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2^nd Witold Friemann International Clarinet Competition is a project of Foundation Life and Art in cooperation with Thailand Clarinet Association. It is held online from 25-30.09.2023. Application are open from the 1^st of June till the 25^th of September 2023.

The main goal of the Competition is to promote clarinet music by forgotten Polish composer Witold Friemann (1889-1977), whose excellent music works enhanced clarinet literature and are worth promoting worldwide. Characteristic style of his works and unique elements of the Polish music will enrich musical horizons of the participants and develop clarinet skills.

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On the 15^th of September, 2023 at 7.00 p.m. the Silesian Philharmonic will officially begin its 79^th artistic season with a concert of extremely moving music. Recognized soloists Maria Berezovska and Izabela Matuła will perform together with the Philharmonic Choir and Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yaroslav Shemet. The inauguration programme will include a work by the patron of the Silesian Philharmonic, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, and it will be accompanied by one of the most famous and most admired symphonies by Gustav Mahler, his ‘Resurrection’.

The concert will begin with the performance of fragments of Miserere for mixed choir, Op. 44 by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. This composition was created in response to the events of the 19^th of March, 1981 in Bydgoszcz, preceding the martial law announced a few months later.

Ticket information: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/production/inauguracja-mahler-ii-symfonia-matula-berezovska-shemet-wolanin/?=2 

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The 3^rd Michał Spisak International Festival will be held from the 14^th of September to the 22^nd of October, 2023 at the Zagłębie Palace of Culture. The central event of the Festival will be the 14^th Michał Spisak International Music Competition (specialties: trumpet, horn, trombone), and the 2^nd Intercollegiate Poster Design Competition of the 15th Michał Spisak International Competition. The programme will include 10 concerts and 2 exhibitions.

Two concert series are planned – ‘Scena/anecS’ (the audience sits on the stage with the artists) and ‘Chamber Thursdays’ (concerts in the Chamber Hall of the Zagłębie Palace of Culture) - and symphonic concerts in the Theater Hall of the Zagłębie Palace of Culture.

The Sonos Quartet and actor Adam Woronowicz, Krzysztof Herdzin, NOSPR Brass Quintet, jurors of the 14^th Michał Spisak International Music Competition will perform. Gala combined with the opening concert of the Competition will be honored by the performance of the Symphony Orchestra of the Karol Szymanowski conducted by Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk Academy of Music and pianist Magdalena Lisak.

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The Association of Polish Chamber Musicians - Cracow Branch invites you from the 14^th of September to the 6^th of October, 2023 to a series of artistic events that will be held in the Podkarpacie manors. The programme includes not only excellent music, but also meetings dedicated to the 130^th anniversary of birth of Aleksander Fredro and the 185^th anniversary of the and 130^th anniversary of death of Jan Matejko. Admission is free.

Performances by Zarębski Piano Duo, Duo Accosphere, Duo Karolina Mikołajczyk (violin) and Iwo Jednocki (accordion), pianists Monika Gardoń-Preinl, Julia Samojło, Marta Mołodyńska-Wheeler, Olga Tsymbaluk, and soloists: Łukasz Hajduczenia (baritone), Monika Korybalska (mezzo-soprano) and Sylwia Olszyńska (soprano) are planned.

During the inaugurating concert, we will hear not only piano pieces for 4 and 6 hands, but also fragments of works by Aleksander Fredro interpreted by the recognized Cracow actor Jacek Romanowski. The project programme will also include a lecture by Marta Kłak-Ambrożkiewicz - curator of the Jan Matejko House - dedicated to this outstanding painter.

Detailed programme: https://spmk.com.pl/projekt/artystycznie-w-podkarpackich-dworach/ 

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From the 12^th of September to the 19^th of November, 2023, as part of the ‘Music World of Gershon Efros’ project, works by Jewish cantors connected with our lands will be performed in Poland for the first time since World War II. They come from the extensive ‘Anthology of Synagogue Music’ prepared by Gerszon Efros (1890–1978), a composer born in Serock, who emigrated to the United States, where he promoted the music heritage of Polish Jews.

Under the substantive leadership of Dr. Jakub Stefek - organist at the Pestalozzistrasse Synagogue in Berlin and lecturer at the Academy of Art in Szczecin - an educational film about the music and message of Gerszon Efros's work, an information folder, a social media campaign, and works by Jewish cantors were included in the programmes of concerts in various cities in Poland.

We will be able to hear this music during the Four Cultures Festival in Łódź on the 12^th of September, performed by Jakub Stefek and the VRC Choir conducted by Joanna Maluga. At the concert at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw on the 15^th of October, Jakub Stefek and the Match Match Ensemble will also premiere Agnieszka Stulgińska's latest work. On the 19^th of October, as part of the 6^th International Days of Jewish Music in Szczecin, Jakub Stefek, the Choir of the Maritime University of Technology in Szczecin and cantor Isidoro Abramowicz, conducted by Sylwia Fabiańczyk-Makuch, will perform. On the 19^th of November, there will be an Extraordinary Havdalah Concert with the participation of Jakub Stefek, Isidoro Abramowicz and the Choir of the White Stork Synagogue in Wrocław, conducted by Stanisław Rybarczyk.