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NOSPR, conducted by its artistic director Lawrence Foster will present works by Fryderyk Chopin and Krzysztof Penderecki on the 6^th of April, 2023 at 7.30 pm. The pianist Szymon Nehring will perform as a soloist.

Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 and Symphony No. 4 'Adagio' by Krzysztof Penderecki will be performed.

Before the concert at 18.30, in the chamber hall there will be a meeting with Róża Światczyńska, who will discuss the pieces performed that evening. The entrance to the lecture is free of charge, the subscription card or a concert ticket entitles you to participate in the lecture.

Additional information: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/artysci/szymon-nehring 

The National Institute of Music and Dance opens recruitment for the Publishing Programme. The  scientific, popular science and popularizing editions devoted to dance will be co-financed. The programme is addressed to publishing houses and authors cooperating with them. The deadline for submitting applications is the 24^th of April, 2023. The budget of the programme in the 2023 edition is PLN 60,000 gross. Applications must be submitted only electronically using the Witkac system.

The deadline for selecting applications by the evaluation committee and the deadline for publishing the list of projects approved for implementation on the Institute's website is the 15^th of May, 2023. Applicants of these projects will be informed about the positive decision by e-mail to the e-mail address provided in the application.

The Publishing Programme co-finances projects consisting of scientific and popular science publications (first editions of Polish-language publications or the first editions of translations into Polish) in the field of dance and popularization editions, including: doctoral and master's theses, post-conference volumes, biographies, monographs, volumes collective, occasional albums, special issues of periodicals and others related to dance. The programme is addressed to publishing houses and authors cooperating with them - researchers, theoreticians, authors of popular science publications.

Rules and regulations - on the website: https://nimit.pl/aktualnosci/program-wydawniczy-2023-rusza-nabor-wnioskow/ 

The Capella Bydgostiensis Chamber Orchestra and the Academic Choir of the UKW in Bydgoszcz, conducted by Benedykt Odya, will premiere Piotr Komorowski's Stabat Mater on the 5^th of April, 2023 at 19.00 at the Pomeranian Philharmonic. The composition was commissioned by the conductor, a professor at the Kazimierz Wielki University.

As Piotr Komorowski, president of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Branch of the Polish Composers' Union, points out: ‘I hope that music can give poetry an additional emotional dimension, enrich it with a space that we can fill with our own thoughts, experiences and feelings. I tried to make the musical language I use personal, modern, and at the same time not lose connection with the great tradition of music in all its richness from the Middle Ages to the present day. I would like the music I composed to speak directly to the hearts of the listeners, to touch those deeply hidden strings of our soul, the existence of which we are sometimes not even aware of.’

There will also be Passion songs arranged by Daniel Pradella.

More: https://filharmonia.bydgoszcz.pl/kalendarz/koncert-w-wielka-srode/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Instruments with an unusual timbre – marimbas – accompany the baritone Marcin Bronikowski, who performs Gabriel Collet's songs to Adam Mickiewicz's sonnets. His poetry in a new version will be heard during the concert premiere of the album Mickiewicz for three voices at the Grand Theatre Teatr - Polish National Opera on the 4^th of April, 2023 at 18.00. 

Percussionist and composer Gabriel Collet, born in France, has been active in Poland since 2005. He is a holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship and the winner of the 1^st prize at the International Contemporary Chamber Music Competition in Cracow. Together with Elwira Ślązak, he creates the marimbaphone duo Axoum Duo, which we will hear during the concert. 

The cycle of 11 songs for baritone and two marimbas to selected sonnets by Adam Mickiewicz was dedicated by Gabriel Collet to the baritone Marcin Bronikowski, with whom he has been collaborating since 2008. 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

In order to meet the requirements of music lovers who expect technical mastery and new interpretations of works belonging to the canon of music literature, it is worth giving a voice to young musicians, whose ideas often surprise the most faithful and experienced members of the NOSPR community. They will perform on this stage on the 3^rd of April, 2023 at 19.30.

Pieces by Antonín Dvořák, Gareth Farr, Francis Poulenc and Witold Lutosławski will be performed.

Recruitment for the third edition of the NOSPR Academy has been extended to include wind instruments - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and French horn, and program memembers can test themselves in both symphonic and chamber repertoire. The expansion of the Academy's activities translates into a greater number of concerts as part of the Youth Stage, where, apart from musicians, speakers learning the difficult profession of music critic also present their skills

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Tickets: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/koncert-uczestnikow-programu-akademia-nospr-4