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Warsaw Organ Festival "Organy Śródmieścia" (The Organ of the City Centre) will be held between September 4 and October 23, 2016 in different churches in the Warsaw city centre.

The Festival was founded in 2002 by Warsaw organist Przemysław Kapituła. Held annually, it consists of a number of organ recitals performed by master organ players. The programme of each recital is suited to the characteristics of the instrument. The concerts are preceded by a commentary on the organ history and construction techniques.

Over the past centuries, Warsaw sanctuaries have been equipped with several dozen pipe organ of different types that vary in their construction, sound features, and individual characteristics. Several temples located in the Warsaw city centre possess noticeable instruments, many of which have been splendidly renovated. The Festival’s goal it to revive and present organ as an important element of the culture of Warsaw.

More information: www.kapitula.org

Warsaw Philharmonic Choir under the baton of Kazimierz Bukat will give a performance on September 4, 2016 at 5.00 pm at the St. John Baptist Church in Magnuszew.

The concert will be a part of the 13th edition of the "Mazovia in the Crown" Festival organized by the Mazovia Institute of Culture. The programme includes sacral music by Wacław z Szmotuł, Mikołaj Zieleński, Georg Friedrich Haendel, Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gioacchino Rossini, as well as Gaude Mater Polonia by Wincenty z Kielczy and choral parts from Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco and Traviata, and Stanisław Moniuszko’s The Hanuted Manor.

Next concerts will be held on September 9 at the St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church in Skrzeszew and September 16 at the Holy Trinity Church in Myszyniec.

Admission free.

More information: www.mazowszewkoronie.pl

4th edition of the series of events held dunder the title "Warszawa jest trendy" will take place in several venues of Warsaw on September 2-4, 2016.

The programme offers a wide range of various events and activities, including classical, pop and jazz music concerts, threatre performances, film screenings, workshops, exhibitions, dance and sporting events, sightseeing tours as well as events for children. From Friday afternoon till Sunday evening, it will also be possible to enter selected sporting centres at reduced price or use discounts at restaurants and cafes listed at the event's official website.

Organizer: City of Warsaw

Detailed information available at: www.warszawajesttrendy.um.warszawa.pl

XXIII Jesienny Festiwal Muzyczny „Alkagran” odbędzie się w Czechowicach-Dziedzicach w dniach 26 września – 1 października 2016 roku.

Przedsięwzięcie odbywa się w Czechowicach-Dziedzicach od 1991 roku i związane jest z osobą kompozytora i wykonawcy Andrzeja Krzanowskiego. Głównym wydarzeniem tegorocznego Festiwalu będzie IX Konkurs Akordeonowy im. Andrzeja Krzanowskiego. W Jury Konkursu zasiądą cenieni pedagodzy i artyści: Marek Andrysek, Klaudiusz Baran, Bogdan Dowlasz, Claudio Jacomucci, Grażyna Krzanowska (członek honorowy) i Janusz Pater (sekretarz).

Na koncertach festiwalowych znaczną część programu wypełni muzyka XX i XXI wieku, m.in.: 28 września w Pałacu Kotulińskich w wykonaniu akordeonistów (Mateusz Dudek, Bartosz Kołsut, Rałaf Łuc, Konrad Merta, Mateusz Stankiewicz, Przemysław Wojciechowski) zabrzmią utwory autorstwa Wiesława Cienciały, Piotra Zielińskiego, Juoni Kaipainena, Staffana Mossenmarka, Cezarego Duchnowskiego i Przemysława Schellera. 29 września w CH Stara Kablownia odbędzie się koncert ARACNE/OUTBACK, podczas którego zostanie zaprezentowany m.in. performance ARACNE Claudio Jacomucciego i Kathleen Delaney oraz kompozycja Jagny Krzanowskiej (córki kompozytora). 1 października w CH Stara Kablownia Kwartet Śląski wykona dzieła Stanisława Krupowicza, Marcina Rupocińskiego oraz Andrzeja Krzanowskiego.

Szczegółowe informacje o Festiwalu – na stronie: www.alkagran.pl

Patronat medialny nad Festiwalem objęło Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej.

2016 edition of the Andrzej Markowski International Festival "Wratislavia Cantans" will be held in Wrocław between 3-18 September.

This year, the festival holds the title "Europa Cantans" and its programme is richer and more varied than ever. The guest performers (including Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Jordi Savall, Andrey Boreyko, Philippe Jaroussky, Václav Luks, Giovanni Sollima, Paolo Pandolfo, Andrea Ighisciano and many others) will give performances of such pieces as both Passions by Bach, Coronation Mass by Mozart, Beethoven and Shostakovich Symphonies, as well as music by Claudio Monteverdi, Georg Philipp Telemann, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Wolfgang Rihm, Mikołaj Górecki. The organizers will also continue the tradition of concerts programmed upon works from Wrocław University Library music collection (this time, the main focus will be drawn to Italian instrumental music that was preserved only in the copies kept in Wrocław) and educational part of the Festival which will consist of course of interpretation of oratorio and cantata music and master classes on improvisation addressed to young musicians and led by Paolo Pandolfo, Robert Levin, Andrea Inghisciano, and Giovanni Sollima.

More information: www.nfm.wroclaw.pl