On March 30, Ryszard Mieczysław Klisowski died in Wrocław at the age of 86 - composer, poet, violinist, conductor, music theoretician, editor and teacher, a man of great erudition, noble and kind... The funeral ceremony will begin with a Funeral Mass in the chapel at the municipal cemetery at ul. Grabiszyńska in Wrocław on April 8 at 12.00.
May he rest in peace.
As part of the 'With Classics Through Poland' programme, organised by the National Institute of Music and Dance, a duo of world-famous Polish artists - violinist Janusz Wawrowski, who plays the 1685 violin of Antonio Stradivari, and pianist Aleksandra Świgut - will perform.
Their concerts will take place on the 4th of April 2024 at 5 p.m. at the Municipal Cultural Centre in Ożarów, on the 5th of April at 7 p.m. at the Busko Local Government Cultural Centre and on the 6th of April at 3 p.m. at the Zygmunt Noskowski Music School in Skarżysko-Kamienna.
Additional information: https://nimit.pl/wydarzenia/
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC
8 festival days, 300 screenings, 130 full films and 80 short films from 31 countries, as well as 11 film concerts are included in the programme of the first edition of Timeless Film Festival Warsaw, which will take place on April 8-15, 2024.
Composers will present their own musical interpretations of films and give a new dimension to timeless works. Film concerts will be held at the Grand Theater - National Opera, the Warsaw Philharmonic and the POLIN Museum.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC
For the past 10 years, the Hashtag Ensemble has been tirelessly exploring new ways of co-creating music. During the concert '#10 Meaning Detected' on the 4th of April 2024 at 7 p.m,, the ensemble will play works dedicated to the soloists who make the various Hashtag Lab projects happen. There will also be a premiere of the album 'Futility' (Kairos) with music by Rafał Zapała.
Marta Piórkowska (violin), Dominik Płociński (cello), Magdalena Kordylasińska-Pękala (percussion) and Oliwier Andruszczenko (clarinet) will perform.
They will be the first to perform Rafał Zapała's composition Squares for Triangles, which is included on the new album Futility, which contains a set of participatory compositions that involve the audience in the process of performing this music live.
Ticket information: https://hashtaglab.pl/event/meaning-detected/
A duo of young Polish virtuosos - clarinetist Andrzej Ciepliński and pianist Tymoteusz Bies - will perform as part of the National Institute of Music and Dance's 'With Classics Through Poland' programme on the 4th of April 2024 at 6 p.m. at the Agnieszka Osiecka Cultural Centre in Niemodlin, on the 5th of April at 5.30 p.m. at the 'Toszek Castle' Cultural Centre, and on the 6th of April at 3 p.m. at the 'Chemik' Cultural Centre in Kędzierzyn-Koźle.
Additional information: https://nimit.pl/wydarzenia/
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC
The Association for Music Education by the Way of Success announces the 6th International Accordion Competition, addressed to pupils of first- and second-degree music schools and first- and second-year students of Music Academies (first-cycle studies). Competition auditions will be held in the Kazimierz Serocki and Irena Santor halls of the Fryderyk Chopin School of Music in Solec Kujawski on 15-16 May 2024. The deadline for applications is the 12th of April.
The Competition is open to soloists and accordion ensembles (from duo to orchestra), presenting any repertoire.
Winners of the Competition will receive winners' diplomas and prizes. All participants in the Competition will receive diplomas of participation.
Rules and regulations available on the website: https://www.psm.soleckujawski.pl/vi-miedzynarodowy-konkurs-akordeonowy-15-16-05-2024-r-zaproszenie/
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC
The Polish Chamber Musicians’ Association and the ZAiKS Authors' Association invite composers born before 1999 to participate in the Composer-in-Residence programme. Applications in electronic form together with the required attachments can be submitted from the 25th of March to the 8th of April 2024.
The programme involves creation of two chamber compositions.
The residencies will be implemented between 2024 and 2025. As part of the programme, three composers will be invited to write chamber works. The compositions will be premiered at festivals organised by the Polish Chamber Musicians’ Association.
Audio and video recordings of the new works will be published on YouTube.
Rules and regulations available in the website: https://spmk.com.pl/projekt/rezydencje-kompozytorskie/
On the 25th of May, 2024 at 17:30 in the Blue Hall of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań a concert of the Youth Circle of the Polish Composers’ Union, which is an accompanying event of the 53rd International Festival of Contemporary Music "Poznań Music Spring" will take place. Call for scores closes on the 7th of April. The competition is addressed to members of the Polish Composers’ Union Youth Circle.
This is the second edition of the Festival in which the Youth Circle has the opportunity to participate thanks to the support of its director - Monika Kędziora. The performers invited to cooperate this year are Anna Mszanik (flute) and Natalia Górecka (piano) - instrumentalists specializing in the performance of new music and associated with the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz.
Works with full instrumentation, never performed before, with a duration of 4 to 8 minutes may be submitted.
Applications to be submitted to the address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
