On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Polish-Indonesian Diplomatic Relations
 the Embassy of the Republic of Poland invites you to a Photography Exgibition "Fascinations with Indonesia" by Piotr Jakubowski and a Piano Recital by Marta Podolska at the Borobudur Hotel
Jl. Lapangan Banteng Selatan Jakarta Pusat. November 17, 2005 at 7:00 PM
With great pleasure I present to you two promising young Poles who despite of their age have already got some international achievements, who are living and creating in Indonesia and have here many friends. They are the evident examples of that, that despite of remoteness, our relations are flourishing and the co-operation looks forward to develop in keeping with their good tradition. I do hope to guest here many more Polish artists and would like also to invite Indonesian artists to perform in my country. 
I can assure you that we will not spare the efforts in promoting this close co-operation between us and should like to express my conviction that we will have in the near future many occasions to witness other events like this one.

Tomasz Łukaszuk, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland
Dengan senang hati saya ingin memperkenalkan dua pemuda Polandia yang sudah mempunyai pengalaman internasional. Mereka tinggal dan berkarya di Indonesia dan mempunyai banyak teman di sini. Mereka merupakan contoh, bahwa perbadaan di antara negara kita tidak menjadi hangan dan hubungan kita akan tetap baik dan bekerja sama akan menjanjikan perkembangan dengan tradisi yang baik. Saya mengharap lebih banyak seniman Polandia akan diundang ke Indonesia dan saya ingin dapat mengundang para seniman Indonesia ke negara saya.
Saya yakin, bahwa kita berusaha lebih keras bekerja sama di dalam bidang tersebut dan saya ingin mengekspresikan keyakinan saya, bahwa kita akan mempunyai banyak kesempatan untuk mengadakan acara-acara kesenian di waktu yang akan datang.

Tomasz Łukaszuk, Duta Besar Republik Polandia

 

Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, in September1986, Piotr Jakubowski spent 17 years of his life in Jakarta, growing up trilingual and bicultural. Intrigued by photography after taking a course at the Jakarta International School, he started out with film photography and a second hand camera, followed by digital photography. With help from the super-macro feature in his camera, Piotr became addicted to taking macro photographs, initially his favorite type. However, he is also passionate about the human story a photograph can reveal, and is currently intrigued by human interest photography. Piotr is attending Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, studying Marketing and Advertising.
Sejak dilahirkan di Jakarta, 17 tahun yang lalu, pada suatu hari di bulan September 1986, Piotr dibesarkan dalam kehidupan berdua budaya dan tiga bahasa. Terkesima dengan pelajaran yang didapat dari kelas fotografi yang diambilnya di Jakarta International School, Piotr mulai menekuni fotografi film dengan sebuah kamera bekas sebelum kemudian memanfaatkan kecanggihan kamera digital. Dengan bantuan super-macro feature kameranya, Piotr menjadi sangat menggemari memotret obyek-obyek macro, obyek favoritnya. Akan tetapi, lambat laun Piotr mulai mencintai jenis foto yang menampakkan kisah-kisah manusia yang menjadi obyek fotonya, dan akhir-akhir ini amat tergugah oleh fotografi yang mengupas manusia dan sisi-sisi kemanusiannya. Saat ini Piotr tengah mendalami Marketing & Advertising (pemasaran dan periklanan) di Universitas Drake di Des Moines, Iowa, Amerika Utara.
 

Marta Podolska was born on 12 February, 1980, in Szczecin, Poland, and started playing the piano when she was 6 years old. At 10 she took part in national piano competitions and for the first time played a piano concerto with an orchestra. After finishing Elementary Music School for piano, she continued her musical education until 1999 with Polish prof. Krystyna Filipowska. During this time she took part in an international competition in Cracow, where she was a laureate. In 1997 she also attended a course with prof. Niel Immelman from the Royal Academy of Music in London. After high school she continued her education at The Academy of Music in Gdansk under Prof. Jerzy Sulikowski. In 2003 she attended Master Classes for piano lead by prof. Grzegorz Kurzynski (Academy of Music in Wroclaw), prof. Ewa Bukojemska (Academy of Music in Krakow), prof. Tatiana Schebanova (Academy of Music in Warsaw), and prof. Kevin Kener (The Royal Academy of Music in London). In June 2004 she received her Master's Degree at The Academy of Music in Gdansk. Currently Marta Podolska is a lecturer of piano at Universitas Pelita Harapan, Karawaci, Indonesia.
 
Marta Podolska lahir pada 12 Februari 1980 di Szczecin, Polandia, dan mulat belajar memainkan piano sejak amur 6 tabun. Pada osia 10 tabun dia mengikuti kompetisi piano tingkat national dan itu adalah katt pertama dia memainkan piano dengan diiringi orkestra. Setelah menyelesaikan studi di Sekolah Dasar Musik, dia lulus tes masuk ke Sekolah Menengah Musik di Poznan dan melanjutkan pendidikan musik dia dengan prof. Krystyna Filipowska sampai tahunl999. Selama menjalani pendidikan tersebut, dia joga mengikuti kompetisi piano tingkat international di Cracow dimaraa dia menjadi salah satu finalis. Pada tabun 1997 dia mengambil kursus dengan,prof. Niel Immelman dari The Royal Academy of Music di London. Setelah lulus dari Sekolah Menengah, dia kembali melanjutkan pendidikan di Akademi Musik di kota Gdansk dan dibimbing oleli prof. Jerzy SLllikowski. Pada tabun 2003, dia mengikuti Master Class untuk piano oleli prof. Grzegorz Kurzynski (Akademi Musik di Wroclaw), prof. Ewa Bukojemska (Akademi Musik di Cracow), prof. Tatiana Schebanova (Akademi Musik di Warsawa), dan prof. Kevin Kener (The Royal Academy of Music di London). Pada butan Juni 2004 dia menyelesaikan studi dia di Akademi Musik di kota Gdansk dan menerima Gelar sarjana (Master of Music). Hingga saat ini Marta Podolska mengajar piano di Universitas Pelita Harapan.