YAGA KOWALIK

Jadwiga Kowalik a graduate from Cracow Academy of Music. In 90’s she gets a scholarship to a prestigious „Conservatoire Mobel” led by Alice Done, Paris. In Paris Jadwiga Kowalik meets a composer Norbert Chiche. The results of their cooperation was making a video clip to a song Cracovie, Jadwiga’s participation in the Record Fair MIDEM in Cannes and also her appearance during the International Song Festival in Sopot, Poland.
At the same time, during the promotion of the video clip,she takes part in numerous TV programmes and prepares a serious recital of French songs. After some time, Gilles Pellegrini invites Jadwiga Kowalik to France once more. Just then Jadwiga became acquinted with BARBARA’S songs. From this moment on, being so much fascinated by BARBARA, Jadwiga works on the songs from her repertoire. The death of BARBARA in 1997 was for Jadwiga an impuls to prepare a performance devoted to her works under the title Barbara.
„Barbara – life story” opens the cycle of concerts called „Yaga Kowalik the repertoire…” in this program artist is alternately represents the repertoire of the French classical pop songs such as Juliette Greco, Edith Piaf and Charles Aznavour.