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On the 17^th of September, 2022 the inauguration of the 6^th Kwadrofonik Festival will take place at SWPS. This year's edition focuses on the notion of time.

The prelude to the Festival were ITAKA shows by Sławomir Wojciechowski and Przemysław Klonowski. On the 17^th of September at 4:00 p.m. at SWPS there will be a premiere of a reportage directed by Dorota Migas-Mazur, which is a record of the work on the performance, but also an independent artistic form. The documentary featuring Wojciechowski's music features legendary Polish actresses: Emilia Krakowska, Maja Komorowska and Barbara Krafftówna. The premiere will be accompanied by a debate with the participation of scientists associated with SWPS.

On the same day, the installation of Joanna Rajkowska SORRY, combined with the performance of the monumental composition For Christian Wolff by Morton Feldman, will also take place.

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The 67^th artistic season at the Zielona Góra Philharmonic will be inaugurated by a symphonic concert, which will take place on the 17^th of September, 2022 in the MCM Hall. Soloists will be: Hubert Zapiór (baritone) and violinist Tareq Matar. The FZ Orchestra will be conducted by Rafał Kłoczko. We will hear, among others, Polish music, including the masterpiece of the patron of the institution, as well as Sonnets to words by Adam Wesołowski, composed especially for this occasion.

The inaugural concert of the 67^th artistic season will begin with the overture to the opera Maria by Roman Statkowski, a composer considered to be the most important artist before Szymanowski. As in the previous one, also this year, the programme of the concert could not miss Tadeusz Baird’s 4 Love Sonnets to words by Shakespeare, in whose output vocal poetry occupied a special place. On the 17^th of September, they will be interpreted by a Polish singer of the young generation, Hubert Zapiór, who will have his debut on the Zielona Góra stage.

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The second edition of the International Festival named after prof. Marek Jasiński "Soni Spatium" in Stargard will run from 16 to 18 September 2022. Mater Omnium Sapientia is the title of the work by Marek Jasiński and the motto of this year edition.

This year, the following ensembles will perform: Lund University Choir (Szwecja), Joachim Mencel Quintet, Jan Szyrocki Academic Choir of the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin under the direction of Szymon Wyrzykowski, Stargard Camerata Orchestra, Luna Plena Vocal Group from Zabrze, Children’s Choir of the Professor Marek Jasiński General Primary Music School. The concerts will take place at the Collegiate Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of the World in Stargard and the Witold Lutosławski State Primary and Secondary Music School in Stargard. The programme will also include premiere of work Speravit anima mea in Domino by Marek Nowakowski (Chicago).

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The 78^th artistic season of the Silesian Philharmonic will be inaugurated by a concert of the Choir and Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yaroslav Shemet - a conductor who will perform for the first time not only as head of the Orchestra, but also as artistic director of the Silesian Philharmonic. On the 16^th of September, 2022 at 7.00 p.m. we will hear works by Richard Strauss, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Wojciech Kilar. 

The concert will open with a composition that is known to everyone, regardless of music knowledge: Also sprach Zarathustra of Richard Strauss. 

The second item on the programme will be Henryk Mikołaj Górecki's Kyrie, one of his last works, part of the mass to have been commissioned by John Paul II. 

In the final of the evening we will hear the monumental Exodus by Wojciech Kilar - in the year of his 90^th birthday, which was celebrated in July. 

60^th Bydgoszcz Music Festival will be held on September 16 - October 7, 2022 under the slogan ‘Contrasts - New Hope’. 

The theme of the jubilee Festival refers to the present times, which will certainly leave a permanent mark in the history of mankind. On the other hand, the contrasted programme of the event will undoubtedly ensure the interest of various audiences, and the title hope will pour optimism into the hearts of music lovers. 

Recognized conductors, soloists, choirs and chamber ensembles presenting diverse repertoire will perform at 10 concerts. During the inauguration, we will hear Krzysztof Penderecki's Seven Gates of Jerusalem. In the following days, a concert will be held to mark the 40^th  anniversary of the Polish Chamber Philharmonic in Sopot. British vocal ensemble The King's Singers, Capella Bydgostiensis, Kasia Cerekwicka, Małgorzata Ostrowska, Agnieszka Twardowska and Anna Grzelak will take part in the Festival. Arvo Pärt's works will be performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in Tallinn, and Ewa Bem's greatest hits will be presented in a symphonic project. The 60th edition of the Festival will be crowned with the works of Wojciech Kilar.