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Violinist Rafał Zambrzycki-Payne, horn player Krzysztof Tomczyk and pianist Piotr Sałajczyk will perform works by Beethoven, Lutosławski and Ligeti on February 23, 2017 at the Concert Hall of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice.

The artist will interpret Sonata in F major, Op. 17 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Partita for violin and piano by Witold Lutosławski and Trio by György Ligeti. Partita is one of the most important works by Lutosławski, written over the course of 2 months in 1984. It was commissioned by violinist Pinchas Zukerman who, at that time, held the position of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and soon became a significant part of the violin repertoire. Having listened to Anne-Sophie Mutter perform his piece, Lutosławski arranged it for violin and orchestra.

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2017 edition of the Krakow Cello Spring will be held between February 23 and 26 at the Academy of Music and Philharmonic in Krakow.

The line-up includes 3 chamber concerts featuring compositions by Astor Piazzolla and Heitor Villa-Lobos (Bachianas brasileiras performed by 16 cellists under Lars Loefs on February 23), works for cello solo and cello duo by Polish and Brazilian composers (February 24), and famous tunes written by Ennio Morricone (presented by Luca Pincini and Gilda Buttà on February 25), as well as a symphonic concert which will conclude the event on February 26 with works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Mikhail Glinka and Franz von Suppe performed by Symphony Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Krakow under Ivan Monighetti.

Admission free.

Polish Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra under Jerzy Maksymiuk will perform famous compositions by Wojciech Kilar written for films by Zanussi, Konwicki, Wajda and Polański. The concert will be held on February 24, 2017.

The programme includes such works as Orawa, Kościelec, Mazur from Zemsta (The Revenge), Waltz from The Promised Land, Polonaise from Pan Tadeusz, Allegro from September Symphony, music from A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents, The Shadow Land, The Leper, and Dracula.

The Orchestra will be led by Jerzy Maksymiuk who is a distinguished promoter of contemporary music and - as a co-author of the Warsaw Autumn Festival, was a member of its Programme Committee for several years.

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Pomerianian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra under Modestas Pitrėnas will perform Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 by Karol Szymanowski on February 24, 2017.

The programme includes also Iceberg Symphony by Lituanian composer Raminta Šerkšnytė (*1975) and Symphony in D minor by César Franck. The solo part in Szymanowski’s masterpiece will be interpreted by Petras Geniušas. Born into a musical family in Vilnius, the pianist graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music under Jurgis Karnavičius and continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory under Vera Gornostayeva. A series of highest awards at the prestigious piano competitions (including the 2nd prize at Pilar Bayona Piano Competition in Zaragoza in 1989, 1st prize at the Y.C.A.A. International Piano Competition in Oberlin in 1991 and 1st prize at the Palm Beach Invitational International Piano Competition in 1992) confirmed his reputation as one of the most accomplished pianists of his generation. In addition to regular engagements in Lithuania, Petras Geniušas has toured over forty countries around the world, and performed at the world’s major concert venues including the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Great Hall, New York Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, Tokyo Geijitsu Geikijo, and Vienna’s Musikverein. He recorded several critically acclaimed CDs for different labels in Germany, Japan and Lithuania. In recognition of his wide-ranging concert activities and artistic accomplishments, he became the recipient of the Lithuanian National Award (1992) and WIPO Creativity Award (2004). In 2015, he was awarded the Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas.

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A concert featuring chamber works by Wojciech Kilar, Benedykt Konowalski, Waldemar Kazanecki and Henryk Kuźniak will be held on February 28, 2017 at the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic in Łódź.

The concert will be performed by the members of the Łódź Philharmonic’s Orchestra who had programmed its every detail, from repertoire to instrumentation. The audience will be presented with a variety of chamber compositions that were written for double bass duo, string quartet, wind trios, string quintet and other ensembles. Apart from works by Polish composers, the artist will perform compositions by Vittorio Monti, Giovanni Bottesini, Astor Piazzolla, Norman Hallam, Peter Hope, Marc Berthomieu, Duke Ellington, Scott Joplin and others.

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