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Events organized as part of the ‘Meeting with the Master’ are an opportunity to get to know violinist Mariusz Patyra in various circumstances and roles - as a teacher and virtuoso, during solo and orchestral playing workshops, in the practice room and on the stage.

The ‘Meeting with the Master’ events will take place on May 6-11, 2023 in the Concert Hall of the Academy of Music in Łódź (ul. Żubardzka 2a) and in the Palace of the Academy of Music in Łódź (ul. Gdańska 32). Free entrance.

Schedule of the events: https://www.amuz.lodz.pl/pl/koncerty-i-wydarzenia-zapowiedzi/maj-2023 

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In 2018, Tomasz Raff premiered Mieczysław Weinberg's song cycles Triptych Op. 99 and Profile Op. 88 at the August-Kestner-Museum in Hanover. In May 2023, after 5 years of historical turmoil in the world, the artist returns to Germany to perform an extended Weinberg programme. The concerts will take place on the 7^th of May at 5 p.m.  in the innovative co-working space ‘Die Rampe – Hannover’ and on the 6^th of May 6 at 7.45 p.m. in Göttingen, in the Clavier-Salon run by Prof. Gerrit Zitterbart.

Both recitals will be performed by Tomasz Raff in a duet with pianist Monika Kolasińska. The intimate atmosphere of the recitals and the important message contained in the raw, sparing form of Mieczysław Weinberg's music will be enriched by video-art visualizations by Zuzanna Grzegorowska.

Although Wajnberg composed his last songs about 40 years ago, they have become alarmingly relevant now, when the ghosts of the almost forgotten wartime past have awakened again.

Additional information: https://iam.pl/ 

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The programme of the Hashtag Ensemble’s concert on the 6^th of May, 2023 at 4 p.m. at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews consists of four works by American composer Judd Greenstein, Ukrainian composer Victoria Poleva, Israeli composer Aviy Kopelman and Polish composer Wojciech Błażejczyk.

The theme of Angels of Peace by Wojciech Błażejczyk is the horror of the war in Donbas. The title refers to the medal, a traditional gift given at the Vatican to heads of state. In 2015, Vladimir Putin received him from the hands of the Pope. In this piece, Błażejczyk mockingly recites fragments of Putin's ‘peace’ speeches into the trumpet (‘We will always be on the side of the forces of peace with those who choose the path of equal partnership, who deny war as contrary to the very essence of life and human nature’). The piece evolves into a thrilling finale.

More information: https://polin.pl/pl/phantom-peace-koncert-hashtag-ensemble 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The latest release of the Meccore String Quartet is devoted to the chamber music of Krzysztof Penderecki. The album is released on the 90^th anniversary of the composer's birth, under the banner of the Austrian label Capriccio (C 5493). From the 5^th of May, 2023, it is available on streaming services.

It is a record of his most outstanding works for quartet, trio and string ensemble with the accompaniment of the clarinet, the part of which is played by Jan Jakub Bokun. The album includes works such as String Quartets No. 1, 2, 4, Clarinet Quartet, Der unterbrochene Gedanke and String Trio.

The album is distributed by Naxos and the Polish representative of Capriccio: https://www.cmd.pl/produkt/30895 

Additional information: https://meccorequartet.com/ 

Minister of Culture and National Heritage Prof. Piotr Gliński appointed Paula Lis-Sołoducha - a French horn player and cultural manager - as the director of the National Institute of Music and Dance. The seven-year term began on the 1^st of May, 2023.