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Paradyż-Gościkowo | 16th "Music in Paradise" Festival

Muzyka w raju

From August 17 to 25, 2018, the 16th edition of the "Music in Paradise" Festival, one of the most important festivals of early music in Poland, will take place in the Cistercian monastery in Paradyż-Gościków.

As every year in mid-August, the organizers invite you to the post-Cistercian monastery in Paradyż-Gościków in the Lubuskie Province for the festival "Music in Paradise". The 16th edition of this extraordinary musical meeting will consist of 22 concerts. Baroque music will dominate, but it will also be placed in a wider context, stretching from the 13th to the beginning of the 19th century.

The festival will host two vocal ensembles – Profeti della Quinta and Les Polysolistes, a new project by Marc Mauillona. Medieval music will be presented by the Argentinean Roger Helou and his trio Le Souvenir. For the first time, Paradyż will host harpsichordist Justin Taylor with Le Consort ensemble. The soloists and members of the Kore orchestra will include Japanese singer Yukie Sato, violinists Aira Maria Lehtipuu and Fredrik From, harpsichordists Marcus Mohlin and Marianna Henriksson, Jesenka Balic Zunic with viola d'amore and piper from Greater Poland – Adam Kaiser.

Detailed programme at: http://muzykawraju.pl 

Sierpniowa trasa Macieja Frąckiewicza w Chinach

Maciej Frąckiewicz7 sierpnia 2018 Maciej Frąckiewicz rozpoczął trasę w Chinach jako członek Jury Międzynarodowego Konkursu Akordeonowego w Harbinie, gdzie poprowadził również masterclasses. W ramach sierpniowego tournée znakomity polski akordeonista dokona chińskiego prawykonania Koncertu na akordeon Krzysztofa Pendereckiego. Projekt organizowany jest przy współpracy z Instytutem Polskim w Pekinie oraz Instytutem Adama Mickiewicza.

Chińska premiera Koncertu na akordeon Krzysztofa Pendereckiego będzie miała miejsce 10 sierpnia 2018 podczas koncertu symfonicznego w Children’s Palace Theater w Harbinie. Jest to kompozycja opracowana na akordeon przez Macieja Frąckiewicza na podstawie Concerto doppio Krzysztofa Pendereckiego na skrzypce i altówkę z towarzyszeniem orkiestry symfonicznej. Światowe prawykonanie utworu w nowej aranżacji miało miejsce 12 stycznia 2018 roku w Filharmonii Bałtyckiej w Gdańsku. Concerto doppio powstało natomiast w 2012 roku z okazji dwusetlecia wiedeńskiej Musikverein i na zamówienie tej instytucji, z myślą o wirtuozie skrzypiec i altówki, Julianie Rachlinie.

Maciej Frąckiewicz zaprezentuje się także w Chinach podczas trzech recitali solowych: w Forbidden City Concert Hall w Pekinie (12 sierpnia), Lei Feng Theater w Changsha (14 sierpnia) oraz Grand Theatre w Tianjin (16 sierpnia). Program koncertów obejmować będzie głównie kompozycje polskie, takie jak Sonata da chiesa Dariusza Pzybylskiego, Bukoliki  Witolda Lutosławskiego, Te Lucis Ante Terminum Andrzeja Tuchowskiego, Dyad Mikołaja Majkusiaka, czy Sinfonietta Krzysztofa Pendereckiego, które zestawione zostaną ze znakomitą światową literaturą akordeonową.

19th AUKSO Summer Philharmonic – Pieniny 2018

Aukso

The series of concerts of "Aukso" Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy under the direction of Marek Moś will take place between August 13-16, 2018 in Pieniny region with the participation of special guests: guitar virtuoso Waldemar Gromolak and Reut Rivka with Krzysztof Kobyliński's KK PEARLS ensemble.

The events in Szczawnica and Jaworki will include orchestral and chamber concerts, as well as a meeting with the festival's guest, pianist and composer Krzysztof Kobyliński. In the final concert, which will take place on August 16 in the Guest Manor in Szczawnica, we will hear musicians from abroad: Israeli singer Reut Rivka, guitarist Dima Gorelik, and Colombian bassist Edi Sanchez – soloists of the KK PEARLS ensemble under the direction of Krzysztof Kobyliński.

The Aukso Orchestra will present three different repertoir programmes, which refer to the jubilees celebrated in 2018. In the classical programme, apart from works of the Baroque period (Antonio Vivaldi's concerts with the participation of the soloist – Waldemar Gromolak), there will be works by Polish composers (including Paderewski). The repertoire will also highlight the work of Zygmunt Krauze, celebrating his eighty years this year.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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August edition of the 6th Lower Silesian Music Festival

DMF

The 6th edition of the Lower Silesian Music Festival, which main theme is Polish music – "Viva la Polonia!", will include seven concerts in August 2018.

Musical meetings will be held at the Żelazno Palace (5 August), Villa Polanica in Polanica-Zdrój (10 August), Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bard (12 August), Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lądek Zdrój (17 August), Saint George Church in Wojborz (17 August) and the Chapel of Saint Anna in Szalejów Dolny (August 23).

