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The Stanisław Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music in Rzeszów will take place on 20-27 September 2019. It is a new cultural initiative which purpose is to promote Polish music around the world and make the listeners realise the quality and significance of the musical legacy of Stanisław Moniuszko and many other distinguished Polish composers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The first edition of the Competition is intended for two categories of participants – pianists and chamber ensembles. The programme will include works mainly from the 19th and 20th century, selected from the works of 50 Polish composers.

Competition auditions will be held at the Artur Malawski Podkarpacka Philharmonic in Rzeszów on 21-26 September 2019, and the winners' concert – on 27 September. The performers will be the Artur Malawski Philharmonic Orchestra  in Rzeszów under the direction of Jerzy Salwarowski and Tomasz Chmiel as well as the winners of the competition. The event will be repeated on 29 September at the National Philharmonic.

The competition is organized by the Institute of Music and Dance. The event is co-organized by the Artur Malawski Podkarpacka Philharmonic in Rzeszów. The first edition of the Competition is held under the National Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda in the 100th Anniversary of Independence.

More information at: www.konkursmuzykipolskiej.pl 

6th edition of the International Wieniawski Brothers Festival will be held at the Lublin Philharmonic on 21-27 September 2019.

The festival aims to present the musical heritage of the brothers: brilliant violinist Henryk and excellent pianist Józef Wieniawski – well-known virtuosos and composers of the 19th century. However, the programme also includes music by composers related to Lublin – the hometown of Wieniawski, Polish composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, and masterpieces of European music.

The festival will be inaugurated by an extraordinary recital by Corina Marti – Swiss harpsichordist, flute and early keyboard instruments teacher at the Scholi Cantorum Basiliensis. The artist will present works from the tablature of Jan of Lublin, one of the greatest musical monuments of the 16th-century Europe, on the new Philharmonic instrument – a copy of the wing harpsichord, made according to the museum patterns of the 18th-century creator Pascal Taskin.

On 24 September, Norwegian pianist Aksel Kolstad, called the "Quentin Tarantino of classical music", and Agnieszka Schulz-Brzyska, lecturer at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, will present works by Józef Wieniawski, Władysław Żeleński, Fryderyk Chopin, Stanisław Moniuszko, Sergiusz Rachmaninow, Claude Debussy, and Aksel Kolstad.

The festival will culminate in an extraordinary symphony concert under the baton of Wojciech Rodek together with Georgius Osokin – winner of the 9th International Chopin Piano Competition in Moscow (2014), finalist of the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin  Piano Competition (2015). The artists will present symphonic works by Antonin Dvořák and Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 by Fryderyk Chopin.

Full programme available at: http://filharmonialubelska.pl/pl,0,s285,miedzynarodowy_festiwal_braci_wieniawskich.html 

The Artur Rubinstein Łódź Philharmonic will inaugurate 2019/2020 season with a performance of Krzysztof Penderecki's Credo on 21 September 2019 at 7 p.m. The concert will be dedicated to the memory of Maestro Zdzisław Szostak – conductor and composer strongly associated with the Philharmonic for many years, who passed away on 7 September.

In the years 1971–1987 Zdzisław Szostak was the deputy artistic director and conductor of the Łódź Philharmonic. He came to Łódź at the invitation of the then artistic director of the Łódź Philharmonic, Henryk Czyż, with whom he later collaborated. He made many recordings of film music with the Łódź philharmonic, both as a conductor and composer. He conducted over 200 film illustrations. In 2005 the Łódź Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir performed the world premiere of Zdzisław Szostak's greatest piece – Missa Latina. Thanks to the efforts of this institution, the Star of Zdzisław Szostak was embedded in the Avenue of Stars of the Road of Fame in Łódź on Piotrkowska Street. Maestro unveiled his star on 13 January 2018, on his 88th birthday. His death marks the end of an era in the history of the Łódź Philharmonic.

Credo for 5 soloists, boys' choir, mixed choir and orchestra by Krzysztof Penderecki will be performed by the Łódź Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Choir together with the Children's Choir of the Stanisław Moniuszko Music School Complex in Łódź under the baton of Paweł Przytocki. The soloists will be soprano Iwona Hossa, Katarzyna Hołysz, mezzo-soprano Karolina Sikora, tenor Tomasz Warnijak and bass Liudas Mikalauskas.

More information at: https://filharmonia.lodz.pl/pl 

The Elbląg Chamber Orchestra inaugurates its 13th artistic season with a concert on 22 September 2019 at 6 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the State Music School Complex in Elbląg.

The musicians under the direction of two conductors: Sabrina Stachel and Piotr Jędrzejczyk, will present music composed by Mieczysław Karłowicz, Andrzej Panufnik and Ludwig van Beethoven. The concert will be joined by cellist Maciej Kułakowski, a soloist and chamber musician who won the first prize and a special prize at the 10th Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: www.eok.elblag.eu 

Elżbieta Chojnacka Centre for Contemporary Harpsichord Music invites you to the concert "Harpsichord as a social instrument", which will take place on 22 September 2019 at 6 p.m. in the Palace in Rybna as part of the "Two streams" series.

Concert life is travel, rehearsals, meetings, mutual inspirations, motivations, shared passion. Artistic element. The concert programme will consist of works from these journeys, a fusion of cultures and various types of music: French, German, Australian, Spanish, Argentine, African and Polish, among others Six folk melodies for harpsichord and guitar by Marek Pasieczny. We will also listen to musical portrait of the harpsichordist Hanna Balcerzak by Philip Czapłowski and the premiere of Hommage a Elizabeth pour clavecin, Op. 68 (2018) by Tomasz Kamieniak, composed at the turn of May and June 2018, on the first death anniversary of Elżbieta Chojnacka (on 10 September this year the artist would celebrate her 80th birthday).

The harpsichord will be accompanied by the sounds of guitar, accordion and drums. Exceptional artists were invited to participate in the concert: harpsichordists Magdalena Bąk, Aleksandra Gajecka-Antosiewicz and Hanna Balcerzak, drummer Arkadiusz Kuc, accordionist Leszek Kołodziejski and Due Corde ensemble.

The concert is co-financed from the funds of the Tarnowskie Góry Commune and the Palace in Rybna. Reservation of free tickets is required at: (32) 284 18 37.

More information at: https://www.aleksandragajecka-antosiewicz.com/centrum-współczesnej-muzyki-klawesynowej-elżbieta-chojnacka-center/