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This year, the Chain Ensemble celebrates the centenary of Claude Debussy's death with a series of miniatures referring to the aesthetics, inspiration and sound of the French composer's The works will be premiered on November 27, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. on the stage of Nowy Teatr in Warsaw.

This six-part collection is a tribute to the composer, an innovator of harmony, and a musical poet, who had a huge influence on the development of contemporary music. Witold Lutosławski referred to Debussy, quoting the opening motif of Pelléas and Mélisande in his Grave.

The programme of the concert will include: Claude Debussy – Sonata for flute, viola and harp, Danse sacrée et Danse profane for harp and strings, Witold Lutosławski – Grave. Metamorphoses for cello and piano, and a world premiere of a series of Debussy miniatures – "Our contemporary": Aleksander Kościów – H.aC.D., Lidia Zielińska – Fossil, Tadeusz Wielecki – Elusiveness, Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil – At zenith, Maciej Jabłoński – Linen, Sławomir Wojciechowski – Claude.

The organiser of the concert is Witol Lutosławski Society. Project is co-financed by the Capital City of Warsaw and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

Information on tickets at: http://www.nowyteatr.org

The Academy of Music in Łódź invites you to the sixth edition of the AŻ Festival. The programme of eight concerts will be dominated by two topics: Polish music and games of imagination. Inauguration of the Festival – November 17, 2018.

The inauguration concert will feature works by Krzysztof Penderecki, Krzysztof Olczak and composers associated with Łódź: Olga Hans, Sławomir Kaczorowski and Maciej Kabza. During the final concert, which will take place on December 1, we will hear Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17 by Ignacy Jan Paderewski with an outstanding soloist Kevin Kenner, Exodus by Wojciech Kilar and Radogoszcz dramatic overture by Antoni Szewczyk. The Concert of Polish Music on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining independence will take place on November 27 and will be filled with works by Stanisław Moniuszko, Karol Mikuli, Mieczysław Karłowicz and Grażyna Bacewicz in the interpretation of the Academy's pedagogues, including university's rectors – professors Cezary Sanecki (piano) and Beata Zawadzka-Kłos (soprano). The programme of the next five evenings will cover Polish film music (Wojciech Lemański, Krzesimir Dębski), percussion (Anders Åstrand, Lawrence Ugwu, The Bacewicz Percussion Ensemble) and choir music.

All concerts of the 6th AŻ Festival begin at 6.00 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Music Academy (2a Żubardzka Street), tickets for 30 PLN and 20 PLN to be purchased at the AM ticket office.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at:  http://www.amuz.lodz.pl

The "Górecki – Penderecki" Festival will take place at the Katowice headquarters of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra on November 23 – December 6, 2018.

By this year's festival, the NOSPR orchestra and its guests want to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the birth of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Krzysztof Penderecki – the composers whose work is an essential part of out cultural heritage. The festival events will be stretched between the day of Penderecki's birth and Górecki's birthday.

The achievements of Górecki and Penderecki include almost all musical genres. During the fourteen days of the festival we will hear selected works: from choral songs, through chamber works to great symphonic forms. The programme will be complemented by the works of their masters – pedagouges who watched over the development of their great talents (Szabelski, Malawski, Wiechowicz), and those for whom Górecki and Penderecki themselves have become irreplaceable guides on their creative paths (Knapik, Krzanowski, Wnuk-Nazarowa, Nepelski).

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Full programme available at: http://www.nospr.org.pl/pl/ 

On November 25, 2018, young Polish pianists will start their competition in the 49th Polish National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, organized by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in cooperation with the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.

Polish National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, organized since 1968 in Warsaw, is one of the oldest Polish music competitions, which formula has developed and has been perfected over the years. The Competition is addressed to talented young Polish musicians – students of Music Academies and secondary music schools and its main goal is to promote young, most gifted pianists. The participants will be judged by a jury chaired by Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, and composed of: Ewa Bukojemska, Alicja Kledzik, Wojciech Świtała, Stefan Wojtas and Paweł Zawadzki.

Auditions open to the public will take place from November 25 to December 1, 2018. The first and second stage will take place in the Concert Hall of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw, and the final performances and the concert of the laureates (December 2 at 5:00 pm) – at the Concert Hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. During the final performances and the concert of the laureates, the pianists will be accompanied by the Sinfonia Iuventus orchestra conducted by Marek Moś. In their performance, we will hear concerts of Fryderyk Chopin and Ignacy Jan Paderewski, as well as the Symphony No. 4 Op. 60 by Karol Szymanowski.

More information at: http://pl.chopin.nifc.pl/institute/events/news/id/4821 

On January 27, 2018 at 7.00 pm, the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra will perform in front of the Elbląg audience for the last time this year. The concert will take place in the concert hall of the State Music School Complex in Elbląg and will also feature Zagan Acoustic quartet and Krzesimir Dębski.

Krzesimir Dębski has already performed several times with EOK, both as a conductor and as a soloist. This time, the virtuoso and the Orchestra will perform in the company of Zagan Acoustic – an ensemble which performs versatile music, including avant-garde, jazz and folk.

The programme of the concert will cover original composition by the musicians of the quartet, including Tango cukrowej trzpiotki and Zima by Paweł Zagańczyk. The artists will also present Country in E by Krzesimir Dębski and George Gershwin's Summertime lullaby, which has been appreciated by music lovers around the world for over 80 years. The concert will be led by conductor and accordionist Ariel Ludwiczak.

Concert held as part the „Filharmonia/ ostrożnie, wciąga!!!” programme, co-organised by the Institute of Music and Dance.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: http://www.eok.elblag.eu