Mazowsze
OPERA HOUSE
APRIL 25, 2026
The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents
Polish Folk Song and Dance Ensemble
Mazowsze
Director and Principal Conductor of Mazowsze Ensemble
Jacek Boniecki
Assistant Musical Director Krystian Segda
Conductor Wojciech Gwiszcz
Deputy Director for for Technical and Administrative Affairs Sylwia Krajewska
Executive Ballet Master Zofia Czechlewska
Company and Tour Manager Krzysztof Kurlej
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Fred Eychaner Fund C. Michael Kojaian Suzanne L. Niedland
William J. Caldwell and Michele Toth
Patrons are requested to turn off cell phones and other electronic devices during the performance. Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
The Program
Part I
Overture
Music Tadeusz Sygietyński
Musical arrangement Tadeusz Niećko
Chodzony: Around the Circle
Music Tadeusz Sygietyński
Musical arrangement Andrzej Potapczuk
Words Mira Zimińska-Sygietyńska Choreography Witold Zapała
The Oberek from Opoczno
Musical arrangement Tadeusz Sygietyński
Words adapted by Mira Zimińska-Sygietyńska Choreography Eugeniusz Papliński
Wilanów
Musical arrangement Tadeusz Sygietyński, Mieczysław Piwkowski
Words Traditional Choreography Zbigniew Kiliński
Songs and Dances from Kaszuby
Musical arrangement Mieczysław Piwkowski
Words adapted Mira Zimińska-Sygietyńska Choreography Witold Zapała
Limanowa
Dance soloists Iga Matera, Lena Strukow
Music Ludwik Mordarski
Words Traditional Choreography Witold Zapała
Kujawiak
Music Tadeusz Sygietyński Choreography Zbigniew Kiliński
Kukułeczka / The Little Cuckoo
Musical arrangement Tadeusz Sygietyński
Words adapted by Mira Zimińska-Sygietyńska, Tadeusz Sygietyński
Dwa
serduszka / Two Hearts
Music Tadeusz Sygietyński
Words adapted by Mira Zimińska-Sygietyńska, Tadeusz Sygietyński
Cyt, cyt / Hush, Hush
Music Tadeusz Sygietyński
Words Mira Zimińska-Sygietyńska
Dances and Melodies from Spisz
Musical arrangement Krystian Segda
Words Traditional
Choreography Zofia Czechlewska
The Lubusz Grape Harvest
Musical arrangement Marian Domański
Words Traditional Choreography Witold Zapała
Highlander Dances
Folk band Ewa Ptak, Weronika Chajewska, Julia Hila, Jan Hutek
Music Tadeusz Sygietyński
Words adapted by Tadeusz Sygietyński, Mira Zimińska-Sygietyńska Choreography Witold Zapała
Songs and Dances of the Wielkopolska Bambers
Musical arrangement Mieczysław Piwkowski Choreography Witold Zapała
Dances from Rozbark
Musical arrangement Stanisław Wysocki
Words Traditional Choreography Janina Marcinkowa
Games and Dances from Podegrodzie
Musical arrangement Mieczysław Piwkowski
Words Traditional Choreography Witold Zapała
The Program
Dances and Songs from Kraków
Folk band Agnieszka Kłosiewicz, Aleksandra Krawczyk, Jakub Chomiczewski, Piotr Firlej
Musical arrangement Tadeusz Sygietyński
Words adapted by Mira Zimińska-Sygietyńska
Choreography Witold Zapała
Krakowiak
Choreography Elwira Kamińska
Part I Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Intermission: 20 minutes
Part II
Polonaise
Music Wojciech Kilar
Choreography Zofia Czechlewska
Mazur from the opera The Haunted Manor
Music Stanisław Moniuszko
Words Jan Chęciński
Choreography Zofia Czechlewska
Rondo à la Krakowiak
Music Fryderyk Chopin
Choreography Witold Zapała
Etude in B-flat minor, Op. 4
Music Karol Szymanowski
Musical arrangement Grzegorz Fitelberg
Choreography Conrad Drzewiecki
North American Medley
Music Elton John, Justin Hurwitz, Nacio Herb Brown, Benny Goodman, Harlod Arlen, George Davis Weiss, Keala Settle, Leonard Bernstein, Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight, Franke Previte
Words Tim Rice, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Arthur Freed, Stephen Sondheim, Dan Hartman, Charlie Midnight, John de Nicola, Donald Markowitz
Musical arrangement Krystian Segda
Choreography Jacek Wazelin
Minuet in G major, Op. 14
Music Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Obertas in G major, Op. 19
Violin soloist Julia Wrońska-Przedbora
Music Henryk Wieniawski
Musical arrangement Jacek Boniecki, Krystian Segda
Piano concerto in F minor, Op. 21 mov. 2
Music Fryderyk Chopin
Prząśniczka / The Spinner
Music Stanisław Moniuszko
Musical arrangement Wojciech Gwiszcz
Words Jan Czeczot
Jontek’s Aria from the opera Halka
Music Stanisław Moniuszko
Words Włodzimierz Wolski
Znasz-li ten kraj / Do You Know This Land?
