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Composition competition ‘A work for carillon and two trumpets’

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The Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk announces a composition competition ‘A work for carillon and two trumpets’. The competition is open to students of composition classes at Polish music academies. The deadline for submitting scores is the 11^th of June, 2023 (23:59).

Subject of the competition is composing a piece for carillon and two trumpets. Duration of the composition: 4 to 6 minutes. Each composer may submit any number of works. Competition works should be submitted anonymously.

The competition will be settled by the end of June 2023. The winning composition will be premiered during the Gdańsk Carillon Festival 2023. In addition, Head of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk funded the main prize of PLN 1,500 gross for the winners of the competition.

Rules and regulations available on the website: https://www.amuz.gda.pl/wydarzenia/konkurs-kompozytorski-utwor-na-carillon-i-dwie-trabki,1365

Participants of the International Karol Szymanowski Music Competition selected!

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Participants of the International Karol Szymanowski Music Competition in performance categories were selected. The final auditions will take place in September 2023 in one of the best concert halls in Europe. We invite you to NOSPR for a celebration of Polish music and young talents!

38 singers, 31 pianists, 34 violinists and 13 string quartets were qualified for the competition. Based on the recommendations of the selection committee members, Competition Director Ewa Bogusz-Moore increased the limit of those qualified in the violin and piano categories due to the very high artistic level of the candidates.

Prizes with a total value of up to EUR 300,000 are competing in 5 categories: composition, piano, violin, voice, and string quartet. The winners of the composition category were selected in November 2022, and the awarded works will be published by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne. The winners of the competition will be announced in the fall of this year.

More: www.szymanowski-competition.com

Norway | NeoArte – Synthesizer of Arts – Oslo edition

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NeoArte | Synthesizer of Arts | Oslo edition is three days (March 24-26) of concerts and more: art installations, performance, panel discussions. In addition, the younger audience (kids and youth) will be able to participate in the uniquely-designed workshops concerning field recordings and electronic music. The events will take place in Forstanderskapssalen at Sentralen, Gamle Raadhus Scene, Kulturkirken Jakob and Tøyen Kirke in Oslo.

NeoArte – Synthesizer of Arts Festival has been organized every year in Gdansk, Poland since 2012. Its initiator and producer is NeoQuartet - Polish string quartet from Gdansk, the prizewinner of prestigious Pomeranian Artistic Award 2019 and one of the most prominent ensembles in Polish contemporary (and not only!) music. Starting this year, NeoArte will also happen abroad.

NeoArte – Synthesizer of Arts festival exists to inspire, support creativity. Its idea is rooted in the artistic synthesis. To work as a platform connecting artists from various cultural backgrounds and realms of art by creating influential environment, a chance for new connections and interdisciplinary effects.

Festival’s composer in residence – the outstanding Norwegian composer and performer Trond Reinholdtsen – will present the premiere of his newest project. Among the performers and musicians there are the top tier of most creative Norwegian and Polish artists including: Cikada Ensemble (our partner), Anna Karpowicz, Jennifer Torrence, PARALLAX & Anne Hytta, and Dariusz Mazurowski. What is more, the festival’s hosts NeoQuartet will present a new – interdisciplinary and international – facet of the string quartet during the concert Modern Multichannel Quartet.

We will have a chance to listen to dozens of compositions written by composers from Norway and Poland, and moreover from Iceland, Iran, USA and Germany. Two of the pieces will have their world premieres during the festival. Each concert is planned as a multidisciplinary spectacle with the audience being not only the part of the performance, but also an element of the whole artistic process.

Press release

Details: https://neoarte.pl/

The participants of the 3rd International Competition of Polish Music announced!

MKMP 8.3.23

The participants of the 3^rd International Competition of Polish Music have been announced.

On the 8^th of March 2023, a three-member Qualification Committee evaluated the applications submitted by the candidates wishing to participate in the 3^rd International Competition of Polish Music.

