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The Association of Polish Chamber Musicians once again invites you to a series of artistic events "Patriotically in Podkarpacie Manors", which will be held in Podkarpacie manors, on April 12 - June 14, 2024. Admission free!
Additional information: https://spmk.com.pl/projekt/patriotycznie-w-podkarpackich-dworach/
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC
What is this year's edition of the Musica Polonica Nova Festival, which will take place at the National Forum of Music on April 10-14, 2024, about?
Above all, about inspiration, fluid boundaries and connections. The history of contemporary music, like virtually every art, is conditioned by two tendencies. The first is to strive to maintain autonomy and continuity of tradition, the second is to look for new inspirations and means of expression. For a long time, musical art was primarily a material art, drawing inspiration and driving force for development from itself. Nowadays, however, the fear of the influence of external trends has weakened, and composers are increasingly reaching for elements of both the dominant popular culture and numerous subcultures. Boundaries in art still exist, but it is becoming easier to cross them. Contemporary music is no longer elitist, it is opening up to the world of everyday life and non-specialized audiences, outside academic circles. Sometimes it makes critical intercepts, venturing into the vast field of pop culture. But it also happens that composers simply sincerely, without a hint of irony, take full advantage of popular music, enjoying its energy.
Programme: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/festiwale/musica-polonica-nova
The Museum of Art in Łódź purchased over a hundred scores and sketches, starting from school notebooks and ending with the latest works, as well as the most valuable part of the composer's correspondence, i.e. about 350 letters, including: from Nadia Boulanger, John Cage, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Wojciech Kilar, Witold Lutosławski, Michael Nyman, Bogusław Schaeffer and Tomasz Sikorski.
It is not by accident that the composer's archive was found in the Museum of Art in Łódź. Over the last four decades, the composer, as a representative of the avant-garde in Polish music, has collaborated and participated in significant events for the Museum of Art in Łódź.
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The 30th Classical Music Gala as part of this year's Fryderyk Festival will take place on the 28th of April 2024 at the headquarters of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. The Fryderyk Award Ceremony will be accompanied by performances by outstanding Polish musicians. There will also be Polish music, an opera accent and dance rhythms. The soloists will be accompanied by the NOSPR under the direction of Łukasz Borowicz.
Marta Gidaszewska and Robert Łaguniak, who together form the internationally acclaimed Polish Violin Duo, will perform Two contrasts for a duo by Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk, who last year received the ZAiKS Award for composer of the young generation at the Gala of Classical Music.
Details: https://fryderyki.pl/
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC
Organ recital by Piotr Rojek - head of the Department of Organ, Harpsichord and Early Music at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music - will take place at the National Forum of Music on the 10th of April, 2024 at 7.30 p.m. His interpretation will include works by a little-known composer of Polish origin, Felix Borowski, as well as Johann Sebastian Bach and Jehan Alain, and the recital will end with the artist's own improvisations based on Easter songs.
Felix Borowski's Organ Sonata No. 1 was published in 1904. Borowski dedicated it to Alexander Guilmant - organist and composer representing the older generation of artists. Borowski is considered an English-American artist, although he had Polish roots. He lived in Chicago most of his life, where he served as the distinguished principal of the Chicago Musical College for almost three decades. In 1925, however, he abandoned this job to devote himself fully to composing.
More: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/11001
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC
The concert programme at NOSPR on the 8th of April 2024 at 7.30 p.m. will be a treat for lovers of new sounds. The NOSPR Academy Orchestra conducted by Maciej Tomasiewicz will premiere the latest work by Dr. Artur Zagajewski, Professor at the Academy of Music in Łódź, entitled "The sun has already disappeared".
That evening, the young artists will also perform works by Francis Poulenc, Gene Koshinski, Jacques Ibert, Bernhard Krol and Louis Armstrong.
The soloist will be pianist Dagmara Niedziela, a lecturer at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.
More: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/scena-mlodych-orkiestra-akademii-nospr-zagajewski
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC
The search for balance between tradition and modernity, sound and silence, as well as the music of the East and the West constitute the sound of the upcoming concert of Sinfonietta Cracovia, which will combine the musical inspirations of Cracow and London. On the 7th of April, 2024, Sinfonietta Cracovia returns to concerts at the Łaźnia Nowa Theater and the prestigious cooperation with the famous London Sinfonietta titled "London Calling".
During a series of concerts this year, the leaders of the London orchestra will perform with the Cracow ensemble. In the April edition of the series, it will be the violist Paul Silverthorne. This artist also led the viola ensembles of the London Symphony Orchestra in the past, and to this day he combines work with the best ensemblels with a successful career as a soloist and great recording projects. As Silverthorne emphasizes, works selected for the programme will give musicians the opportunity to show their virtuosity, and the audience - unforgettable experiences and a breath of new music.
Krzysztof Siwoń
More information about the programme and tickets on the website: www.sinfonietta.plMedia patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
The 1st Timeless Film Festival Warsaw will open with a screening of the film The Martyrdom of Joan of Arc, directed by Carl Th. Dreyer (1929) combined with the premiere of the music to the film at the Warsaw Philharmonic!
On the 8th of April, 2024 at 7.30 p.m. the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir will perform a symphony commissioned by Stefan Wesołowski for the new festival.
The motion picture was listed as one of the best films of all time according to "Sight & Sound" magazine (2022).
Ticket information: https://timelessfilmfestival.pl/pl/program/meczenstwo-joanny-darc/
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
Thanks to the 'Polish Music Scene' programme, organised by the National Institute of Music and Dance, the LutosAir Quintet will perform on the stage of the Zielona Góra Philharmonic on the 6th of April 2024 at 7 p.m.
The quintet was founded in 2013 and is one of the ensembles of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław. This versatile wind instrument ensemble has given concerts in England, Germany, Egypt and Denmark. It performs early and recent music, including jazz, and premieres works by many Polish composers. It has already recorded several albums featuring 20th and 21st century music.
During the upcoming concert, the ensemble will present compositions by Régine Wieniawski, Andrzej Panufnik, Antoni Szałowski and Wojciech Łukaszewski.
The concert is co-organised by the National Institute of Music and Dance as part of the 'Polish Music Scene' programme, financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Additional information: http://filharmoniazg.pl/events/scena-muzyki-polskiej-koncert-kameralny-2/