Music Stanisław Moniuszko
Musical arrangement Tadeusz Niećko
Words Adam Mickiewicz
Kujawiak
Music Henryk Wieniawski
Musical arrangement Krystian Segda
Words Jan Kiepura
The Program
Życzenie / The Wish
Music Fryderyk Chopin
Musical arrangement Maciej Cegielski
Words Stefan Witwicki
Furman / The Coachman
Musical arrangement Tadeusz Sygietyński
Words adapted by Jerzy Ficowski, Mira Zimińska-Sygietyńska
Łowiczanka, Mazur, and the Oberek from Sanniki
Music Tadeusz Sygietyński
Words Mira Zimińska-Sygietyńska Choreography Witold Zapała
Finale
Music Tadeusz Sygietyński Choreography Witold Zapała
Part II Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes
Mazowsze Ensemble reserves the right to make amendments to the concert program.
Mazowsze – “Ambassador for Polish Culture”
Over the last seven decades, Mazowsze has performed on every continent except Antarctica, undertaking nearly three hundred concert tours and appearing in over fifty countries. The Ensemble embarked on its first overseas tour in 1951, just a couple of years after its formation, performing in the USSR, China, and Mongolia in quick succession. In 1954, the group headed west, and its triumphant Paris debut opened the doors to the world’s greatest stages. Shortly thereafter, the Ensemble crossed the Atlantic to North America. As its reputation grew, the name “Mazowsze” became synonymous with Polish culture and, for Poles living abroad, a vibrant and sentimental reminder of their native land.
Public acclaim quickly led to international media attention and invitations from radio and television networks. Mazowsze’s albums were produced by major record labels in the U.S., Japan, Mexico, and France, and the Ensemble has appeared in numerous feature films and documentaries. Two of these won awards at the International Folk Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, while more recently, Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cold War was nominated for three Academy Awards.
To honor international audiences, Mazowsze developed a tradition of preparing songs native to the host country for its performances abroad. As a result, the Ensemble’s repertoire now includes around one hundred foreign-language songs. Its artistic achievements and enthusiastic international press reviews have earned Mazowsze a reputation as one of the finest ambassadors of Polish culture.
Meet the Artists
Jacek Boniecki, conductor
Mazowsze Ensemble’s Director and Principal Conductor, Jacek Boniecki, began his music education at the Feliks Nowowiejski Music School in Gdańsk, starting to conduct at the age of 14 in amateur vocal and instrumental groups. He is a graduate of the Warsaw Academy of Music where he studied conducting with Prof. Bogusław Madey. He began his career as assistant and conductor at the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk and the Musical Theatre in Gdynia. His subsequent posts included Musical Director of the “Roma” Musical Theatre in Warsaw and General and Artistic Director of the Płock Symphony Orchestra and the Musical Theatre in Lublin. He has been associated with Mazowsze National Folk Song and Dance Ensemble since 2012.
Jacek has conducted widely on the operatic stage – leading productions of Georges Bizet’s Carmen (with Jerzy Maksymiuk), Verdi’s Aida, Traviata, Nabucco and Falstaff, John Kander’s Cabaret (dir. Jerzy Stuhr), Stanisław Moniuszko’s Haunted Manor and Jan Stefani’s Cud mniemany, czyli Krakowiacy i Górale (dir. Andrzej Strzelecki), most known operettas, and ballets including Léo Delibes’ Coppélia and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. He has led a number of concerts at Warsaw’s Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, including those featuring eminent polish jazz artists Urszula Dudziak, Michał Urbaniak, Wojciech Karolak and Marcin Pospieszalski. He regularly conducts Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass.
Jacek is recipient of the City of Lublin Artistic Award (2011), the title of “Cultural Ambassador for Lublin and the Lublin region” (2018), the Medal commemorating the 700th Anniversary of the City of Lublin, an honorary distinction which is awarded to individuals who have contributed
in an outstanding manner to the development of the city (2018). In 2017, he received the Order of Merit for Polish Culture from the Minister for Culture and National Heritage and in March 2019, the Gold Medal of the Polish Success Academy for longstanding promotion of Polish culture in Poland and abroad. In 2021, he was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta from the President of Poland.
Krystian Segda, Assistant Musical Director
Krystian studied piano at the Fryderyk Chopin State Music School in Będzin and continued his education in the double bass class at the 1st and 2nd degree State Music School in Bytom. He received his Master of Arts from the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, also as a student of the double bass.
