Ralf Borghoff program:
Małgorzata Bleja program:
Ralf Borghoff - born in 1971. He took his first piano lessons at the age of 13 at the organist in his parish in Steinfurt. Then he also studied organ game and in 1988-1997 he was an organist and choir in Burgsteinfurt. In 1990-1995 he studied church music in Robert-Schumann-Musikhochschule in Düsseldorf. His teachers were, among others prof. Paul Heuser (organs), prof. Wolfgang Seifen (improvisation), prof. Hans Elmar Bach (music theory), prof. Raimund Wippermann (choral conducture). The artist held the position of an organist in Wadersloh and Ahaus and since 2013 he has been an organist and deanery church musician in the diocese of Paderborn. Ralf Borghoff participated in many music courses with such masters as Daniel Roth (Paris), Michel Bouvard (Toulouse), and Wolfgang Seifen (Berlin). In the years 1991–2003 he was a clerk for choral conducting, hearing education and music theory during international choral seminars in Austria organized in cooperation with Musikhochschule in Vienna. He regularly gives concerts in Germany, France, the Netherlands and Austria.
Małgorzata Bleja - cellist, chamber musician. She improved her skills during her studies at the Music Academy Ij Paderewski in Poznań (class of Prof. Katarzyna Polonek) and Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin (class of Prof. Andreas Greger). At the Poznań Academy, she also completed education at a solo and team school of contemporary musical performance, where she worked under the artistic care of prof. Tomasz Lisiecki. In 2024, she defended the title of doctor of art.
She gained orchestral experience in numerous youth orchestras, including European Union Youth Orchestra or and Culture Orchestra. She is a graduate of the 9th edition of the Sinfonia Varsovia Academy program. In the years 2022-2024 she worked as a cellist at the Gorzów Philharmonic Orchestra. She is also an active chamber musician. He regularly gives concerts in various chamber formations, in particular in the piano trio and the cello quarter. As a chamberlast, she took part in numerous national and international events, including the "Ensemble" festival or the "Museethica" project.
