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Inowrocław Music Society Pro Arte and the State 1^st and 2^nd Degree Music School in Inowrocław will hold a gala concert on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Society and the International Music Day. The concert will take place on October 1, 2022 at 5.00 p.m. In the Concert Hall of Irena Dubiska, the world-famous Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of the Polish Radio, conducted by Agnieszka Duczmal will perform.

The programme will include masterpieces of classical music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonín Dvořák, a composition by the Poznań based composer Barbara Kaszuba and premieres of works by Aleksandra Brejza - Canzon e Danza and Marcin Kopczyński - Sinfonietta, specially written for this concert.

Free tickets will be available at the Music School and Kujawy Cultural Center.

After a note of Marcin Kopczyński

World and Polish premieres, a repertoire rarely presented and works very well known in the interpretations of great artists representing various generations and styles. In the 4^th edition of the programme organized by the National Institute of Music and Dance, you will be able to hear historical performance specialists, jazz improvising quartets, and even for the first time in this series: a guitar duo and a string orchestra. The 4^th edition will be inaugurated by the Atom String Quartet concert on the 30^th of September, 2022 at 19.00 at the Henryk Wieniawski Philharmonic in Lublin.

The ‘Polish Music Scene’, like the International Competition of Polish Music, aims to present and bring back to life Polish composers’ output in all its richness. Apart from recognized artists whose works are performed all over the world, there is a multitude of native composers whose works are presented much less frequently, occasionally or who simply do not exist in contemporary concert life.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 30^th of September 30, 2022 at 19:00 a concert inaugurating the 71^st artistic season of the Józef ElsnerOpole Philharmonic will take place. The Opole Philharmonic and the famous violinist Bartłomiej Nizioł conducted by Przemysław Neumann will perform works by the patron of the institution, as well as Feliks Janiewicz and Johannes Brahms.

The overture to the Król Łokietek opera, or the Wiśliczanka by Józef Elsner, depicts the struggle of King Łokietek with Czech troops and the life of the inhabitants of Wiślica flowing to the rhythm of national dances. Then we will hear Feliks Janiewicz's Violin Concerto No. 5, whose 260^th birthday will take place in 2022. Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 by Johannes Brahms will close the concert

The concert is co-organized by the National Institute of Music and Dance as part of its own programme ‘Conductor-resident’, financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

Ticket information: https://filharmonia.opole.pl/wydarzenia/inauguracja-71-sezonu-artystycznego/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Polish Society for Contemporary Music will hold improvisation workshops for children and their parents "Tell me a fairy tale". The first classes will take place in Lower Silesia: September 29–30, 2022 at the Municipal Community Center of Culture in Międzylesie as well as on October 1 at 11:00 at the branch of the Center in Domaszków.

The main idea of the project is to popularize the music of our times and improvisation among the youngest, based on the presented picture books. During the workshops, children learn the basics of improvisation, learn about a variety of instruments, techniques of sound producing and play the percussion instruments.

The classes will be led by recognized artists: multi-instrumentalist Bartosz Smorągiewicz, double bass player Małgorzata Kołcz and composer and pianist Jarosław Siwiński.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

‘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