Heritage Day Concert
Kamil Mika plays Bach and contemporaries, returning for his third recital at the Forgue Kirk.
The programme will feature works by J.S Bach and two of his influential contemporaries, Dietrich Buxtehude and Georg Böhm. The recital will also explore the Italian influence of Antonio Vivaldi through Bach's celebrated concerto transcription, alongside magnificent Toccatas, Fugues and Chorale Preludes.
"I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to perform on the historic 1872 Conacher organ, an instrument with a unique voice and rich heritage, and I look forward to sharing its wonderful sound with the audience once again." - Kamil Mika
Proceeds from ticket sales go towards maintaining the historic kirk.
Biography
Kamil Mika is based in Aberdeen where he serves as Organist at St James Episcopal Church and teaches organ. He regularly performs on the organ with ensembles, orchestras, and choirs, including concerts with Aberdeen Bach Choir at St Machar's Cathedral in Aberdeen, Uzghorod Philharmonic Orchestra in Ukraine and Pori Sinfonietta in Finland as well as recording for BBC Radio 4 with the University of Aberdeen Chapel Choir.
He was educated at the Academy of Music in Cracow under Prof. Andrzej Białko where he graduated with MMus Diploma in Organ performance in 2014. He continued his music studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Mainz with Prof. Gerhard Gnann and participated in numerous prestigious organ masterclasses across Europe with such professors as: Olivier Latry, Daniel Roth, Ben van Oosten, Wolfgang Zerer, Harald Vogel, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Guy Bovet, Pieter van Dijk, David Titterington, Jane Parker-Smith and Christophe Mantoux.
Kamil is Associate of the Royal College of Organists and was President of Aberdeen & District Organists' Association.
Kamil has been awarded with First Prize on the X International Organ competition in Castellana Grotte (Italy, 2011) and Third Prize on I National Competition of Organ and Chamber Music "Per Artem ad Astra" in Krasnobrod (Poland, 2007). In 2019 he was honoured with a scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Poland to organise Polish Organ Music Festival in Cracow where he served as a director and a performer.
As recitalist, Kamil has performed at music festivals across Europe, including in Austria, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Ukraine and Wales. His concerts have taken place at such venues as the Chapel of Royal Palace in Madrid, St. Paul's Cathedral in London, St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, Arctic Cathedral in Tromsø, Uzhgorod Philharmonic, and the cathedrals of Barcelona, Salamanca, Cagliari, Tallinn, Fulda, Aberdeen, Sheffield and Leeds.