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First online performance of the mulimedia poetic-music show Schaeffer – Norwid. Dialog światów (Schaeffer – Norwid. Dialogue of the worlds) will take place on the 6^th of February 2022 at 8 p.m. Magdalena Piekorz is the director and screenwriter and her play will tell a story about art, artist and artistry.

The starting point for this tale are works of the two creators belonging to two different epochs: Cyprian Kamil  Norwid and Bogusław Schaeffer.

Janusz Radek composed the music to the Norwid’s text whereas Paweł Tomaszewski arranged the pieces. Both of them will perform that evening. Lidia Bogaczówna, the actress of the Juliusz Słowacki Theater in Cracow will present Schaeffer’s works all accompanied by dancer and choreographer Jarosław Mysona. Hektor Werios will be responsible for the visuals and multimedia.

The event is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as well as by Self-government of the Masovian Voivodeship.

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Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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The International Piano Forum ‘Bieszczady without Borders’ will be held between the 5^th and 14^th of January 2022 in Sanok. Most of the events will be broadcasted online by TVP3 Rzeszów, TVP Kultura, Polskie Radio Rzeszów, Polskie Radio program II and Radio Dla Ciebie.

Almost twenty fine Yamaha instruments will take part in the Forum. Laureats will be awarded scholarships, ‘Złote Parnasy2022’ awards and awards funded by the Polish Composers’ Union.

During the concerts of the Forum the audience will be able to hear Książek Piano Duo, Eva Gevorgyan, ensemble Still Life: Joao Silva & Margherita Abita, Nataliia Trull. The Chamber Orchestra of the National Philharmonic and the Lviv Chamber Orchestra ‘Academia’ together with Russian pianist Mikhail Voskresensky will perform on the 10^th and 11^th of February respectively.

Concerts on the 5^th, 6^th, 10^th and 11^th of February will be broadcasted online on Facebook and Youtube.

More information: https://interpiano.pl 

The event is co-financed by MKiDN, NIMiT, Yamaha Music Europe – Polish branch, main sponsor PGNiG S.A. and strategic sponsor Sanok Rubber Company S.A., as well as: Pass Polska Sp. z.o.o., Pekao Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A., Fundacja Prosty Gest, Herb, Impexrur, Izostal, Automet, Proma, Slovrur, San-Soft, Do-met, Hotel Boss, AVinci-Art., Sklep Pasja, Gmina Sanok, Gmina Bukowsko, Powiat Jarosławski, Miasto Sanok, Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Podkarpackiego, Wojewódzki Dom Kultury w Rzeszowie, Związek Kompozytorów Polskich, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Programme of the 4th February concert at 7 p.m. in Opole Philharmonic will be diverse and colourful. World renowned Wiener Glasharmonika Duo together with soprano Joanna Moskowicz, Opole Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Adam Banaszak will perform this evening.

The programme of the concert focuses on Polish music: works of Fryderyk Chopin, Stanisław Moniuszko and Krzysztof Penderecki arranged for glass instruments: harmonica and verrophone will be performed at the concert.

Christa and Gerald Schönfeldinger for thirty years have been playing the glass. They perform works written for glass instruments as well as contemporary music and arrangements of popular works.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Programme details: https://filharmonia.opole.pl/wydarzenia/rozspiewac-szklo/ 

On the 4th of February 2022 at 7 p.m. the Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra lead by Hobart Earl will perform works of Dmitri Shostakovich, Stefan Kisielewski and Konstantin Boyarsky who himself will perform the solo viola part.

Stefan Kisielewski’s „Mała uwertura” (‘Small ouverture’) for symphonic orchestra will open the concert. Next piece, Konstantin Boyarsky’s Concerto for Viola will be performed by the composer himself, one of the leaders of the viola section of the Royal Opera House in London.

The fourth movements emotional Fifth Symphony of Dmitri Shostakovich will fill out the second half of the concert. Hobart Earl will conduct the Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.

Polish Music Edition will be the patron of the concert as part of the TUTTI.pl project promoting performance of Polish music.

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Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Ticket information: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/production/szostakowicz-v-symfonia-boyarsky-earle-orkiestra-symfoniczna/ 

Programme of the piano recital ‘In a Romantic Mood’ performed by Ignacy Lisiecki on the 4^th of February 2022 at 7 p.m. will be a journey through different epochs and styles. As the final part of the concert we are going to hear the 1^st Polish performance of Marcel Chyrzyński's 'Reflection No. 8'.

Chyrzyński is a composer and pedagogue, pupil of Krzysztof Penderecki, tutor at the Academy of Music in Kraków. He has been following up on his ‘Reflections’ cycle using various solo and chamber setups.

World premiere of the piece took place in 2021 in Yokohama. Ignacy Lisiecki is known for promoting the Polish music in the country of the cherry blossom. Works by Frederic Chopin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Serge Prokofiev are to be performed in the recital.

Piotr Matwiejczuk

Ticket information: https://filharmonia.olsztyn.pl/koncert/mistrzowskie-recitale-fortepianowe-w-romantycznym-nas