World premiere of the Sixth Commandment of Elżbieta Sikora, recognized Polish composer and pioneer of electronic music, will take place on the 27th of March 2022 at 7 p.m. in Szczecin Philharmonic. The piece will be performed together with Diario polacco No. 2 a masterpiece of the Italian composer Luigi Nono.
Both pieces express defiance towards political violence. The instrumentation and Polish motifs connect the two pieces. Remembering the past they warn against actual atrocities.
The Sikora’s piece will be performed by the French vocal ensemble. Les Métaboles lead by Léo Warynski. Erik Drescher (flutes), Bartosz Koziak (cello) and Dominik Dołęga (percussion) were also invited to the project. Nono’s piece will be joined by the experts of live electronics from SWR Experimentalstudio from Freiburg.
The composition was commissioned by Les Métaboles and Adam Mickiewicz Institute. PWM is the composition publisher. The project Sikora/ Nono was co-financed by Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, SACEM, Polish Institute in Paris as well as by the Centre National de la Musique. SONORA Music Agency initiated the project.
Monika Pasiecznik
More information: https://filharmonia.szczecin.pl/wydarzenia/1703-SIKORA__NONO