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Does the instrument sound different in different instrument configurations? How will a flute playing together with a string quartet sound in a diverse repertoire? How does musical texture affect the perception of its timbre? To answer these questions, on the 14^th of March at the National Forum of Music the musicians of the Lutosławski Quartet will join forces with Carlos Bruneel - Belgian flutist whose victory in the prestigious Tenuto competition many years ago gave him a ticket to an international career.

The artists of the Lutosławski Quartet will begin the concert by performing their own version of Witold Lutosławski's String Quartet - his only quartet, which was created as a result of a commission placed by Swedish Radio on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Nutida Musik series of contemporary music concerts.

More: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/10330 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The PRO Hashtag Ensemble Academy is a year-long mentoring programme run by Hashtag Lab and aimed at students and graduates of music academies wishing to develop their interest in cutting-edge music. It will be presented during the upcoming concert of young professionals, participants of the programme, conducted by Julia Janaszek, on the 14^th of March, 2024 at 7 pm.

The participants, selected through a competition, take part in numerous workshops and master classes, led by Hashtag Ensemble musicians and invited guests. The concert programme will includes works proposed by the participants, analyzed and performed during the workshops. We will hear Black Arrow by Sungji Hong, Mathematikous by Yair Klartag, Grāmata cēllam (part II Pianissimo) by Pēteris Vasks, Paludes by Tristan Murail, In my head... by Wojciech Blecharz, Accotango by Krzysztof Olczak, among others.

In addition, compositions dedicated to PRO Academy participants will be premiered: Silent Piece by Wojciech Glądys and Aether by Wojciech Blażejczyk in the version for sextet.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Krasnystaw Regional Museum and the Lublin Branch of the Polish Composers' Union would like to invite you to an author's meeting and piano recital by Prof. Mariusz Dubaj on the 12^th of March, 2024, at 4 p.m., on the occasion of his 65^th birthday. The programme of the concert "In the circle of Mariusz Dubaj" will include works by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Frederic Chopin, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Wojciech Kilar and the Jubilate author's Jubilee Composition X on the occasion of the 630^th anniversary of Krasnystaw. Admission is free!

The Krasnystaw-born composer, music theorist, pianist, pedagogue and organizer of musical life serves as president of the Lublin Branch of the Polish Composers' Union. He is the winner of many awards in composition competitions at home and abroad, as well as honors (including "Golden Carp" Krasnystaw 2000, Medal for Merit to Culture "Gloria Artis" 2015). His works have been performed at many concerts and festivals (in Poland, Italy, Germany, England, France, Greece, Holland, Japan, Portugal, Hungary, Ukraine and the United States), recorded for albums (including DUX, King Records in Japan), for radio and television, and published in print (by PWM, Polihymnia).

The meeting with Mariusz Dubaj will be hosted by Dr. Ewa M. Zarzycka.

Additional information: https://www.muzeumkrasnystaw.pl/aktualnosci/n,353563,recital-fortepianowy-prof-mariusza-dubaja.html# 

The Presidium of the Main Board of the Polish Composers' Union, at its meeting on the 6^th of March, 2024, awarded this year's Honorary Award of the Polish Composers' Union for merits in the promotion of Polish contemporary music to Ewa Szczecińska - for persistent and competent activity promoting the works of Polish contemporary composers on Polish Radio. The "Nowa Polska" series, devoted to the youngest generation of Polish composers, deserves special mention.

Ewa Szczecińska studied musicology at the University of Warsaw. She hosts the programmes "Nowa Polska" and "Nocna Strefa" on the Programme 2 of the Polish Radio. She specializes in the latest music, but also devotes a lot of attention to the music of earlier eras, taking part in the programmes "Muzyczny Trybunał Dwójki" and "Płytomania". She publishes articles in "Ruch Muzyczny", "Tygodnik Powszechny", "Glissando" and in Internet portals.

She has created an archive of the latest Polish musical work, in all its diversity of aesthetic choices, techniques and styles, which is difficult to overestimate, and which is constantly being expanded.

The award ceremony is scheduled for the 67^th International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn" on the 25^th of September 2024.

Congratulations!

The National Institute of Music and Dance, thanks to the "With Classics through Poland" project, has been providing the inhabitants of small towns, towns and villages throughout Poland with classical music concerts performed by recognized artists for 5 years. Admission to the concerts is free.

448 concerts have already been organized with the participation of 337 artists in 327 towns, reaching almost 40,000 listeners in fourteen regions of Poland, including: in eastern Podlasie or in the distant Bieszczady Mountains. It is always an extraordinary experience for the invited artists, performing for an audience that is attending a classical music concert for the first time.

This year, the Polish Music Management invited such artists as Piotr Paleczny, Janusz Olejniczak, Ewa Pobłocka, Rafał Blechacz, Krzysztof Jakowicz, Waldemar Malicki, Agata Szymczewska, Olga Pasiecznik, Janusz Wawrowski, Paweł Gusnar, Julia Kociuban, Anna Radziejewska, Robert Gierlach, Aldona Barnik, Aleksander Dębicz, Mateusz Krzyżowski, Wrocław Baroque Ensemble and others.

About the project: https://nimit.pl/dzialalnosc/z-klasyka-przez-polske/