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"La Sylfide" live from the Bolshoi Theatre in cinemas on November 11th

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Romantic ballet La Sylfide in the original 19th-century choreographic version will open the season of ballet broadcasts from the Bolshoi Theater on 11 November 2018. In the Praha Cinema, the broadcast will take place at 4.00 pm.

La Sylphide — produced by the prima ballerina’s father Filippo Taglioni — was premiered in Paris in 1832. Two years later, it was seen by August Bournonville, the man who made the name of Danish ballet, who decided to do a version of it for his Company. He did not have enough money to acquire the rights to the score but, nothing daunted, he commissioned new music from a Danish composer. And so — in 1836 — the Danish La Sylphide which was to become famous the world over, saw the light of day. And, thanks to the reverent attitude to this ballet of generation after generation of Royal Danish Ballet dancers, it has been preserved for posterity. La Sylphide is one of the world’s oldest surviving ballets, and a treasure in the Danish Bournonville style. Restaged for the Bolshoi by Bournonville expert Johan Kobborg, this production is the ultimate romantic masterpiece.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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

7th International "Discovering Paderewski" Festival

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On November 11 – December 12, 2018, the 7th International "Discovering Paderewski" Festival will be held in Kiev and Lviv.

The festival is a unique project carried out by the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Polish-Ukrainian Foundation in Lviv continuously since 2012. The event aims to promote outstanding Polish artists abroad and bridge artistic cooperation between Poland and Ukraine by referring to the figure of Paderewski  – an excellent artist, politician and patriot who links the two countries through his birthplace, Kuryłówka.

This year's edition will be inaugurated by the Polish-Ukrainian co-production of the Manru opera by Ignacy Jan Paderewski at the National Opera in Kiev. On November 16, the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Lviv conducted by Hobart Earle and pianist Marianna Humetska will present works by Karol Szymanowski, Igor Stravinsky and Borys Latoszyński. The Polish-Ukrainian Youth Orchestra "Paderewski" will perform on November 18. Selected fragments of Historical Songs arranged by Krzesimir Dębski will be presented at the Lviv Opera Theater on November 26. The finale of the Festival will be the premiere of the Manru opera in the famous building of the Lviv Opera House.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: www.paderewski.eu

DOWNLOAD: Festival's Programe.

Warszawa | Koncert Galowy okazji 100. rocznicy odzyskania przez Polskę niepodległości

TW-ON11 listopada 2018 roku o godz. 20.00 w Teatrze Wielkim – Operze Narodowej odbędzie się w ramach projektu „100 na 100. Muzyczne dekady wolności” Koncert Galowy okazji 100. rocznicy odzyskania przez Polskę niepodległości.

Warszawska opera od wielu lat czciła Święto Niepodległości poprzez wykonywanie Hymnu państwowego przed koncertami 11 listopada. W tym roku Mazurek Dąbrowskiego otworzy Koncert Galowy pod dyrekcja Jacka Kaspszyka, podczas którego muzycy wykonają Beatus Vir op. 38 Henryka Mikołaja Góreckiego, Koncert fortepianowy a-moll Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego i Te Deum Krzysztofa Pendereckiego. Podczas konferencji prasowej dyrektor TW – ON Waldemar Dąbrowski powiedział: „Głęboko wierze, że ten koncert będzie nie tylko manifestacją patriotyczną, ale również pięknym wydarzeniem artystycznym.

Utwory wykona Chór i Orkiestra Teatru Wielkiego – Opery Narodowej pod batutą Jacka Kaspszyka. W roli solistów wystąpią: Ewa Vesin (sopran), Karolina Sikora (mezzosopran), Arnold Rutkowski (tenor), Mariusz Godlewski (baryton), Tomasz Konieczny (bas-baryton), Garrick Ohlsson (fortepian).

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Warszawa | Koncert Galowy okazji 100. rocznicy odzyskania przez Polskę niepodległości

TW-ON11 listopada 2018 roku o godz. 20.00 w Teatrze Wielkim – Operze Narodowej odbędzie się w ramach projektu „100 na 100. Muzyczne dekady wolności” Koncert Galowy okazji 100. rocznicy odzyskania przez Polskę niepodległości.

Warszawska opera od wielu lat czciła Święto Niepodległości poprzez wykonywanie Hymnu państwowego przed koncertami 11 listopada. W tym roku Mazurek Dąbrowskiego otworzy Koncert Galowy pod dyrekcja Jacka Kaspszyka, podczas którego muzycy wykonają Beatus Vir op. 38 Henryka Mikołaja Góreckiego, Koncert fortepianowy a-moll Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego i Te Deum Krzysztofa Pendereckiego. Podczas konferencji prasowej dyrektor TW – ON Waldemar Dąbrowski powiedział: „Głęboko wierze, że ten koncert będzie nie tylko manifestacją patriotyczną, ale również pięknym wydarzeniem artystycznym.

Utwory wykona Chór i Orkiestra Teatru Wielkiego – Opery Narodowej pod batutą Jacka Kaspszyka. W roli solistów wystąpią: Ewa Vesin (sopran), Karolina Sikora (mezzosopran), Arnold Rutkowski (tenor), Mariusz Godlewski (baryton), Tomasz Konieczny (bas-baryton), Garrick Ohlsson (fortepian).

