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‘Dialogues - music meetings in historic art studios’ is a new series of micro-concerts in spaces where the most important Warsaw artists worked: painters, sculptors, fashion designers, photographers. Music will enter into dialogue with visual arts during seven events that will take place from the 28^th of September to the 14^th of December, 2023. Admission is free!

The protagonists of these small, interesting meetings will be not only the performing artists, but also the owners and guardians of the studios, listeners and - finally - the spaces themselves. Each meeting consists of a concert and a curator's tour of the studio - the hosts are the current guardians of the studio or artists working there.
Joanna Freszel, Jakub Jakowicz, Ewa Leszczyńska, Maciej Kułakowski, Messages Quartet will present a specially prepared programme corresponding to the work of the selected artist and the place and spirit of the studio. Moreover, during each concert an improvised piece will be presented, happening ‘here and now’, inspired by the work of the artist to whom the studio belongs and the place itself.

Admission to all events is free, however due to limited number of places, in order to participate please register at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Let's experience a unique evening with music by Polish composers performed by the winners of the first three prizes of the 3rd International Polish Music Competition! On the 26^th of September, 2023 at 6 p.m., the chamber ensembles Aka Duo, Reverie Piano Duo, Quintessence and pianists Georgi Vasilev, Jan Wachowski and Kiryl Keduk will perform at the Warsaw Philharmonic.

Aka Duo are the music record holders of this year's Competition - they won four awards: the main 1^st Prize in the ‘Chamber Ensembles’ category, the Award for the best performance of a chamber piece by Miłosz Magin, the Award for the best performance of a piece composed after 1945 by the ZAiKS Association of Authors and the Award of the Polish Music Information Center POLMIC in the form of annual media patronage for the best performance of a work composed after 1945. The Japanese duo will perform Subito by Witold Lutosławski, Andante by Miłosz Magin and Moldavian Rhapsody by Mieczysław Wajnberg.
Bulgarian pianist Georgi Vasilev won the 1^st Prize in the ‘Pianists’ category and a Special Prize for his performance of Miłosz Magin's Piano Concerto; in Warsaw, he will perform Mazurka in B minor by Karol Mikuli and Preludes Suite by Kazimierz Serocki.

Ticket information: https://nimit.pl/wydarzenia/koncert-laureatow-iii-miedzynarodowego-konkursu-muzyki-polskiej/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

During the first edition of the ‘Warsaw Experiment Studio’ project, meetings and concerts will become a source of inspiration and a platform for innovative and uncompromising creative activities, independent of financial and economic conditions. From the 26^th of September to the 13^th of December, 2023, the Hashtag Lab will present interdisciplinary works without stylistic restrictions, in which sound plays a key role.

The author of the project, Sławek Janicki, invited four curators to cooperate: Anna Jędrzejewska, Marek Chołoniewski, Adam Radzia and Qba Janicki. The curators will organize four two-day events to which they will invite local and foreign artists. Under the supervision of a curator, the artists will create and present a new interdisciplinary work.

The artists' work will be documented: after each meeting, a film will be created presenting the artists and showing the creation process.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The ‘Muzyka do Potęgi’ Foundation and the Łódź Philharmonic invite you to the Gala of awarding unique prizes of the 3^rd International ‘Music Eagles’ Competition, which will take place on the 24^th of September, 2023 at 6.00 p.m. in the concert hall of the Łódź Philharmonic. The gala will be hosted by Agata Kwiecińska. Free entrance!

The International ‘Music Eagles’ Competition for outstanding artistic, scientific and educational achievements is the only such extensive competition (9 categories) in Europe, dedicated exclusively to achievements in the sphere of classical music and promoting the activities (in a given calendar year) of professional Polish artists. The competition candidates are assessed by a jury composed of recognized specialists - artists and scientists from the world of classical music. They evaluate each project independently: they undertake not to convey or disclose information about their opinions to other members of the Chapter.

Award website: http://muzyczneorly.pl/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

2^nd Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition organized by NOSPR, has just made history. The competition winners were awarded with an impressive prize pool with a total value of nearly €300,000 - (€25,000 for the 1st prize, €18,000 for the 2nd prize and €10,000 for the 3rd prize, in all four performance categories).

The competition participants delighted the international jury with their interpretations. They are all still available in audio form on SoundCloud. Broadcasts from the final auditions can also be watched on the official YouTube channel of the competition.
First prizes were won by two Japanese artists (pianist Kaho Araishi and violinist Seina Matsuoka).
Poles were also on the podium, dominating the singing category (1^st place was taken by Magdalena Lucjan, and 2^nd place by Jan Żądło). Krzysztof Wierciński took second prize in the piano category, Jakub Staszel took 3^rd prize in the violin category, and Neuma Quartet took 3^rd prize in the string quartet category. The 3^rd Prize in the Vocal Compositions category went to Krystian Neścior, while honorable mentions in the Piano Compositions category went to Bartosz Witkowski and Michał Janocha.

Julia Jagos, NOSPR

Names of all laureates are available on the Competition website https://szymanowski-competition.com/