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Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Wojciech Kilar’s music will be performed on the 26^th H.M. Górecki Festival of Polish Composers in Bielsko-Biała, which will be held from the 5th to the 7th of October.

Performers will be: AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy conducted by Marek Moś with Piotr Sałajczyk as the pianist, Motion Trio, Leszek Możdżer and the Cracow Sinfonietta Cracovia conducted by Adam Sztaba. The concerts will feature Kilar’s classical works, such as Orava, Chorale Prelude, Ricordanza and Piano Concerto No. 2, as well as creative reinterpretations of his works and film music from Dracula and the Promised Land. The concerts will be held at the Bielsko Cultural Centre.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Concerts of the Cracow Accordion Festival will be held in Cracow from the 30^th of September to the 13^th of December.

The Festival is an international celebration of accordion music in various genres and styles in the capital of Małopolska - Cracow. The concerts will be held in the Palace of Art, the Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace – a branch of the National Museum in Cracow, the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music and the Church of St. Marcin.

In 2023, as part of the Festival concert series, the accordion will be compared with other keyboard instruments such as the piano, organ or harpsichord. An interesting summary will be the combination of an accordion with a baroque costume and a unique keyboard instrument - viola organista, which was recreated from Leonardo da Vinci’s designs.

An important element will also be the 10^th anniversary edition of the Concert of Premieres of Accordion Works, which will present solo and chamber works by composers such as Jakub Polaczyk, Olga Hans and Jarosław Płonka. In addition to the performance of well-known and respected artists from Poland and abroad, concerts of the Cracow Accordion Festival will enable the presentation and promotion of the Cracow accordion community, both academic and those operating outside of the university. The project is aimed at audiences of contemporary music.

Patronat medialny nad wydarzeniem objęło Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC.

Najnowszy utwór Grażyny Pstrokońskiej-Nawratil AvalancheSonata (Lawina) nawiązuje do twórczości Mieczysława Karłowicza, który jako zapalony taternik przedwcześnie zginął właśnie zasypany lawiną pod Małym Kościelcem. 22 września 2023 o godz. 18.00 w Studiu Koncertowym Radia Katowice dzieło zaprezentują po raz pierwszy muzycy o światowej renomie: małżeństwo flecistów – Agata Kielar-Długosz i Łukasz Długosz – oraz pianista Andrzej Jungiewicz. Wstęp wolny!

Utwór, zamówiony przez Katowice Miasto Ogrodów - Instytucję Kultury im. Krystyny Bochenek, powstał w ramach programu „Zamówienia kompozytorskie”, realizowanego przez Narodowy Instytut Muzyki i Tańca. Poza prawykonaną kompozycją Grażyny Pstrokońskiej-Nawratil w programie koncertu znajdą się zarówno dzieła oryginalnie przeznaczone na dwa flety i fortepian, jak i aranżacje na ten skład. Usłyszymy m.in. muzykę Fryderyka Chopina, Adama Wesołowskiego i Ewy Fabiańskiej-Jelińskiej.

Powtórzenie prawykonania 30 września będzie miało miejsce w ramach 18. Międzynarodowego Festiwalu im. Grzegorza Gerwazego Gorczyckiego. W tym koncercie trio państwa Długoszów i A. Jungiewicza wykona dwa utwory, pozostałą część wypełnią współwykonawcy.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The 3^rd Michał Spisak International Festival will be held from the 14^th of September to the 22^nd of October, 2023 at the Zagłębie Palace of Culture. The central event of the Festival will be the 14^th Michał Spisak International Music Competition (specialties: trumpet, horn, trombone), and the 2^nd Intercollegiate Poster Design Competition of the 15th Michał Spisak International Competition. The programme will include 10 concerts and 2 exhibitions.

Two concert series are planned – ‘Scena/anecS’ (the audience sits on the stage with the artists) and ‘Chamber Thursdays’ (concerts in the Chamber Hall of the Zagłębie Palace of Culture) - and symphonic concerts in the Theater Hall of the Zagłębie Palace of Culture.

The Sonos Quartet and actor Adam Woronowicz, Krzysztof Herdzin, NOSPR Brass Quintet, jurors of the 14^th Michał Spisak International Music Competition will perform. Gala combined with the opening concert of the Competition will be honored by the performance of the Symphony Orchestra of the Karol Szymanowski conducted by Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk Academy of Music and pianist Magdalena Lisak.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 15^th of September, 2023 at 7.00 p.m. the Silesian Philharmonic will officially begin its 79^th artistic season with a concert of extremely moving music. Recognized soloists Maria Berezovska and Izabela Matuła will perform together with the Philharmonic Choir and Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yaroslav Shemet. The inauguration programme will include a work by the patron of the Silesian Philharmonic, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, and it will be accompanied by one of the most famous and most admired symphonies by Gustav Mahler, his ‘Resurrection’.

