26th International Festival “The Days of Organ – Dies organorum”: GEDYMIN GRUBBA

Gedymin Grubba is one of the most active Polish concert organist. Since the beginning of his career in 1996, Gedymin has given over 2.500 concerts throughout Europe, North America, South America, South Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. In 2026 with numerous concerts, he will celebrate 30 years of his artistic career and this is an occasion to play in front of the Days of Organ festival audience. Gedymin Grubba visit is supported by Instytut Polski Belgrad.

Program:
Gedymin Grubba (1981)
Marche Trumphale

Anonymus
Tarquinio Merula – Canzona à 4 “La Marcha” from Pelplin Tablature (XVII c.)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Chorale prelude Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731

Concerto for solo organ No. 2 in A minor, BWV 593 (after a Concerto for strings, Op. 3/8 by Vivaldi)
(Allegro)
Adagio
Allegro

Max Reger (1873–1916)
Chorale Prelude Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, Op. 67/3

Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)
Organ Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 80 (excerpt)
I Allegro appassionato
II Adagio

Flor Peeters (1903–1986)
Concert Piece, Op. 52a

Biography:
Gedymin Grubba started his piano lessons in his hometown Gdansk-Zaspa (Poland) at the age of five. He later attended piano class and clarinet class in the Stanislaw Moniuszko Primary Music School in Sopot, before continuing his musical education in the organ class of Roman Perucki at Fryderyk Chopin Secondary Music School, Gdansk, qualifying with honors. In 2006,
he graduated from the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdansk, where he studied organ with Prof. Roman Perucki and composition with Prof. Eugeniusz Glowski.
He has attended numerous master classes both in Poland and overseas, focusing principally upon the interpretation of organ music and improvisation. The master classes, to date totaling 14, include those given by world-class organists.
Beginning his public performance career in 1996, Gedymin has already given over 2.000 concerts throughout Europe (Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (also Siberia), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom) and also in North America (Canada, Mexico, USA – 25), South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Chile), South Africa, Asia (Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan), Australia and New Zealand. He is one of the most active Polish concert organist. Each year he performs in about one hundred concerts globally, not only as a soloist, but also as: a chamber music player, composer and as a conductor. In 2010 he was the main adjudicator at the Organ Music Society of Sydney Young Organists’ competition
in Sydney, Australia. From 2012 to 2014, he was a member of the chapter at the Municipal Council Mayor Pelplin and for the years 2012 to 2016 he was elected president of the chapter on Ageing Tczew, an organisation responsible for awarding prizes and distinctions in the field of cultural activity. He is regularly invited to perform the opening and final concerts as well as concerts receiving new or restored or reconstructed organs.
He is one of the few Polish organists who received an invitation to the famous Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.
He is a laureate of many organ and composition competitions and has been presented with three grants from the President of Gdansk, one from Minister of Culture and National Heritage and one from the Mayer of Pomerania.
In 1999, at the age of only 18 (17), Gedymin Grubba initiated The International Festival
of Organ Music at the Pelplin Cathedral and continues in the role of Festival Director. The Festival is one of the most significant and prestigious cultural events of its kind in Europe, successfully bringing artists and audiences from around the world. It is thanks to the Festival the reconstruction of the unique baroque organ (dated to XVII century) in the cathedral was possible and was first used in 2003. In 1999, he also initiated a series of Chamber Music Evenings in Koronowo. In 2009, Gedymin Grubba was rewarded for his cultural activity with the prestigious “Mestwin” award and in 2011 he received a medal for his contribution to the City and Municipality Pelplin. In 2019
he received a prize in the field of culture from the hands of the Starosta Tczewski for the 20th anniversary of the Organ Festival in Pelplin. Awarded in 2017 by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage with the Honorary Badge “DESERVED FOR POLISH CULTURE”. Awarded
in 2019 by the President of the Republic of Poland “THE CROSS OF MERIT” for his international cultural activities for Poland. In 2020 he received the church award „PRO ECCLESIA ET POPULO”. Awarded in 2022 by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage
with the Medal “DESERVED FOR POLISH CULTURE GLORIA ARTIS” for his all work for culture (the highest award in polish culture).
Since 2003, Gedymin has been the Chairman of the Promotion of Art Gabriel Fauré Foundation in Gdansk, an organisation which arranges approximately fifty different concerts in Poland each year. These are principally concert series, and include the festivals in Pelplin, Koronowo and Naklo at Notec (since 2009). Since 1988 he has been working as an organist in churches of Gdansk Diocese. He has also been involved in the training and education of young organists, who are now take positions of musicians in the churches of Gdansk. The significant places in which he has been organist are the Cathedral in Oliwa and St Nicholas Church in Gdansk (one of the most famous organs in Poland).
www.gedymin.org