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"Muzyka w świątyniach" ("Music in the Temples") is a unique, mystical journey through time, accompanied by to the soothing sounds of sacred choral music. The concert on 22 June 2021 at 7.00 p.m. at the Sanctuary of St. Anthony of Padua will be performed by the Collegium Cantorum Choir of the Częstochowa Philharmonic under the direction of maestro Janusz Siadlak.

The musicians will present works by Juliusz Łuciuk and Andrzej Koszewski. The choir will perform for the first time in front of the audience the pieces included in their two albums, which premiere is scheduled after the summer holidays.

Traditionally, music will be accompanied by a background story – about the parish, its past, and important events in the Częstochowa region. Dr Juliusz Sętowski, head of the History of Częstochowa Documentation Centre, will guide the participants through the meanders of history. Specially designed lighting will create a mystical atmosphere and emphasize the architectural details of the temple.

The project is co-financed by the Częstochowa City Hall and the Polish History Museum as part of the "Patriotism of Tomorrow" programme.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information: http://www.instytutsztuki.com/muzyka-w-swiatyniach/

Two days, two programmes, four concerts – this is the musical sprint of Jurek Dybał and Sinfonietta Cracovia towards normality. After months of training, it is finally time to take off without sparing your strength and make up the remaining distance! On 23 and 24 June 2021, the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Krakow will be filled with live music, and two separate programmes will feature the most beautiful serenades – from Tchaikovsky to Penderecki.

Each day, the programme will be repeated at 6.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m., so that the Krakow audience, thirsty for sensations, could enjoy the music while maintaining the required physical "distance" and without having to race for seats in the concert hall.

The orchestra will perform Mieczysław Karłowicz's Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 2, Leoš Janáček's Suite for string orchestra, Edward Elgar's Serenade in E minor, Op. 20, Krzysztof Penderecki's Serenade as well as Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Souvenir d'un lieu cher for violin and orchestra, Op. 42, and Méditation and Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 48. Violinist Maciej Lulek will perform as the soloist.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information: www.sinfonietta.pl 

The main idea of ​​the 25th International Nova Music and Architecture Festival, which will take place in Toruń on 20 June – 4 September, 2021, is to present the most beautiful music in the historic interiors of Toruń. This year's edition consists of 21 events, including symphonic and chamber concerts, recitals, film screenings (Maksymiuk. Concerto for Two, Chopin's Effect) and an exhibition of photos on the occasion of the festival's anniversary.

Top-class artists as well as musicians of the young generation and students of music academies will perform at the CKK Jordanki, the Artus Court, the Old Town Hall, the Centrum Cinema, the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist, the Church of St. Jacob, the Filmar Hotel, in the Town Hall Courtyard and on the stage in the Old Town Square.

The festival will feature a concert of Marcin Wyrostek, one of the best accordionists in Poland, winner of the second edition of Polish "Got Talent" TV show. Together with the Toruń Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adam Banaszak, he will perform works by Astor Piazzolla and his own compositions. We will also hear the winner of the 3rd prize in the 5th International Karol Lipiński Violin Competition – Japanese Yumiko Yumiba will perform the most famous pieces of violin literature with piano accompaniment.

The Toruń Symphony Orchestra will perform fragments of musicals, film music, popular music (the most famous pieces by Niemen, Zaucha, Nalepa and Czerwone Gitary), and classical music (including pieces by Henryk Wieniawski, Józef Surzyński, Andrzej Panufnik and Mikołaj Górecki). The anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising will be celebrated with works by Fryderyk Chopin. The finale of the festival will feature arias from the most famous operas and operettas performed by Lithuanian soloists Ieva and Vytautas Juozapaitis, accompanied by TSO musicians conducted by Dainius Pavilionis.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Program Festiwalu – na stronie https://www.muz-arch.pl/ 

On summer evenings, between 7 July and 18 August 2021, the National Forum of Music invites you to the Main Hall to listen to organ recitals by Józef Serafin, Elżbieta Karolak, Julian Gembalski and Roman Perucki. The concerts will be an opportunity to get to know a very wide spectrum of organ literature written over the centuries (from Baroque, through Romanticism, to our times).

