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Elbląg | Musical Spring According to EOK

"Vive la Gioacchino Rossini!" – under this slogan a spring concert of the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra will take place on and April 28, 2019 in the Concert Hall of the Elbląg City Hall.

Although Gioacchino Rossini is known primarily as the author of operas, his sonatas are no less worthy of interest. Elbląg Chamber Orchestra along with the conductor and violinist Jan Stanienda will perform a special concerts of Rossini's sonatas for the Elbląg music lovers. The programme of the evenieng will be complemented by chamber music of Mieczysław Karłowicz and Andrzej Panufnik. The concert will be hosted by Jarosław Praszczałek.

The concert is held under the patronage of the PWM Edition as part of the TUTTI.pl project promoting performances of Polish music.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://www.eok.elblag.eu/pl/news/dwa-akty-sonatowej-maestrii

Gdańsk | Premiere of the "Chemistry of Love" album as part of the "Neo Concept"

The inauguration of the concert cycle "Neo Concept" and the promotion of the latest CD with music by Marzena Majcher Chemistry of Love, which has just been released by Requiem Records, will take place on March 16, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. in WRZEpracownia (19/8 Słowackiego St., Gdańsk).

Chemistry of Love is a cycle of works for soprano and string quartet by Marzena Majcher – a composer of contemporary classical and film music, who is considered to be one of the most interesting artists involved in projects comprising music and science. Her latest interdisciplinary album is based on an original concept of finding analogies between music and chemistry. The structure of music is inspired by the patterns of chemicals (such as phenylethylamine or dopamine) responsible for the state of falling in love, colloquially called the "chemistry of love". The most importan part of this experiment was to find harmony, melody and the source of emotion in these patterns. Małgorzata Kubala, an electrifying soprano, and NeoQuartet, one of the most active Polish ensembles specializing in contemporary music, are the performers of the compositions..

Admission free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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Łącko | Start your summer with classical music!

The Porta Musicae Artistic Association is pleased to once again invite pupils, students and graduates of music schools and universities to the Małopolska Academy of Talents. The fifth edition of music courses will take place on June 30 – July 7, 2019, in the picturesque scenery of Łącko in Lesser Poland.

This year, the organizers invited eleven teachers of various specialties to lead their classes: Iga Bialic (string orchestra), Maria Shetty (viola, orchestral studies), Jan Kalinowski (cello), Gajusz Kęska (piano), Bartłomiej Kominek (piano duets), Piotr Lato (clarinet), Oriana Masternak (violin), Marek Szlezer (piano), Wioletta Strączek (flute), Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska (chamber music), Małgorzata Wasiucionek (violin).

The Malopolska Academy of Talents is an opportunity to improve your skills under the watchful eye of experienced and recognized authorities of classical music scene. During the courses, participants have the opportunity to make direct contact with a selected teacher and work with her or him individually. The formula of the courses, developed over the past years, is destined to broaden the musical horizons of young instrumentalists and give them tools to independently assess the level of their skills, ant to set out new bold but achievable goals to which they will strive. During the courses there will be performances of participants and teachers of the courses open to public. Participants must prepare for them short pieces in a relatively short time, which allows them to become familiar with the specificity of dynamic work in the music profession and teaches them to deal with stage fright. Admission to the concerts of the Małopolska Academy of Talents is free.

The deadline for submissions is 31 May 2019.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information about courses and pedagogues as well as application form are available at www.kursymuzyczne.com/en/home.

Kraków | Concert closing the celebrations of the 130th anniversary of the Music Academy

With a concert on March 16, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Siemiradzki Hall in Kraków Cloth Hall, the Academy of Musica in Kraków will close the celebrations of its 130th anniversary.

The programme of the jubilee concert will consist of works by artists associated with the Kraków Music Academy since its inception. We will listen to compositions by Władysław Żeleński – founder of the Conservatory of the Music Society in Kraków, creators associated with the Academy of Music nowadays as well as its former rectors: Krzysztof Penderecki, Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar and Marek Stachowski. The concert will be attended by a group of university graduates and the Alumni, Teachers and Students Orchestra. The evening will be hosted by the current rector, prof. Stanisław Krawczyński. Małgorzata Janicka-Słysz will say a few words about the repertoire..

