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The ‘Orthodox Music’ Foundation in Hajnówka invites you to the 42^nd International Festival of Orthodox Church Music ‘Hajnówka 2023’ in Białystok, which will take place on May 25-28, 2023. This year's edition will be dedicated to the 90^th anniversary of Krzysztof Penderecki's birth. The festival is held under the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland, the Patronage of the Polish Composers' Union and the Mayor of Białystok. In the years 2003–2020, the artistic patron of the Festival was Krzysztof Penderecki.

On the 25^th of May, the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic will host the opening of the exhibition ‘Maestro Penderecki and the Festival, followed by the inaugurating concert ‘Sacrum of the East and the West in the music of Krzysztof Penderecki’ performed by the Choir of the Warsaw Philharmonic.

Detailed programme: http://festiwal-hajnowka.pl/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The TOVA multimedia flute recital is the result of cooperation between flautist Ania Karpowicz and composers Marta Śniady, Nina Fukuoka, Aleksandra Kaca and Teonika Rożynek. Each of the artists, taking up the topic of searching for the sources of identity, put her personal experience into the works, as we will see during the concert at the Hashtag Lab Contemporary Music Space on the 25^th of May, 2023 at 19.00.

TOVA is a joint search of the soloist and composers for the sound values ​​of the flute, related to the expansion and development of contemporary performance techniques and various techniques of live and recorded sound processing. We will hear them in the works 4 rituals of womens' happiness by Marta Śniady, Zansei by Nina Fukuoka, SCREAM by Teonika Rożynek and Inner by Aleksandra Kacy.

The TOVA www.tovaproject.art programme had its digital premiere at the Sacrum Profanum Festival in 2020, and the first stage performance at the KODY festival in 2021, since then it has been presented in Poland, Germany and Norway.

After the concert at 20.00 there will be an opening of the exhibition by Ľudmila Bubánova ‘In the evening I will put her face on’.

Ticket information: https://hashtaglab.pl/event/tova/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The International Festival of Contemporary Music ‘Poznań Music Spring’ will take place from the 24^th to 28^th of May, 2023. Over the course of five festival days, many recognized artists will perform on the stages of Poznań, presenting works by both Polish and foreign composers.

The festival events were preceded by a symphonic concert at the Poznań Philharmonic in March, featuring compositions by Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz, Kazimierz Serocki and Krzysztof Meyer. The May edition will consist of nine concerts showcasing various facets of chamber music. The key criterion for selecting the repertoire for this year’s edition is compositions with non-standard instrumentation.

The concerts will include premieres of compositions by Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz, Katarzyna Arnhold, Aleksandra Bilińska, Michał Janocha, Katarzyna Taborowska, Barbara Kaszuba, Jaromir Gajewski, Andrzej Dziadek, Tadeusz Dixa, and Artur Żuchowski. The festival programme also includes events initiated by the youngest generation of composers.

The KODY Festival of Tradition and Music Avant-garde explores creative and human attitudes towards the ongoing process of quantitative and qualitative changes. The jubilee edition will take place under the theme "Na-Głos" (Loud-Spoken) in Lublin from the 24^th to the 28^th of May, 2023.

The programme of the 15^th edition of the KODY Festival consists of 6 concerts showcasing traditional music in musical and dance idioms, improvisation, contemporary music, as well as jazz and alternative forms. The festival will feature 8 premieres and world premiere performances.

A special exhibition has also been prepared, serving as a summary of the 15-year history of the KODY Festival.

Festival website: https://kody-festiwal.pl/