45th International Festival of Contemporary Music ”Poznań Music Spring” will be held between March 14 and 21, 2016.
This year’s edition of the Festival has been programmed according to 3 complementary themes that involve performing music by 20th-century masters (such as Witold Lutosławski, Krzysztof Penderecki, Iannis Xenakis), works by contemporary Polish composers (special focus put on Poznań-based artists), and the most interesting compositions and projects of foreign contemporary composers.
The Festival will feature several premiere performances of new works, including Marta Ptaszyńska’s Symphony for 104 percussionists, which will be presented at the opening concert. New compositions have been written also by Krzysztof Meyer, Zbigniew Kozub, Yao Chen, Nan Liang, Thorsten Encke, Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska, Leo Bachmann, Rafał Zapała, Peter Bannister, Jerzy Fryderyk Wojciechowski, Monika Kędziora, Grzegorz Duchnowski, Chang Seok Choi and Dariusz Kaliszuk. Apart from the concerts, the audience will be offered to attend meetings with artists, cultural events’ organizers, music journalists and critics ("Atelier" cycle), as well as events for children and youth.
"Poznań Music Spring" was initiated in 1961 by Tadeusz Szeligowski and Florian Dąbrowski. It is currently organized by the Poznań section of the Polish Composers’ Union and More Than One Production Artist Agency.
Programme: www.wiosnamuzyczna.pl
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC, Polish Radio Programme 2, Radio Merkury, Glissando, MeaKultura.pl, kulturapoznan.pl, epoznan.pl.