Invitations are available at the Art Promotion Office at 43 St. Tomasz Street (room 221, second floor), between 8.00 a.m.–3.00 p.m..

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: https://www.amuz.krakow.pl/event/koncert-wienczacy-jubileusz-130-lecia-akademii-muzycznej-w-krakowie/

Katowice | Vivat Academia! The 90th anniversary of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music

"Vivat Academia!", a concert devoted to the celebrations of the 90th anniversary of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, will take place on March 21, 2019 at 6.00 p.m. in the Archdiocesan Museum in Katowice (16 Wita Stwosza St.).

Prof. Tomasz Miczka, Rector of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in the years 2009-2016, will be a guest performer of the evening. Miczka graduated from the Katowice Academy in the oboe class of Prof. Edward Mandera and in the chamber music class of prof. Andrzej Janicki. Since 1986 he has been a lecturer at his alma mater. He was an oboist in the Great Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television and for many years he has been active as a soloist and chamber musician. He made recordings for the Philips, Naxos and Dux labels as well as many archival recordings for Polish Radio.

During the concert, prof. Tomasz Miczka will perform together with Dr. habil. Prof. AM Grzegorz Biegas, an outstanding chamber musician who was the prorector of the Katowice Academy of Music in the years 2009-2016. Among the performers, there will also be a current student of Prof. Miczka, oboist Weronika Flisek. The artists will present works by C. Saint-Saëns, W.A. Mozart, G. Silvestrini and C. Debussy.

Admission free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: https://www.silesia.art.pl/strona-glowna/koncerty/374_vivat-academia-koncertnbspinbspspotkaniebrz-prof-tomaszem-miczka

Bydgoszcz | 25 Hours of Art for the 25th Anniversary of the "Mózg" Club

For its 25th anniversary, "Mózg" club in Bydgoszcz will offer 25 hours of art: performances, concerts, exhibitions and film screenings. The series of events will start at March 29, 2019 at 11.59 p.m.

A quarter of a century is a lot of time and a lot of events. Throughout these years, the "Mózg" club has hosted a huge number of artists from around the world. There were both great stars and creators taking their first steps. Music, visual arts, film, theater, performance art, installations – all these fields of art were present and are still in the "Mózg" club, making it recognizable in the world of contemporary art in many parts of the world.

A large group of artists, both Polish and foreign, who have built the identity of the place over the years, has announced their participation in the event. Among them are composers Marek Chołoniewski, Anna Jędrzejewska and Teonika Rożynek. The full list of performers includes more than 70 people.

Within 25 hours of entertainemnt, concerts will take place on the main stage, in the recording studio, film studio (solo concertos) and the cinema "Pomorzanin", which has been closed for 15 years. The events will be broadcast live on several online platforms.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: https://www.facebook.com/clubmozg/

Kraków | New Concert Cycle of Sinfonietta Cracovia

The great works of the masters of the Romantic era, energetic contemporary pieces and a unique combination of string and marimba sounds ‒ another concert in the new cycle "Sinfonietta po krakowsku" is a real treat for music lovers. The event will take place on March 20, 2019 at 8.00 p.m. in the concert hall of the Kraków Philharmonic.

"Sinfonietta po krakowsku" is a cycle in which Sinfonietta Cracovia promotes the most talented young artists from Kraków. This time the ensemble will perform under the baton of Jurek Dybała with Jakub Frączek, the laureate of the competition "I play with orchestra" organized by the Academy of Music in Kraków. The marimbist will perform with Sinfonietta Cracovia a virtuoso, thrilling Concerto for marimba and string orchestra by Ney Rosauro ‒ the most popular composition for this instrument in history, extremely appreciated by music lovers and critics around the world.

We will also listen to Franz Schubert's famous Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished" and the third part of the Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal, immersed in the fairy-tale world, in which the Christian mystery meets the convention of a medieval epic about the Holy Grail guardians. The evening will end with the extremely popular Suite "Carmen" from the famous opera by Georges Bizet in the arrangement of the Russian composer Rodion Szczedrin dedicated to his wife, the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater, Maja Plisiecka.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: www.sinfonietta.pl

Elbląg | String Classics in Virtuoso Performance

A musical storm of emotions awaits the Elbląg music lovers on April 4, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the State Music School Complex in Elbląg.

