The Most Beautiful Songs: Krzysztof Klenczon — Zespół Piramidy

Performers: Piotr Kajetan Matczuk — vocals, Radosław Laskowski guitars — Mateusz Grzybicki guitars — Bartłomiej Sędek bass guitar — drums

Invites — Basia Stępniak-Wilk

Krzysztof Klenczon (14 January 1942 — 7 April 1981) — Polish composer, vocalist and guitarist, who, among others, as the leader of the bands Czerwone Gitary and Trzy Korony, created the foundations of Polish bigbit and rock. His childhood was marked by the trauma associated with the post-war hiding of his father, a soldier of the National Army, from the Security Office, but he also grew up - in the spirit of love for his homeland. After graduating from high school in Szczytno, Klenczon studied briefly at the department of road and bridge construction at the Gdańsk University of Technology, and finally completed the Physical Education Study in Gdańsk. He was a musical self-taught, did not read sheet music. From an early age, however, he practiced playing the guitar and was involved in the work of various bands. He was recognized by an award at the Festival of Young Talents in Szczecin in 1962. From 1963 he was the guitarist of the band Niebiesko-Czarni, in which he performed with, among others, Czesław Niemen and Wojciech Korda. With this formation, he toured at Olympia in Paris, which was for him a life experience and an impetus for further actions and changes. The next stage was the group Five, which turned into Red Guitars. Cooperation with Red Guitars (1965-70) brought Klenczon enormous popularity (songs “History of one acquaintance”, “White Cross”), but not wanting to act in the shadow of even Seweryn Krajewski, and above all to realize his artistic visions, he founded his own band — Trzy Korony (1970-72). It was then that Klenczon's unforgettable hits were created - “10 on the Beaufort scale”, “We will not go into history”, “Tell me, old man, somewhere you were”. In the early 1970s, the artist emigrated to the United States. He recorded two albums there (at that time the song “Natalie — a more beautiful world” was written dedicated to his daughter), but was not successful. He also played concerts for Polonia and was involved in matters related to Poland, with “Solidarność”. He died as a result of a car accident. The urn with his ashes rested in the family grave in the cemetery in Szczytno. Krzysztof Klenczon had a talent for writing simple, melodic, deeply memorable compositions, but he followed the novelties of the world, he was fascinated by new sounds. He was a rebellious artist, did not succumb to fashions. In his compositions, he combined different moods and styles, wrote lyrical ballads, but also rebellious protest-songas. He was called a “rebellious angel”, but he was also called “Polish Lennon” because of his charismatic image, characteristic guitar compositions and rebellious nature.

PYRAMIDS: “Klenczon is a legend. The most beautiful songs of Krzysztof Klenczon”

Krzysztof Klenczon's songs are immortal. Master. Legend. A man whose work to this day inspires and exerts a great influence on subsequent generations. In this concert all the most famous works of Krzysztof Klenczon will sound, both from the solo period, the Red Guitars and the band Trzy Korony. “Flowers in the hair”, “Nobody in the world knows”, “Autumn goes through the park”, “Let's go back to the lakes”, “White Cross”, “10 on the Beaufort scale”, “Natalie”, “When someday I call you again”, “Port”, “Once in a thousand nights” and many others. And all this in the virtuoso performance of the PYRAMIDY team. It will be a concert full of emotions, emotions, anecdotes, fun, also joint singing with the audience and will surely remain in your memory for a long time.

PYRAMIDY — a formation named after one of Juliusz Słowacki's poems, the song “Conversation with the pyramids”, was created in 2009 in Gdansk; PYRAMIDS performed on many stages in Poland, as well as abroad, in the USA, including in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego, Laguna Hills, Yorba Linda, in El Cajon, in Mexico. The band has also visited most European countries, performing, among others, for foreign Poland; the most important concerts were held together with Buda Suflera in their farewell tour at the Fontanehaus in Berlin, as well as: Columbiahalle, Cologne, Munich, Hannover, Luxembourg, The Hague, the Netherlands, Geneva, Switzerland in the Permanent Mission of the United Nations, in Zurich, Lithuania, in Moscow in the Peter Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and many other places. The premiere of the original album PIRAMID “A Year of War” took place in Brunssum near the Dutch-German border, at the NATO military base for a cadre of soldiers commanding a mission in Afghanistan. PYRAMIDY is a formation known also for very different musical styles and various projects — including theater and film. The band often accompanies Polish actors, cooperates with film companies and arranges music for films, fairy tales, audiobooks and audiobooks. The band's output includes several original albums, as well as several albums composed and written for other performers, including actor Krzysztof Tynec.