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On the occasion of Paweł Szymański's 70^th birthday on the 28^th of March, 2024 at 8 p.m. a special concert will take place at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio. The admission free concert will be rebroadcast on the Programme 2 of the Polish Radio on the 4^th of April at 7:30 p.m.

Paweł Szymański describes his compositional strategy as surconventionalism, i.e. playing with the conventions of music - old and new, violating the rules of the known language, resulting in new works containing elements of the language of tradition. During the anniversary concert we will hear several of his works representing various periods of the composers’ work: Villanelle (1981), Two Etudes for Piano (1986), Five Pieces for String Quartet (1992), Recalling a Serenade (1996), Photography from a Birthday Party (Silesian Quartet in the Shadow of Bartók) (1998), Composing a fugue suddenly interrupted by the ghost of Franz Liszt (2020).

Additional information: https://www.studianagran.com.pl/artykul/3352335,pawel-szymanski-@-70! 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Association of Polish Chamber Musicians invites you to the 4th edition of the Easter Chamber Music Festival, which will take place on March 23-27, 2024 in three wonderful institutions in Zielona Góra: the BWA Gallery, the Museum of the Lubuskie Region and the Palace in Stary Kisielin. Admission to all events is free.

This year's Festival will feature performances by world-famous Polish instrumentalists.

Sinfonia Varsovia String Quintet will present works by Luigi Boccherini, Witold Lutosławski and Krzysztof Penderecki. The repertoire of the Polish Violin Duo concert will include compositions by Czech and Hungarian composers. The duo Aleksander Kobus (trumpet) and Monika Hanus (piano) will devote their performance entirely to Polish music: Agata Zubel and Mirosław Gąsieniec. Magdalena Bojanowicz will perform cello works by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Detailed programme: https://spmk.com.pl/projekt/wielkanocny-festiwal-kameralny-4-edycja/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

During the "Contrasts" concert, which will take place on 23^rd of March, 2024 at the Artus Court in Gdańsk, the Polish Chamber Choir will present works by one of the most important Polish composers of the 20^th century, Edward Pałłasz, as well as three motets by the Leipzig cantor. The contrast will have several dimensions, and one of them will be strongly revealed in the structure of the repertoire prepared by Jan Łukaszewski.

Edward Pałłasz - musicologist, lecturer, organizer of musical life - was the co-founder of the legendary student theaters Bim Bom, operating in Gdańsk, and STS (Student Satirical Theatre), director of Program 2 of the Polish Radio, deputy director of the Warsaw Chamber Orchestra. He also served as chairman of the Council of the ZAiKS Authors' Association. He was a person who had a significant impact on the musical culture of our country. In the unique interior of the Artus Court, his Three Funeral Songs and Et... will be performed.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Lullaby micro-songs and literary ones, musical and playful ones, in which it will be pleasant to stomp and wake up our bodies from slumber, will be sung together with children and parents on the 23^rd of March 2024 at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. in Warsaw's Hashtag Lab by Marta Grzywacz and Maciej Nerkowski, accompanied by pianist Krzysztof Kozłowski and Anna Szawiel, author of the script.

Songs will be preceded by sound riddles, which will stir the imagination and harmonize with the concert's audiosphere - the main theme will be the coming spring. The songs to be heard will include duets by: Jerzy Ficowski and Władysław Sławiński, Stanisław Szydłowski and Jerzy Wasowski, Julian Tuwim and Jarek Kordaczuk, Anna Kierkosz and Agnieszka Widlarz.

Ticket information: https://hashtaglab.pl/kalendarz/ 

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After the success of the pilot version of the VeloTalent programme, which resulted in the release of a classical music album "Portraits of Nature" by Aleksandra Świgut, the next edition will also focus on culture, but in a broader sense, not limited to music. The bank invites to participate in VeloTalent young artists who have impressive successes in their portfolio, actively promote their talent to a wide audience, but need support in the form of patronage, which will be a springboard for further, spectacular development. In this way, the bank implements the social dimension of ESG and emphasizes how important its philosophy is to appreciate and distinguish those who try harder.

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