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‘Sounding things’ is the theme of the 66^th International Festival of Contemporary Music ‘Warsaw Autumn’. Between the 15^th and the 23^rd of September, 2023, classical instruments and ensembles will be juxtaposed with new constructions that composers and performers will treat as resounding objects. Many objects will become objectphones - new instruments!

The works of 81 artists will be presented, 42 of whom are associated with Poland. In 12 points on the map of Warsaw, 47 mainstream events, Warsaw Autumn Club and Little Warsaw Autumn will take place. 22 works will be presented for the first time. 5 orchestras, 1 choir, 11 ensembles and 23 soloists will perform. There will be 16 events accompanying the festival.

This year's ‘Warsaw Autumn’ guest festival is the ‘Ad Libitum’ festival: a special concert and a meeting with the creators of the festival will be held on this occasion. And on the 22^nd of September, during another special concert, organized by the Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, the New Music Orchestra, Agata Zubel, Dorota Adamczak and Michele Marelli will perform under the direction of Szymon Bywalec.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Silesian Chamber Music Society invites you to a series of concerts ‘Muzyka na wagę’, which will take place from July 29 to August 27, 2023 in Bytom, Będzin, Tarnowskie Góry and Czerwionka-Leszczyny. The key to all events of this artistic eco-project are plastic caps, which are, in a way, an admission ticket.

The concerts will take place at the Mieroszewski Palace in Będzin, the Palace in Miechowice, the Palace in Rybna, the Cultural and Educational Center in Czerwionka-Leszczyny and the Park at the Castle in Leszczyny. ‘Tickets’ (caps) will be collected before entering the concert and handed over to the city's ‘baskets-hearts’.

The repertoire of concerts has been designed in a way that whole families can participate: the programme includes Polish contemporary music and film music (including works by Wojciech Kilar, Henryk Kuźniak, Andrzej Kurylewicz, Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, Dariusz Zboch), a musical fairy tale, masterpieces of classical music, Neapolitan and operetta arias from the repertoire of Jan Kiepura, and a musical marriage of classical with electronic beat.

The repertoire of concerts has been designed in a way that whole families can participate: the programme includes Polish contemporary music and film music (including works by Wojciech Kilar, Henryk Kuźniak, Andrzej Kurylewicz, Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, Dariusz Zboch), a musical fairy tale, masterpieces of classical music, Neapolitan and operetta arias from the repertoire of Jan Kiepura, and a musical marriage of classical with electronic beat.

Detailed programme: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068857472774 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The 5^th International Music Festival of Central and Eastern Europe ‘Eufonie’, organized by the National Center for Culture, will take place on November 17-25, 2023. The main theme of this year's festival will be folk traditions that reflect national identity and are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for artists. During ‘Eufonie’, they will be presented in a classical, experimental and jazz approach, as well as in a traditional form - thanks to the Olza Song and Dance Ensemble and Kapela Lipka.

Renowned orchestras and outstanding soloists will take part in this year's edition, including BBC Symphony Orchestra, whose performance will initiate the Festival, Łukasz L.U.C. Rostkowski together with Rebel Babel Orchestras, Vadim Gluzman, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Thomas Sanderling, Anna Sułkowska-Migoń, Zsolt Nagy, Hover State Chamber Choir. During the final concert performed by Sinfonia Varsovia, the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and the Poznań Boys' Choir conducted by Zsolt Nagy and we will hear the monumental Lauds by Krzysztof Penderecki; the soloists will be Bożena Bujnicka, Agnieszka Rehlis, Rafał Bartmiński, Tomasz Konieczny and Volodymyr Tyshkov.

https://www.nck.pl/projekty-kulturalne/projekty/festiwal-eufonie/aktualnosci/znamy-artystow-v-festiwalu-eufonie- 

Patronat medialny nad Konkursem objęło Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC.

The aim of the Composition Competition ‘Rumina – 800’ is to enrich the achievements of music culture with new works created on the occasion of the 800^th anniversary of the first mention of Rumia. The deadline for submitting scores is the 20^th of September, 2023.

The subject of the competition is a composition to Kazimierz Nowosielski's Pieśn pochwalna (Song of Praise). The choice of performers, instruments or vocals is free. Duration of the piece - up to 17 minutes.

Rules and regulations - on the website: https://festiwalrumia.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Reg-Komp-Rumina-800.pdf