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On April 29, 2018 at 6.00 p.m. in the Katowice headquarters of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra there will be a master recital, during which the Lithuanian-Polish trio will perform the work of Eugeniusz Knapik, Tha 'Munnot Waste No Time.

Lithuanian pianists Ruta Rikterė and Zbignevas Ibelgauptas, professors of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater as well as NOSPR clarinettist Bartosz Pacan will take part in the April concert. the programme will be filled with music of Polish and Lithuanian composers: Roberto demonai ir angelai by Bronius Kutavičius'(born 1932), SUTAPO Gintaras Sodeika (born 1961), and Tha 'Munnot Waste No Timeby Eugeniusz Knapik (born 1951). Moreover, in the interpretation of musicians we will hear Fantasia in F minor D. 940 by Franz Schubert, symphonic poem Les Préludes by Franz Liszt and La Valse by Maurice Ravel (versions for two pianos).

Tha 'Munnot Waste No Time (Let's not waste time, 1998) for two pianos and a clarinet is one of the few chamber pieces by Eugeniusz Knapik. The work, as described in the PWM catalog, is composer's ''personal, artistic farewell to the twentieth century. Tha' Munnot Waste No Time is the title of one of the chapters of a well-known and once popular (now re-emarging) book for children and young people, i.e. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. In the "Warsaw Autumn" festival programme book (1999) Knapik wrote: '' (...) The book, which is addressed to young readers, is about the timeless longings for Harmony, Beauty, Good and Friendship. Its basic premise is that these values are around us, and that often we are very close to them. Unfortunately, so often between the 'secret garden' and us (or maybe inside us), a wall springs up completely covering the object of our desires (...).'' 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information on the NOSPR website.

The Oskar Kolberg Primary Music School in Czasław invites you to take part in the Antoni Cofalik National Violin and Viola Competition for Primary Music Schools' Students, which will be held on June 8-9, 2018.

The aim of the competition is to develop children's musical talent, present their artistic achievements, promote the most talented students, improve  methodological and pedagogical skills of teachers and popularize the work of Professor Antoni Cofalik, an outstanding pedagogue and composer of numerous works for children and youth.

Open auditions will be held on June 8-9, 2018 in the Concert Hall located in the ZSZiO hall of residence in Sułkowice (1 Maja 66 St.). Students of primary music schools, both six- and four-year cycles, playing the violin or viola can apply for the auditions. The organizers provide an accompanist. The compulsory program of the Competition includes works from collections by Antoni Cofalik: At the zoo, At the circus and Aviary. The Laureats Concert will take place in the Sułkowice Concert Hall.

Application form and Rules of the competition are available for download on the website of the Oskar Kolber Primary Music School in Czasław: www.smczaslaw.pl 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

The next chamber concert in the cycle "Wednesday on Okolnik Street" will take place on May 9, 2018 at 7.00 p.m. at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

The concert will be performed by outstanding artists: violinist Janusz Wawrowski, cellist Jakub Dubik and pianist Grzegorz Skrobiński. In their interpretation, we will hear rarely performed works by Andrzej Panufnik (Piano Trio) and Mieczysław Wajnberg (Sonatina for violin and piano), as well as works by two composers of the "Young Poland" group: Ludomir Różycki (Rhapsody for Piano Trio, Op. 33) and Karol Szymanowski (Dance from the ballet Harnasie, Op. 55 in transcription for violin and piano by the composer and Paweł Kochański).

The concert will also premiere the 3rd Sonatina by Norbert Palej – Polish composer currently living in Canada, lecturer at the University of Toronto, artistic director of the Festival of Contemporary Music in Toronto.

Tickets available from the 26th of April at the Chopin University Press (Mon.–Fri., 12.00 p.m.–7.00 p.m.) and through the website: www.umfc.bilety24.pl.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

The next concert of the series "Polish music too little known" will be held on April 28, 2018 at 7.30 p.m. in the Katowice headquarters of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. It will be a great opportunity to get acquainted with the lesser-known works of Karol Lipiński.

During the April concert we will hear Trio in A major, Op. 12 and Trio in G minor, Op. 8 for 2 violins and cello by Karol Lipiński. The programme will be presented by graduates of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music: violinists Voytek Proniewicz and Adam Roszkowski, and cellist and composer Jan Roszkowski.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information about tickets at the NOSPR website.

On April 29, 2018 at 6.00 p.m. the Warsaw Philharmonic will host a Charity Concert for Joanna Tic-Ramos. Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Paweł Kapuła will play along with talented flutist Marianna Żołnacz, Koryfeusz 2017 award winner.

Joanna Tic-Ramos is a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the flute class of prof. Elżbieta Dastych-Szwarc. She also graduated from Early Music Studies in Warsaw. She is a two-time scholarship holder of the Austrian Cultural Forum and Austria Barock Akademie. From 2011 to 2013, she was the first flautist of the ULS Symphony Orchestra in La Serena (Chile). In 2013, Joanna Tic-Ramos and her family returned to Poland, where she taught at music schools and conducted educational concerts with the Little Philharmonic. In 2014, together with her husband, she founded Ensamble Insularoj to promote contemporary Latin American music.

In 2016, she was diagnosed with breast cancer with lymph node metastases. In November 2017, check-ups showed numerous bone metastases and local recurrence. Currently, Joanna is in the course of treatment with bisphosphonates, hormonal agents and is waiting for surgery of the ovaries along with the fallopian tubes. The treatment methods used are not very promising, but only inhibit the development of the disease. Joanna can not work professionally, she lives in Warsaw with her husband and two children aged 2 and 7. Joanna's husband, a pianist, works in two music schools. Determination that is shown every day in the fight against the disease, but also the awareness of how strongly it affects the lives of her husband and two children, inspired the musicians of the National Philharmonic Orchestra to take action to show support in this difficult situation.

OFN decided to organize a charity concert, during which funds for treatment and daily functioning of Joasia and her family will be collected. We invite you to participate in this extraordinary event, where the beauty of intangible art meets with human charity. The concert will feature: Overture for symphony orchestra by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Flute Concerto in D Minor Wq 22 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Symphony No. 1 by Dimitri Shostakovich.

The organizers of the concert are the Association of Polish Artists – Musicians and the National Philharmonic. OFN artists would like to point out that all people involved in the preparation and organization of the concert do not receive any remuneration for this.

During the break an auction will be held, which will be led by Paweł Burczyk. You can get acquainted with the auction catalog on the National Philharmonic website.