While Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski - the second Polish astronaut after Hermaszewski - travels into space, we will be musically transported to the farthest corners of the galaxy. Contemplating magnificent space visualisations, we will feel almost as if we were flying on board a real rocket... Combining trumpet sounds with electronics, the musicians will refer to "cosmic" themes, but also to Chopin, one of whose works will reach orbit together with the Ax-4 mission.

Artists:
Krzysztof Kicior - composer, sound director, pianist and scientist. A student at the Doctoral School of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (UMFC) in Warsaw (specialisation: composition). He also honed his skills at the University of York, Berklee College of Music and Harvard University, among others. In 2019, he became the first music university student to receive a Diamond Grant. He has written numerous works for diverse ensembles, performed in Poland and abroad (including Austria, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam). As a pedagogue, he has taught a number of subjects related to music theory, composition and electronic music at the UMFC, and has given guest lectures at numerous educational institutions on several continents. In his research work, he focuses on the issues of music composition in the context of music performance and perception, as well as on new aspects of performance and reception in relation to emerging works.

Tomasz Woźniak - trumpeter, graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music (AMFC) in Warsaw and postgraduate studies at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris in Guy Touvron's class, doctor of musical arts in the artistic discipline of instrumental music (UMFC, 2014). Winner of scholarships and numerous prizes in national and international competitions. For more than 20 years, he has given concerts as a soloist and chamber musician, performing repertoire from the Baroque to the present day (he has premiered many works by Polish composers). He is also active in the field of interactive, live-electronic music and collaborates with dance theatres. He has played with the most important Polish orchestras, under the direction of the most eminent conductors. He is currently associated with the Polish Radio Orchestra and the G. Bacewicz State Music School Complex No. 3 in Warsaw. More on: www.tomwozniaktrumpet.eu.