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"Polish Music Scene" is a unique program of the National Institute of Music and Dance, whose main goal is to promote Polish artists and native composers. Thanks to the programme, world-renowned Polish musicians: viola player Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf and pianist Maciej Gański will perform at the Zielona Góra Philharmonic on the 3^rd of February, 2024 at 7 p.m.

Programme consists of both original compositions for viola and piano, as well as those arranged for such a duo - works rarely on the concert programmes, by Henryk Szopowicz, Jan Astriab, Piotr Maszyński, Zygmunt Stojowski, Jan Michał Wieczorek, Stefan Bolesław Poradowski. The artists will also present Mieczyslaw Wajnberg's Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 28, and works arranged by Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf himself: Witold Lutosławski's Lullaby for Anne-Sophie and Emil Młynarski's Mazurka in G Major, Op. 7.

The 16^th Opera Rara Festival will be held in Cracow on February 1-18, 2024, the programme of which will include the premiere of Aleksander Nowak's latest opera I, Şeküre and rarely performed masterpieces by old masters.

The opera I, Şeküre is inspired by the plots of the great novel My Name is Red by the Turkish Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk. The libretto was created by the composer himself. At the Juliusz Słowacki Theater in Cracow, the work will be premiered by soloists, the Polish Radio Choir and musicians of the Music Cooperative contemporary ensemble and Capella Cracoviensis. The sounds of new music will be combined with a video installation by Marcin Chlanda and Jakub Kotynia. By the way, Orhan Pamuk was present during the concert performance of fragments of the opera last year in Poznań.

Solaris by Karol Nepelski based on the novel by Stanisław Lem will inaugurate the Festival at the National Synchrotron Radiation Center SOLARIS. The performance is a co-production of the Opera Rara festival and the H. Modrzejewska Old Theater., the music cooperative Hashtag Ensemble (which will take part in the performance of the piece) and the Warsaw Stage Society. The event's partners are the Jagiellonian University and the Contemporary Music Space Hashtag Lab.

Detailed programme of the Festival available on the website: http://operararakrakow.pl/ 

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Fryderyk Chopin Music School Complex in Piła announces the 2^nd Composition Competition for a school miniature. Any student of a second-degree music school in Poland can take part in the competition. Students with the status of students of music universities are excluded from participating. The deadline for submitting applications is the 30^th of April, 2024.

The subject of the competition is a piece composed in any style for 2 to 4 performers, selected from the following instruments: violin, clarinet, trombone, piano. Unconventional ways of extracting sound are allowed in the composition, including the preparation of the instrument (as long as it does not pose a risk of damaging the instrument). Works that have not been previously published, recorded or awarded in other composition competitions may be submitted. One participant may submit a maximum of two works.

Rules and regulations: https://www.gov.pl/web/zsmpila/ii-ogolnopolski-konkurs-kompozytorski 

The latest album of the Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic in Łomża, titled Polish Impressions, is the orchestra's 18^th album and contains three phonographic premieres. It was recorded together with recognized Polish soloists: accordionist Klaudiusz Baran, flutist Jadwiga Kotnowska, clarinetist Artur Pachlewski, cellist Karolina Jaroszewska and violinist and composer Mateusz Smoczyński. The album was released by the DUX record company, and thanks to the cooperation with NAXOS, it will be available worldwide.

All compositions were created as part of the "Composer's Commissions" programme implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance, while the first two were commissioned by the Łomża Philharmonic.

Orchestra's website: https://filharmonia.lomza.pl/ 

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Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic invites fans of film music to a concert on the 28^th of January, 2024 at 5 p.m. as part of the "PGE HoloGramy" series. The background for the event will be an amazing hologram setting, which, combined with music by Polish artists, will provide an unforgettable experience.

The programme will include soundtracks from such productions as Polskie Drogi (music by Andrzej Kurylewicz), Vabank (Henryk Kuźniak), Alternatywy 4 and Janosik (Jerzy Matuszkiewicz), 07 zgłoś się (Włodzimierz Korcz), Czterej pancerni i pies (Adam Walaciński), Wojna domowa (Janusz Mych), as well as Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones and others.

The Silesian Chamber Orchestra will be conducted by Radosław Droń, and we will hear the drummer Krzysztof Nowakowski as a soloist.