Dobrawa Czocher – Blue
Polish cellist and composer Dobrawa Czocher announces her second solo album “State of Matter”, arriving March 27 via FatCat’s 130701 imprint. The lead single “Blue” introduces an album shaped by her move from Warsaw to the Baltic coast.
The recording expands her sonic approach significantly. Percussive cello techniques appear alongside Moog synthesizers, electronics, and multi-layered vocals — the first time she’s used her voice on record. Engineer Mateusz Danek captured the sessions at Studio S4 in Warsaw, balancing technical precision with expressive freedom.
“Blue” centers on water as both sound and metaphor. The track builds a vocal “choir” entirely from Czocher’s layered voice, creating rhythmic momentum that mirrors the album’s themes of movement and transformation. The piece sits between stillness and motion, reflecting the physical and internal changes that drove the record’s creation.
The album draws from Bach and Kodály while nodding to Max Richter and Steve Reich’s contemporary approaches. Czocher’s classical training remains visible throughout — she studied at Chopin University in Warsaw and Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, served as soloist-leader with the Mieczysław Karłowicz Symphony Orchestra, and collaborated with pianist Hania Rani on albums for Deutsche Grammophon and BMG.
Her 2023 debut “Dreamscapes” earned six Opus Klassik nominations, including Instrumentalist of the Year. Since then she’s composed for theater and site-specific opera, including 2024’s “D’arc” at the Warsaw Uprising Museum. “State of Matter” continues that trajectory — rooted in classical idiom but reaching toward something less defined, shaped by coastal rhythms and the natural world’s constant flux.
Tour Dates Europe
- April 11 — Nowa Miodowa, Warsaw, Poland
- May 19 — Silent Green / Kulturquartier, Berlin, Germany
- May 22 — Tivoli (Club 9), Utrecht, Netherlands
