23rd International Chamber Music Festival "Silesian String Quartet and Its Guests", held between November 21 and December 5 in the Chamber Hall of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (November 21 and 25) and the Concert Hall of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (November 29, December 2 and 5), will feature 5 concerts.

The central theme of this year’s edition of the event is Master and Disciple and a question related to it - whether this type of relationship is a challenge or an anachronism? Is being a mentor an innovative trend or a phenomenon characteristic for contemporary times? The artists will examine the subject using the historical approach and referring to various epochs, styles, trends, including such famous teachers and students as: Ginastera – Piazzolla, Voughan Williams – Ravel, Mendelssohn – Gade, Bridge – Britten, Maliszewski – Lutosławski, Gliére – Prokofiev and Miaskowski. In many cases, it was the student that surpassed the teacher and thereby assured the mentor’s place in history.

See: Festival’s programme

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.