As a double bass player he has worked with orchestras such as Sinfonia Viva, Concerto Avenna, Warsaw Camerata and the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw. He has also worked as a musician and arranger with the Ester Rachel and Ida Kamińska Jewish Theatre in Warsaw.
In 2010, Krystian composed the music to Hans Christian Andersen’s The Nightingale for the Baj Pomorski Theatre in Toruń. He has worked with Mazowsze Ensemble since 2008 as a pianist and musical arranger, and currently holds the position of Assistant Musical Director.
Zofia Czechlewska, Executive Ballet Master
Zofia has a PhD in the field of musical arts, rhythm and dance. She is a graduate of the Department of Dance at the Chopin University of Music in
Meet the Artists
Warsaw, specialising in choreography and dance technique, and the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz University of Music in Łódź, where she studied Artistic Education in the field of the Musical Arts. She holds a teaching qualification from the University of Music in Łódź.
A longstanding soloist, teacher, and assistant to the Head of Ballet at the Stanisław Hadyna Song and Dance Ensemble “Śląsk” as well as the Artistic Lead of its Artistic Summer School, Zofia has also taught Polish folk dance, national dance and character dance at the Silesian Centre for Regional Education in Koszęcin and the Ludomir Różycki Ballet School in Bytom. She has authored, directed and choreographed productions inspired by Polish folklore, as well as international student folk festivals, artistic projects and workshops at home and abroad–in Lithuania, France, Hungary, the USA and Japan and is longstanding folklore consultant to the International Scouting Festival of School Youth Culture in Kielce. She has worked with many acclaimed artists and choreographers, including Stanisław Hadyna, Elwira Kamińska, Hanna Chojnacka, Zofia Rudnicka, Romana Agnel, Conrad Drzewiecki, Witold Borkowski, Juraj Kubanka, Władysław Stefanik, Michał Jarczyk, Witold Gruza, Henryk Konwiński and Wiesław Dudek. Zofia is author of the album: History of Dance and Polish National Dances: Methodology, Classification, Stage Forms.
Wojciech Gwiszcz, Conductor
Wojciech is a graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, where he studied Choral Conducting with Prof. Jan Wojtach and Symphonic and Operatic conducting under Prof. Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk. He has worked as Musical Director of the Gliwice
Musical Theatre, as a conductor at the Rozrywka Theatre in Chorzów and was founder and conductor of Orkiestra Niecosymfoniczna. He has conducted the Gloria Choir (Bojszowy Nowy), the Ogniwo Choir of the Silesian Philharmonic (Katowice), the Hejnał Male Choir (Katowice) and the Laudate Dominum Choir of the Parish of the Blessed Caroline in Tychy.
Wojciech has worked with the Rzeszów and Silesian Philharmonic Orchestras, and has over 30 operetta and musical pieces in his repertoire. These include: Oliver, Jekyll & Hyde, Our House, The Producers, The Fiddler on the Roof, The Merry Widow, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Adams Family, A Night in Venice. He was also musical director of the Polish premiere of Sweeney Todd. Off stage he is father to Wincenty, Maurycy and Matylda. He is fascinated by sailing and coffee.
The Company
Executive Ballet Master
Ballet Master - Deputy
Teaching Staff
Ballet Inspectors
Pianists
First Soloists
THE BALLET
Zofia Czechlewska
Marcin Mierzejewski
Henryk Jeż
Damian Kuźnik, Krzysztof Sobiak
Mirosław Laskowski
Ivan Melesh, Katarzyna Wróblewska, Jan Rejewski, Olena Riakhovska, Mykhailo Riakhovskyi, Kamila Borowska, Maja Brzyska, Olaf Czajkowski, Serhii Dluzhevskyi, Paweł Płóciennik, Krzysztof Sobiak
Artists of the Company