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"Marnie" opera based on Alfred Hitchcock's movie live form The Metropolitan Opera on November 10th

MetMarnie is another contemporary work staged at The Metropolitan Opera that is inspired by a film script. Nica Muhly's new opera is based on Alfred Hitchcock's movie and the novel by Winston Graham. Broadcast to cinemas around the world will be held on November 10, 2018. In the Praha Cinema, it will take place at 6:35 pm.

Composer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel, set in the 1950s, about a beautiful, mysterious young woman who assumes multiple identities. Director Michael Mayer and his creative team have devised a fast-moving, cinematic world for this exhilarating story of denial and deceit, which also inspired a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the enigmatic Marnie, and baritone Christopher Maltman is the man who pursues her—with disastrous results. Robert Spano conducts.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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

Gdańsk | Premiere of the spectacle "I dreamed a dream about the Independent"

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The premiere of the music and dance spectacle Wyśniłem sen o Niepodległej (I dreamed a dream about the Independent) will be held on November 10, 2018 at 5.00 p.m. in the Artus Court in Gdańsk under the National Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda in the 100th Anniversary of Regaining Independence.

The spectacle consists of patriotic songs compiled by the composer Kamil Cieślik who is the music manager of the project. The author of the script and the director of the show is the director of the Open Theater in Gdańsk, Dariusz S. Wójcik. Apart from the popular patriotic songs performed by the instrumental group "Mea Patria" and soloists, there will be songs and piano works by Michał Kleofas OgińskiFryderyk ChopinStanisław Moniuszko and Ignacy Jan Paderewski. The spectacle will include poetry by C. K. Norwid, K. Wojtyła, M. Konopnicka and Cz. Milosz and the performance of the Song and Dance Ensemble "Jantar" of the University of Gdańsk.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

DOWNLOAD: Programme

Warsaw | Constellations: Polish Music 1918-2018

KonstelacjeThe exhibition entitled "Constellations: Polish Music 1918-2018" will be held at the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw untill March 3, 2019.

Constellations ‒ a kind of map in which unconnected points intersect in a certain geometric plane. Threads and concepts in Polish music of the last century create such a network. The constellations at the Fryderyk Chopin Museum include a commentary on the attitudes of composers towards history, tradition and modernity, written for nearly 70 works. The map of Polish artists is complemented by recordings and descriptions of works as well as comments by composers and musicologists in the form of films.

Visitors will have the opportunity to look at the most important compositions of Polish artists of the last century, including Grażyna Bacewicz, Tadeusz Baird, Witold Lutosławski, Paweł Mykietyn, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Roman Palestra, Andrzej Panufnik, Krzysztof Penderecki, Kazimierz Serocki, Elżbieta Sikora, Karol Szymanowski, Paweł Szymański and Agata Zubel.

The accompanying events will include an introductory lecture by dr hab. Iwona Lindstedt (November 13, 6.00 pm) and discussion panel "What is Polish music today?" (December 11, 6.00 pm) led by Jan Topolski and attended by Hanna Kulenty, dr Katarzyna Naliwajek-Mazurek, prof. Szábolcs Esztényi and Piotr Peszat. 

Admission to the exhibition included in the price of a ticket to the Museum, on Sundays the admission is free. Tickets for the accompanying events can be reserved at: www.bilety.nifc.pl 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Warsaw | Paderewski to Chopin

NIFCThe "Paderewski to Chopin" exhibition will be held at the Fryderyk Chopin Museum from November 9, 2018 to January 13, 2019.

Paderewski – a pianist, composer and politician, without whom it is impossible to think about Polish independence. What is his contribution to Chopin? This question is answered by the exhibition of memorabilia belonging to the collections of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum and the Library of the National Fryderyk Chopin Institute: valuable musical manuscripts, concert programmes and preserved iconography. The exhibition is a unique opportunity to look at Paderewski as a performer, editor and promoter of Chopin's legacy, which was a source of inspiration throughout his life. The character of the exhibition is special: some of the artist's souvenirs will be presented for the first time.

The exhibition will be accompanied by Michał Szymanowski's concert on January 8, 2019 at 6.00 pm, featuring works of Fryderyk Chopin and Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

Admission to the exhibition included in the price of a ticket to the Museum, on Sundays the admission is free

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets atwww.chopin.nifc.pl 

Subcarpathia for the Independent

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"Subcarpathia for the Independent" ("Podkarpacie dla Niepodległej") festival will last until November 10, 2018.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of regaining independence, the Sucarpathian Foundation for Developement of Culture organized a series of events aimed at deepening the sense of patriotism among the inhabitants of Subcarpathia.

Performed by the Accademia dell'arco Chamber Orchestra from Bydgoszcz, we will hear works by the most eminent Polish composers such as Chopin, Górecki, Ogiński, Paderewski, Twardowski, and Wieniawski. The events will also present the history of the region and personalities who contributed in a significant way to regaining freedom by Poland in the territory of Subcarpathia. The concert will be complemented by a multimedia presentation of the valuable photographs from the period 1860-1920, prepared by the Historical Museum in Sanok. The audience will also have a chance to sing patriotic songs with the accompaniment of the orchestra.

The concerts were already held in Łańcut and Krosno. The next events will take place in Sanok, Rymanów, Przemyśl and Ustrzyki Dolne. Admission free.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: https://niepodlegla.interpiano.pl/pol