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On the 17^th of March, 2023 at 7.00 pm the Świętokrzyska Philharmonic invites you to a symphonic concert, during which the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jacek Rogala, will premiere the work by Marta Ptaszyńska Landscapes from Imagination and will present Maurice Ravel's Bolero and Karol Szymanowski's Fourth Symphony Concertante. Pianist Marian Sobula will perform as a soloist.

The five-part, virtuoso composition for symphony orchestra by Marta Ptaszyńska, commissioned by the Philharmonic, is inspired by paintings that depict fantasy landscapes that do not exist in reality, being a product of the painters' imagination. An interesting fact is the use of cymbals and very extensive percussion in the score.

The concert on the 90^th anniversary of the birth of composer Henryk Mikołaj Górecki will take place in the Jasna Góra Basilica on the 16^th of March, 2023 at 18.00. The composer's works will be presented by the Częstochowa Philharmonic Choir. Free entrance!

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki would celebrate his 90^th birthday this year. On this occasion, the Choir of the Częstochowa Philharmonic Collegium Cantorum, prepared by Janusz Siadlak will perform in the Jasna Góra Basilica. The conductor will be Włodzimierz Siedlik awarded many times for his achievements in the field of choral music, who is particularly interested in choral music of the 20^th century. As a result of their joint work, a programme was created that will surely reach a wider audience and pay a worthy tribute to Górecki's memory.

The concert will be open to the inhabitants of Częstochowa and guests of this city.

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The Department of Cello and Double Bass together with the Scientific Circle of Cellists of the Academy of Music in Cracow invite you to the jubilee, 10^th edition of the Cracow Cello Spring Festival, which will take place in 2023 from the 12^th to the 18^th of March.

The purpose of the event is promotion of young talents, promotion of music by Polish composers and development of performance traditions in the field of cello music. This year, an integral part of the project will be the student exchange programme as part of the Erasmus project. Cello students from six universities will meet in Cracow: the Academy of Music in Cracow, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (Vienna, Austria), Sibelius Academy (Helsinki, Finland), Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania), Conservatorio di Musica Claudio Monteverdi di Cremona (Cremona, Italy) and Conservatorio di Musica Niccolò Piccinni (Bari, Italy).

The programme of this year's Festival includes five concerts and numerous lectures and courses, which will be conducted by recognized cellists. We will hear, among others, music by the University's Patron, Fryderyk Chopin and Aleksander Tansman.

The participants of the 3^rd International Competition of Polish Music have been announced.

On the 8^th of March 2023, a three-member Qualification Committee evaluated the applications submitted by the candidates wishing to participate in the 3^rd International Competition of Polish Music.

The Qualification Committee, in a panel composed of Paweł Zalejski (Chairperson), Robert Morawski and Hubert Rutkowski, qualified 21 pianists and 31 chamber ensembles to the Competition. Ever since it was first held, the Competition has been attracting more and more candidates. In this year applications were sent from 14 countries located on 3 different continents. A total of 113 artists from 10 countries qualified for the Competition. This year’s edition will feature artists from Poland, Japan, the United States, South Korea, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Belarus, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.

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More information on the website: www.konkursmuzykipolskiej.pl 

The National Institute of Music and Dance announces the call for applications for the next edition of the artistic programme ‘Conductor – resident’ for the 2023/2024 season. The deadline for submitting applications is the 31^st of March 2023. The budget of the programme edition in the 2023/2024 season is PLN 180,000.

The ‘Conductor – resident’ programme is intended for conductors with Polish citizenship or the Pole's Card, working together with a professional orchestra, or an opera or music theater based in Poland.

A graduate of the faculty of symphony and opera conducting or a person with a bachelor's degree at such a faculty can apply for the programme within three years of obtaining a master's or bachelor's degree.

It is obligatory to include one work by a Polish composer in the residency programme.

Rules and regulations available on the website: https://nimit.pl/aktualnosci/dyrygent-rezydent-sezon-2023-2024-startuje-nabor-wnioskow/