The association was established by members of the NeoQuartet string quartet:
Karolina Piątkowska-Nowicka – I violin
Paweł Kapica – II violin
Michał Markiewicz – viola
Krzysztof Pawłowski – cello
Neoarte Association
NeoArte association was established as a result of musical passion shared by four string quartet players of NeoQuartet. This Polish string quartet is one of the most active contemporary music ensembles in Europe.
We, NeoQuartet, are great enthusiasts of contemporary art and music discovering every single day the hidden wonders of sounds. We want to share accompanying sonic creativity and its enormous power of affection. We want to promote the music of contemporary artists/composers and give them space for their self-expression.
Therefore, we established NeoArte Synthesizer of Arts Festival, that takes place in Gdańsk, Poland annually from 2012.
Apart from our festival, every year we organize projects, that create opportunities of cooperation between different countries and cultures. We build international artistic collaboration nets, invent new ways of presenting/perceiving art and enhance creation of new musical compositions and artistic expressions.
We strongly believe, that contact with culture and art may positively influence every human-being and make their lives significantly better.
This is our mission and our main theme: Throughout culture and art, life has wholesome start☺
CBC – Culture Based Creativity is thus the engine of all our endeavors and undertakings.
REALIZED PROJECTS:
– 14 editions of the NeoArte Synthesizer of Art Festival in Gdańsk (2012-2025)
– implementation of the Norwegian and Icelandic editions of the NeoArte – Synthesizer of Art Festival (Oslo 2023, Reykjavik 2025))
– implementation of the multi-year concert and educational project “Neo Voyager” implemented as part of the “Improving Access to Culture and Art” program financed by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area (2022-2024)
– 23 Composition Commission projects financed by the Institute of Music and Dance (2013-2025) – creation of 23 new compositions, organization of over 45 concerts in Poland and abroad
– 7 projects from the Promotion of Polish Culture Abroad program 2015-2025
– 3 projects under the “Cultural Bridges” program of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute – NeoQuartet tour China, South Korea, and Japan (2018), Neo Electric Quartet’s Ukraine Tour (2019), NeoQuartet’s Online Concert Series for Korean Audiences (2020)
– 1 project financed by the Institute of Music and Dance under the “Musical Trace” program – NeoQuartet and Łukasz Długosz recording and publishing contemporary Polish flute quintets (2019)
– 1 investment project financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, “Purchase of electric instruments for the NeoQuartet ensemble” (2017),
– 1 project financed by the National Centre for Culture under the “Culture on the Net” program – Neo Collection 2020,
– the anniversary project “15 Quartets for the 15th Anniversary of NeoQuartet” implemented in 2021
– the Multichannel Post Quartet project implemented in the former shipyard areas in Gdańsk in 2022
– a series of educational concerts by the NeoQuartet quartet in educational institutions in Gdańsk (2022)
– Technopera project – 2023 and 2024
– Co-organization of six editions of the Wigrosfera festival in the Suwałki region from 2020 to 2025
– A series of educational concerts by the NeoQuartet in Gdańsk educational institutions (2022)
– 4 projects implemented with the support of the KPO in 2024 (String Theory Tour, Neo Collection, Technopera 2024, NeoArte – Synthesizer of Art)
– 2 projects financed by the Ernst Von Siemens Foundation 2023–2025 (4 Composition Commissions)
– “Art Library” – a local project implemented in the Stogi district of Gdańsk (2024)
– “The Essence of Things” project – 2025 – WL4 Mleczny Piotr Gdańsk