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On September 9 – October 28, 2018, the presentations of a musical and theatrical miniature Od Moniuszki do Starszych Panów, combined with theater workshops, will take place in the Lublin Province. The organizer of the project is the Lublin Branch of the Association of Polish Artists Musicians.

How do you combine romantic songs and satire from 60 years ago? This question is answered by the music and theater miniature Od Moniuszki do Starszych Panów. The musical layer consists of originally arranged works by Fryderyk Chopin, Stanisław Moniuszko, Mieczysław Karłowicz and Stanisław Niewiadomski as well as songs written by duo Jerzy Wasowski – Jeremi Przybora. The scenario combines humor and sentiment, minimalism and expression, chanson and song. The spectacle is directed by Urszula Lewartowicz, who is also the author of the script. The musical part is supervised by Agnieszka Schulz-Brzyska. After the spectacle, viewers will be able to take part in theater workshops introducing the secrets of stage work.

The project is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund under the "Accessible Culture" programme.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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The premiere of Audition V by Andrzej Krzanowski – an opera in 20 scenes to texts by Zbigniew Dolecki and Jacek Bierezin – will take place in the NOSPR concert hall on September 9, 2018.

This prematurely deceased, outstanding Silesian composer left his innovative work in manuscript. Despite several approaches, the piece has been waiting for its premiere performance for several decades. As a form, Audition V exceeds the framework of a concert, a theater performance, a choreographic poem, a multimedia projection; constituting a kind of meta-form combining word, sound, light, dance, multimedia, elements of happening and interaction with the audience. Also, the executive apparatus of the work is very complex: actors, solo soprano, chamber choir, orchestra divided into several groups, dancers, mime, multi-channel electroacoustic layer. Krzanowski created a bizarre form – a form of audition – in which poetry is a co-ordinate partner. Audition V is in a sense the sum of the four previous ones, both in terms of the texts used and the musical layer. The premiere of the opera will inaugurate this year's series of concerts at the headquarters of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice within the project "Polish music too little known".

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: http://www.nospr.org.pl

The annual celebration of Polish pianists – the Polish Piano Festival in Słupsk – will be held on September 8-14, 2018.

Initiated in 1967, the Festival remains an unmatched place to promote native piano music. The rich history, abound with the virtuoso performances of the most outstanding Polish pianists, made the Festival a significant musical event in Poland, and at the same time a cultural showpiece of Słupsk.

This year, the programme will cover two symphonic concerts, a vocal and piano evening, piano recitals, a salon of laureats and an evening of jazz. The inaugural concert will mark the 70th anniversary of the death of Raul Koczalski, an outstanding performer of Chopin's works and composer, author of five piano concerts. His Piano Concerto No. 3 will be presented for the first time in Poland by Joanna Ławrynowicz. In addition, Łukasz Krupiński will perform Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17 Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

As part of the "Youth Stage" series, 6 half-recitals will be held, and each participant will perform one of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski miniatures; a special prize will be awarded for the best performance.

The final concert will also feature contemporary music: the world premiere of Zbigniew Kruczek's concert for piano, flute and string orchestra, created at the request of the FPP.

Full programme available at: http://www.stsk.eslupsk.pl/ 

Meakultura Foundation announced the call for entries for the 4th edition of the Polish Music Critics’ Competition "Kropka". The best authors will receive financial and material rewards. The main co-organizer of the competition and the founder of the Grand Prix of the 4th edition is the Institute of Music and Dance.

"Kropka" is the only competition in Poland that aims is to promote music criticism, support debuting journalists and recognise authors writing about Polish music abroad. The organisers provide the following prizes for the best critics: Grand Prix in the amount of PLN 3000 funded by the Institute of Music and Dance, two Main Awards in the amount of PLN 2,500 funded by the ZAiKS Authors' Association, Special Award for the text about Polish music published outside the country (the founder of the material prize is Adam Mickiewicz Institute), Award for the Debutant (PWM Director-Editor-in-Chief Award), Meakultura Foundation Award for outstanding achievements in the field of music criticism, Special Award of Musicologists' Section of the Polish Composers' Union for people promoting music on radio and television, Special Award of the Fryderyk Chopin National Institute and the Piotr Metz Individual Award for the best text on popular music. The winners will also receive material prizes funded by the competition partners.

Competition Jury is composed of: dr Daniel Cichy (chairman), dr hab. Joanna Maleszyńska, dr Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska (ZAiKS Authors' Association), Agata Kwiecińska, dr hab. Mirosław Pęczak, Rafał Księżyk i Remigiusz Mazur-Hanaj.

Candidates should submit their entries through application form available at www.konkurskropka.pl or via email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Submission deadline: October 15, 2018.

The winners will be announced on November 26, whereas the prize-giving ceremony will be held on December 5.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information on the competition's webstite: http://www.konkurskropka.pl/ 

Do 9 edycji jednego z największych konkursów dyrygenckich w tej części Europy przystąpiło 50 wybranych młodych dyrygentów z całego świata. Konkurs składał się z czterech etapów, w których dyrygenci pracowali nad różnorodnym repertuarem symfonicznym z Bucharest Symphony Orchestra. Polka brawurowo weszła do finału. Kandydatów oceniało 7-osobowe międzynarodowe jury pod przewodnictwem Sigmunta Thorpa – jednego z wiodących dyrygentów norweskich. Gala Finałowa i Koncert laureatów, transmitowany na żywo, odbył się w 700-osobowej sali Romanian Athenaeum w Bukareszcie.

W ciągu ostatnich kilku miesięcy Joanna Natalia Ślusarczyk zdobyła także szereg innych nagród na arenie międzynarodowej: w styczniu 2018 roku – III miejsce na Międzynarodowym Konkursie Dyrygenckim First European Union International Conducting Competition w Sofii (Bułgaria), w kwietniu 2018 roku – I miejsce na London Classical Soloists Conducting Competition w Wielkiej Brytanii, a także Specjalne Wyróżnienie podczas The BMW International Conducting Masterclass and Competition w Portugalii.

Szczegółowe informacje o konkursie: http://www.bucharestcompetition.ro/