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Tomasz Prasqual

@tomaszprasqual

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Composer & music theatre maker
Dramaturg
Artistic Research | Sound & Space
Workshops & Talks (NLP/Theory U) Archipel Lab, Founder
Köln / International

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The festival ends with top-tier ensemble NeoQuartet—which will become the new ensemble-in-residence of Contempuls for the next three years—will take full command of the stage and close out the entire festival. They will offer a program featuring compositions by Johannes Kalitzke, Helmuth Flammer, Tiina Myllärinen and Tomasz Prasqual. Its conceptual centerpiece and the grand finale of this year's edition will be the world premiere of a new string quartet by Luboš Mrkvička, written once again as a festival commission.

The Polish string quartet NeoQuartet, consisting of Karolina Piątkowska-Nowicka (1st violin), Paweł Kapica (2nd violin), Michał Markiewicz (viola), and Antoni Majewski (cello), specializes in the performance of contemporary music. The quartet is among the most active European ensembles in the field of new music and regularly performs at prestigious festivals in Europe, China, South Korea, Japan, and the USA. They often combine a classical sound with visual arts, modern dance, and electronics. They have recorded ten albums for Polish, German, Greek, and American labels, hold the 2018 Pomeranian Artistic Award, and have received several nominations for the Fryderyk Award. Since 2012, they have organized the NeoArte – Synthesizer of Arts festival in Gdańsk, which focuses on popularizing contemporary composition, organizing masterclasses, and commissioning new works from Polish and international composers. Starting in 2026, NeoQuartet will become the new ensemble-in-residence of the Contempuls festival for a three-year period, for which they will annually perform a new composition commissioned from a Czech composer by the festival.

✵ Luboš Mrkvička: String Quartet no. 1 – a world premiere commissioned by Contempuls

✵ Ernst Helmuth Flammer: String quartet No. 3

✵ Tiina Myllärinen: "SMOOTH OUT" String Quartet No. 3

✵ Tomasz Prasqual: String quartet No. 3

✵ Johannes Kalitzke: Europe by @tomaszprasqual

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Looking forward to a busy and wonderfully varied autumn - here some upcoming dates:

23 October · Gdańsk
Gay Loneliness - String Quartet No. 3
World premiere with Neo Quartet · NeoArte Festival

1 November · Prague
Gay Loneliness - String Quartet No. 3
Neo Quartet

8 November · Cologne
THIS IS NOT A CONCERT - Who Needs ON?
Curation & moderation · Benefit event for ON - Neue Musik Köln

23 November · Chemnitz
Gay Loneliness - String Quartet No. 3
Neo Quartet

30 November · Cologne · Musical Dome
Aidshilfe Köln Gala
At the piano with songs by Mary Roos - and very excited to share the stage with artists including Ute Lemper and Thomas Anders.

11 December · Bydgoszcz
„The Body I Keep Inside“ for piano & synthesizer · Art Mintaka
Performing my own work alongside Morton Feldman’s „palais de mari“.

From a new string quartet about loneliness and relation, to curating and moderating a benefit for Cologne’s new-music scene; from Mary Roos at the Musical Dome to performing my own music alongside Morton Feldman: I wouldn’t want it any other way. by @tomaszprasqual

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A brilliant, beautiful and deeply touching performance by @ewaplonkasoprano, the best live performance of this opera I have ever heard, amazing orchestra, soloists and a superb staging. taken in Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège by @tomaszprasqual

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In ARMA Museum in Ubud I bumped into a little choir. These four wonderful ladies coming from Finland, Taiwan, Canada and Holland, met to sing together as the conductor of their choir left for 3 months. After a while they asked me if I could conduct them, which I did with joy. We rehearsed some songs and had so much fun. “Can you please come back next summer?” - I said yes. That was an amazing experience, my throat sore was suddenly gone, we were all elevated and hugged each other like real friends. Never before have I experienced the healing power of music so directly. by @tomaszprasqual

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Gamelan - I learned to play it some 25 years ago. Bumping into a local group of musicians, who invited me to play with them, made me jump in time to my youth. And when they asked “Will you please come next Friday again?” - how much I would have loved to say yes 😿 Making music together connects over any language barrier. Shared moments of joy and the feeling of community are worth so much more than all the money of this world. I left with tears in my eyes. by @tomaszprasqual

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Some things happen much faster than we could ever imagine.

Just one week after presenting „No More Continents“, my 2nd "composed act of thinking" at PSi #31 in Jakarta, I have been invited to present it again, this time at the Eco-Cultural Performance Art Conference at the Tidar University in Magelang, Central Java.

I'm deeply grateful to @Dr. Feriyal Aslam, artist, anthropologist and lecturer at Parahyangan Catholic University (UNPAR), Bandung, whose recommendation made this possible. It is crazy wonderful how conversations at one conference can so quickly open unexpected paths, new encounters and collaborations.

Indonesia keeps amazing me. Every day brings new ideas, inspiring people, unexpected invitations. It feels less like travelling through a country and more like entering a living network of artistic and intellectual exchange.