The Qualification Committee, in a panel composed of Paweł Zalejski (Chairperson), Robert Morawski and Hubert Rutkowski, qualified 21 pianists and 31 chamber ensembles to the Competition. Ever since it was first held, the Competition has been attracting more and more candidates. In this year applications were sent from 14 countries located on 3 different continents. A total of 113 artists from 10 countries qualified for the Competition. This year’s edition will feature artists from Poland, Japan, the United States, South Korea, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Belarus, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.

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More information on the website: www.konkursmuzykipolskiej.pl

1st National Instrumental Competition for students of primary and secondary music schools ‘Virtuoso!’ - online

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The AULOS Foundation invites you to participate in the 1^st National Instrumental Competition for students of primary and secondary music schools ‘Virtuoso!’, which will take place online on April 17-30, 2023. The deadline for submitting applications is the 5^th of April.

This year's edition is planned online, consisting in delivering recordings. The competition aims to popularize classical music, promoting young artists, creating space for students to present their own artistic personality and raising the level of teaching.

Participants must record two works different in style.

Various age groups apply.

Participants will be assessed by the Jury appointed by the Organizer of the Competition, which will include Polish and foreign lecturers of music universities, instrumentalists, conductors. The jury will select the winners in each category, in each age group.

There are prizes for the winners, including a special prize for the performance of a work by a Polish composer of the 20^th-21^st century, funded by the Polish Music Information Center POLMIC.

Details and rules and regulations available on the website: www.aulos.org.pl/virtuoso

Katowice | 'Katowice. Kultura. Natura' – programme of the international festival annoounced!

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Mendelssohn's Scottish caves, Beethoven's idyllic village, the Karłowicz's landscape of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania are just a piece of the picturesque puzzle of the International Festival ‘Katowice. Culture. Nature’. This year's edition called ‘Landscape’ will take place at NOSPR on May 11-21, 2023.

The stars of this year's Festival will be, among others, countertenors Jakub Józef Orliński and Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, cellists Ivan Karizna and Andrei Ioniță, pianist Louis Lortie. In addition to NOSPR, world-renowned ensembles will also perform: Il Pomo d'Oro conducted by Francesc Corti, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by maestro Paav Järvi.

The programme will include: the dazzling Symphonic Variations and Concerto for Orchestra by Witold Lutosławski, Lithuanian Rhapsody by Mieczysław Karłowicz - his only ‘landscape’ symphonic poem.

Full programme of this year's edition: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/program/festiwal-katowice-kultura-natura

Cracow | National knowledge competition '20 Looks at Witold Lutosławski'

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At ASM II st. in Cracow, celebrating its 25^th anniversary on March 24-25, a knowledge competition '20 Looks at Witold Lutosławski' will take place. 48 secondary music school students from all over the country will come to Cracow. Some of the competition events will be open to the public – we cordially invite you!

On the first day of the competition (Friday, March 24) at 16:45, Małgorzata Sułek, PhD will give a lecture titled 'Applied Work of Witold Lutosławski'. Songs written by Lutosławski under the pseudonym Derwid, such as 'Nie oczekuję dziś nikogo' and 'Warszawski dorożkarz' will be mentioned there among other things. On the second day (Saturday, March 25) at 11:45, we invite you to the finale of the competition. It will be a great opportunity to get acquainted with the life and work of Lutosławski. Both events – admission is free – will take place in the ASM auditorium at Prosta 35A street in Cracow.

Organized since 2017, the series of competitions aims to familiarize students with the music of the 20th century. Most previous competitions were devoted to the life and work of contemporary composers.

The importance of the event is further signified by the involvement of many recognized institutions. The partners of the competition are The Institute of Musicology of the Jagiellonian University, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Krakow, PWM Edition, National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute, International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn", Paul Sacher Foundation, Museum of Nature – Lutosławski Manor in Drozdowo, DUX Recording Producers, The Witold Lutosławski Society, Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music, medici.tv website, and Arkana Melomana portal.

