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‘Three Musical Faces of Faith’ are concerts of sacred music in three versions: Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant taking place between the 29^thof September and the 2^ndof October. In every branch of Christianity, choral singing is an extremely important element of prayer rites, but the differences are clearly outlined. The project ‘Three Musical Faces of Faith - Sacred Music of Christian Currents' is primarily an artistic expression of these differences and praise of ecumenism - also to seek understanding through music, which is the basis of the liturgy in each of the factions.

In the project 'Three Musical Faces of Faith - Sacred Music of Christian Currents', the Institute for the Development of Art draws attention primarily to the great achievements of Polish composers in the field of sacred music

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

The 24th Autumn Music Festival ‘Alkagran’ will be held in Czechowice-Dziedzice on September 27-30, 2022.

The festival ‘Alkagran’, held since 1991, is associated with the person of Andrzej Krzanowski. Polish music of the 20^th and 21^st centuries will fill a significant part of the programme. The Municipal Cultural Center in Czechowice-Dziedzice will host concerts presenting accordion and electroacoustic music, world premieres, as well as conversations with composers, performers and music activists about the role of music in the modern world.

The main event of this year's Festival will be the 12^th Andrzej Krzanowski Accordion Competition. The Competition Jury will consist of recognized teachers and artists: Klaudiusz Baran, Vladimir Blagojević, Marcin Bortnowski, Bogdan Dowlasz, Grażyna Krzanowska (honorary member), Raimondas Sviackevicius and Janusz Pater (secretary).

More information: www.alkagran.pl 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Chamber music meetings with recognized artists on September 24 - October 4, 2022 in locations with an interesting historical past. Vadim Brodski, Marcin Masecki, Emanuel Salvador, Adam Kośmieja, Cracow Duo - an excellent set of performers, guaranteeing five musical evenings in exceptional company during the 5^th  Festival Music at the Blumwe Villa.

The concerts will be rebroadcasted in the PIK Polish Radio.

On the 24^th of September, Vadim Brodski will inaugurate the Festival in the Copernicanum hall. He will be accompanied by the pianist Bartłomiej Wezner.

Marcin Masecki and Michał Szałach will perform at the final of the Festival. The world of Johann Sebastian Bach and John Adams - known as the maximalist minimalist - will collide with each other. We will also dance Masecki's Polonaises.

On the 7^th of September in the J. Przybora Concert Studio of the Polish Radio PiK the Baltic Neopolis Orchestra together with the pianist Rolando Rolim will perform works by Karol Szymanowski and the famous Quintet in E flat major by Robert Schumann. Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund as part of the ‘Music’ programme, implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

Admission to concerts at the Concert Studio of PiK Polish Radio is free, although tickets are required. Tickets for concerts at the Copernicanum and the Chamber Theater are available at https://www.bilety24.pl/organizator/fundacja-im-piotra-orawskiego-1335.html and at the box office at the venue one hour before the start of the concerts

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Festival website: https://www.facebook.com/muzykawwilliblumwego 

The twelfth edition of the Polish Music Society's Koryfeusz Polish Music Award, organized by the National Institute of Music and Dance will begin shortl

Until October 10, 2022, via the website www.koryfeusz.org.pl, you can submit applications for the award in the following categories: Personality of the Year, Event of the Year and Honorary Award, as well as in the Discovery of the Year category for debuting artists.

The winners will be announced during a gala ceremony in November 2022. The winners will receive statuettes by professor Adam Myjak.

On the 21^st of September, 2022 at 1 p.m. in the Karol Szymanowski Hall at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, the ceremony of awarding diplomas to the winners of the Polish Composers' Union Awards (Annual, Honorary and for merits in the field of music education) and the 62^nd and 63^rd Tadeusz Baird Competition for Young Composers took place.

In 2022, the Annual Prize was awarded to Jerzy Kornowicz ‘for outstanding artistic creativity and extraordinary activity for the benefit of the Polish Composers' Union and the entire Polish culture’ and Dorota Kozińska ‘for rich critical, essay and translation work, covering vast areas of music, with particular emphasis on theater musical’. The Honorary Award was given to Jerzy Maksymiuk ‘for his tireless, passionate and committed work for the benefit of Polish music’. The award in the field of music education was given to Małgorzata Kołcz ‘for her extraordinary creativity and commitment in shaping the attitudes of future recipients of high culture’.

In 2022, the Jury divided the Tadeusz Baird Main Prize as follows: awarding the 1^st prize to Hubert Żmudzki and the 3^rd prize to Przemysław Pacek.Honorable mentions were given to Bartosz Witkowski and Michał Dorman.

Congratulations!