The Sokół Malopolska Culture Center in Nowy Sącz, as part of the "Sądecka Organ Academy" project, organizes the 1st International Organ Duos Competition "Per organo a quattro mani", which will take place on 15-21 April 2018.
14 duos have applied for the competition, in which organists from Poland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia and Germany will present themselves. We will have the opportunity to listen to their interpretation of church and secular works and watch their performance techniques. The compulsory program of the competition includes, among others, the work of Juliusz Zarębski A travers Pologne op. 23.
The musicians will have at their disposal 51-voice concert organ located in the Lucjan Lipińskiego Hall at the MCK Sokół and organ in the nearby St. Casimir Church. Both instruments offer the performer an impressive color spectrum and a wide dynamic range. Thanks to the completion of the long-planned modernization of the organ in the representative hall of the Sokół Małopolska Culture Center, the city gained a very interesting, large concert instrument with a rich sound palette.
Organized for the first time, the International Organ Duo Competition "Per organo a quattro mani" is an exceptional undertaking, because it draws the attention of organists and music lovers to a comparatively rarely performed repertoire, which is not only an attractive concert literature, but also has an important educational value. Chamber music itself stimulates the development of musical imagination and inspires different interpretations of ideas. Playing together on one instrument is an irreplaceable lesson in ergonomics, showing the performers those technique issues that, once corrected, bring them great advantage as soloists.
Admission free to all the festival events.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
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