Elbląg chamber musicians and Yibai Chen – 3rd prize winner of the International Witold Lutosławski Cello Competition – will convince the audience that there are no emotions that cannot be expressed in the language of string instruments. They will present works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Divertimento in F major KV138), Joseph Haydn (Celllo Concerto in C major), Dmitry Shostakovich (Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a), and Romuald Twardowski (Oberek for string orchestra) under the baton of one of the most talented young Polish conductors, Szymon Stec.

The concert is held under the patronage of the PWM Edition as part of the TUTTI.pl project promoting the performances of Polish music.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: http://www.eok.elblag.eu/pl/news/w-kregu-smyczkowych-mistrzow-partytury

Lublin | Moniuszko and Young Poland

The Lublin Branch of the Association of Polish Musicians invites you on March 30, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. to the Crown Tribunal for the second event as part of the series of chamber concerts "Fonie Lublina". The 2019 edition includes 10 concerts, each of which will show S. Moniuszko's music in a different, not only Polish, context.

The programme of the concert is a clash of two seemingly distant generations. After the wave of enthusiastic reviews after the premieres of Halka, The Haunted Manor and other works of the composer, the first years of the 20th century did not treat Moniuszko's legacy well. However, some composers of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries did continue the work begun by the "father of the Polish national opera", especially in terms of vocal repertoire. It is impossible to treat Karłowicz's or Różycki's songs as a novum since they are strongly embedded in the romantic style cultivated by Moniuszko, with their beautiful melodic lines, lyrical and dramatic elements. The programme of the concert will include small vocal forms by Stanisław Moniuszko as well as instrumental miniatures – violin and piano – by a slightly younger, almost forgotten composer, Michał Jelski, including his Valse de concert, Op. 25.

The works will be presented by: Mariola Zagojska (soprano), Magdalena Maciąg (violin) and Michał Leoniak (piano).

Admission free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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DOWNLOAD: Programme of the concert cycle

Wagner's "The Valkyrie" live from the Metropolitan Opera on March 30

The Valkyrie, the second part of Richard Wagner's tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung, in the monumental production of Robert Lepage, will be broadcast live to cinemas from The Metropolitan Opera on March 30, 2019. The "Praha" Cinema in Warsaw invites you to broadcast at 4.40 p.m.

The second opera in Wagner’s monumental Ring cycle has long stood on its own as an evening of extraordinarily powerful theater. Part of this appeal lies in its focus on some of the Ring’s most interesting characters at decisive moments of their lives: Wotan, the leader of the gods; his wife, Fricka; his twin offspring, Siegmund and Sieglinde; and, above all, Wotan’s warrior daughter Brünnhilde. These characters and others follow their destinies to some of Wagner’s most remarkable music.

In what is expected to be a Wagnerian event for the ages, soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act of filial defiance. Tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek play the incestuous twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. Greer Grimsley sings Wotan. Philippe Jordan conducts.

The list of places in Poland, where you can watch broadcasts from the MET, is available here.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://www.kinopraha.pl

Warsaw | Genius, musician, Pole who shook the world!

Winner of the audience award for the best documentary at the 34th Warsaw International Film Festival 2018 – Maksymiuk. Concerto for two. The movie directed by Tomasz Drozdowicz will be released in cinemas on April 12, 2019. A pre-premiere screening of the film accompanied by a meeting with its creators will take place on April 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw.

The conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk and his wife Eve make up a special relationship. The charismatic maestro, successful in the world of music, seems to be totally helpless and lost in the daily life without the help of his wife, who supports him in the simplest everyday activities and takes many life decisions on his behalf. The camera accompanies the artist during his work with outstanding musicians (including Janusz Olejniczak, Marcin Wyrostek, Sebastian Karpielą-Bułecka) and orchestras, as well as shows the fascinating world of the genius composer, absorbed in the score to the very boundaries of madness.In the film's soundtrack we will recognise music of 13 composers, including Brahms, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Lutosławski, Kilar, Penderecki and Maksymiuk himself.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Official trailer of the movie: https://youtu.be/RLorFYlnZXs

Poznań | 120th Birth Anniversary of Jan Adam Maklakiewicz

A unique concert inaugurating a series of events to commemorate the 120th birth anniversary of the outstanding composer Jan Adam Maklakiewicz will take place on April 7, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Zamek Cultur Center in Poznań.

