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Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The upcoming concert of Sinfonia Iuventus will take place at the Polish History Museum on the 9^th of March, 2024 at 7.00 p.m. The orchestra will be conducted by George Tchitchinadze - professor at the Tbilisi State Conservatory. The solo part will be performed by the legendary Krzysztof Jakowicz, one of the greatest Polish violinists, whose artistic and pedagogical achievements are widely known and admired.

The concert will open with the concert overture Calm See and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, followed by Karol Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 1. The event will end with the last of the four symphonies by Johannes Brahms, full of melancholy.

Ticket information: https://sinfoniaiuventus.pl/mendelssohn-szymanowski-brahms-2/ 

Patronat medialny nad sezonem koncertowym 2023 / 2024 Filharmonii Opolskiej im. Józefa Elsnera sprawuje Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC.

Z okazji Międzynarodowego Dnia Kobiet 8 marca 2024 roku o godz. 19.00 w Filharmonii Opolskiej wystąpią w roli solistek skrzypaczki Celina i Malwina Kotz. Będzie im towarzyszyła Orkiestra Filharmonii Opolskiej pod batutą Piotra Mazurka.

Rozpocznie koncert Uwertura na orkiestrę symfoniczną Grażyny Bacewicz. Można odczytać tę partyturę jako „iskrzącą się życiem, pędzącą jak na skrzydłach temperamentu rytmicznego” (Stefan Kisielewski). Prawykonanie dzieła odbyło się 1 września 1945 roku podczas zorganizowanego tuż po wojnie Festiwalu Polskiej Muzyki Współczesnej w Krakowie.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

March 8, International Women's Day, will be celebrated at the Silesian Philharmonic in an atmosphere of awe at the beauty of music. The Silesian Chamber Orchestra, together with Łukasz Szubski, has prepared a unique programme for this evening, filled entirely with works dedicated to ladies. Shen Yiwen - winner of the Vienna International Conducting Competition "Wiener Schule" 2023 - will be behind the conductor's desk.

Thus, we will hear the Bagatelle "For Eliza" and the most famous - the first - movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata, Robert Schumann's Dream, Johannes Brahms' Liebeslieder-Walzer, Frederic Chopin's Nocturne in C sharp minor, which he dedicated to his sister Ludwika, Antonín Dvořák's Two Waltzes, and Wojciech Kilar's music for the film Portrait of a Lady.
Pianist Łukasz Szubski will perform as soloist.

A variety of young Polish virtuosos - pianist Szymon Nehring, violinist Jakub Jakowicz and cellist Marcin Zdunik - thanks to the "With Classics through Poland" programme, will perform on the 8^th of March, 2024 at the Center for Culture and Promotion in Kraśnik, and on the 9^th of March at the Municipal Center for Culture, Sports and Recreation in Niedrzwica Duża and on the 10^th of March at Dwór in Rybczewice. Admission to the concerts is free!

The series of concerts "With classics through Poland", organized by the National Institute of Music and Dance and financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, is addressed to smaller towns throughout Poland, where direct contact with great, wonderful music and recognized artists is difficult.

More: https://nimit.pl/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

In 2021, a group of musicians associated with the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music founded the first contemporary music ensemble in Bydgoszcz - Ludzie z Vełny. During the first concert at the Hashtag Lab Contemporary Music Space on the 7^th of March at 7 p.m. the ensemble will premiere Die Arien der Zeit for soprano, speech synthesizer, trumpet, piano and electronics composed by the founder of the ensemble Rafał Gorzycki. Free entrance!

The aim of the group is to commission, premiere and promote the latest Polish music, which, in the opinion of the artists is not sufficiently supported and presented in our country and abroad.

The programme of the Warsaw concert includes works by Polish artists: 7 by Artur Zagajewski, Shihaikai by Aleksander Kościów, SudavikSonata by Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil, Ludzie z Vełny by Rafał Gorzycki and his latest piece, which was commissioned by the City of Bydgoszcz and the Art Mintaka foundation. The composer will also appear as a performer during the concert.

Additional information: https://hashtaglab.pl/event/ludzie-z-velny/