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On May 9-10, 2019 the Students' Academic Circle of Psychology at the KEN Pedagogical University invites you to Kraków for the 4th National Academic Conference "Illuminations: Performer 2019".

This year's edition revolves around the theme of performer and musical performance, captured from many different perspectives. The inaugural lecture titled Memory and emotional intelligence in the theory of music and musical practice will be given by dr hab. Małgorzata Janicka-Słysz, prof. AM in Kraków. Several papers will be devoted to contemporary music, among others A short description of the neuropsychological reception and creation of music (Bartosz Wójtowicz), Neuro-performer as a specific medium for mirroring the identity of the composer (Monika Kozakiewicz), Temperamental personality traits and the mood of performers of works by the 21st century composers (Magdalena Pyrek).

On May 9 at 8:00 p.m., the "Bakałarz" Club of the KEN Pedagogical University in Kraków (4 Ingardena Street) will host a "Composers Concert". The event will premiere the latest compositions by Polish composers of the 21st century: Robert Prokopowicz, Paweł Kapek, and Monika Wiktoria Kozakiewicz. It will also be an opportunity to get acquainted with the work of young composers not only from Poland, but also from Italy and the USA.

Admission free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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As part of the "Musica Moderna" spring session, eight concerts are scheduled every day from May 6 to 9, 2019 at the Academy of Music in Łódź.

The 74th session of "Musica Moderna" will begin with the final concert of the 5th Composers' Competition for youth "My Note" on May 6 at 1.00 p.m. In the evening, at 6.15 p.m., the organizers invite you to the flute concert performed by the Flute Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Łódź. Twenty person ensemble prepared by dr hab. Ewelina Zawiślak and mgr Mateusz Wojtkiewicz will present compositions by Krzysztof Grzeszczak, Agnieszka Zdrojek-Suchodolska, Boris Alvarado and Jolanta Smolska.

The first graduation concert of students of composition classes will take place on May 7 at 12.00. The programme will be filled with instrumental and electronic pieces by Mateusz Bogdalin and Roman Hyla. The videos for which the students created the soundtrack will also be displayed. At 6.15 pm. young performers will interpret works of students of composition classes during the concert "Young composers, young performers". At noon on May 8, Aleksander Brych and Jakub Kaczmarek will perform their diplomas. The presentation of solo and chamber music qualified for the third edition of the Krzysztof Penderecki European Music Center "Music of Our Times" programme is scheduled for 6.00 p.m.

On the last day of the session, the diploma concert of Rafał Bryła and Kosma Szusta will take place at 2.00 p.m. The session will end at 6.00 p.m. with a presentation of film music and music in the media students' compositions, on which they worked in the Electroacoustic Music Computer Studio. The music will be accompanied by audiovisual projections, interaction with the audience and much more.

Admission free!

More information at: http://www.amuz.lodz.pl/pl/wydarzenia/74-sesja-musica-moderna 

A chamber concert of the series "Weinberg in Poland" will be held on May 4, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Katowice.

The concert will feature chamber works by famous Varsovians: Piano Quartet in D minor, Op. 8 (before 1879) by Zygmunt Noskowski, String Quartet No. 14, Op. 122 (1978) by Mieczysław Weinberg and String  Quartet No. 3 "On Polish folk themes" (1945) by Szymon Laks. The compositions will be performed by the Silesian Quartet – the laureates of this year's Polish Phonographic Academy Award "Fryderyk".

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://www.nospr.org.pl 

Przesłuchania odbędą się w stolicy, w Zespole Szkół im. inż. S. Wysockiego d. „Kolejówka” (ul. Szczęśliwicka 56). Terminy przesłuchań: 3 czerwca 2019 o godz. 15.00 – kontrabasy tutti; 6 czerwca 2019 o godz. 10.00 – skrzypce tutti, 6 czerwca 2019 o godz. 15.00 – altówki tutti.

Osobom, które pomyślnie przejdą przesłuchania, Polska Orkiestra Sinfonia Iuventus im. Jerzego Semkowa może zaoferować: umowę o pracę, atrakcyjne wynagrodzenie, pracę pod kierunkiem wybitnych dyrygentów, szeroko zakrojoną edukację artystyczną oraz zdobycie doświadczenia pracy w orkiestrze.

Kartę zgłoszeniową (do pobrania na stronie www.sinfoniaiuventus.pl/przesluchania) wraz z życiorysem artystycznym należy przesyłać na adres e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. w nieprzekraczalnym terminie do 28 maja 2019 roku.

Kandydat, w przypadku odwołania swojej obecności na przesłuchaniu, zobowiązany jest do poinformowania instytucji drogą e-mailową lub telefonicznie najpóźniej na 2 dni przed terminem przesłuchania.

Warunkiem przyjęcia zgłoszenia jest załączenie do dokumentacji informacji: „Wyrażam zgodę na przetwarzanie moich danych osobowych dla potrzeb rekrutacji w Polskiej Orkiestrze Sinfonia Iuventus zgodnie z art. 6 ust. 1 lit. a Rozporządzenia Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady (UE) 2016/679 z dnia 27 kwietnia 2016 r. w sprawie ochrony osób fizycznych w związku z przetwarzaniem danych osobowych i w sprawie swobodnego przepływu takich danych oraz uchylenia dyrektywy 95/46/WE (ogólne rozporządzenie o ochronie danych)”.

Szczegóły na www.sinfoniaiuventus.pl/przesluchania 

On the 200th birth anniversary of Stanisław Moniuszko, the Krakow Philharmonic prepared two jubilee choral concerts which will present works of this outstanding Polish composer. The first one will take place on May 5, 2019 at 3.00 p.m. as part of the "Choral Academy – Singing Poland" project, the second one will be held on May 15, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

Stanisław Moniuszko wrote over 300 works, including numerous songs. These works have become the foundation of the repertoire of both concerts, as well as the main theme of this year' project of the "Choir Academy – Singing Poland", co-funded by the Ministry of Culture. The project includes workshops, competitions and concerts devoted to Moniuszko's works. The concert on May 5 will feature 11 children's choirs from Lesser Poland associated in the project. The programme includes the most popular songs by Moniuszko (Prządka, Złota rybka, Dziad i baba, Chochlik and Kum i kuma) as well as works by Witold Lutosławski, Jerzy Wasowski and others.

The choir concert, to be held on Wednesday, May 15, is organised by students and pedagogues of the Institute of Choir Conducting, Music Education and Rhythmics at the Academy of Music in Kraków. The faculty choir under the direction of student-conductors will perform songs by Stanisław Moniuszko arranged for choir by Franciszek Ryling. The concert will also feature the Boys' Philharmonic Choir and invited soloists: Jolanta Kowalska-Pawlikowska (soprano) and Sebastian Szumski (baritone).

Full programme available at: http://www.filharmonia.krakow.pl/Home/8376-KONCERT_Z_OKAZJI_ROKU_MONIUSZKOWSKIEGO.html