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The accordion virtuoso, well-known teacher and rector of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Klaudiusz Baran will perform with the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra on 15 November 2020 at 6.00 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the State Music School Complex in Elbląg.

Klaudiusz Baran's artistic achievements have changed the perception of the accordion in Poland, elevating it to the status of a fully-fledged instrument capable of shaping a real musical world. In his interpretations, the artist is capable of intertwining humility and deference to the work with a wealth of ingenuity, a personal perception of time in music, extraordinary charisma on stage and natural character of expression. The merits of his performances have been noted many times in numerous enthusiastic reviews and reflected in competition prizes, nominations and artistic awards. Baran is the first accordion player to receive a Fryderyk award, for the album "Astor Piazzolla – Tango", recorded for Sony Classical.

The artist navigates freely in a varied repertoire of many periods, but is most appreciated for his performances of contemporary music. With the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra, Klaudiusz Baran will perform, among others, Mikołaj Majkusiak's Chamber Concerto for accordion and string orchestra – one of the composer's latest works, premiered in February this year. The Orchestra conducted by Sabrina Stachel will also present Ottorin Respighi's Suite and Edvard Elgar's Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: https://eok.elblag.eu/ 

The Elbląg Chamber Orchestra is preparing a special concert on the occasion of National Independence Day. Polish patriotic songs and works by Stanisław Moniuszko will be performed on 11 November 2020 at 7.00 p.m.

We will listen to the works arranged by multi-instrumentalist and composer Bartosz Smorągiewicz, who has  performed in numerous European countries as well as in the United States and Japan. He is a laureate of a number of competitions, including the Krzysztof Komeda Composers' Competition. The soloists will be Aurelia Luśnia and Piotr Kosewski, vocalists famous for thier interpretation of songs by Jeremi Przybora and Jerzy Wasowski of the Old Gentlemen's Cabaret.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: https://eok.elblag.eu/ 

The Museum of Anna and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz in Stawisko invites to the 20th Music Confrontations Festival, which will run from 8 November to 13 December 2020 under the motto "The beauty of lyricism – from Chopin to Górecki".

This year's Music Confrontations Festival in Stawisko celebrates its 20th anniversary. Each edition takes up a different topic / problem, introducing the most important phenomena and processes taking place in the history of music (mainly Polish) in connection with other arts, especially literature. The 2020 Festival will be a confrontation of works by Polish composers inspired by Chopin's poetics, lyricism and expression. The event will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, who visited Stawisko in 1992.

Seven chamber concerts will feature instrumental and vocal music, including original arrangements of pieces by composers presented at the Festival, and traditional jazz pieces. Among the performers will be Magdalena Bojanowicz, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Anna Górecka, Urszula Kryger, Włodek Pawlik, Jadwiga Rappe, Piotr Sałajczyk, Jan Stanienda, Janusz Prusinowski Kompania, Cup of Time Quartet and Royal String Quartet. In addition, the festival will feature a literary and music evening referring to the tradition of the meetings in Stawisko, entitled "The Academy of Thought and Sound", devoted to the life and work of Ludomir Michał Rogowski – a Polish composer (also gifted with literary talent), who spent most of his life in exile.

The festival will end with a presentation of selected texts by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz devoted to Chopin and statements by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki characterizing his view on the question posed by the composer during his visit to Stawisko in 1992: "Why are some notes only notes, and others are music?"

The festival concerts and literary meetings will be enriched by the exhibition "The shades of lyricism in Stawisko: the lyricism of work, the lyricism of home". For the safety of the public, a limited number of free tickets will be available. Seat reservation is required (tel. (22) 758 93 63 or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). 

The festival was co-financed as part of the "Music" programme operated by the Institute of Music and Dance.

Media patronage: Polish Music Informatio Centre POLMIC.

All concerts will be availbale on the Museum's website shortly after the fesival.

The Polish Society for Contemporary Music invites you to the presentations of this year's edition of the "Audio Stage" project, combining contemporary music, theatre and dance. The Evening of Premieres of preludes and audio-stage works will take place on 8 November 2020 at 6.00 pm at the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute in Warsaw. The event will take place without the audience and will be streamed live at: www.ptmw.art.pl and https://www.facebook.com/ptmw1923/live_videos/. 

