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For the 18^th time, Sanok in the Podkarpacie region will host the International Piano Forum ‘Bieszczady without borders’. On February 4-12, 2023, the masters as well as young pianists will play in the Bieszczady Mountains. Most of the concerts will be streamed online. The report will also be carried out by TVP3 Rzeszów, TVP Kultura, Polish Radio Rzeszów, Dwójka and Radio dla Ciebie will broadcast the event.

Participants of the 18^th edition of the Forum will take part in concerts, masterclasses and individual lessons, specialist courses and seminars, thematic lectures with invited guests, in the International Piano Competition ‘Young Virtuoso’, the Piano Competition ‘Golden Parnas’ and the Competition ‘Pedagogue of the Virtuosos’ for teachers. The ‘Young Composer 2023’ award was funded by the Polish Composers' Union.

Detailed programme on the website: https://interpiano.pl 

On the 3^rd of February, 2023, the first stage of the 64^th Tadeusz Baird Young Composers' Competition, organized by the Polish Composers' Union was completed.

The jury, composed of: Bartłomiej Kominek (chairman), Maciej Negrey, Dariusz Przybylski, Bartłomiej Wąsik and Wojciech Widłak, after getting acquainted with 17 works submitted, selected the following works to the second stage:

• Illusion - Emblem XC189045
• Waves - AZYx11UQ emblem
• Qualia - emblem of Stochos20
• ConfRotation - emblem of CERES

Works that have been qualified to the second stage of the Competition will be performed during the final concert at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Cracow on the 16^th of April at 12.00.

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The 11^th Musica Electronica Nova Festival will take place in Wrocław on May 13-21, 2023. This year's edition theme is ‘Kaleidophonia’.

As the director of the Festival, Pierre Jodlowski, emphasizes, ‘We plan to continue some of the projects we started in previous editions: the Akusma Forum dedicated to acoustic music, performance projects, commissions of new music from Polish and foreign composers, projects addressed to younger audiences, and a partnership relationship with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic. We want to invite the audience to the diverse paths followed by today's composers, and create a festival that will be a space for free expression and dialogue with the listener.

The programme includes world premieres of Just a little beat by Paweł Hendrich, In broad daylight by Marta Śniady, Garden of Cycles by Mateusz Śmigasiewicz. A separate concert will be devoted to the Wrocław Branch of the Polish Composers' Union.

Detailed programme - on the website https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/festiwale/musica-electronica-nova

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The Clinic of Brass Bands invites lecturers, speakers and composers who want to present their new compositions for brass band in Radom on March 24-26, 2023 to participate in the 4^th National Wind Instruments Orchestras Conference.

Works must be written for a brass band or concert brass band. Composers sharing a work that will be selected will have the opportunity to participate, on the day of its performance (in part or in its entirety), both in the ‘reading session’ and in other lectures of the conference. Composition submissions will be accepted until the 31^st of January, 2023.

Link to submit works for Reading Session - composers: https://forms.gle/xbxkJS9tyxTDGd357

The main topics discussed at the conference will be i.a. presentations of technological innovations, copyright, improvisation in a brass band, transcriptions and arrangements for a brass band and new repertoire. Following workshops have been planned: conducting, composition and arrangement, etc. The deadline for submitting lecturers' applications is the 15^th of February.

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In order to popularize the person of the outstanding Polish composer Witold Szalonek, the State Primary and Secondary Music School in Konin organizes a competition of knowledge about life and work of this composer for students of primary and secondary music schools in the Wielkopolska and Łódź regions. The competition is a one-stage competition and will take place on the 13^th of March 13, 2023 at PSM I and II in Konin. The deadline for submitting applications is the 3^rd of March.

Rules and regulations: https://www.gov.pl/web/psmkonin/wielkopolski-konkurs-wiedzy-o-zyciu-i-tworczosci-witolda-szalonka