In recent months, Wrocław music lovers did not have many opportunities to listen to organ concerts at the NFM. It is the pandemic that has played "first fiddle", making it impossible to share the beautiful sound of this instrument. The upcoming recitals will feature music of various eras, including improvisations by Julian Gembalski and works by Feliks Nowowiejski. The audience, partly seated on the stage, will also have the opportunity to see the work of the organist, as well as the mechanics and working principles of this largest instrument ever invented!

The pipe organ at the National Forum of Music outclasses a symphony orchestra in terms of volume, sound and timbre. The instrument was designed and made by organ builders from the Orgelbau Klais Bonn workshop, which boasts over one hundred years of tradition and experience. Its regal sound  perfectly match the acclaimed NFM acoustic. The wonderful organ repertoire of the past centuries will be brought to life at the NFM, and the opportunity to play contemporary organ works will open the way to getting acquainted with new compositions. 

Media partner: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Detailed programme is availabe at: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/organy 

On 1 July 2021, Sinfonietta Cracovia will inaugurate the 7th Sinfonietta Festival with an interdisciplinary concert "Musical antibodies – music and immunology", which will be graced by a multimedia lecture by distinguished guests associated with the Medical University of Vienna: Prof. Maria Sibilia and Prof. Manfred Hecking, co-authors of the very popular Viennese series of "science concerts" Sounds and Science.

Together with the excellent guests of the Festival, the audience will have the opportunity to go on a musical journey through immunology and learn the medical history of some of the greatest composers. The concert programme will also include the most outstanding compositions inspired by mathematics and other sciences, including works by Aleksander Borodin, Anton Webern, Witold Lutosławski and Krzysztof Penderecki.

"Chamber clubbing" in the branches and gardens of the National Museum in Kraków is a proposal that combines the form of a traditional concert with the spirit of clubbing: five concerts by outstanding Polish chamber ensembles held simultaneously in various locations will end with the open-air finale with the participation of Massimo Mercelli – an outstanding Italian flutist, who will perform the Polish premiere of Michael Nyman's Two pieces dedicated to him.

During the final concert of the Sinfonietta Festival in Sukiennice, entitled "Density. The Physical Phenomenon of Sound" Massimo Mercelli will perform the famous piece Density 21.5 for solo flute by Edgar Varèse – composed for the concert premiere of his platinum flute. In addition, Sinfonietta Cracovia will premiere the winning piece of the 7th International Composition Competition "Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta" for string orchestra and theremin obbligato.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information about tickets: http://sinfonietta.pl 

21 concerts of the 21st edition of the Franciszek Wybrańczyk "Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City" Festival will be held between 29 July and 2 September 2021 in the South Praga district. The artists will take the audience on a sentimental journey to pre-war Warsaw and to the far corners of the Americas. Among the soloists and conductors who will accompany the musicians of Sinfonia Varsovia, are Szymon Nehring, Jerzy Maksymiuk and Aleksandar Marković.

Summer concerts will be held four days a week in the Concert Pavilion at 272 Grochowska Street. Thursdays will be an opportunity to listen to orchestral works performed by Sinfonia Varsovia and invited guests. The festival will be inaugurated by the music of the Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla. On 5 August, we will hear Mieczysław Weinberg's Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, and a week later soprano Olga Rusin will perform Karol Szymanowski's Kurpie Songs. The highlight of the evening on 26 August will be the performance of Wojciech Kilar's Orawa under the baton of Jerzy Maksymiuk. The programme of the final concert will include Fryderyk Chopin's Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21.