The programme will include works by Polish composers such as Henryk Wieniawski, Mieczysław Surzyński, Ignacy Feliks DobrzyńskiMarian Sawa. Most concerts will be preceded by specially prepared workshops for children.

On 30th August at 7.00 p.m. in the Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bard, there will be a concert "Viva la Polonia!", featuring the Choir and Orchestra of the Silesian Song and Dance Ensemble conducted by Thomas Cornelius and soloists: Małgorzata Rodek (soprano), Magdalena Cornelius (mezzo-soprano), Adam Sobierajski (tenor), Makary Pihura (bass).

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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Sinfonia Varsovia we Francji

Sinfonia VarsoviaWe Francji trwa 38. Festival International de Piano de la Roque d'Anthéron. Pod batutą Lio Kuokmana Sinfonia Varsovia zagra sześć koncertów, towarzysząc wybitnym pianistom, takim jak Nelson Goerner, Nicholas Angelich, Nelson Freire czy Anne Queffélec. W programie m. in. utwory Mozarta, Beethovena, Liszta i Dvořáka.

W dniach 20 lipca –18 sierpnia, w Théâtre des Terrasses, Église de Lambesc, Musée Granet, a także wielu innych, często malowniczych miejscach rozbrzmiewać będzie różnorodny repertuar: od muzyki poważnej przez jazz, aż po muzykę klezmerską. Podczas wydarzenia publiczność będzie miała okazję usłyszeć wykonawców z całego świata, w tym również Sinfonię Varsovię, którą festiwal w La Roque d'Anthéron będzie gościć już po raz piętnasty. W Parc du Château de Florans pod dyrekcją Lio Kuokmana orkiestra zagra sześciokrotnie, towarzysząc znakomitym pianistom.

Pierwszy koncert (6.08) poświęcony będzie twórczości Wolfganga Amadeusza Mozarta. Publiczność usłyszy dwa koncerty fortepianowe – A-dur nr 23 i C-dur nr 21 w wykonaniu Luisa Fernando Péreza – oraz Uwerturę do opery „Wesele Figara”. Dwa dni później w repertuarze znajdą się Uwertura do „Cyrulika sewilskiego” Gioacchina Rossiniego, jeden z Tańców słowiańskich Antonina Dvořáka oraz dwa koncerty fortepianowe – Mozarta i Bartóka – przy prezentacji których orkiestra będzie towarzyszyć francuskiej pianistce Anne Queffélec. Na kolejnym koncercie (11.08) Sinfonia Varsovia wykona Symfonię „Z Nowego Świata” Antonina Dvořáka oraz Koncert fortepianowy Johannesa Brahmsa (solista – Nelson Freire).

13 sierpnia orkiestra zagra dwa koncerty: o godz. 20:00 i 22:00, podczas których zaprezentuje słuchaczom kompozycje Ferenca Liszta oraz Ludwiga van Beethoven. W repertuarze pierwszego koncertu znajdą się Totentanz na fortepian i orkiestrę węgierskiego kompozytora oraz VII Symfonia klasyka wiedeńskiego. Podczas późniejszego artyści wykonają I Koncert fortepianowy Liszta oraz V Symfonię c-moll Ludwiga van Beethovena. Utwory na fortepian i orkiestrę razem z Sinfonią Varsovia zagra Nelson Goerner. Podczas ostatniego koncertu warszawskiej orkiestry (14.08) publiczność usłyszy repertuar kompozytorów romantyzmu, w tym Koncert fortepianowy e-moll Fryderyka Chopina, który wraz z Sinfonią Varsovią zagra Nicholas Angelich. Pozostałe utwory, które zespół zaprezentuje tego dnia to Uwertura do opery „Genowefa” Roberta Schumanna oraz Sen nocy letniej Feliksa Mendelssohna-Bartholdy’ego.

Dla tych, którzy nie będą mogli osobiście doświadczyć festiwalowej atmosfery dobrą wiadomością będzie fakt, iż trzy koncerty: 6, 8 i 11 sierpnia transmitowane będą przez radio France Musique. Więcej informacji na stronie rozgłośni: https://www.francemusique.fr/ 

Szczegółowe informacje o wydarzeniach można znaleźć na stronie orkiestry: www.sinfoniavarsovia.org.

43. "Music in Old Cracow" Festival

KrakowThe 43rd edition of "Music in Old Cracow" Festival will take place between 15-31 August 2018.

"Music in Old Cracow" is one of the oldest Polish festivals. Cultural tradition in Cracow creates a special aura that conduces to music. Many outstanding European composers such as H. Finck, L. Marenzio and D. Cato worked here; G. Palestrina, G. Ph. Telemann and J. S. Bach dedicated their works to Polish kings. Liszt, Brahms, Paderewski and Rubinstein played here their concerts. The festival “Music in Old Cracow” refers to these great cards of Cracow cultural history.

