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Concert Mosaic-Impressions-Poland, performed by artists from Poland (Baltic Neopolis Orchestra) and Germany (Deutsche Oper) with violinist Adam Bałdych and winners of the 1st International Beethoven Chamber Music Competition in Lusławice, will be held on March 24, 2016 at Radialsystem V in Berlin.

The artists will present works by Polish composers (Grażyna Bacewicz, Krzysztof Penderecki, Andrzej Panufnik, Wojciech Kilar, Paweł Łukaszewski), as well as a premiere performance of Adam Bałdych’s Mosaic - Impressions for string orchestra, violin, piano, double bass and percussion, which was commissioned by the Baltic Neopolis Orchstra ("Composing Commissions" programme, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance).

The concert is held under the patronage of Krzysztof Penderecki and Jerzy Margański (Ambassador of Poland to Germany) and organized in cooperation with the International Beethoven Association, Institute of Music and Dance, Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music and Polish Music European Forum.

Tickets available on-line at: www.radialsystem.de

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Programe:

part 1 (7.00 pm)

Grażyna Bacewicz - String Quartet No. 4
Krzysztof Penderecki - Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano

Performers:
winners of the International Beethoven Chamber Music Competition:
Marta Kowalczyk (violin) and Łukasz Chrzęszczyk (piano)
ORBIS Quartett (Tilman Hussle - violin, Meike Lu Schneider - violin, Kundri Lu Emma Schäfer - viola, Martin Knörzer – cello)

 
part 2 (8.30 pm)

Andrzej Panufnik - Violin Concerto
Paweł Łukaszewski - Sinfonietta
Wojciech Kilar - Orawa

Performers:
Baltic Neopolis Orchestra
Deutsche Oper Solisten
Tomasz Tomaszewski - violin


part 3 (9.45 pm)

Adam Bałdych - Mosaic - Impressions

Performers:
Adam Bałdych - violin
Paweł Tomaszewski - piano
Michał Kapczuk - double bass
Paweł Dobrowolski - percussion
Karina Srock, Luke Reks - vocals
Baltic Neopolis Orchestra

Concert entitled Contempo: Focus on Europe will be held on February 29, 2016 at Performance Hall, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts in Chicago.

Contempo (The University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players) looks across the ocean to today’s leading European composers, creating a compelling program that features award-winning compositions and stunning soprano lines. The electric Agata Zubel, making a return to Contempo, and Tadeusz Wielecki, director of Warsaw Autumn Festival, perform in their own works.

Performers:
eighth blackbird
Pacifica Quartet
Agata Zubel - vocalist
Tadeusz Wielecki - double bass

Programme:
6.30 pm - panel discussion with Seth Brodsky and composers
7.30 pm - concert:
Agata Zubel - Not I
Tadeusz Wielecki - The Thread is Spinning
Christophe Bertrand - Madrigal
Marta Ptaszynska - Mosaics
Alfred Schnittke - String Quartet No. 2

More information: www.arts.uchicago.edu

Tickets available on-line: www.ticketsweb.uchicago.edu

Concert Mosaic-Impressions-Poland, performed by artists from Poland (Baltic Neopolis Orchestra) and Germany (Deutsche Oper) with violinist Adam Bałdych and winners of the 1st International Beethoven Chamber Music Competition in Lusławice, will be held on March 24, 2016 at Radialsystem V in Berlin.

The artists will present works by Polish composers (Grażyna Bacewicz, Krzysztof Penderecki, Andrzej Panufnik, Wojciech Kilar, Paweł Łukaszewski), as well as a premiere performance of Adam Bałdych’s Mosaic - Impressions for string orchestra, violin, piano, double bass and percussion, which was commissioned by the Baltic Neopolis Orchstra ("Composing Commissions" programme, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance).

The concert is held under the patronage of Krzysztof Penderecki and Jerzy Margański (Ambassador of Poland to Germany) and organized in cooperation with the International Beethoven Association, Institute of Music and Dance, Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music and Polish Music European Forum.

Tickets available on-line at: www.radialsystem.de

International Festival Operadagen Rotterdam, scheduled for May 20-29, 2016 in the Netherlands, will host a competition and a meeting Music Theatre Now dedicated to worldwide exchange in new opera and music theatre.

All 18 selected productions of the MTN 2015 competition will be presented through video lectures and live performances. The main goal of the event is to promote exchange among artists and presenters of opera and music theatre.

See: programme

Application form available at: www.operadagenrotterdam.nl