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The 5^th International Music Festival of Central and Eastern Europe ‘Eufonie’, organized by the National Center for Culture, will take place on November 17-25, 2023. The main theme of this year's festival will be folk traditions that reflect national identity and are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for artists. During ‘Eufonie’, they will be presented in a classical, experimental and jazz approach, as well as in a traditional form - thanks to the Olza Song and Dance Ensemble and Kapela Lipka.

Renowned orchestras and outstanding soloists will take part in this year's edition, including BBC Symphony Orchestra, whose performance will initiate the Festival, Łukasz L.U.C. Rostkowski together with Rebel Babel Orchestras, Vadim Gluzman, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Thomas Sanderling, Anna Sułkowska-Migoń, Zsolt Nagy, Hover State Chamber Choir. During the final concert performed by Sinfonia Varsovia, the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and the Poznań Boys' Choir conducted by Zsolt Nagy and we will hear the monumental Lauds by Krzysztof Penderecki; the soloists will be Bożena Bujnicka, Agnieszka Rehlis, Rafał Bartmiński, Tomasz Konieczny and Volodymyr Tyshkov.

https://www.nck.pl/projekty-kulturalne/projekty/festiwal-eufonie/aktualnosci/znamy-artystow-v-festiwalu-eufonie- 

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The aim of the Composition Competition ‘Rumina – 800’ is to enrich the achievements of music culture with new works created on the occasion of the 800^th anniversary of the first mention of Rumia. The deadline for submitting scores is the 20^th of September, 2023.

The subject of the competition is a composition to Kazimierz Nowosielski's Pieśn pochwalna (Song of Praise). The choice of performers, instruments or vocals is free. Duration of the piece - up to 17 minutes.

Rules and regulations - on the website: https://festiwalrumia.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Reg-Komp-Rumina-800.pdf 

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On November 19-26, 2023, the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk will host the 5^th International Baltic Piano Competition. The prize pool is PLN 60,000. Applications should be submitted via the electronic Application Form available on the Competition website by the 1^st of September, 2023.

The Director of the Competition is Prof. Paweł Rydel, and the artistic director - Prof. Michał Mossakowski. The Competition is open to pianists from all over the world (except Russia and Belarus), born between 1990 and 2007.

The competition consists of a video pre-selection, two solo stages and a final with a symphony orchestra. In the first stage, participants may perform any piece or pieces, including works by contemporary Polish composers.

The Jury of the Competition will include recognized artists and pedagogues. The chairman of the Jury will be Michel Dalberto, winner of the 6^th International Piano Competition in Leeds (1978).

Admission to all competition events is free.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The subject of the 18^th International Kazimierz Serocki Composition Competition will be works for a chamber ensemble composed of 3 to 5 instruments listed in the rules of the Competition, without the participation of a conductor. The deadline for submitting scores is the 7^th of October, 2023. The project is held under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Polish Composers' Union.

Composers of all nationalities can take part in the project without any age limit. Works with a duration of 10-16 minutes, including those performed in public, as well as awarded in other competitions, may be admitted to the Competition.

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund as part of the ‘Music’ programme implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

Rules and regulations of the competition available at www.ptmw.art.pl 

On the 29^th of July, 2023 at 12.00 on the stage at Tuwim's Bench, on the occasion of the celebration of Łódź's 600^th birthday, an unusual version of the city's bugle call will sound - Stanisław Moniuszko's Prząśniczki, interpreted by Maciej Tubis.

The task ‘Maciej Tubis - Prząśniczka 600’ is being implemented thanks to funding from the budget of the City of Łódź.

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