Izabela Andrzejak, Oksana Babenko, Šimon Bačik, Andrii Bertsan, Zuzanna Burak, Zuzanna Dzierzbińska, Dawid Graczyk, Maria Grabiec, Julia Gronkowska, Vladyslav Harashchuk, Kacper Janiszewski, Magdalena Jankowska-Naleźnik, Justyna Jednorowska, Alan Kropidłowski, Hanna Kuchta, Dawid Kulas, Damian Kuźnik, Klara Lisek, Dominika Ładziak, Katarzyna Łazarewicz, Iga Matera, Anna Mazuro, Michał Muziński, Zuzanna Nowak, Amelia Pierzak, Dajana Piotrowska, Jan Piszczek, Eliza Popielecka, Lidia Samotus, Wiktoria Sieracka, Aleksandra Stefańska, Lena Strukow, Wiktoria Stysiak, Kinga Szopińska, Jakub Szyba, Julia Tabor, Tymoteusz Trzciński, Stefan Zambrowski-Mazurek,
Head of the Choir - Choirmaster
Teaching Staff
Choir Inspectors
Pianists
Soloists
Singers/dancers (sopranos)
THE CHOIR
Michał Wróblewski
Jolanta Janucik, Zdzisław Kordyjalik, Agnieszka Kowaluk, Leszek Skrla
Piotr Borek, Jakub Giziński
Krzysztof Ostrowski, Krystian Segda, Marcin Nowak
Andrei Baravik, Piotr Borek, Filip Micek
Maria Biegluk, Maria Czechlewska, Elżbieta Kawka, Ilona Kossakowska, Julia Łukaszewicz, Julia Mańska-Bober, Paulina Patora, Karolina Potocka-Marek, Martyna Sierakowska, Kinga Sułek, Hanna Tomiczek, Karolina Wojciechowska
Singers/dancers (mezzo-sopranos) �������� Justyna Genczelewska, Hanna Jędraszek, Julia Jończyk, Elżbieta Kawka, Justyna Płaneta-Mocała, Edyta Sędzik, Maria Skobyłko
Singers/dancers (altos)
Julita Bożewicz, Justyna Genczelewska, Monika Kołodziejska, Maria Postrożna, Natalia Solczyńska, Karolina Ziętak,
Singers/dancers (tenors) �������������������� Paweł Czernecki, Jakub Giziński, Piotr Holz, Arnold Łapczyński, Julian Mantyk, Jan Mazepa, Marcin Nowak, Sergiusz Starski, Marek Szymański, Wojciech Zieliński
Singers/dancers (basses) �������������� Łukasz Bojarczuk, Robert Caban, Jakub Jarczak, Maxime Luna Kirschbach, Paweł Mikulski, Kamil Sosin, Tomasz Szczepanik, Michał Tyka
The Orchestra
Jacek Boniecki, Wojciech Gwiszcz, Conductor
Rafał Piłasiewicz, Orchestra Manager
Jacek Brzoznowski, Assistant Conductor
Dominika Marciniak, Inspectors of the Orchestra
Jakub Chomiczewski, Vitali Regel, Music Librarians
First Violins
Izabela Jaskólska-Stańczak (koncertmistrz)
Julia Wrońska-Przedbora (koncertmistrz)
Weronika Chajewska (I głos)
Julia Hila
Aleksandra Krawczyk
Monika Łozowik
Katarzyna Olszewska
Hanna Pawlicka-Wolanin
Joanna Romejko
Second Violins
Ewa Czeluśniak-Musiał
Jędrzej Nalaskowski
Sabina Kołodziej (I głos)
Agnieszka Kłosiewicz
Anna Kowynia
Ewa Ptak (I głos)
Marta Szewczyńska
Wiktoria Święciochowska
Violas
Sylwia Mróz-Celuch (I głos)
Mateusz Wasiucionek (I głos)
Mikołaj Barski
Dominika Marciniak
Mikołaj Reicher
Anna Tchórzewska
Cellos
Filip Syska (solista)
Dorota Woźniak-Mocarska (I głos)
Piotr Firlej
Agnieszka Kiljan-Smolińska (I głos)
Martyna Kościuszko, Double Basses
Marcin Rokita (solista)
Łukasz Helbert
Jan Hutek
Paulina Mianowska
Flutes
Justyna Pinkwart (I głos)
Amelia LewandowskaWojtuch
Bartosz Kowalik
Oboes
Ewelina Wiśniewska-Król (I głos)
Magdalena Sobczyk (I głos)
Clarinets
Jakub Chomiczewski (I głos)
Krzysztof Galbarczyk
Vitali Regel
Bassoons
Paweł Dąbrowski
Aleksandra Skrzyniarz (I głos)
Daniel Woźniak
Horns
Jakub Piaszczyk (I głos)
Klaudia Hutek
Trumpets
Lubomir Jarosz (I głos)
Szymon Starzak (I głos)
Trombones
Rafał Piłasiewicz (I głos)
Percussion
Monika Szulińska (I głos)
Agata Partyka
Jan Szymeczko
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Louisa and friend Eliza, both dressed as Elsa, wait outside the Opera House to see Frozen.
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From our connected urgent care network and on-demand 24/7 telehealth to lifesaving specialty care, we’re here when and where you need us.
Behind every visit at MedStar Health is a team of top-rated providers, who together make up one of the region’s most respected health systems.
It’s how we treat every patient…with the best of our hearts, and the best of our minds.
The Keys give you a show above and below the surface. From art galleries to museums and live music, no place inspires more freedom of expression. In The Keys, you’re part of the performance.
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