Rules and regulations as well as information about previous editions of the competition are available on the website: https://asm2.edu.pl/ogolnopolski-konkurs-20-spojrzen/

Poznań | 'Stabat Mater' of Szymanowski and Pergolesi

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For the first time in Poland Daniela Cardim and Edward Clug - icons of world contemporary choreography, together with dancers of the Grand Theater in Poznań, will present their visions of Stabat Mater by Karol Szymanowski and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi on the 29^th and 30^th of March, 2023 at 19.00.

In the choreographic interpretations we will find a rich spectrum of emotions - from suffering and mourning, to the affirmation of life, from the breath-holding sense of loss, to the acceptance of what fate brings. The two parts of the performance create a story about a woman-mother. The synergy of sound and movement, the multidimensionality of the message, the perfect interpretation of the dancers of the Ballet of the Grand Theater in Poznań - Stabat Mater by Daniela Cardim and Edward Clug is a performance for today's times.

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More: https://opera.poznan.pl/pl/stabat-mater-wieczor-baletowy-cardimclug

Gdańsk | International Conference and the 4th International Festival of Piano Duos

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On April 13-18, 2023, the International Conference and the 4^th International Festival of Piano Duos (IPDF) will take place at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk. Free admission!

During the Conference and Festival, 12 piano duos from Austria, France, South Korea, Georgia, the Czech Republic, Israel and Germany will perform. In addition, Polish piano duos will perform, as well as student and children's duos. During the opening concert, the First Polish Piano Concerto for Four Hands and Orchestra by Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk will be premiered.

All concerts (April 13–18, 2023) will be held at the Concert Hall of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk. Free tickets are required and can be booked at https://amuz.gda.pl/wydarzenia

The international conference will be devoted to the aspects and specificity of the piano duo. The conference part will feature 18 speakers from various European countries.

Katowice | Chromatic vs diatonic harp or Warsaw Philharmonic vs NOSPR

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Chamber musicians of the Warsaw Philharmonic and NOSPR will present works for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet by such composers as Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Osvaldo Golijov, André Jolivet and Aleksander Tansman on the 30^th of March 2023 at 7.30 p.m. at NOSPR premises.

We will also hear the neoclassical Sonata for two violins by Aleksander Tansman - a position rarely present onstage, but worth listening to!

More: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/2-12

Warsaw | Premiere of the album 'Mickiewicz for three voices'

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Instruments with an unusual timbre – marimbas – accompany the baritone Marcin Bronikowski, who performs Gabriel Collet's songs to Adam Mickiewicz's sonnets. His poetry in a new version will be heard during the concert premiere of the album Mickiewicz for three voices at the Grand Theatre Teatr - Polish National Opera on the 4^th of April, 2023 at 18.00.

Percussionist and composer Gabriel Collet, born in France, has been active in Poland since 2005. He is a holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship and the winner of the 1^st prize at the International Contemporary Chamber Music Competition in Cracow. Together with Elwira Ślązak, he creates the marimbaphone duo Axoum Duo, which we will hear during the concert.

The cycle of 11 songs for baritone and two marimbas to selected sonnets by Adam Mickiewicz was dedicated by Gabriel Collet to the baritone Marcin Bronikowski, with whom he has been collaborating since 2008.

The recordings of this first cycle of songs to the poetry of Adam Mickiewicz, written for two marimbas and a baritone, were made in Studio S4 of the Polish Radio in November 2022. Prof. Jerzy Bralczyk - an expert on Mickiewicz's work - wrote a commentary to the album. The publisher of the album is the Krea Music Foundation.

Ticket information: https://teatrwielki.pl/repertuar/kalendarium/2022-2023/mickiewicz-na-trzy-glosy/termin/2023-04-04_18-00/

Wrocław | Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

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Concert of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic lead by Giancarlo Guerrero on the 31^st of March, 2023 at 19.00 will be a meeting with two great symphonies written in the 20^th century. The author of the Third Symphony ‘Symphonie liturgique’ is Arthur Honegger, an artist whose works far too rarely appear in concert programmes. Symphony No. 3 ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’ was written by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, one of the most famous Polish composers of the last century. The solo part in his work will be performed by Aleksandra Kurzak. The theme of both symphonies is very similar – it is a settlement with the great tragedies of the 20^th century.

