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Both seekbeauty and truth by turning to whatis most precious to man &#8211; nature.<\/p>\n<p>My travels to Norwayhaveallowed me to understand the Scandinavian spirit. Respect for natureis in the geneticcode of the Nordicpeople. Norwegiansperceiveit on a personallevel, as theirbestfriend, and considerittheirmoralduty to care for it. It isalso a realm of the spirit, of freedom, an element never to be tamed and a mysterybeyondhumancomprehension. The sensitivity of the Scandinavian Romantic, Edward Grieg, has united me in anextraordinaryway with the spirit of Frederic Chopin, whoseworkismarked by aneternalmourning for a lost part of hisownnature. For Chopin, Polishness was synonymous with truth and freedom, and the landscapes and music of hischildhoodbecame the greatestinspiration for hiswork.<\/p>\n<p>ThisPolish-Norwegianmixturetriggeredanavalanche of personalmemories in my imagination. When I play Grieg and Chopin, I see the landscapes of my childhoodthrough the eyes of my soul: Beskid S\u0105decki, a housesurrounded by a garden, a forest on a hill, a mountainrivercrossing the paths. It was therethat I firstdiscovered my innerartist soul and my curiosity to explorehumanemotionsthroughmusic. It was alsotherethat I understoodthatonly in trueunion with anotherhumanbeingcananswers be found to the most essentialquestions, and that the universe we createaroundusis a truthfulportrait of ourownnature.<\/p>\n<p>Whilethanking the patron of the CD for the privilege of being the firstVelotalent, I wishyouall a veryspecialartisticexperience with this CD.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Aleksandra \u015awigut<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2098\" src=\"https:\/\/oab.com.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/velo_bank.png\" alt=\"velo bank\" width=\"100\" height=\"116\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2097,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-2096","koncerty","type-koncerty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aleksandra \u015awigut \u2013 Portraits of Nature \/ Grieg &amp; Chopin - Album premiere &#8211; OAB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oab.com.pl\/en\/koncerty\/aleksandra-swigut-portraits-of-nature-grieg-chopin-premiera-plyty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aleksandra \u015awigut \u2013 Portraits of Nature \/ Grieg &amp; Chopin - Album premiere &#8211; OAB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The scholarship project launched in 2023 by VeloBank entitled VeloTalent begins a large-scale promotion of the most outstanding Polish musical talents. 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