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Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On September 10–17, 2022, the 14th International Festival ‘Music on the Heights’ will take place in Zakopane. Many great musical experiences await the audience throughout the week. The repertoire will maintain a perfect balance between the music of bygone eras and the art of our times.

We will recall the works of genius artists associated with Zakopane - Mieczysław Karłowicz, Karol Szymanowski and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, but also string trios by Schubert, Wajnberg, Maciejewski and Krzysztof Penderecki, the artist who was a festival guest in 2018.

There will also be popular works by baroque masters or accents related to the Year of Polish Romanticism. Among the festival performers there will be a number of new names, headed by the charismatic soprano Katarzyna Hołysz, who will present, among others, songs by Polish and Russian composers inspired by Adam Mickiewicz's Ballades and Romance. Well-known musicians will also perform at the Festival: violinist Piotr Pławner, cellist Rafał Kwiatkowski, violist Katarzyna Budnik, Cracow Clarinet Quartet, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki String Quartet or the Whoop Group, saxophone quartet, which evokes great enthusiasm of the audience.

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the culture promotion fund as part of the ‘Music programme implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

After a note of Magdalena Polańska

Festival website: https://muzykanaszczytach.com/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

15^th Silesian Choral Song Festival ‘Magnificat’ will take place on the 19^th of November. The initiative is financed by the Marshal's Office of the Silesian Voivodeship, as part of the celebration of the 100^th anniversary of joining part of Upper Silesia to Poland.

‘Magnificat’ will be held in two locations - in the church of the Holy Family in Bytom-Bobrek (National Choir Competition with workshops conducted by the composer Jan Krutul, whose specially composed work will be performed by all choirs after the announcement of the results) and in the Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Bartholomew in Piekary Śląskie (Festival of Choirs associated in ŚZChiO with workshops of experts of the National Conference ‘I’ve got voice’).

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The National Forum of Music wants to give children a good start in life filled with beauty through the activities offered by the Educational Center of the National Forum of Music, as well as concerts aimed at younger audiences in the season 2022/2023. Pleasant atmosphere in one of the largest concert venues in Europe, safe surroundings, great professionals - all this inspires the development of the individual musical potential of each young person.

Various forms of artistic activity - music, singing, dance - stimulate the development of intellect and linguistic and social competences: participants of classes and concerts fulfill themselves through music and creative play, and also open up to art! This year, the NFM has prepared a diverse offer of activities taking place as part of the Education Center.

Patronat medialny nad projektem objęło Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC.

Porta Musicae Artistic Association invites you to a special evening at the Wawel Royal Castle. On September 11th, at 7 p.m. in the Senators' Hall, we will go on a journey through the world of legends.

The musical interpretation of Cracow legends will be presented by the Cracow Golden Quintet, and the stories will be presented in words by Piotr Krasnowolski. During the concert, we will hear the extraordinary Wojciech Kilar's Quintet for wind instruments, composed by him at the age of only 20, as well as the premiere performance of arrangements of Cracow legends, composed by Aleksander Dębicz commissioned by the Cracow Golden Quintet. These are extremely interesting and colorful compositions in which individual characters are represented by specific instruments that create a fairy-tale sound that perfectly illustrates the events contained in the legends.

A mini-podcast will be available on the website https://anchor.fm/cracow-golden-quintet from the 4th of September: episodes of a word-music drama about Cracow's legends, which will be a kind of prelude to the concert

Patronat medialny nad projektem objęło Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC.

The "Multichannel Post Quartet" project is a multimedia event taking place in the post industrial space in the former Gdańsk Shipyard and in the building of the WL4 Mleczny Piotr Art Gallery, which will take place on September 10, 2022 in Gdańsk. During the two-hour audiovisual performance, four world premieres of works related to the genre of music and contemporary art will be presented, specially commissioned for the event by the NeoQuartet.