Festival Sundays are reserved for chamber music performed by the musicians of Sinfonia Varsovia and invited artists. Five afternoon concerts at 4.00 p.m. will present a diverse repertoire, including Warsaw songs from pre- and post-war times. Taking place every Saturday, the "Family Mornings' will also be related to Warsaw, the instruments of the orchestra and the world of nature. The series of new music concerts "Experimental Tuesdays" will be a unique opportunity to see how the generation of young composers treat tradition and modernity.

Media patronage over the "Experimental Tuesdays" series: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Full programme: www.sinfoniavarsovia.org 

A series of new music concerts "Experimental Tuesdays" will take place on 3-31 August 2021 as part of the 21st Franciszek Wybrańczyk "Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City" Festival.

It is a unique opportunity to see how the generation of young composers is dealing with tradition and modernity. The series is curated by Wioleta Żochowska. The list of performers includes: Contemporary Music Ensemble Synaesthesis from Vilnius (3 August), Ensemble Kompopolex (10 August), Hashtag Ensemble (17 August), Flow Unit 3 (24 August) and Sinfonia Varsovia Camerata (31 August). The musicians will take up such topics as loneliness, the interpenetration of the real and virtual world, or the body-sound relationship.

The artists will present the works of foreign and Polish composers, including Piotr Peszat, Marta Śniady, Anna Sowa, Zofia Dowgiałło, Kuba Krzewiński and Żaneta Rydzewska. In addition, we will witness the premiere of Mateusz Śmigasiewicz's latest piece for percussion.

The Festival will be accompanied by an exhibition "Sinfonia Varsovia in Scale", presenting a unique acoustic model of the largest concert hall in Poland, which is to be built at 272 Grochowska Street.

Media patronage over the "Experimental Tuesdays" series: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information: https://www.sinfoniavarsovia.org/ 

We know the results of the 7th International Composers Competition "Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta". The subject of the Competition was to compose a piece Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta for string orchestra and theremin obbligato. This year, the Jury decided not to award the 1st prize.

The Jury of the Competition consited of: Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa – chairwoman, Eugeniusz Knapik, Marcel Chyrzyński and Jurek Dybał.

The second prize was awarded to Nikodem Kluczyński (Poland) for the piece Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta. Bridge over the Styx for theremin and string orchestra.

The third prize was awarded to Robin Lilja (Sweden) for the piece Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta for theremin and string orchestra.

The Jury has also decided to award an honourable mention to Michael Mishchenkov (Belarus) for the piece Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta. Echo for theremin and string orchestra.

The composition of the second prize laureate, Nikodem Kluczyński, will receive its premiere on 4 July 2021 during the 7th Sinfonietta Festival’s concert Density. Physical phenomenon of sound (The Gallery of the 19th Century Polish Art in Sukiennice ‒ MNK branch, 7.00 p.m.) and will be accompanied by the ceremony of awarding the diplomas to both the laureates and the recipient of the honourable mention.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Congratulations to the winners!

More information: www.sinfonietta.pl 

"The Mask / Planets" live in concert will take place on 15 July 2021 in the Krzysztof Penderecki Auditorium Hall of the ICE Kraków Congress Centre. Sinfonietta Cracovia and its listeners will not only enter the world of music and science, but also embark on a fascinating journey through the universe of art and film music.

For the first time in history, Sinfonietta Cracovia under the baton of Jurek Dybał will present the award-winning animated film The Mask – directed by the Quay brothers and based on the prose of Stanisław Lem – with live music! During the screening of the film, made in the legendary Polish Se-Ma-For studio, the orchestra will perform live the soundtrack composed by Krzysztof Penderecki – his spectacular De natura sonoris I.

In the second part of the concert, we will hear the famous orchestral suite The Planets by Gustav Holst – a work widely considered one of the first compositions in the style of contemporary film music, which for decades has inspired the greatest creators of the genre – including Hans Zimmer and John Williams (especially in the Star Wars soundtrack). Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the solar system and its supposed astrological character.

Co-financed in the "Music" programme carried out by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information about tickets: www.sinfonietta.pl