"Audio Stage" is one of the original, cyclical projects of the Polish Society for Contemporary Music. It consistently promotes experiment in performing arts, striving for close integration of music, theatre and dance. Audio-satge works are commissioned and presented in the interpretation of talented creators of various generations who are open to experiment.

The latest audio-stage works in the form of monodramas (each lasting 15-20 minutes) were created by composers and performers: Anna Jędrzejewska, Marzena Majcher, Piotr Marcin Łopacki and Jarosław Siwiński. Katarzyna Markowska, Magda Jędra, Paulina Horajska and Waldemar Barwiński will also participate in the premiere of the works during the Evening of Premieres.

Each work will be preceded by a musical prelude – a kind of small overtures with elements of instrumental theatre. The author of the series of preludes is Bartosz Smorągiewicz, who will perform them together with cellist Izabela Buchowska. During breaks between presentations, the authors and performers will talk about individual works.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Full programme is available at: www.audiostage.pl 

The Association of Polish Chamber Musicians is organizing the grand finale of the concert series "Faces of pianism", which presented pianists, graduates of prof. Stefan Wojtas and invited guests. During the last concert, we will hear amazing compositions for 4 and 6 hands and 3 premieres. The event will take place on 6 November 2020 at 6.00 p.m. in the concert hall of the Władysław Żeleński State Secondary School of Music in Kraków.

The "Faces of pianism" project is a two-year concert series presenting various faces of piano music – from solo pieces to chamber works for various ensembles. The finale of the series will be an unprecedented event, featuring performances of the Extra Sounds Ensemble conducted by Grzegorz Brajner and pianists Ireneusz Boczek, Anna Duda, Monika Gardoń-Preinl, Dominika Grzybacz, Beata Koniuszy, Grzegorz Mania, Marta Mołodyńska-Wheeler, Agnieszka Plata, and Piotr Różański. The programme will include works by Alfred Schnittke, Franz Schubert, Mike Cornick, Ludwig van Beethoven, William Gillock and Xaver Scharwenka.

The concert will also premiere a cycle for piano 4 hands by Marta Mołodyńska-Wheeler, miniatures for 6 hands by Ireneusz Boczek and Marta Mołodyńska-Wheeler, as well as a composition for piano 4 hands and string orchestra by Michał Pawełek, which was created as part of the "Composing Commissions" programme of the Institute of Music and Dance.

Free passes are available at: https://app.evenea.pl/event/4i6rak/

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: https://spmk.com.pl/ and https://www.facebook.com/stowarzyszeniekameralistow 

The second edition of the ClassiX Festival will be held on 5-11 November 2020 at the Brodnica Culture Centre, combining classical, electronic, jazz and contemporary music with modern visual art. Concerts will be broadcast via Facebook, YouTube and Eltronik cable TV.

For four days, the stage of the Brodnica Culture Centre will become a meeting place for outstanding musicians of various specialties, for whom classical music is the starting point for their artistic exploration. The festival will combine sound with image and light. The artist responsible for the visual concept is Bartek Wójcicki – a famous Polish motion designer and VJ.

The final concert will feature twenty-two artists, including Nikola Kołodziejczyk and his Big Band, Konglomerat, Mateusz Smoczyński, Nika Lubowicz and Mat Kwiatkowski, who will take the audience on an extraordinary musical journey through styles and genres. The concert will feature the world premiere of Brodnica Symphony by Mat Kwiatkowski, the artistic director of the Festival. This composition was commissioned by the Mayor of Brodnica on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Brodnica's return to the Motherland. It is a spectacular piece with a classical structure of a 'symphonie concertante' for cello, violin, electronics, female and male voice, and a 19-person big band.