Recognized Polish and foreign composers were invited to the project - Paweł Szymański, Agnieszka Stulgińska, Gerard Pape (France), Michał Markiewicz and the visual artist Piotr Wyrzykowski. All works will be performed by a Tri-City string quartet specializing in the performance of contemporary music - NeoQuartet.

The idea of ​​the project is, on the one hand, an attempt to break the stereotype of the traditional approach to a cultural event, to enter the public space with art and to involve the audience in the creative process; on the other hand, it is a form of tribute to the artists whose compositions will be part of the event.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

22^nd Festival ‘Maria Fołtyn Kaleidoscope of Music Forms’ which will be held on September 9–24, 2022, is dedicated to the patron of the festival on the 10^th anniversary of her death.

The festival is a multi-year project referring to the pre – war music traditions of Sopot, concerning classical music presentations. Due to its interesting and unconventional setting, to the performances of eminent artists the festival is highly appreciated by the critics, the Tri-City audience and guests, from Poland and from abroad.

The festival has become a permanent part of Culture Map of Poland and Europe and one of the summer, tourist showcases of Pomerania presenting music from the Baroque period till modern times. This year it will host artists such as Dariusz Wójcik, Edyta Piasecka, Magdalena Cornelius-Kulig, Maciej Zimka, Duo Fortecello.

Patronat medialny nad Festiwalem sprawuje Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC.

Eight concerts with the participation of celebrities of the Polish music scene will take place between the 10^th of September and the 2^nd of October, 2022. This year's edition of the Festival, entitled ‘Innovations’, concentrates on the greatest innovations in the history of music that took place in two eras: baroque and contemporary music. The innovations of both are decisive for the further course of music history.

During this year's edition of the Festival six works by Polish composers: Paweł Łukaszewski, Leszek Kołodziejski, Ignacy Zalewski, Adam Wesołowski and Michał Malec will be premiered.

This year, the following ensembles will perform: Capella Cracoviensis, Silesian Philharmonic - Silesian Chamber Orchestra, Katowice City Singers Ensemble ‘Camerata Silesia’ and soloists and conductors: Marek Toporowski, Łukasz Długosz, Agata Kielar-Długosz, Jan Tomasz Adamus, Anna Szostak, Marcin Nałęcz-Niesiołowski, Aleksandra Gajecka-Antosiewicz, Leszek Kołodziejski, Ewa Uryga, Bartłomiej Duś.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Between the 23^rd and 25^th of September, the 1st Festival of Elżbieta Chojnacka, dedicated to the outstanding Polish harpsichordist will take place in the Palace in Rybna. Admission to all events is free.

Participation in the festival is an invitation to enter the multi-colored and multi-stylistic sound world of the modern harpsichord accompanied by such instruments as soprano saxophone, accordion, cello and percussion. The festival events will include three concerts featuring works by Z. Krauze, T. Sikorski, A. Krzanowski, T. Kamieniak, T. Baird, M. Sawa, W. Glądys, S. Chojnowska, P. Grzelak, P. Stypułkowski, D. Strządała, Ł. Kurpas and I. Božičević.

There will be premieres of works by Leszek Kołodziejski and Roman Hyla.

All the concerts will be performed on a unique harpsichord built in 1982 for Elżbieta Chojnacka, an instrument inherited by A. Gajecka-Antosiewicz - the originator and artistic director of the Festival.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra is a living legend: one of the best symphony orchestras in Poland and a brand recognized in the world. By giving concerts in the most distant corners of the globe, the NOSPR has been carrying out the mission of the ambassador of Polish culture for many years. In September 2022, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra sets off on a tour of Japan. It will be a return after a 20-year break, and also the sixth visit to the ‘country of the cherry blossom’ in the long history of the orchestra.

During the tour, the orchestra will be accompanied by two exceptional personalities: the US conducting icon Marin Alsop and the rising star of Japanese piano, Hayato Sumino.

Scheduled from September 7 to 19, the tour includes 11 concerts at the most important cultural centers in Japan, including Tokyo at the famous Suntory Hall.

Press release

More: www.nospr.org.pl