official patronage

The world premiere of Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf's second solo album Quantum of Silence, released by the American record label Odradek Records, will take place on 28 May 2021.

The album title Quantum of Silence implies a sound in which there is silence or a vacuum to be filled, alluding to the artist's focus on creating music not only via the notes themselves but during the spaces in between. The viola was rarely treated as a solo instrument until the 20th century, so in order to cover a wide chronological timespan this programme includes arrangements of violin works as well as original pieces composed for solo viola, many of them written by contemporary Polish composers specifically for Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf.

A journey through viola music of different eras performed with great sensitivity by violist Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf opens with Heinrich Ignaz Biber’s legendary Passacaglia from his ‘Mystery’ Sonatas, followed by Aram Khachaturian’s final work, his cadenza-like Sonata-Song. We also hear the Cadenza by the great Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki as well as the latest compositions by Magdalena Kurdziel, Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk, Kamil Cieślik, Marek Czerniewicz, Tadeusz Dixa and Maciej Zimka.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: www.tymendorf.com 

13 events will take place between 31 May and 28 August 2021 as part of the Toruń Symphony Orchestra project "Kujawy pełne muzycznej wrzawy!" [Kuyavia full of musical turmoil!] : 12 chamber concerts carried out in 6 educational and care institutions and the final symphonic concert. The aim of the project is to popularize the cultural heritage of the region and strengthen durability of folk traditions among the local community with limited access to cultural events.

A mini-series of two concerts with Kuyavian music performed by a folk band and dancers, and with pieces by Polish composers referring to native folklore, will take place in Świecie, Steklinek, Kikół, Obrów, Wąbrzeźno and Kowalewo Pomorskie. The events will be hosted by experienced announcers.

Concerts "A dzień dobry Kujawy!" [Good Morning Kuyavia!] on 31 May – 15 June will be devoted to folk music from the Kuyavia region. The folk band Toruniacy and a dance couple will present songs from the Kuyavia region arranged by their own ensemble. The "Muzyka Polska" [Polish Music] concerts on 15-30 June will feature works by Polish composers interpreted by outstanding artists of the young generation. Piano trio composed of students of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz will perform pieces by Andrzej Panufnik, Henryk Wieniawski, Oskar Kolberg, Fryderyk Chopin, Feliks Rybicki, Kazimierz Wiłkomirski and Wojciech Kilar. The final concert "Kujawy symfonicznie" [Kuyavia Symphonically] on 28 August at the CKK Jordanki Concert Hall in Toruń will be hosted by musicologist Piotr Matwiejczuk. The works by Fryderyk Chopin, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Władysław Żeleński, Magdalena Cynk, Wojciech Kilar and Romuald Twardowski will be performed by the Toruń Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the Lithuanian conductor Dainius Pavilionis.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information: https://tos.art.pl 

The Silesian Quartet and pianist Paweł Wakarecy will present works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Witold Szalonek on 29 May 2021 at 6.00 p.m. as part of the "Mozart among the giants" concert series at the seat of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

In 1782, Mozart was keen to create new rituals. His Viennese career was blossoming: not only was he successful as a composer, but as a virtuoso as well. KV 413 is the first of the piano concertos he wrote with his own subscription performances in Vienna in mind. Anticipating the popularity of the piece, he also prepared an a quattro version, intended ‘for home use’, himself.

Szalonek’s Symphony of Rituals might initially remind one of a rehearsal by a quartet of the aforementioned type. This late work of Szalonek’s, however, is a sum of all musical rituals – beginning with tuning of the instruments, through interpretation of the creative concept, to the final ‘dance’ which will find its form in the listener’s imagination. Music does not tolerate routine, yet rituals are necessary.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information about tickets: https://nospr.org.pl/pl 

On 30 May 2021 at 11.00 a.m. the Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic invites you to a concert on the occasion of Children's Day with the participation of the Philharmonic Choir under the baton of Jarosław Wolanin.

Is there a world where the adventures of fairy-tale characters intertwine: the Lion King in the African savannah, or Dorothy and her friend Toto in the wonderful land of Oz? Where does the woodpecker turn out to be a great doctor and the cockroach quite an agile dancer? Is there a world where you don't travel by plane, ship or train, but with music and your own imagination? Of course! It is a fairy-tale land of music, into which the concert hall of the Silesian Philharmonic will change on 30 May. The programme performed by the Choir of the Silesian Philharmonic under the direction of Jarosław Wolanin will include, among others, Witold Rudziński's song The Woodpecker and the Pine to the words of Stanisław Karaczyński.

The musical guides in this fairy-tale journey will be Barbara Badura and Adam Żaak, who will provide a lot of good musical fun and a lot of smile on the faces of children. Let this musical event be a nice gift for all the youngest on the occasion of the upcoming Children's Day.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/ 

The JAX Association invistes you to a concert on the occasion of the 230th anniversary of the adoption of the May 3rd Constitution. The event will take place on 9 July 2021 at 6.00 p.m. at the "Świt" Cultural Centre in Warsaw.

