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Bazyli Matysiak (1929–1992)

Author
Aleksander Gabryś
Date
Basel, July 2026
Type
memoir
Language
Polish

Aleksander Gabryś’s personal remembrance of Bazyli Matysiak, his first double bass professor: a teacher who knew how to see people and open the world of sound before them.

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Wspomnienie o Witoldzie Szalonku (2019)

Author
Aleksander Gabryś
Year
2019
Original context
written for the collective volume “Witold Szalonek. Portret zwielokrotniony”
Language
Polish

A 2019 personal recollection of Witold Szalonek, connecting family memories, performance practice, microtonality, form, and later international experiences shaped by his influence.