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On September 7-9, 2023 at the Institute of Music of the Department of Humanities of the University of Rzeszów and at the Zygmunt Mycielski State Primary Music School in Strzyżów the 52nd Musicological Conference of the Polish Composers' Union ‘Polish Music. Tradition and Modernity’ will take place.

The aim of the conference is to look again at the Polish music tradition. To what extent are we still moved by the term ‘Polish music’ today and how do we treat native music? What is Polish music and how do we understand it today? These questions may be a starting point for a discussion on Polish music seen in a broad perspective, including, among others, compositional creativity, performance, reception, as well as aesthetic and methodological reflection.

The conference will be attended by Polish musicologists and invited guests: Bernadeta Czapraga (Universität Mozarteum Salzburg), Luba Kijanowska-Kamińska (Lviv National Music Academy named after Mykola Lysenko), Semith Cevallos (Federal University of Paraná State, Brazil) and John Mackenzie Pierce (University of Michigan).

During the conference, diplomas will be awarded to this year's winners of the Fr. Prof. Hieronim Feicht award.

DOWNLOAD: Conference programme

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 8^th of September, 2023 at 19.00 at the Requiem Records label at Krakowskie Przedmieście 64 in Warsaw the official premiere of the first joint album by recognized Polish instrumentalists: the giant of Polish electronic music Władysław "Gudonis" Komendarek and the valued violist - Krzysztof Maria Komendarek-Tymendorf will take place. The title of the album AtomoGenus refers to the bonds in the atoms of the common musical genes of the artists.

This is the first avant-garde fusion of electronics with noble viola strings, a clash of electro with contemporary viola performance techniques in Poland.

More: https://opus-series.com/index.php?lang=pl&p=sklep&f=&c=&t=&st=&o=&pid=147&page=0 

SEE: AtomoGenus album teaser: https://youtu.be/2fQEiHEyyoA?si=8UNrqUdRkqjN19_w 

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On the 8^th of September, 2023 at 20.00 in the hall of the Marshal's Office, the ‘Golden Concert’ of the Silesian Philharmonics will take place, the programme of which includes works announcing the next concert season. A special free invitation to the concert will be available on the 17^th of August from 11.00 at the ticket office of the Silesian Philharmonic or by completing the online form (this will be launched at noon).

In the 2023/2024 season, the Philharmonic will host the participants of the 11^th International G. Fitelberg Conductors' Competition. Celebration of the 90^th birthday of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki will also take place, the Film Music Gala and Game Music Fest, and more!

During the September concert performed by the Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yaroslav Shemet, we will hear Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra, Op. 40 by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Orawa by Wojciech Kilar, music by Hans Zimmer from the film Pearl Harbor and works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Gustav Mahler and Astor Piazzolla. Harpsichord player, Marek Toporowski, will perform as a soloist.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Copernicus #550 is a unique project of the Toruń Symphony Orchestra devoted to Nicolaus Copernicus and his great discoveries, prepared on the occasion of the astronomer's 550^th birthday. On September 7 - October 1, 2023, 15 unique meetings with unearthly sounds from the most distant corners of space will take place.

Guests will be able to participate in 2 symphonic concerts, a great multimedia show, 2 free chamber concerts in one of Toruń's shopping malls, the exhibition ‘Planets - family album’ and lectures.

The music repertoire will include compositions celebrating the life and achievements of Nicolaus Copernicus, composed especially for the anniversary of his birth, works expressing admiration for the incomprehensible life of galaxies, full of secrets, and timeless pieces focusing on the inner universe of human emotionality.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre

The International Festival of Contemporary Music and Visual Arts ‘Mózg Festival’ is a meeting of artists from all over the world creating in all areas of contemporary music, performance art, audio and video installations in which music plays an important role. This year's edition will take place on September 7-9, 2023 and is titled ‘Do not forget to keep your mind clear’. Free entrance!

The programme includes concerts by composer Piotr Peszat, pianist and composer Barbara Drążkowska Drazkov, improvisations by composers and instrumentalists Reinhold Friedel and Frank Gratkowski, Folded Maps of Time (FoMaTi) - an immersive audiovisual installation by Marek Chołoniewski, Chris Cutler and Piotr Madej, and a performance by composer Anna Jędrzejewska HYBRID for rapper , 4 performers and visualizations to D'Chaos' libretto, performed by artists of the Sztuka Ciała Foundation.

Festival website: https://festiwal.mozg.pl