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6^th International Composition Compteition "Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta: Hommage à Krzysztof Penderecki" has been settled and winners have been selected.

The Orchestra of the Royal Capital City of Krakow – Sinfonietta Cracovia had announced the 6^th International Composition Competition "Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta: hommage à Krzysztof Penderecki", dedicated to the memory of Maestro associated with the Orchestra from the very beginning of its existence. Competition was aimed to promote young composers and to broaden the repertoire for string orchestra. The subject of the Competition was an original piece entitled Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta: Hommage à Krzysztof Penderecki for a string orchestra and percussion (max. ensemble formation 6-5-4-4-1 / perk. 3).

We have the pleasure to announce, that the jury of the 6. International Composition Competition Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta: Hommage à Krzysztof Penderecki, consisted of: Elżbieta Penderecka ‒ Honorary Chairwoman, Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa, Eugeniusz Knapik, Marcel Chyrzyński i Jurek Dybał, has reached its verdict, awarding the first prize ex æquo to Mr. Andrea Mattevi (Italy) and Mr. Robin Lilja (Sweden) for compositions both titled Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta: Hommage à Krzysztof Penderecki.

The compositions of the first prize laureates will receive its premiere during the 6th edition of the Sinfonietta Festival, which dates will announced in the next few weeks.

Our congratulations go out to the winners!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://sinfonietta.pl/ 

From the July 11th to September 2020 we will be able to experience equivalent of musical festival without leaving our homes. The festival is based on the idea of creating a “common place”, in which people will be able to listen to more or less known Polish contemporary composers, learn about the work of Polish composers and discover young Polish performers – all of this connected with the key of topoi, loci communes, common places such as: love, death, nature, ritual dream, labirynth, fairy tales, past and future.

The festival, which will consist of 9 virtual concerts, will be hosted on http://miejscawspolnefestiwal.pl/ for 3 months. The concerts will be created using existing – new and upcoming – pieces of contemporary compositions. Each of them will be accompanied by an original programme essay, touching upon the themes relevant to the selected works, which will help to understand and experience the music more deeply. The programme assumptions are "3x Poland": a cross-sectional view of Polish contemporary music creators – from the classics of the 20th century to the youngest generation of artists; bringing out the work of female composers and only Polish performers – ensembles and soloists specialising in the performance of contemporary music. The event will include Music Criticism Workshops.

Implemented as part of the scholarship program of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage “Kultura w sieci”.

Karolina Dąbek

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Detailed information on the website: http://miejscawspolnefestiwal.pl/ 

Warsaw, 3 July 2020

In connection with the announcement by the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda of the "Freedom Card on the Web", the Polish Composers' Union presents its position on the fifth point of this Card "Not for smartphone tax".

1. Financial resources obtained from the reprographic fee, which includes a fee for smartphones, are intended to compensate authors for their works downloaded to smartphones by their users. These financial resources will partly contribute to the pension fund for artists who are not covered by the Social Security Association pension system. It is worth adding that these are usually people with low and usually sporadic incomes.

2. Artistic environment is struggling to add smartphones to the existing list of devices covered by the reprographic fee for years. Recently, work on the preparation of relevant regulations has been successfully completed. These works were carried out in close cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, which for years has been declaring full support for the implementation of postulates of artistic environment regarding the introduction of smartphones on the list of devices covered by the reprographic fee.

The Polish Composers' Union appeals to the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda to withdraw the possible intention to block the relevant regulations regarding the case discussed.

Mieczysław Kominek, President of the Polish Composers' Union

The Music Library of the Polish Composers' Union – Polish Music Information Center POLMIC received the status of a scientific library.

Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Culture and National Heritage prof. Piotr Gliński on the basis of the regulation of April 2, 2012 on the method and procedure for classifying libraries as part of some scientific libraries and determining their list (Dz. U. z 2016 r. poz. 137, z późn. zm.) awarded the Music Library of the Polish Composers' Union – Polish Music Information Center POLMIC the status of a scientific library.

The application for inclusion in the scientific libraries previously was positively assessed by the National Library Council.

At present, 33 libraries classified as scientific libraries in the whole country have been included in the list constituting an attachment to the Ministry's regulation.

The list of libraries is available on the website https://www.bn.org.pl/index.php/aktualnosci/4025-polskie-centrum-informacji-muzycznej-polmic-biblioteka-fonoteka-zwiazku-kompozytorow-polskich-zaliczona-do-bibliotek-naukowych.html 

A good reason for music lovers to visit Warmia and Żuławy is the 7th edition of the "Music in Warmia and Żuławy" Festival, which will take place on 9-10 July 2020 in different Gothic churches of the region. Festival concerts will be performed by the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Michał Krężlewski.

The St. Bartholomew Church in Pasłęk and St. Nicholas Cathedral in Elbląg will be filled with music from different countries and periods. The programme will include, among others, Romance No. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Concerto for Two Violins in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, Navarra, Op. 33 by Pablo Sarasate as well as Hombark Concerto by Sławomir Czarnecki. The musicians of the Elbląg orchestra will perform both together and as soloists.

Admission to all festival concerts, held in accordance with the directions of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate, is free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Full programme is available at: https://eok.elblag.eu/