Old sounds new.
Idea.
perc.cello is a duo formed by the outstanding cellist Katarzyna Cichoń and percussionist Wojciech Lubertowicz. Their original reinterpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suites, which marked the beginning of their collaboration, boldly restores the suites’ long-forgotten dance character, bringing tradition and modernity together. This distinctive reading of the Baroque master’s works is not simply a recreation of the rhythms of the period, but a creative development of them. Traditional frame drums, combined with contemporary performance techniques and the sound of a historical cello, allow perc.cello to masterfully bridge the gap between the old and the new.
perc — Wojciech Lubertowicz, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist,
cello — Katarzyna Cichoń, cellist.
Together, they bring an entirely new dimension to classical music by combining Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suites with the sounds of percussion instruments from around the world. Conceived as a cycle of dances, Bach’s suites gradually lost much of their dance character over time, becoming works focused primarily on the virtuosity of the soloist. perc.cello uses frame-drum parts to creatively develop the underlying dance rhythms and restore the suites’ forgotten identity as music rooted in dance.
Katarzyna Cichoń.
Graduated from Academy of Music in Cracow (Poland) and Mozarteum in Salzburg (Austria), she maintains a position as a soloist of Bach Consort Wien (Austria) and a fixed member of Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense at Warsaw Chamber Opera (Poland). Since 2020 she cooperates with Orchestre de l’Opera Royal in Versailles (France) as a cello concertmaster. In 2019 Katarzyna Cichoń received ‘Young Poland’ scholarship for excellent artistic achievements. In her artistic activity she has been a co- founder of several instrumental ensembles. In 2012 she became a co-founding member of Il Giardino d’Amore early music ensemble with which she made various concert tours (United States, Canada, China, Norway, Spain) and released few CDs (e.g. ‘Gluck: Orfeo and Euridice’ with J. J. Orliński which received „Fryderyk” award in 2025). With Quartetto Nero ensemble she won the first prize and a special prize in „II Chamber Forum of Early Music” in Poznań (Poland) and received the title of finalist of international competition XVIII. Biaggio Marini Wettbewerb in Neubrug, Germany (2017), as well as The Stanisław Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music in Rzeszów, Poland (2019). Since many years Katarzyna Cichoń is actively performing in the most beautiful concert halls all over the world, e.g. Carnegie Hall in New York, Mozarteum Grosser Saal in Salzburg, Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, Gasteig in Munich, Wuhan Qintai Concert Hall and Forbidden Concert Hall in Beijing in China.
Wojciech Lubertowicz.
Sound director and multi-instrumentalist. Specialises in ethnic percussion — frame drums, darbuka, tombak, cajon — and wind instruments: duduk, ney. Works across genres: early, folk, traditional, jazz. Over 30 album recordings, concerts on four continents. PhD candidate at the Music Academy in Kraków.
Wojciech Lubertowicz.
Sound director and multi-instrumentalist. Specialises in ethnic percussion — frame drums, darbuka, tombak, cajon — and wind instruments: duduk, ney. Works across genres: early, folk, traditional, jazz. Over 30 album recordings, concerts on four continents. PhD candidate at the Music Academy in Kraków.