The festival is part of the official celebration of the 100th anniversary of regaining independence by Brodnica. The event is under the Honorary Patronage of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, Piotr Całbecki.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Full programme is available at: https://www.facebook.com/festiwalclassix 

"Skarby w piszczałkach zaklęte odkrywane na nowo" ["Treasures enchanted in pipes rediscovered"] is a series of five films presenting the possibilities of the king of all instruments. The authors invite you to discover the treasures hidden in organ pipes – the premiere is coming on Friday, 30 October 2020.

Each episode was recorded on a different organ, which comes from a various period and has a distinctive sound style. However, they all have one thing in common – they are real pearls in the field of organ-building craftsmanship. Each instrument is distinguished by exceptional sound qualities, making them the title 'treasures', not only on the country scale. We will discover these treasures by listening to a stylistically diverse repertoire, including works by contemporary Polish composers, performed by outstanding Polish organists: Krzysztof Urbaniak – Hanas Hummel's organ (1616) in the St Andrew's Church in Olkusz; Jarosław Wróblewski – Andreas Hildebrandt's organ (1719) in the St Bartholomew's Church in Pasłęk; Małgorzata Trzaskalik-Wyrwa – baroque organ in the Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Marianskie Porzecze; Marek Pilch – Dominik Biernacki's organ in the Siedlce Cathedral, and Ireneusz Wyrwa – Mühleisen organ in the Church of St Casimir in Nowy Sącz.

Małgorzata Trzaskalik-Wyrwa, PhD Habil., president of the board of the Pro Musica Organa Association, will be our guide through the nooks and crannies of the magical world of the organ. All recordings were made by Studio Ars Sonora, which guarantees the highest quality of audio and video.

The materials will be available on the Studio Ars Sonora YouTube channel and on the Pro Musica Organa Association website. 

The project was co-financed by the National Centre for Culture as part of the "Culture on the Web" programme.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

The online premiere of the concert entitled "Escape from the shadow", presenting works by Polish composers of Jewish origin, will take place on 29 October 2020 at 9.30 p.m. on YouTube and Facebook.

The material recorded in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio is a collection of Polish and world phonographic premieres of works by outstanding artists in the interpretation of the violist and curator of the project Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska, secretary of the Association of Polish Musicians, and pianist Wojciech Pyrć. The concert premiere took place as part of the 4th WarszeMuzik Festival in 2020.

The programme includes valuable, almost forgotten works for viola and piano, among others, Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 28 by Mieczysław Weinberg, Notturna Rhapsody, Op. 66 by Karol Rathaus, Romance, Op. 32 by Ignacy Friedman, Serenade by Jerzy Fitelberg and Kaddish, Op. 6 by Alexander Weprik.

Co-financed by the National Centre for Culture as part of the "Culture on the Web" programme.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

The Polish Society for Contemporary Music invites you on 29 October 2020 at 6.00 p.m. to an online meeting with renowned composer Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska as part of the series „Contemporary music doesn’t bite!".

Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska, PhD Habil., graduated from the Academy of Music in Warsaw, where she studied composition with prof. Włodzimierz Kotoński. She also completed the Inter-University Multimedia Programme at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, where she currently holds a position of an assistant professor. Her works are performed at concerts and festivals in Poland and abroad (including in Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Austria, France, Switzerland, Denmark, the USA, Latin America, China and Ukraine), are recorded on albums (Audite, DUX, Acte Préalable, Mons, Polonia Records) and released in print (Norsk Musikforlag, PWM Edition). She is a laureate of prizes and honourable mentions at composers' competitions, a member of ZAiKS, the Polish Composers' Union (since 2009 the Secretary of the Warsaw Branch) and the Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music (PSEME). Recently, she has been engaged in multimedia projects that fit into the idea of ​​synthesis of arts and are created in cooperation with artists from other fields.

We invite you to actively participate in the meeting with Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska and ask your own questions! Please send them by email with the title "MWNG 2020" to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Wednesday, 28 October.

Due to the current pandemic situation, this year's meetings with contemporary music composers, members of the Polish Composers' Union, are held in the form of online broadcasts on the website www.ptmw.art.pl and on the Society's Facebook profile. The project was co-financed by the National Centre for Culture as part of the "Culture on the Web" programme.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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