz. Both artists performed in the Artistic Cellar of Kurylewicz’s, in the season 2011/12 and 2012/13, where they propagated the piece “Duetto Lirico”. In 2012-13 they gave some concerts in the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, Lubostroń Palace as well as Coronal Tribunal in Lublin. In the September of 2012 they took part in the International Music Festival “In the countryside of Chopin”. To the programmes of theirs concerts they include the pieces by Szymanowski and Lutoslawski. During the concerts often accompanies them the cellist, Michal Borzykowski. In April 2013 artists won the special price of Foundation of Polish Music of the I Master of Music Competition- recording of Duetto Lirico by Andrzej Kurylewicz.
Established in 2013 by Gabriela Kurylewicz Institute of Music and Poetry, which is part of the Form Foundation (Research Institute for Arts and Philosophy) implements the art projects combining contemporary music and poetry. These projects are based in the main on works of Andrzej Kurylewicz as the specific symbiosis of arts. Starting from 2012 musical-poetic directed by Gabriele Kurylewicz, in the domain of music are presented by Eva Skardowska, Katarzyna Bakowska and Michał Borzykowski. During each performance is presented poetry and prose by Gabriela Kurylewicz and Stanislaw Gromadzki. Conceptually, the Institute is also teaching activities. Currently implemented are the two forms of Gabriela Kurylewicz Philosophical Seminar and Ewa SKardowska's Piano Studio.
VARSOVIA PIANO TRIO, whose line-up consists of Ewa Skardowska- piano, Adam Zarzycki- violin and Piotr Hausenplas- cello, was formed in 2004. The artistic aim of the group is to popularize the chamber music grand repertoire, including the Polish one. The members of Trio called it “Varsovia” because all are graduates from the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (now the Frederick Chopin University of Music). Varsovia Piano Trio has given concerts in Poland, France, Slovenia, Turkey, Denmark, Romania, Moldavia, Finland, Byelorussia, North Irland, Czech Republic, Georgia, Egipt, China and The Great Britain where it received audience recognition as well as excellent critics’ reviews. The group’s output includes a Polish music CD (with works by Panufnik, Różycki, Kulenty and Chmielarz), recorded for DUX Recordings in 2006 and CD “Chopin& Dobrzyński” /Orfeus Music/2013. In the summer of 2009 Varsovia Piano Trio performed Polish music in Belfast/ Ireland during “Polska !Year” in the Great Britain, than appeared in Tempelinaukio/Helsinki on the concert of 20 years of Polish Democracy, and soon after opened the Chopin’s Year in the Minsk Philharmony, Byelorussia. In August ‘2009 VPT performed Haydn, Beethoven and Chopin Trios during 50th International Chopin Festival in Marienbad, Chech Republic. In December the members of VPT had an honour to initiate the Chopin’s Year in the Conservatory of Tbilisi, and in February ’2010 they gave the Polish –Egiptian recital in Palace Ghuri, Kair. In October 2010 VPT performed during the II International Chamber Music Festival in Bei-jin/China and soon after in few biggest cities of Turkey. In Poland VPT performed besides the others in” National Philharmony (2008), Chopin University of Music (2009, 2011), Philharmony of Opole (2013) << in the program the group included “Dvorak’s Dumki and Tschaikovsky-The Great Trio Aminor>>; Philharmony of Kielce (2010). Since 2010 VPT cooperates with Kurylewicz’s Artistic Cellar to promote works of Andrzej Kurylewicz. Project “Kurylewicz.pl” was presented at the Studio of Polish Radio and Television S-1 in Warsaw, Och-Theatre as well as, with success, in Steinway Hall, London (2011). In last few months VPT gave also chamber music concerts during International Festivals of Music in Świebodzin and Zamość.