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The Porta Musicae Artistic Association is pleased to once again invite pupils, students and graduates of music schools and universities to the Małopolska Academy of Talents. The fifth edition of music courses will take place on June 30 – July 7, 2019, in the picturesque scenery of Łącko in Lesser Poland.

This year, the organizers invited eleven teachers of various specialties to lead their classes: Iga Bialic (string orchestra), Maria Shetty (viola, orchestral studies), Jan Kalinowski (cello), Gajusz Kęska (piano), Bartłomiej Kominek (piano duets), Piotr Lato (clarinet), Oriana Masternak (violin), Marek Szlezer (piano), Wioletta Strączek (flute), Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska (chamber music), Małgorzata Wasiucionek (violin).

The Malopolska Academy of Talents is an opportunity to improve your skills under the watchful eye of experienced and recognized authorities of classical music scene. During the courses, participants have the opportunity to make direct contact with a selected teacher and work with her or him individually. The formula of the courses, developed over the past years, is destined to broaden the musical horizons of young instrumentalists and give them tools to independently assess the level of their skills, ant to set out new bold but achievable goals to which they will strive. During the courses there will be performances of participants and teachers of the courses open to public. Participants must prepare for them short pieces in a relatively short time, which allows them to become familiar with the specificity of dynamic work in the music profession and teaches them to deal with stage fright. Admission to the concerts of the Małopolska Academy of Talents is free.

The deadline for submissions is 31 May 2019.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information about courses and pedagogues as well as application form are available at www.kursymuzyczne.com/en/home.

What are the mysterious microtones? Why is microtonal music so different from the one we arre used to as listeners of European classical music? The answers to these questions will be sought together with Sinfonietta Cracovia on March 16, 2019 at 7.00 p.m., during the next edition of the cycle "Music without applause" at the Museum of Contemporary Art MOCAK.

On March 16, Jurek Dybała's ensemble will perform under the baton of the outstanding conductor Ernst Kovacic, with whom they inaugurated this innovative series four years ago. We will listen to microtonal compositions, based on musical intervals smaller than a semitone. In modern European music, microtones appeared only thanks to the modernists and avant-garde artists. It is worth mentioning that it was the forgotten, unequal temperament that was characteristic of the musical culture of ancient India, China, Arab countries and Greece. It is not without reason that the concert will start with the precursory experimental works of 20th-century Greek composers: bravura and dynamic 10 sketches for string orchestra by Nikos Skalkottas and dramatic Syrmos for 18 string instruments, in which you can feel the mathematical precision and spatial imagination of the composer and architect Iannis Xenakis.

The raw space of the Museum of Contemporary Art MOCAK also enables to reach for the latest music, which will be represented by the economical and moving antichesis for 14 strings by the Austrian composer Beata Furrer. The evening will end with a Polish premiere of L'ideale lucente e le pagine rubate for strings by the Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino, one of the most renowned and most frequently awarded contemporaries.

According to the rules of the cycle "Music without applause", listeners will be asked to refrain from applause both during the concert and after its end. So far, this unusual postulate has been successfully implemented – will it work out this time?

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: www.sinfonietta.pl 

On March 15, 2019 at 7:00 p.m., the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz will host a concert entitled "100 Years of Independence".

The evening will start with the performance of Lamento for the oboe by Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa. The Symphony Orchestra of the Pomeranian Philharmonic under the baton of Kai Bumann will perform together with Mariusz Pędziałek – a concertmaster of the Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra, who is also a member of the Artistic Society "Muzyka Centrum", the Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music, the Witold Lutosławski Society, and the Brass Quintet of Kraków Philharmonic. He has performed many times at the "Warsaw Autumn" festival, he was also a member of the Program Committee of the "Poznań Spring" Festival. During the concert in Bydgoszcz, Mariusz Pędziałek will also present his rendition of the oboe parts in Joseph Haydn's Concerto in C Major, which score was discovered and released only in 1926. In the finale, we will listen to the Symphony No. 1 by Johannes Brahms.

Before the concert, at 6.00 p.m., there will be a meeting with Konrand Mielnik – music producer and journalist, artistic director and head of the Editorial Board of the Culture Office of the Polish Radio in Gdańsk – Radio Gdańsk S.A.

More information at: http://www.filharmonia.bydgoszcz.pl/blog/wydarzenia/100-lat-niepodleglosci-9/ 

On March 15, 2019 at 7.00 p.m., the Gorzów Philharmonic will host a concert of the Henryk Mikołaj Górecki String Quartet. The programme will consist of string quartets by Karol Szymanowski and Witold Lutosławski.

The genre itself was not one of the most popular in Polish music until the 20th century. Karol Szymanowski was the first composer who applied creative and original ideas ​​to the traditional form of string quartet. Thanks to him, this form has become a fertile ground for creative explorations for other outstanding Polish composers.

Szymanowski's String Quartet No. 2 is one of the most "modern" of his compositions. It comprises the elements of expressionism, impressionism, neoclassicism, and romantic emotionality. The individual features of the composer's style can be found, among others, in references to highlander folklore. Witold Lutosławski's String Quartet reflects the "storm and stress" period in the composer's output. It is distinguished by avant-garde, slightly aggressive sound, which stems from the ad libitum technique, and the two-part form.

More information at: https://filharmoniagorzowska.pl/pl/calendar/event/1212/2019-03-15/19:00 

A concert on March 15, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Lower Silesian Philharmonic will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Maestro Jerzy Salwarowski's artistic work.

In 2019 Jerzy Salwarowski celebrates the 50th anniversary of artistic activity. On this occasion the Mastro wil conduct a concert of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 425 "Linzka", and two outstanding Polish composers – Mieczysław Karłowicz and Wojciech Kilar. A juxtaposition of Karłowicz's Eternal Songs, published just before the tragic death of the composer, and Kilar's homage to Karłowicz – Kościelec 1909, carries a huge load of emotions. During the March concert Jerzy Salwarowski, a top-class specialist in Mieczysław Karłowicz's legacy, will lead the Lower Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.

Information on tickets at: http://filharmonia.jgora.pl/repertuar,6/muzyczne-szczyty-koncert-z-okazji-50-lecia-pracy-artystycznej,2733?did=3937