The program of the festival “Music in Old Cracow” includes wide range of music – from the oldest to contemporary. We will hear, among others, works by Karol Szymanowski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Władysław Żeleński, Sławomir Zamuszko. Cracow Brass Quinten and Paweł Gusnar will present saxophone compositions by Paweł Łukaszewski, Artur Malawski and Krzesimir Dębski. In the finale we will hear Krzysztof Penderecki's music performed by the Beethoven Academy Orchestra and Zieliński Collegium under the direction of Maciej Tworek.

The concerts take place in various historical venues, what allows to see the most beautiful places in Cracow, in addition to musical impressions.

Detailed programme available at: http://mwsk.pl/ 

Warsaw | "Chopin–Górecki. Sources and Inspirations"

Chopin Górecki

The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Poland announces its 19th Intensive Music Course and Festival “Chopin–Górecki. Sources and Inspirations”, which will take place on August 13–22, 2018.

Currently, in its nineteenth year, the Chopin–Górecki Music Festival has evoked the world-wide interest of musicians who are excited by the unique opportunity to visit Chopin’s homeland, gaining unforgettable first-hand experiences. Participants will be surrounded by the same inspirations that captured the hearts, minds and souls of great Polish composers from Chopin to Górecki. We will visit the birthplace and house of Fryderyk Chopin and experience the rich, Polish folk tradition.

The Chopin – Górecki Music Festival consists of private lessons given by acclaimed international artists, master classes, concerts, lectures and an excursion around Poland. The courses are offered in such sections as: Piano, Organ, Chamber music, String, Wood instruments, Brass instruments, Accordion, Harp, Composition, Singing Early Music, Guitar, and Percussion.

During the opening concert, on August 13, at 7.30 p.m. in the FCUM Concert Hall, Motion Trio will perform works by such composers as Fryderyk Chopin, Wojciech Kilar, and Janusz Wojtarowicz, as well as their own compositions. On August 16, we will hear Duo Granat: pianists Tamara Granat and Adrian Kreda. On August 18, there will be a FCUM percussion class concert "The Rhythm of the World", and in the final concert, on August 21, we will hear performances of course participants.

Tickets available from August 8, 2018, betweeen 4.00 and 7.00 p.m., in the Bookstore of the Chopin University Press Publishing House, located on the ground floor of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.

More information at: http://www.chg.chopin.edu.pl/

Janowice | II Vitis Music Sfera Festival

VitisThe 2nd Vitis Music Sfera Festival, which will take place on August 12-18, 2018, is the second edition of an exceptional weekly music event, which takes place at the top of the vineyard in Janowice.

The idea of ​​the event is to present and combine different genres of music  from classical, through jazz, to pop. The Janowice Festival, which has a chance to become a famous and recognizable feast of music in Poland, promotes not only artists from Poland and abroad, but above all, the geographical and cultural richness of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The main objective of the project is to enrich the artistic offer of the region by inviting talented artists representing various genres of music, as well as providing residents and guests from Tarnów and neighboring towns with access to the highest quality cultural events. The cultivation of musical traditions refers to the patron of the Foundation, Ignacy Jan Paderewski  an outstanding pianist and politician who initiated the series of concerts in his vineyard, celebrated to this day as the "Paderewski Festival".

The second edition of the Vitis Music Sfera Festival will begin on August 12, and will include seven concerts of soloists, chamber musicians and string orchestra, which was founded during the first edition of the event, as a reference to the international traditions of the best festivals in the world: the Martha Argerich Festival in Lugano and the Baden Baden Easter Festival. The repertoire will include, among others, works of the patron of the Foundation  Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

Detailed programme at: http://www.festival.vitismusicsfera.pl/ 

Jakub Dera's recital in Rome

Recital Jakuba Dery

On August 11, 2018 at 8.30 p.m. in the historical heart of Rome – Teatro di Marcello, Polish pianist Jakub Dera will perform a piano recital as part of the Festival Musicale delle Nazion. The programme will consist of works by W. A. ​​Mozart, L. van Beethoven, F. Chopin, F. Liszt and A. Schönberg.

This will be the third appearance of this musician during the Roman festival. His last year's recital received excellent reviews, which emphasized enormous individuality, imagination and musical intelligence, virtuosity and emotional involvement during the performance. His interpretation of Liszt's Pilgrim Year was described as phenomenal.

Jakub Dera is a PhD student at the Academy of Music in Łódź, where his artistic supervisor is prof. dr hab. Maria Korecka-Soszkowska. In 2004 he received a full scholarship for the three years Artist Diploma studies at the Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles, where he also worked as an assistant in the piano class of Roza Kostrzewska-Yoder. After returning to Poland, regular lessons with Irina Rumiancewa were an important element of his pianistic development. In 2015/16, he finished an annual master piano studies with the outstanding pianist Dina Yoffe in Brescia, Italy. He also perfected his piano skills during masterclasses with such pianists as: Janusz Olejniczak, Edward Wolanin, Dina Yoffe, Aleksander Slobodianik, Vitaly Margulis, Pavel Nersessian, Natalia Troull and many others.

More information at: www.polacywewloszech.com