MIKOŁAJKI IN THE PHILHARMONIC — WE ARE GOING TO THE COUNTRYSIDE, WHICH IS AN IMPOSSIBLE DUET

JAKUB JANAS trombone
JAKUB CHLASTACZ percussion
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FŚ
ANIKA REHMUS conductor
BEATA MŁYNARCZYK author, narrator

The Kingdom of Music was visited in the summer by a distant cousin from Italy. The unique love of the young marquis for beautiful outfits and lazy lifestyles worry the Queen and the King. They decide to send the young man to the countryside to the estate of the harsh Count von Trommel. Will the awning like it in the country?

The Santa Claus concert will take the youngest to the Kingdom of Music, where a distant cousin from Italy appeared in the summer. The young marquis especially fond of beautiful outfits and a comfortable life, which worries the Queen and the King more and more.

So the decision is made: the marquis will be sent to the countryside, to the estate of the raw Count von Trommel. Will he be away from the royal court? Will being in the countryside change his habits?

The author of the musical story is Beata Młynarczyk, who will also act as a narrator. A special role will be played by the eponymous “impossible duo” — trombone and percussion instruments.

Jakub Janas and Jakub Chlastacz will star in these roles.

They will be accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of the Świętokrzyska Philharmonic under the baton of Anika Rehmus.

Jakub Janas — trombonist, student of the State General Education School of Music, second cycle in the Marcin Józef Żebrowski School of Music Complex in Częstochowa, where he studied in the trombone class of Łukasz Gwoczdzie. In the 2025/2026 school year, he attended the V class of POSM II degree.

He is a laureate of numerous national and international competitions. In 2025 he won 1st place in the International Music Competition “OPUS”, 3rd place in the XLIV Young Music Competition in Szczecinek and 2nd place ex aequo in the 4th National Competition of Trombone and Tubists named after Paweł Waloszczyk. In November 2025, he also received the 3rd place ex aequo in the XI National Ludwik Lutak Competition in Krakow.

In previous years, he won distinctions and awards at the International Wind Instrument Competition in Wrocław, the Young Musician Competition and the Silesian Wind Instrument Competition “Sheet for the Youngest”. In the school year 2025/2026, he also served as the chairman of the POSM Student Government I and II degree in Częstochowa.

Jakub Chlastacz — drummer, student of the State General Education School of Music at the Marcin Józef Żebrowski Music School Complex in Częstochowa. He is educated in the percussion class of Marcin Serwaciński. In the school year 2025/2026, he was a student of the 8th grade of POSM 1st grade.

In October 2025, he won the Grand Prix of the National Music Competition of the 1st degree of the Center for Art Education “Musical Autumn”. During the laureates' concert in Warsaw, he performed Steve Yeager's Waltz for this Oneness and John H. Beck's Fragments for Timpani on the vibraphone.

In January 2026, he won 2nd place and a special prize for the best performance of the song A Breathe Between at the 6th National Percussion Competition “Tamburi di Canto” in Dąbrowa Górnicza. In the 2025/2026 school year, he was also the deputy chairman of the Student Council of his school.

Anika Rehmus is a symphonic and opera conductor and orchestra teacher. She completed her bachelor's degree at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in the class of Prof. Piotr Sułkowski, where she is currently continuing her master's studies. He develops his artistic experience by participating in international conducting courses and projects, collaborating with such conductors as Luis Gorelik, Eugene Tzigane, Martin Sieghart and Raoul Grüneis. She is the winner of the 3rd prize of the 5th National Competition of Students of Conducting named Adam Kopyciński in Wrocław. She was also a participant of the National Conductors' Forum, where she was chosen to lead the orchestra during the final concert.

She worked as assistant conductor in the realization of Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca at the Krakow Opera, under the direction of Andrij Yurkevych, as well as on the 2nd Symphony of Johannes Brahms with Raoul Grüneis at the Pomeranian Philharmonic. During the final concert of the Bydgoszcz Music Festival — “Kontrasty” she conducted an ensemble from behind the stage in the performance of Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony “Resurrection” under the direction of Eugene Tzigane.

At the same time, she is a teacher of the orchestra at the State Music School in Grudziądz, where she was honored with the Director's Award for pedagogical achievements.

Beata Młynarczyk — music theorist, pedagogue, speaker and author of educational projects. A graduate of the Academy of Music in Warsaw, which she graduated with honors. In the past, she served as director of the Bronisław Huberman Częstochowa Philharmonic.

She is associated with the Marcin Józef Żebrowski School of Music Ensemble in Częstochowa, where she conducts music history and is the head of the theory, rhythm and vocal section. She is also a teacher of drama and music at the Jacek Malczewski State High School of Fine Arts in Częstochowa.

For many years he has been engaged in popularization and educational activities. She is a co-author of the project “School on Parnasia”, the author of a series of music-raising programmes for children From the Trunk of Musical Secrets and In a tenement house on Wiolinowa Street and a series of symphonic musical fairy tales realized in cooperation with the Świętokrzyska Philharmonic. In Kielce, she regularly performs as a screenwriter and narrator of family concerts; in December 2025 she was the author and narrator of the concert Five letters, or the secret of Miss Hanna.

Since 2017 she has been the artistic director of the Festival of Organ and Chamber Music “Sola Musica” in Częstochowa; she also held this position during the 12th edition of the festival in 2026. She continues to actively act as a speaker - in April 2026 she gave a lecture at a concert dedicated to Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony at the Częstochowa Philharmonic. She was honored, among others, with the 2nd degree award of the Mayor of the City of Częstochowa for teachers and school directors, the Distinguished Cultural Activist award and the Silver Laurel of Skills and Competence.