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"Halka", "Paria, and now "The Haunted Manor" - third concert performance of Moniuszko opera at the famous Berlin Philharmonic is ahead of us. One of the most famous opera works by Stanisław Moniuszko will be performed in the capital of Germany on April 22, 2024 at 19:00.

"The Haunted Manor", which will be heard this time at the Berlin Philharmonic, has for years brought comfort and hope for defeating the invaders, and has also been a musical record of the difficult Polish history. The concert version of the opera will be performed by renowned soloists, including: Ruslana Koval (Hanna), Gosha Kowalinska (Jadwiga), Piotr Kalina (Stefan) and Stanislav Kuflyuk (Miecznik). Marco Guidarini, an Italian conductor, a great admirer of Moniuszko's work, who began his adventure with Polish music with "The Haunted Manor" will lead the performance.

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Tickets available at the ticket office of the Berlin Philharmonic and at Eventim: https://www.eventim.de/eventseries/das-gespensterschloss-philharmonie-berlin-3569777/ 

The Polish National Ballet dedicates a special performance to children and their parents.

Choreographer Anna Hop created a new version of "Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, based on Mieczysław Weinberg's music from his ballet "The Golden Key". She developed her own libretto and, together with conductor Marta Kluczyńska, re-edited the score. The premiere will take place at the Grand Theater - National Opera on the 21^st of April, 2024 at 6 p.m.

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More: https://teatrwielki.pl/kalendarium/2023-2024/pinokio/termin/2024-04-21_18-00 

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For the second time, students playing violin, cello, viola and double bass took part in the free Hashtag Ensemble Young Academy workshop. At the end of the workshop, they will perform at the final concert at the Hashtag Lab on the 20^th of April 2024 at 2 p.m. and receive diplomas!

Music school students are very rarely exposed to contemporary music. Thanks to the Young Hashtag Ensemble Academy, which was created by violinist Marta Piórkowska, first- and second-degree music school students found out that new music means a lot of interesting works and mysterious performance techniques. Beginning in October, a group of nine students met on Saturday mornings to learn new repertoire, to hum in chamber ensembles, and to improvise without fear of evaluation.

Additional information: https://hashtaglab.pl/event/final-mlodej-akademii/ 

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The Artistic Education Center in Warsaw announces the 3^rd Elżbieta Chojnacka Harpsichord Competition, which will take place at the Fryderyk Chopin Music School in Bytom on May 16-17, 2024. The competition is intended for students of primary and secondary music schools. The deadline for submitting applications is the 30^th of April.

The originator of the competition is Dr. Aleksandra Gajecka-Antosiewicz - the heir of Elżbieta Chojnacka, a recognized Polish harpsichordist. The competition's programme formula presents harpsichord literature in two trends: old (the obligatory piece by J. S. Bach) and new. The primary goal of the project is to popularize the performance of harpsichord music of the 20^th and 21^st centuries, including works by Polish composers (mandatory repertoire), and instruments - historical and contemporary.

The competition will certainly awaken passion for performing new music. It will be accompanied by lectures and meetings between students and teachers.

The competition jury includes recognized Polish harpsichordists and composers.

Rules and regulation on the website: https://www.gov.pl/web/osmbytom/konkurs-klawesynowy-im-elzbiety-chojnackiej 

Martyna Zych's conductor residency at the Warmian-Masurian Feliks Nowowiejski Philharmonic in Olsztyn in the 2023/24 season is underway as part of the National Institute of Music and Dance "Conductor - resident" programme. On the 19^th of April at 7 p.m. in the Philharmonic Concert Hall, as part of the residency, there will be a concert featuring Czech and Polish music. Aleksandra Świgut, an excellent pianist and lecturer at the Fryderyk Chopin Music University, will perform as a soloist.

The artists will perform the immortal Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 by Fryderyk Chopin. Much has been written about this work - not least because it is one of the few works that our national piano poet composed for a symphony orchestra.

There will also be three dances from the opera The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana - the elegant and delicate Polka, the joyful Furiant and the lively and at the same time surprising Skočna - and the Sinfonietta by Leoš Janáček, which he himself called "military".

Ticket information: https://filharmonia.olsztyn.pl/koncert/koncert-symfoniczny-45/