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On November 23-25, 2018, the 2nd Polish Saxophone Congress will take place at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.

The Polish Saxophone Congress is a music festival which aims to present and analyze Polish scientific and artistic achievements in the field of saxophone music and to integrate and stimulate saxophone community in our country. The Congress programme includes a scientific conference, five concerts, meetings with composers, a methodological meeting with teachers, saxophone interpretation workshops, a presentation of publications and an exhibition of instruments and accessories.

Participation in the congress was announced by leading Polish saxophonists, representatives of almost all academic centers in our country, as well as artists who work abroad on a daily basis and young adepts of saxophone art. The concerts will premiere works by Marian Borkowski, Wojciech Chałupka, Artur Cieślak, Michał Grabowski, Olga Hans, Anna Maria Huszczy, Marcin Kopczyński, Kamil Kosecki, Krzysztof Koszowski, Jakub Muras, Jacek Sotomski and Łukasz Woś. The artistic director of the event is Paweł Gusnar.

Admission free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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Sinfonia Viva Orchestra under the baton of Tomasz Radziwonowicz and violinist Voytek Proniewicz will perform on November 22, 2018 at 7.00 p.m. at the W. Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the orchestra.

Sinfonia Viva Orchestra constantly takes on new challenges by playing any kind of music – from film themes to jazz, through carols, contemporary music, but also the most famous symphonic works, oratorios or cantatas. Their record output is over 50 recorded albums of various genres, and many of them have been honored with prizes and awards, including the Golden Orpheus Award of the French Academy du Disque Lirique for the recording of Pasquale Anfossi – Oratorio "La morte di San Filippo Neri" in 2015.

During the jubilee concert, the orchestra will perform Miscellane, Op. 16 No. 2 by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, arranged by Tomasz Radziwonowicz, Orawa by Wojciech Kilar, Concerto for string orchestra by Grażyna Bacewicz, and also Violin concerto by Tomasz Radziwonowicz. Acclaimed violinist Voytek Proniewicz will perform as a soloist.

Information on tickets available at: https://polskieradio.bilety24.pl

The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz invites you to the concert "100 years of independence", which will take place on November 21, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. For those who love organ works, it will be an attractive evening – filled with the sound of powerful philharmonic organ.

The programme will include: Metasinfonia (Symphony No. 7) for solo organ, timpani, and strings by Andrzej Panufnik, Serenade for string orchestra by Mieczysław Karłowicz, and Toccata from Organ Symfony in F minor, Op. 45 No. 9 by Feliks Nowowiejski. Japanese organist Mari Fukumoto will sit at the organ. Capella Bydgostiensis Chamber Orchestra will be conducted by Maciej Koczur, a PhD student at the Music Department of the Academy of Music in Kraków.

More information available at: http://www.filharmonia.bydgoszcz.pl

The Gliwice Chamber Orchestra Foundation invites you on November 18, 2018 at 6.00 p.m. to the Bajka Stage – Amok Cinema (3 Dolnych Wałów St.) for the annual concert from the series "Master interpretations".

The aim of this concert cycle, organised since 2005, is the presentation of outstanding works of chamber and symphonic music, with the participation of renowned soloists and conductors accompanied by the Gliwice Chamber Orchestra.

During the November concert, Cello concerto in C major hob. VIIb by Józef Haydn will be performed by an excellent soloist, chamber musician and Sinfonia Varsovia cello leader –Marcel Markowski. Additionally, at the request of the organizers, the soloist will play in the Gliwice Chamber Orchestra as the cello leader in the second part of the evening. In the Concerto for violin and cello RV 547 by Antonio Vivaldi the second soloist will be a GOK concertmaster and an acting leader of the Sinfonia Varsovia second violins – Kamil Staniczek. The Gliwice Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Paweł Kotla will also perform Old Polish Suite by Andrzej Panufnik and Symphony No. 29, KV 201 (186a) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

More information at: http://www.gliwickaorkiestra.pl/

In December 2018 and March 2019, The PianoClassic Art Association invites you to concerts as part of the project "Polish music for children in the sounds of clarinet and piano".

The project of clarinetist Barbara Borowicz and pianist Anna Miernik "Polish music for children in the sounds of clarinet and piano" is realized by the Krakow Artistic Association PianoClassic in cooperation with the Life & Art Foundation. Both artists are involved in the promotion of Polish music in the country and abroad. The purpose of their latest project is to familiarize students of first-level music schools with chamber music by Polish composers.

The event will take place in December 2018 and in March 2019 at music schools in Domosławice (04/12/18), Korzenna (06/12/18), Lubaczów (11/12/18), Skawina (March 2019) and Wadowice (March 2019).

The programme includes interpretative courses for students, a lecture about Polish music with particular emphasis on the role of clarinet and piano, clarinet exhibition with accessories and a lecture on the subject of clarinet maintenance conducted by Tomasz Cyzowski from the renowned Piotr Śmietana Brass Instruments Service. The finale of each day of the project in a given school is a concert of Polish music performed by the organisers.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: www.pianoclassic.pl