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On the 19^th of March 2024 at 7 p.m., the Hashtag Lab stage will host the premiere of a new album by the Zemiter STUDIOLO duo and will present Krzysztof Cybulski's electronic project AAAA (augmented acoustic actuated autonomous) - an unusual combination of the sound of the Post-Digital Sax, Autoviola and Aeromembranophone instruments built by Krzysztof Cybulski, algorithms partially controlling them and improvisation.

The instruments designed by Cybulski allow for digital control of the pitch of the sounds played, so that during the performance the musicians will be able to use looping phrases, improvise by eliminating the most or least frequent sounds, and even perform melodies generated digitally by the instruments.

Marcin Dymiter and Hubert Zemler's album STUDIOLO is music recorded with two sets of electronic devices combined into one organism. The concert will feature the premiere of the album, which was released by Antenna Non G.

Ticket information: https://hashtaglab.pl/event/cybulski-x-zemiter/ 

Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia: three neighboring countries, three diverse contemporary art scenes. They will be united by the new project "Sounds of Diversity", during which works by Markéta Dvořáková, Petra Šuško, Matej Sloboda, Przemysław Scheller and Daniel Skála will be premiered. The mini-tour through three countries of the Visegrad Four will present new music, a new project and a new band created especially for this occasion. Concerts will take place in Ostrava (March 18), Katowice (March 19) and Žilina (March 20).

The partners of the project are: the Hudební Současnost Ostrava Festival, Ensemble Spectrum and the Katowice Branch of the Polish Composers' Union.

The new concert project is presented by Creative Center Ostrava, an association that has been operating for five decades and was founded to unite composers, artists and amateurs of contemporary art, especially from Ostrava and the surrounding area. The idea of ​​implementing an international project connecting V4 countries arose from TCO's cooperation, in particular with Polish artists.

Website of the project: https://www.soundsofdiversity.com/ 

Związek Kompozytorów Polskich przyjmuje z niedowierzaniem informacje o planowanej likwidacji „Radia Chopin”. Nie wyobrażamy sobie, żeby władze instytucji tak ważnej dla kultury polskiej mogły zrezygnować z programu prowadzonego pod egidą jednego z najbardziej wyrazistych symboli polskiej kultury.

W ciągu ponad sześciu lat swojego istnienia Radio Chopin zdobyło opinię wyjątkowego miejsca kultu Fryderyka Chopina. Towarzyszące informacjom o planach likwidacji tego miejsca zapowiedzi „zlania” Radia Chopin z Programem 2 Polskiego Radia w najmniejszym nawet stopniu nie redukują niepokoju o losy muzyki Chopina w Polskim Radiu. Program 2 ma swoje zasługi na tym polu, ale nie przejmie szczególnego dbania o ten skarb, bo ma wiele innych zadań. Trudno zresztą „zlać” dwa 24-godzinne programy w jeden, doba się nie rozciągnie.

On the 14^th of March, 2024, I submitted my resignation to the Mayor of Lublin, Mr. Krzysztof Żuk, from the position of Curator of the KODY Festival of Tradition and Musical Avant-Garde organized by the Center for Intercultural Creative Initiatives ROZDROŻA in Lublin.

Both Kody and Rozdroża are Lublin's great capital, an original idea and its artistic expression, a valuable initiative in Lublin's efforts to become the European Capital of Culture.

We are pleased with the opinion about Kody in Poland and abroad, as a festival of musical art, as well as thoughts and ideas. Supported by creativity: with dozens of commissions, cross-genre cultural meetings, and the presence of many musical communities usually operating separately in their own artistic industries. Kody are not only about "stars", but about creating a cultural movement. One does not exclude the other. Artists of the Festival: Jan Garbarek, John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Jan Gaca, Kronos Quartet, Bang on a Can, Polish Radical Ensamble, Glenn Branca, Tomasz Stańko, Iva Bittova, Leszek Możdżer, Andrzej Bauer and Cellonet, Szábolcs Esztényi, Marcin Masecki, Ensemble of the European School of Traditional Singing, Tęgie Chłopy, Olga Pasiecznik, Grain de la Voix, Laibach, Theater of Voices, Evelyn Gleni, Marek Moś and Aukso, Orchester de Ereprijs, Phonos ek Machanes, Hashtag Ensemble, Tadeusz Wierzbicki and Laboratory of Phenomena, Jacek Kochan , Spółdzielnia Muzyczna, Kawalerowie Błotni, Kwartludium, ProMODERN, Lublin Philharmonic and Juventus Orchestra, composers writing especially for KODY: Zygmunt Krauze, Piotr Tabakiernik, Aleksander Kościów, Rafał Ryterski, Cezary Duchnowski, Lidia Zielińska, Artur Zagajewski, Krzysztof Knittel, Pierre Jodlowski, Wojciech Błażejczyk, Jagoda Szmytka and dozens more with first performances - including Arvo Paart, Philip Glass and Kaija Saariaho. And dozens of ensembles of various traditions.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The motto of the 9^th edition of the Katowice Culture Nature Festival, which will take place from 10-16 May 2024 at NOSPR, is 'Music of the Spheres': together with the artists, we will explore how the universe and music resonate with harmony and mathematical order.

We will hear, among others, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki's Symphony No. 2 'Copernicus' or Gustav Holst's symphonic poem Planets, and the brightest point in the festival sky will be a musical encounter with the Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by the rising star of world conducting Klaus Mäkelä; on the programme - Anton Bruckner's monumental Symphony No. 5 in B flat major.

In addition to concerts of classical music, there will also be an event with music in a slightly lighter, jazz version - a concert featuring the Joey Alexander Trio (for the first time in Katowice).

Programme of the Festival: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/program/festiwal-katowice-kultura-natura