The main aim of the celebrations is to restore the memory of Jan Adam Maklakiewicz (1899-1954) – Polish musician, composer, teacher, recognised publicist and organizer of musical life. The concert will feature his valuable, yet unknown solo and chamber compositions: Reflexions, Op. 14, Hutsul Suite, Op. 15 No. 1 for violin and piano, Triptych Spring in the Village, Op. 18, Ave Maria for cello and piano, as well as selected songs: I zniknę z oczu Wam jak ptak, a cycle of Four Japanese songs, Op. 25, Na kochanie nie masz rady, Lullaby for soprano and piano.

The works will be performed by graduates and pedagogues of music academies in Poznań and Wrocław: cellist Krzysztof Karpeta, violinist Piotr Kosarga, pianist Hanna Lizinkiewicz and soprano Barbara Tritt.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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Katowice | Participants of the 10th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition

The Institution for the Promotion and Dissemination of Music "Silesia" invites you to concerts of participants of the 10th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition, which will take place on April 3 at 7.30 p.m. at the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Katowice and April 30, 2019 at 6.00 p.m. in the Radio Katowice Concert Studio.

Thanks to the cooperation of the "Silesia" Institution with the Grand Theater – National Opera in Warsaw, young vocalists who qualified for the 10th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition will sing in Katowice before the competition. The Competition Office received 378 applications from over 50 countries, out of which the Admissions Committee selected 88 vocalists to the Competition. Its jubilee edition will take place on May 5-11 this year and will be combined with the celebration of the 200th birth anniversary of its Patron.

In Katowice, six vocalists will perform in concert cycles "Moniuszko from the heart" and "The Youth's Wednesday". In the first concert, selected works from the competition repertoire will be presented by graduates of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and participants of the Opera Academy of the Grand Theater – Polish National Opera. In reference to the competition regulations, the programme will be composed of works by Stanisław Moniuszko, Karol Szymanowski, Szymon Laks and arias from world vocal literature.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Full programme available at: http://www.nospr.org.pl/pl/koncerty/1369/sroda-modych-silesia-przedstawia-moniuszko-od-serca

Fall in love with Warsaw and more...

The Warsaw premiere of the latest album by Marzena Majcher Chemistry of Love (Requiem Records – Opus Series) will take place on 4 April 2019 at 8:00 p.m. at the DZiK club.

Chemistry of Love is already known to audiences of music festivals in Poland and abroad. It was performed at the Music Festival Ecos Urbanos in Mexico (Mexico City, 2017), 14th International Festival of Contemporary Music and Visual Arts (Bydgoszcz, 2018), and in the Planetarium of the Copernicus Science Institute (Warsaw, 2017). Małgorzata Kubala, an electrifying soprano, and NeoQuartet, one of the most active Polish ensembles specializing in contemporary music, will premiere the album in Warsaw withvisualization by Andrzej Wojciechowski.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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Gdańsk | Academy of Music at Polytechnic: Simon Laks – in between

Solo and chamber music of Szymon Laks will be performed at the next concert from the series "Academy of Music at Polytechnic", which will take place on April 9, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Gdańsk University of Technology as part of the "Open Polytechnic" project.

Szymon Laks belonged to the generation of Polish composers who, due to the Nazi regime and its allies, disappeared from the cultural map of Europe, not only because of Jewish but also Polish origin. Two years spent in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp were taken out of the life of this young artist who was at the peak of fame. These dramatic experiences as well as the return to reality and the attempt to join the modernist wave influenced his music, but did not define it. His life was suspended between presence and nonbeing, between sound and word – two dimentions that Szymon Laks had the greatest love for.

At the end of December 2018, CDAccord released an album entitled Simon Laks – in between, devoted entirely to the music of the composer. The concert will feature Laks's solo and chamber works, interpreted by pianist Dominika Glapiak and excellent chamber musicians associated with the Gdańsk artistic community. The evening will also feature the Polish concert premiere of the Concerto da camera for piano, 9 wind instruments and percussion, included on the CD.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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