Looking forward to sharing this work in Magelang, and to everything that may grow from these encounters. Deeply grateful.

#PSi2026 #Indonesia #Magelang #TidarUniversity #PerformanceStudies #MusicTheatre #ArtisticResearch #ComposedActOfThinking by @tomaszprasqual

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3 months ago

Some weeks seem to change the direction of your life.

After the overwhelming premiere of my 10th opera, "only Love can break your Heart", and just before flying to Indonesia on Monday to present my next lecture-performance, I would love to share another piece of quite exciting news that makes me genuinely happy.

Over the past nine months, I have been on an extraordinary journey through "u-lab: Leading from the Emerging Future" at the Massachusets Institute of Technology MITx, developed by Otto Scharmer and the Presencing Institute. It has been much more than a course. It has profoundly influenced the way I think about leadership, relationships, systems, and the futures we are capable of creating together.

Many people know me as a composer, dramaturg, pianist, or artistic system designer.

Fewer know that another part of my work is accompanying visionary people and organizations as a Strategic Sparring Partner for Visionary Leadership - helping them discover the deeper story behind their work, sharpen their vision, and transform bold ideas into meaningful, long-term impact.

I couldn't imagine a more inspiring first collaboration: Over the coming months, I will be mentoring Green Sphere Gardens in Homa Bay County, Kenya, founded by the wonderful Fredrick Onyango.

When we first spoke, I realized that this is not simply a project about regenerative agriculture.

It is about regenerating childhood. It is about children growing up in a living relationship with the Earth. Learning how to care for soil, water, biodiversity, and one another. Becoming a generation that can regenerate entire communities through knowledge, responsibility, and hope.

I have always believed that art can change the way we imagine the world.

Now I feel equally passionate about helping visionary people create the conditions in which those new worlds can actually emerge.

For me, leadership is not about having all the answers.

It is about creating the conditions in which better questions - and better futures - can emerge.

Let's build beautiful futures together. 🌱 by @tomaszprasqual

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ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART @tomaszprasqual @trwarszawa @hashtagensemble

@justynaolowrapacz @justyna__wasilewska @tadevszz @vanhomos @liliannakrych @zozajko @kosma.standera @loganfebruary @aleksandrademowskamadejska @marta_vel_oyrza @adaminreal @ali.makeup @aneta_chst @stefaniagrabiec @magdalena_kordylasinska @wojciechjelinski @kozlows.key @paweljanasmusic @so.kolska.makeup

photo @artscraper_insta taken in Warszawa by @tomaszprasqual

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only Love can break your Heart - dress rehearsal Shows on July 3rd & 4th in Warsaw by @tomaszprasqual

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@tomaszprasqual opowiada o inspiracjach i pracy nad operą 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔏𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔟𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱 oraz o niezwykłym dialogu Gaspary Stampy i Logana February odbywającym się w transcendentnej przestrzeni pomiędzy XVI a XXI wiekiem 💔

🥀Spektakle: 3 lipca i 4 lipca o godzinie 20:00

Wystąpią:
Justyna Rapacz mezzosopran (Gaspara) @justynaolowrapacz
Michał Sławecki kontratenor (Logan) @michalslawecki
Justyna Wasilewska aktorka (Gaspara) @justyna__wasilewska
Mateusz Górski aktor (Logan) @tadevszz
Bartosz Koziak wiolonczela solo (Nieosiągalny Kochanek Gaspary)
Dominik Płociński wiolonczela solo (Nieosiągalny Kochanek Logana)
Hashtag Ensemble
Adam Eljasiński klarnety
Julian Paprocki klarnety, saksofon
Monika Paprocka-Całus waltornia
Michał Adamin trąbka
Wojciech Jeliński puzon
Marta Piórkowska skrzypce
Stefania Grabiec skrzypce
Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska altówka
Mateusz Loska kontrabas
Paweł Janas akordeon
Krzysztof Kozłowski syntezatory
Magda Kordylasińska-Pękala perkusja
Lilianna Krych dyrygentka

Realizacja:
libretto: Tomasz Prasqual i Giulia Fornasier
opis: Tomasz Prasqual
reżyseria, kostiumy, światło: Cezary Tomaszewski
kierownictwo muzyczne: Lilianna Krych
produkcja: Zofia Zajkowska i Millena Kamińska
identyfikacja wizualna: Aleksandra Ołdak
reżyseria dźwięku: Kosma Standera
organizator: Warszawskie Towarzystwo Sceniczne, Fundacja Sfera Harmonii
współprodukcja: TR Warszawa taken in TR Warszawa by @tomaszprasqual

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rozpoczęliśmy ostatni etap prób do prapremiery Opery ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART @tomaszprasqual reż. @vanhomos pod dyr. @liliannakrych w @trwarszawa na która zapraszamy Was bardzo serdecznie już 3 i 4 | 07 | 2026 Do zobaczenia!

#musician #muzyka #teatr #opera #warszawa taken in Warszawa by @tomaszprasqual

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