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Alexander Kalischewski zdobył 1. miejsce w Międzynarodowym Konkursie Muzycznym „Grand Prize Virtuoso” w Londynie (luty 2020) i otrzymał zaproszenie do udziału w koncercie laureatów w Elgar Room Royal Albert Hall we wrześniu br.

W prezentowanym programie znalazły się Minnelied Franza Schuberta, Funiculi funicula Luigiego Denzy oraz znany utwór Puttin on the Ritz Irvinga Berlina. Alexander został także zakwalifikowany do udziału w VII Międzynarodowym Konkursie Muzycznym „Melos” w Rzymie w maju. Z uwagi na pandemię koronawirusa uczestników zobligowano do przesłania nagrań video ze swoimi interpretacjami. Alexander nagrał ponownie wymienione wcześniej utwory oraz pieśń Johannesa Brahmsa Erlaube mir feins Mädchen, jak również romans Michaiła Jakowlewa Zimnij wieczier i otrzymał 1. miejsce w swojej grupie wiekowej. Na podobnych warunkach możliwy okazał się udział w IV Quebec Classical Music Competition w Kanadzie, gdzie pomimo braku podziału na kategorie, pośród 200 uczestników z całego świata, Alexandrowi przyznano wyróżnienie, po czterech znakomitych pianistach z Kanady, Chin i USA. Młody wokalista przedstawił tu do oceny m.in. arię starowłoską Giacoma Carissimiego Vittoria, vittoria. Czerwcowe sukcesy natomiast, to 1. miejsce w Międzynarodowym Konkursie Muzycznym „Muse” w Atenach oraz 2. miejsce w Międzynarodowym Konkursie Muzycznym w Belgradzie, o których zadecydowały dodatkowo interpretacje pieśni Antonína Dvořáka Kdyz mne stara matka z cyklu Pieśni cygańskich op. 55, a także Chochlika Stanisława Moniuszki.

Alexander Kalischewski jest uczniem dr hab. Sylwii Burnickiej-Kalischewskiej, prof. Akademii Sztuki w Szczecinie. Przy fortepianie podczas zmagań konkursowych towarzyszy mu zawsze mgr Romuald Kalischewski.

Pomimo młodego wieku, Alexander występował w wielu koncertach charytatywnych na rzecz dzieci z hospicjów czy dzieci uchodźców pozostających bez opiekunów w Berlinie, Düsseldorfie, Schwäbisch Hall, ale także w międzynarodowych Schubertiadach organizowanych przez Akademię Sztuki w Szczecinie.

Ponadto koncertował w roli solisty z Chórem Dziecięcym Zachodniopomorskiego Uniwersytetu Technologicznego i orkiestrami Uecker-Randow-Sinfoniés oraz Preußisches Kammerorchester Prenzlau pod batutą m.in. Ursa-Michaela Theusa i prof. Dariusza Dyczewskiego.

Famous saxophonist, music historian and teacher David Pituch died on 22 June 2020 in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

The American saxophonist was a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University and the University of Colorado Boulder. As a Fulbright scholarship holder, he completed an internship at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Warsaw (1974). Pituch was the first performer of the third, final version of Roman Palester's Concertino for saxophone and orchestra (1978). In 1980, he founded the saxophone class at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he lectured until 1989. In 1998 he defended his doctoral dissertation entitled A Reception History of the Saxophone Between 1918 and 1942 at Northwestern University. He is the author of the book Saxophone from A to Z published by PWM Edition (2000). He lectured at Columbia College of Missouri Online Campus.

The saxophonist has performed at many festivals in Europe and the United States, took part in events organized by the Polish Composers' Union, including the "Warsaw Autumn" International Festival of Contemporary Music. As a soloist, he performed with such well-known orchestras as the Boston Symphony, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and Berlin Radio and Television Orchestra.

The artist's death brought us great sorrow. We honor his memory with gratitude.

The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra invites you on 26 June 2020 at 7.30 p.m. to a concert dedicated to the memory of the great artist and friend of PNRSO – Krzysztof Penderecki. The concert will be streamed live on Facebook.

It will be a unique ending to a very unusual concert season. After more than three months, the audience will be able to participate in the concert not only via the Internet but also in the concert hall. The musicians will be placed on stage with the required distance and they will prerfomed chamber repertoire.

Piotr Tarcholik – first concertmaster of the PNRSO, leader of the PNRSO String Sextet, concertmaster of the Przemyśl Chamber Orchestra and leader of the Sinfonietta Cracovia ensemble – will lead the ucpoming concert. The programme will be composed of Krzysztof Penderecki's Fanfare for Independent and Chaconne for string orchestra from the Polish Requiem and Joseph Haydn's Symphony in F sharp minor "Farewell", Hob. I: 45.

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The 63rd International Organ Festival in the Oliwa Cathedral, organised annually by the Polish Baltic Frédéric Chopin Philharmonic, will run from 26 June to 25 August 2020.

Festival concerts in the historic Oliwa Cathedral will feature the most outstanding organ virtuosi, representing different countries and generations. Music lovers will have a chance to familiarize themselves with diverse music repertoire of different periods and styles, as well as witness world and Polish premieres of such compositions as: Chromatisches Poem by composer of Polish descent Sergei Słonimski, L’A.B.C. Musical by Gustav Kirchhoff, Blue Sunrise by Paolo Bougeat, Basque Suite by Stefan Kagel, Trinity Suite by Diego Cannizzar and But if I am laid into the tomb... by Maciej Zakrzewski. The programme will also include works by such Polish composers as Mieczysław Surzyński, Juliusz Łuciuk, Marian Sawa, and Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz. Among the guests of the festival will be Christophe Mantoux, Vincent Thevenas, Roman Perucki, Inger-Lise Ulsrud, Francesco Bongiorno, Wojciech Wojtasiewicz, Roberto Marini, Jan Bokszczanin, Andrei Bardin, Andrzej Chorosiński, Johannes Skudlik, Paulo Bougeat, Maciej Zakrzewski, Stefan Kagl, Daniel Zaretsky, Diego Cannizzaro, Józef Serafin and the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio.

The Festival opening gala will take place on 26 June at 8.00 p.m. in Gdańsk Oliwa Cathedral and will be open to public. Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jacek Rogala and organists Hanna Dys and Roman Perucki will perform works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles-Maria Widor and Dariusz Przybylski (Concerto for Two Positives and Orchestra). The concert will be hosted by Konrad Mielnik. 

Full programme available at: https://www.filharmonia.gda.pl/pl/ 

Ise-Shima Art Committee invites you to participate in the 1st Ise-Shima International Composition Competition. The deadline for submitting applications is 1 June 2021.

The aim of the Competition is to promote young composers. The Competition is open to all nationalities, there is no age limit and there are no restrictions regarding the instrumentation or duration of the piece. The submitted work may be already performed or awarded. Composers may submit more than one work, but they must complete a separate entry form and pay a fee for each composition.

Full score (pdf format) must be submitted via application form: https://en.iseshimaart.com/international-composition-competiti 

The head of the jury is Polish composer ​Marcin Stańczyk​. The jury will award the Grand Prize in the amount of $1,000 and 35 special prizes. Ise-Shima Art Committee reserves the right not to award the prizes, to change the regulations, or to reduce or divide the prize pool, which is generated by the entry fees.

Competition winners will be notified by email until the end of August 2021. The results of the Competition will be published on the website: https://en.iseshimaart.com/c 

Rules and regulations are available at: https://bit.ly/37SqagR