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As part of the project of Dr. Aleeksandra Hałat, lecturer at the University of Silesia, ‘American Dream - Polish artists overseas’, five concerts will be held in Poland from the 6^th of October to the 2^nd of December, 2023.

The project aims to promote little-known works by Polish immigrant composers who composed in the United States in the 20^th century, such as Karol Rathaus, Michał Kondracki, Feliks Łabuński, Tadeusz Kassern. During the concerts, works by Jerzy Fitelberg, unknown in Poland, will also be presented, which Aleksandra Hałat obtained during a library search as part of the NIMiT 2023 scholarship. The manuscripts of these works for violin and piano and for voice and piano are not available in any of the Polish libraries.

Concerts with the participation of Roksana Wardenga, Piotr Lato, Marcin Hałat and Aleksandra Hałat will take place in the Palace Complex in Koszęcin, the Palace in Rybna, the Castle Museum in Pszczyna, the ‘Galicja’ Jewish Museum in Krakow and the Town Hall in Nowy Sącz.

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The Grand Theater in Poznań returns to its premises after over two years of stage modernization. The new 2023/2024 season will open not with just one performance, but with a festival under the patronage of Stanisław Moniuszko.

The 1st Moniuszko Festival, which will take place on October 6-19, 2023, is a new proposition for opera lovers. The first edition of the Festival refers not only to the patron of the Pegasus Building, but also to the history of the stage where national operas were performed at important moments.

The first edition of the Moniuszko Festival will undoubtedly be diverse.

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On the 6^th of October, 2023 at 7.00 p.m. Symphony Orchestra of Zielona Góra Philharmonic conducted by Piotr Mazurek will perform together with trumpet soloists Jacques Kuba Séguin - a Polish-Canadian musician and radio presenter - and Paweł Hulisz, who will play the natural trumpet.

We will hear the Overture to opera L'isola disabitata and Concerto in E flat major for trumpet by Joseph Haydn, the Little Suite by Witold Lutosławski and Parfum No. 3 by Sėguin himself. The trumpeter received ‘Jazz Discovery of the Year’ award in the 2012/2013 Canadian Radio and Television season. In his songs, he intertwines inspirations with European jazz, classical music and world music; he also cooperates with the film industry.

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Concert inaugurating the NFM season of the Wrocław Philharmonic, on the 6^th of October, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. will be led by the world-famous conductor Pinchas Steinberg. The programme includes Witold Lutosławski's Little Suite, Stanisław Skrowaczewski's Triple Concerto, and the four-part symphonic poem Aus Italien by Richard Strauss.

This year we are celebrating the hundredth anniversary of birth of Stanisław Skrowaczewski, a legendary Polish conductor, but also a composer, and the European premiere of his Triple Concerto for violin, clarinet, piano and orchestra will be a remider of this fact. This work, completed in 1991, was first performed in Honolulu and conducted by the composer.

Violinist Bartłomiej Nizioł, clarinetist Krzysztof Grzybowski and pianist Piotr Sałajczyk will perform as soloists.

About the programme: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/10127 

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Concert at the NOSPR premises on the 6^th of October, 2023 at 7.30 p.m. is organized around events related to the 70^th anniversary of death of Grzegorz Fitelberg, a composer who has been patron of the Orchestra's activities for years. We will hear his Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 16 performed by NOSPR and conducted by Alexander Humala. Before the concert at 6 p.m. in the NOSPR chamber hall there will be a screening of the film ‘Fulfillment. Sketches for the portrait of Grzegorz Fitelberg’ (2007) directed by Czesław Janicki.

Grzegorz Fitelberg was eager to arrange music all his life, reaching for works by Stanisław Moniuszko, Mieczysław Karłowicz and Karol Szymanowski. This evening we will listen to one of such arrangements - Nocturne and Tarantella Op. 28 originally written by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano.

The programme will also include Variations in B flat major on ‘Là ci darem la mano’ by Fryderyk Chopin and Little Suite by Witold Lutosławski. Pianist Jakub Kuszlik will perform as a soloist.

Details: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/70-rocznica-smierci-grzegorza-fitelberga