The concert will begin with the performance of fragments of Miserere for mixed choir, Op. 44 by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. This composition was created in response to the events of the 19^th of March, 1981 in Bydgoszcz, preceding the martial law announced a few months later.

Ticket information: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/production/inauguracja-mahler-ii-symfonia-matula-berezovska-shemet-wolanin/?=2 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

From the 12^th of September to the 19^th of November, 2023, as part of the ‘Music World of Gershon Efros’ project, works by Jewish cantors connected with our lands will be performed in Poland for the first time since World War II. They come from the extensive ‘Anthology of Synagogue Music’ prepared by Gerszon Efros (1890–1978), a composer born in Serock, who emigrated to the United States, where he promoted the music heritage of Polish Jews.

Under the substantive leadership of Dr. Jakub Stefek - organist at the Pestalozzistrasse Synagogue in Berlin and lecturer at the Academy of Art in Szczecin - an educational film about the music and message of Gerszon Efros's work, an information folder, a social media campaign, and works by Jewish cantors were included in the programmes of concerts in various cities in Poland.

We will be able to hear this music during the Four Cultures Festival in Łódź on the 12^th of September, performed by Jakub Stefek and the VRC Choir conducted by Joanna Maluga. At the concert at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw on the 15^th of October, Jakub Stefek and the Match Match Ensemble will also premiere Agnieszka Stulgińska's latest work. On the 19^th of October, as part of the 6^th International Days of Jewish Music in Szczecin, Jakub Stefek, the Choir of the Maritime University of Technology in Szczecin and cantor Isidoro Abramowicz, conducted by Sylwia Fabiańczyk-Makuch, will perform. On the 19^th of November, there will be an Extraordinary Havdalah Concert with the participation of Jakub Stefek, Isidoro Abramowicz and the Choir of the White Stork Synagogue in Wrocław, conducted by Stanisław Rybarczyk.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Association of Polish Chamber Musicians - Cracow Branch invites you from the 14^th of September to the 6^th of October, 2023 to a series of artistic events that will be held in the Podkarpacie manors. The programme includes not only excellent music, but also meetings dedicated to the 130^th anniversary of birth of Aleksander Fredro and the 185^th anniversary of the and 130^th anniversary of death of Jan Matejko. Admission is free.

Performances by Zarębski Piano Duo, Duo Accosphere, Duo Karolina Mikołajczyk (violin) and Iwo Jednocki (accordion), pianists Monika Gardoń-Preinl, Julia Samojło, Marta Mołodyńska-Wheeler, Olga Tsymbaluk, and soloists: Łukasz Hajduczenia (baritone), Monika Korybalska (mezzo-soprano) and Sylwia Olszyńska (soprano) are planned.

During the inaugurating concert, we will hear not only piano pieces for 4 and 6 hands, but also fragments of works by Aleksander Fredro interpreted by the recognized Cracow actor Jacek Romanowski. The project programme will also include a lecture by Marta Kłak-Ambrożkiewicz - curator of the Jan Matejko House - dedicated to this outstanding painter.

Detailed programme: https://spmk.com.pl/projekt/artystycznie-w-podkarpackich-dworach/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

A new work for two organs and orchestra - Wojciech Laskowski's Meditations will be performed for the first time on the 29^th of October, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sosnowiec. The composition, commissioned by the Maxime Association, will be premiered by organists Daniel Strządała and Jakub Plewa and the Maxime orchestra conducted by Andrzej Mandryka. Admission free.

The organ in the Sosnowiec Cathedral is unique: some of the organ pipes are located in the altar, and it is possible to play two parts of the cathedral instrument separately. Thanks to the concert and Laskowski's new composition, we will learn about the topophonic possibilities of the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sosnowiec: the piece was intended to be performed in this place.

The all-encompassing sound of the organ and orchestra will be enriched by the recitation of Polish poetry.

Additional information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1387392218864068/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

For the second time, students playing violin, cello, viola or double bass will be able to take part in free Hashtag Ensemble Young Academy workshops. They will be led by the violinist Marta Piórkowska, a teacher at the Karol Szymanowski Music Schools Complex in Warsaw. Learning in great company is beautiful! The organizers are waiting for applications until the 24^th of September, 2023.

Students of music schools of the first degree (grades 4-6/8) and the second degree (grades 1-2) will meet twice a month - on Saturdays at 11:00 - from the 7^th of October, 2023 to the 20^th of April, 2024, will take part in the final concert and receive a certificate of completion of the Hashtag Ensemble Young Academy.

During 12 meetings in the Hashtag Lab Contemporary Music Space, children will learn about contemporary music, improvisation, new techniques and an interesting repertoire.

More details: https://hashtaglab.pl/mloda-akademia/