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On the 15^th of October, 2023 at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews at 6 p.m. a concert as part of the "Musical World of Gershon Efros" project will take place. We will hear world premiere of Agnieszka Stulgińska's work Lechem We-Afar and songs from the Gershon Efros Anthology. The Great Absence concert will take place on the 80^th anniversary of destruction of the Great Synagogue at 7 Tłomackie Square in Warsaw, one of the most impressive European synagogues. Free entrance!

The synagogue had over 2,000 seats and was not only a place for meetings and prayers, but also a place for concerts.

To commemorate the Great Synagogue in Tłomackie, the POLIN Museum invited young composer Agnieszka Stulgińska to cooperate. This is how a new piece was created, composed for a typical instrument for the Great Synagogue, i.e. choir and organ. Lechem We-Afar will be performed for the first time by the vocal group Match Match Ensemble under the direction of Lilianna Krych and the organist and researcher of Jewish music Jakub Stefek - author of the project "The Musical World of Gershon Efros".

Project website: www.spotonart.com/efros 

Booking of free tickets: https://www.polin.pl/pl/wydarzenie/wielka-nieobecna-koncert-poswiecony-wielkiej-synagodze-na-tlomackiem 

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On the occasion of the 90^th anniversary of birth of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki at NOSPR on the 14^th of October, 2023 at 7.30 p.m. his Symphony No. 3 ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’ Op. 36 arranged by Mari Fukumoto for soprano and organ will be performed.

The Symphony will be performed by the author of the arrangement, Mari Fukumoto, and the soprano Joanna Freszel will perform as a soloist - winner of prestigious awards and distinctions in vocal competitions, honored with the ‘Polityka’ Passport.

More: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/2-22 

The first premiere of the 2023/24 season at the Grand Theater - National Opera will be Ślepy tor - an opera by the outstanding composer Krzysztof Meyer to the libretto by Antoni Libera. The performance directed by Marek Weiss will be led by Łukasz Borowicz from behind the conductor's desk on October 14, 2023 at 7 p.m.

The promotion of the book Biały Wieloryb by Marek Weiss, published by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, will take place at the Grand Theater - National Opera on the occasion of the premiere of Ślepy tor.

More: https://teatrwielki.pl/repertuar/kalendarium/2023-2024/slepy-tor/termin/2023-10-14_19-00/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The jury of the 18^th Kazimierz Serocki International Composition Competition that took place on October 13-15 announced the results. 85 scores were submitted to the Competition.

The jury was composed of: Paweł Łukaszewski (Poland), Paul Patterson (Great Britain), Dariusz Przybylski (Poland).

• The FIRST Prize in the amount of PLN 13,000 was awarded to Masato Kimura - a composer from Japan - for the piece ─ ~ minus ~ VII < Picture Book of Mist &gt for string quartet.
• The SECOND Prize in the amount of PLN 8,000 was awarded to Luca Vago - a composer from Italy - for the piece Encendiendo for piano quartet.
• The THIRD Prize in the amount of PLN 4,000 was awarded to Uri Brener - a composer from Israel - for the piece The Flow for piano trio.

The awards were funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

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The 5^th anniversary edition of the International Józef Madea Chamber Music Festival will begin on the 14^th of October 2023. Concerts and master classes organized by the Józef Madea Association will take place in Poznań, Kórnik, Jankowice and abroad - in Bayreuth (Germany). Admission to all concerts will be free.

The Opening Concert of the Festival performed by the Apeiron Trio will take place on the 14^th of October in Bayreuth at the Steingraeber & Söhne Piano Salon. It will be a concert of Polish-German cooperation organized together with the Deutsch-Polnischer Kulturverein Bayreuth.

The programme will also include concerts ‘Masters of World Chamber Music’, ‘Clarinet Gala’, ‘Women Composers’, ‘On the 90^th anniversary of birth of Krzysztof Penderecki and the 100^th anniversary of death of Jadwiga Zamoyska’.

More details at: www.festiwalmadei.pl