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Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Silesian Quartet invites you to the NOSPR premises on the 23^rd of May, 2023 at 19.30. As part of the project ‘Mieczysław Wajnberg - all string quartets - following the dedication’, artists will present String Quartets No. 10, 11 and 16 of this brilliant composer.

Contributing significantly to the rediscovery of Mieczysław Weinberg's music, the Silesian Quartet set itself an extremely demanding task: recording all 17 quartets of this forgotten, Polish-Jewish-Soviet composer. Thanks to this, we have the unique privilege of hearing the complete set of Weinberg's extraordinary quartets live, following the changes taking place in his musical language and following the trail of dedications hidden in the pages of the scores.

The concert will be led by Prof. Marcin Trzęsiok.

Detailed information about the project: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/kwartet-slaski-mieczyslaw-wajnberg-3 

Media patronage: Polish Music Informatin Centre POLMIC.

The ‘Orthodox Music’ Foundation in Hajnówka invites you to the 42^nd International Festival of Orthodox Church Music ‘Hajnówka 2023’ in Białystok, which will take place on May 25-28, 2023. This year's edition will be dedicated to the 90^th anniversary of Krzysztof Penderecki's birth. The festival is held under the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland, the Patronage of the Polish Composers' Union and the Mayor of Białystok. In the years 2003–2020, the artistic patron of the Festival was Krzysztof Penderecki.

On the 25^th of May, the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic will host the opening of the exhibition ‘Maestro Penderecki and the Festival, followed by the inaugurating concert ‘Sacrum of the East and the West in the music of Krzysztof Penderecki’ performed by the Choir of the Warsaw Philharmonic.

Detailed programme: http://festiwal-hajnowka.pl/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The TOVA multimedia flute recital is the result of cooperation between flautist Ania Karpowicz and composers Marta Śniady, Nina Fukuoka, Aleksandra Kaca and Teonika Rożynek. Each of the artists, taking up the topic of searching for the sources of identity, put her personal experience into the works, as we will see during the concert at the Hashtag Lab Contemporary Music Space on the 25^th of May, 2023 at 19.00.

TOVA is a joint search of the soloist and composers for the sound values ​​of the flute, related to the expansion and development of contemporary performance techniques and various techniques of live and recorded sound processing. We will hear them in the works 4 rituals of womens' happiness by Marta Śniady, Zansei by Nina Fukuoka, SCREAM by Teonika Rożynek and Inner by Aleksandra Kacy.

The TOVA www.tovaproject.art programme had its digital premiere at the Sacrum Profanum Festival in 2020, and the first stage performance at the KODY festival in 2021, since then it has been presented in Poland, Germany and Norway.

After the concert at 20.00 there will be an opening of the exhibition by Ľudmila Bubánova ‘In the evening I will put her face on’.

Ticket information: https://hashtaglab.pl/event/tova/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The International Festival of Contemporary Music ‘Poznań Music Spring’ will take place from the 24^th to 28^th of May, 2023. Over the course of five festival days, many recognized artists will perform on the stages of Poznań, presenting works by both Polish and foreign composers.

The festival events were preceded by a symphonic concert at the Poznań Philharmonic in March, featuring compositions by Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz, Kazimierz Serocki and Krzysztof Meyer. The May edition will consist of nine concerts showcasing various facets of chamber music. The key criterion for selecting the repertoire for this year’s edition is compositions with non-standard instrumentation.

The concerts will include premieres of compositions by Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz, Katarzyna Arnhold, Aleksandra Bilińska, Michał Janocha, Katarzyna Taborowska, Barbara Kaszuba, Jaromir Gajewski, Andrzej Dziadek, Tadeusz Dixa, and Artur Żuchowski. The festival programme also includes events initiated by the youngest generation of composers.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Hashtag Lab and the Sfera Harmonii Foundation invite families with children aged 3-7 to two performative walking concerts entitled ‘Ears on the trail of adventures’ on the 27^th of May, 2023 (Barska 29 street, Warsaw): at 10.00 and 12.00. We will hear works by Malcolm Arnold, Mikołaj Majkusiak, Wojciech Blecharz and Paweł Janas. The patron of the meeting will be Béla Bartók - composer and precursor of musical ethnography

Ania Karpowicz (flutes, tongue drum) and Paweł Janas (accordion, k-drone, melody) will perform. The meeting will be hosted by actress Anna Szawiel.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

During the 71^st artistic season, the Opole Philharmonic carries out the ‘Conductor-in-residence’ programme, organized by the National Institute of Music and Dance. As part of the programme, on the 26^th of May, 2023 at 7 p.m., a concert of the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hanna Hurkot will take place.

The musical evening will be inaugurated by Stanisław Moniuszko's Fairy Tale, or a Winter Tale. In addition to symphonies and numerous harpsichord sonatas, cello concertos are of great value in Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's oeuvre. The three-movement Concerto in A major WQ 172 will be interpreted by Michał Balas. Felix Mendelssohn's 4^th ‘Italian’ Symphony will be the last.

More: https://filharmonia.opole.pl/wydarzenia/dyrygentka-rezydentka-odcinek-finalowy/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Recital of Rafał Blechacz, winner of the 15^th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, will take place at the Opole Philharmonic on the 21^st of May, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

Artist will perform Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 by Fryderyk Chopin and works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven and César Franck.

Detailed information and tickets: https://filharmonia.opole.pl/wydarzenia/rafal-blechacz-recital/ 

We invite all the interested composers to participate in an online information meeting on the open call for applications within the ‘Renewable Music. V4 Composers for Sustainability’ project.

The meeting will take place on Monday, 29^th of May 2023, at 2.00-3.00 p.m. After a short presentation, there will be a Q&A session with the project consortium representatives and coordinators.

The deadline for submission of applications is the 15^th of June, 2023.

We invite all the interested composers to participate in an online information meeting on the open call for applications within the ‘Renewable Music. V4 Composers for Sustainability’ project.

The meeting will take place on Monday, 29th May 2023, at 2.00-3.00 p.m. After a short presentation, there will be a Q&A session with the project consortium representatives and coordinators.

You can register for the meeting online by filling in the form: https://renmus.eu/index.php/2023/05/16/online-information-meeting-for-composers/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On August 1-12, 2023, the 33^rd International Music Course in Opole will take place - one of the oldest events dealing with music education in Poland, bringing together over a hundred young musicians from around the world every year. The application deadline is the 24^th of June.

The course offer includes:

• masterclasses: piano, historical piano, piano duo, violin, viola, cello, double bass, string and piano chamber music and orchestral performance,
• historical performance classes,
• improvisation classes for pianists and string players led by Atom String Quartet and composer Aleksander Dębicz,
• workshops on the physiology of music,
• the possibility of artistic presentations at many concerts taking place in Opole and in other interesting places in Opole Silesia,
• concerts performed by course lecturers and invited guests.

Detailed information available on the website www.kurs.opole.pl