The list of performers includes artists involved in national and international cultural life: Krzysztof Borysiewicz (bass) – collaborating with the Grand Theater – National Opera in Warsaw, Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, Salzburger Landestheater and Staatstheater Kassel, winner of the Grand Prix at the Francisco Vinas Vocal Competition in Barcelona; Róża Lorenc (violin) – winner of national and international violin competitions, multiple scholarship holder of the Mayor of Gdańsk; and Wiktor Brzuchacz (organ) – winner of the "Golden Laurel for Young Organist", graduate of the Conservatory in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the Academy of Music in Poznań

The concert repertoire includes outstanding works of Polish and European music literature. In addition to compositions by Antonio Vivaldi, Edward Elgar and Gabriel Fauré, we will hear a wide range of Polish music, which impresses with compositional artistry, depth of expression and a variety of moods. Musical works will be intertwined with the historical outline of the adoption of the May 3rd Constitution.

Free admission, limited number of places available.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Sławomir Czarnecki and Sebastian Perłowski. Two names, hundreds of scores, thousands of concerts with their music. Another one will be held on 6 June 2021 at 6.00 p.m. at the State Music School Complex in Elbląg.

The first part will feature works by Sławomir Czarnecki, referring to, among others, highlanders folklore.  Czarnecki has never been an avant-gardist, especially recently, when he claims to be close to postmodern aesthetics, with works transparent in texture and clear in form. The composer calls it "analogism". His works are in the repertoire of such famous performers as the violinists Krzysztof and Jakub Jakowicz, the cellist Tomasz Strahl, the Amadeus Orchestra, the Concerto Avenna Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and the Polish Chamber Choir Schola Cantorum Gedanensis. The second part of the concert will be filled with Sebastian Perłowski's music. As a conductor, he collaborated with many orchestras in Poland and abroad. He was the deputy artistic director of the Grand Theater in Poznań. Currently, he teaches composition at the Academy of Music in Katowice and conducts symphonic, operatic and jazz concerts as well as musicals.

The Elbląg Chamber Orchestra and the violinist Paula Preuss will present the achievements of these Polish composers. Sebastian Perłowski himself will stand at the conductor's desk.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information about tickets: https://eok.elblag.eu/ 

We know the winners of the 6th Krzysztof Penderecki Competition for young composers, which is the accompanying event of the 11th NDI Sopot Classic.

For the 6th time, the Polish Chamber Philharmonic in Sopot invited aspiring composers to submit their works for the jury's evaluation. Krzysztof Meyer, Jerzy Kornowicz, Rafał Janiak, Paweł Mykietyn and Daniel Cichy awarded the authors of six compositions:

• the first prize went to Krystian Neścior for L’entourage de silence,
• the second prize went to Andrzej Marcin Ojczenasz for Block'n'chains,
• the third prize winners were ex aequo Michał Tomasz Szarowicz for Circles and Aleksandra Chmielewska for Obsession,
• the honorable mentions went to Mateusz Czarnowski for sTREEtS and Aleksandra Chmielewska for Hope.

The award gala and the premiere of the first prize winner's work will take place during the Polish Music Concert on 27 July 2021 at 8.00 p.m. in Sopot.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information: http://sopotclassic.pl/wyniki-6-konkursu-kompozytorskiego-im-k-pendereckiego/ 

The Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singers' Ensemble conducted by Anna Szostak will perform Henryk Mikołaj Górecki's cycles of folk songs on 11 June 2021 at 7.30 p.m. at the Chamber Hall of the National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Henryk Mikołaj Góecki's Wieczór ciemny się uniża [Dark Evening is Falling], Op. 45 for mixed choir a cappella, composed in 1981, is an arrangement of melodies from the Kurpie Region from the collection of Jadwiga Gorzechowska and Maria Kaczurbina. The other song cycles for mixed choir a cappella Ach, mój wianku lawendowy [O my little garland of lavender], Op. 50 and Idzie chmura, pada deszcz [Cloud comes, rain falls], Op. 51 (1984), are based on texts and melodies collected by Oskar Kolberg in Volume 39: Pomerania. The Complete Works.

The second part of the concert will be filled with negro spirituals, ecstatic religious songs of African Americans: Elijah Rock, Nobody Knows, Plenty Good Room, Hold On!, I Hear a Voice A-Prayin', Steal Away, Ezekiel Saw de Wheel.

The Camerata Silesia ensemble, formed in 1990 by the charismatic conductor Anna Szostak, is valued above all for the perfect performances of contemporary music. Since 2014, Camerata Silesia has been organizing an original series of concerts at the new seat of the NOSPR, presenting a diverse repertoire, including both classical music as well as jazz and popular music arrangements.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information about tickets: https://nospr.org.pl/pl 

Can a human being refrain from using what they can produce? Manhattan, a dance performance with live music by Aleksander Wnuk and Michał Lazar, will try to answer this question. The performance, choreographed by Dominika Wiak and Daniela Komędera-Miśkiewicz, will take place as part of the Polish Dance Network, organised by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

The American "Manhattan Project" aimed to build the first nuclear weapon. It was a paradoxical bomb: it was supposed to bring great destruction and end the war at the same time. The dropping of the Little Boy on Hiroshima is a horrifying example of human activity to demonstrate that a way to seek reconciliation is to increase violence. Can a war end in any other way than by escalating aggression? Apocalyptic thinking ceases to be madness and becomes everyday reality. We can either destroy or love each other.

"Looking at the strong, precise movement of strong muscles gives some kind of satisfaction, but we do not always see the hidden desire to dominate and capture by attack. In some scenes of the performance, the authors even use elements of the grotesque, emphatically showing how far our tolerance for aggression reaches.” – wrote Maria Pastwa (taniecPOLSKA.pl)

NFM's media partner: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/en/component/nfmcalendar/event/8411