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The thirteenth edition of the Koryfeusz Muzyki Polskiej award of the Polish music community, organized by the National Institute of Music and Dance, begins. Until the 14^th of September 2023, via the website www.koryfeusz.org.pl, you can submit nominations for the award in the following categories: Personality of the Year, Event of the Year and Honorary Award, as well as in the category Discovery of the Year for debuting artists. Applications can be submitted by people associated with Polish musical life.

The winners in the Personality of the Year, Event of the Year and Honorary Award categories are selected by the Electoral College during a secret ballot. It is composed of rectors of music academies and universities, directors of musicology institutes and music institutes, music journalists, representatives of trade unions and organizations, as well as all winners awarded in all categories so far. The award in the Discovery of the Year category is granted on the basis of an open public vote, which will take place between the 25^th and the 29^th of September at www.koryfeusz.org.pl.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Art'n'Voices Vocal Ensemble and the Association of Young Artists of the Wejherowo Region awarded one 1^st prize to Anna Maria Huszcza and one honorable mention to Daniel Badecki as part of the 3^rd Composition Competition of the ArteFonie Festival. The organizers received over 40 works this year. The compositions were judged by members of the Art'n'Voices Vocal Ensemble.

The jury decided that the laureate Anna Maria Huszcza would receive a financial award, and her work would be premiered by the Female Chamber Choir in Kościerzyna.

Composers will also receive POLMIC material prizes - CDs issued by the Polish Music Information Centre.

The award ceremony will take place during the final concert of the 3^rd ArteFonie Festival on the 9^th of September in the Church of St. Stanisław Kostka in Wejherowo.

Congratulations!

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The 17th edition of the Polish Promotion Festival 'August of Talents' will take placeon August 20–31, 2023. Traditionally, we will first meet in Kościuszko Park to close the ‘Music Promenade’ cycle with a vocal concert and at the same time inaugurate the Festival. Subsequent events will take place at the Radio Katowice Concert Studio and the City of Gardens chamber music hall.

The ‘Vocal Promenade’ will feature the winners of the Monika Swarowska-Walawska International Vocal Festival and Competition: Zuzanna Wrona – soprano, Mingxuan Chen – tenor and Grzegorz Rubacha – baritone, with piano accompaniment by Bogusława Suchanek.

Details: www.miasto-ogrodow.eu 

The August outdoor concert of the Lublin Philharmonic ‘Strong together - we serve the homeland and society’ will take place in the Saxon Garden on the 19^th of August, 2023 at 19.00. The Lublin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra will perform conducted by Krzesimir Dębski, while the Military Orchestra from Lublin will be conducted by Lt. Paweł Kołodziej. The unique concert will be accompanied by a military picnic on the theater square in front of the Center for the Meeting of Cultures in Lublin. Free entrance!

In the first part of the concert we will hear well-known works of classical music, referring to the glory of the Polish army, in the second - the most beautiful pieces by Krzesimir Dębski.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On August 18-27, 2023, the Armonia dell'arte Foundation is organizing a unique Festival ‘Muziko De Nia Tempo’ - or ‘Music of our time’ in Esperanto. The first edition of the festival will take us to the extraordinary world of many cultures, religions and languages ​​that have coexisted in Podlasie for centuries. The concerts will be enriched with an audiovisual layer using AI, implemented by the Interference Visual Crew, and creative lighting.

Through a variety of concert programmes inspired by the integration of representatives of different cultures, ‘Muziko De Nia Tempo’ will bring Ludwik Zamenhof's dreams to life. We will hear contemporary music, both avant-garde and more classical.

Programme of the Festival: http://www.muzikodeniatempo.pl/