Honegger's Third Symphony was written in 1945–1946. The composer's goal was, on the one hand, to settle accounts with the horrors of war, and on the other, to express hope for peace.’

Górecki's ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’ consists of three parts. Each of them is maintained at a slow pace, in each there is a motif of the loss of a child and the inevitable mourning of the mother associated with this event. The asceticism and simplicity of the musical language used by the artist strengthen the emotional message hidden in words.

Press release

More: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/9377

Łódź | 28th Showcase of Songs about Łódź 'Łódzkie Wings 2023' on the 600th Birthday of Łódź

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Society of Friends of Łódź, Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź, the Piccolo Theater in Łódź and Primary School No. 175 in Łódź announce the 28^th Showcase of Songs about Łódź 'Łódzkie Wings 2023' on the 600^th Birthday of Łódź. The competition auditions will take place on the 27^th and the 28^th of April, 2023 at the Piccolo Theatre. Applications with a complete set of attachments should be sent by the 31^st of March.

The aim of the Competition is to shape, develop and deepen ties with the 'Little Homeland' by popularizing songs about Łódź among children and youth. The competition is addressed to children and teenagers from Łódź and the surrounding area (Łódź Voivodeship).

Participation in the competition is open to soloists, ensembles (vocal, vocal-instrumental, vocal-movement ensembles), choirs from kindergartens, primary and secondary schools and participants of activities in out-of-school education facilities, including children and youth of national minorities.

Participants are obliged to prepare and present two songs in Polish (or the native language of the competition participant) at the competition audition. One of them has to be a piece about Łódź. The total duration of the performance may not exceed 10 minutes.

The organizers encourage you to compose new songs about Łódź, and to create new arrangements and arrangements of already existing songs about Łódź. Jubilee compositions related to the 600^th anniversary of granting Łódź city rights will be welcome.

Rules and regulations of the competition at the website of the Society of Friends of Łódź www.tplodzi.eu and https://sp175lodz.pl/

Wrocław | 9th Student Scientific Conference 'Ambiguity of sound'

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Scientific and Artistic Circle of Composition and Music Theory of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław invites you to the 9th Student Scientific Conference ‘Ambiguity of sound’, which will be held on May 9-10, 2023. This year's edition will take place in a hybrid formula: participants will be able to present their papers both in the AMKL building and remotely via the Microsoft Teams platform. In the case of participation as a speaker, applications for the Conference should be submitted by the 10^th of April. In the case of participation as a listener, the deadline for submitting applications is the 30^th of April.

The theme of this year's edition - which is to inspire our participants - is ‘Between madness and logic’: the organizers propose to look at the sound in terms of language, culture, technology, acoustics or psychology. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this research project, it is addressed both to students of music theory and musicology, as well as students of other academic disciplines who are interested in the above-mentioned topics. The special guest of the 9th edition will be Dr Marcin Konik from the Fryderyk Chopin National Institute in Warsaw. Traditionally, the event will be accompanied by a Composer's Concert, during which the compositions by students of AMKL will be presented.

The co-organizer of the event is the Karola Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław and the honorary patronage over the event was taken by Rector Prof. Krystian Kielb.

Additional information-on the website: https://amuz.wroc.pl/

Warsaw | Improvisation workshops ‘Tell me a fairy tale’ 2023

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 31^st of March, 2023, this year's series of improvisation workshops ‘Tell me a fairy tale’, organized by the Polish Society for Contemporary Music and the Art Deco Group Music Agency begins. The first workshop will take place in the Kindergarten No. 183 in Warsaw's Praga Północ. and pianist Jarosław Siwiński and double bass player Małgorzata Kołcz.

Classes are aimed at children aged 3-8 and their parents. They combine graphically inspired improvisations - first literary and then musical. Children create their own stories based on the presented picture books. The improvised fairy tales are then ‘translated’ into musical language under the guidance of the teachers. Creative contact with literature and music, facilitated by fun-initiating graphics and inventing simple stories, introduces children to the world of sounds, based on their natural creativity.

More: https://www.facebook.com/ptmw1923

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