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Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On July 17-21, 2023, the Ist International Piano Masterclasses 'Spaces of Culture' will take place in Kielce. The application deadline is the 17^th of June.

The project is dedicated to pianists at all levels of artistic education: both students of primaryand secondary music schools, as well as students and graduates of music academies.

During the courses, participants will work under the guidance of recognized pedagogues and artists, such as: Olga Łazarska, Hubert Rutkowski, Bartłomiej Kominek and Luka Okros.

The course will include: masterclasses with pedagogues in the following specialties: piano and piano duo, concerts of participants, lectures.

More information available on the website https://przestrzeniekultury.org.pl/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

An outdoor concert of the Zielona Góra Philharmonic conducted by Rafał Kłoczko took place on the 24^th of June at 19.00. The event officially closes the 2022/2023 season. Free entrance!

Additional information - on the website: http://filharmoniazg.pl/events/zakonczenie-sezonu-koncert-plenerowy/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On August 1-12, 2023, the 33^rd International Music Course in Opole will take place - one of the oldest events dealing with music education in Poland, bringing together over a hundred young musicians from around the world every year. The application deadline is the 24^th of June.

The course offer includes:

• masterclasses: piano, historical piano, piano duo, violin, viola, cello, double bass, string and piano chamber music and orchestral performance,
• historical performance classes,
• improvisation classes for pianists and string players led by Atom String Quartet and composer Aleksander Dębicz,
• workshops on the physiology of music,
• the possibility of artistic presentations at many concerts taking place in Opole and in other interesting places in Opole Silesia,
• concerts performed by course lecturers and invited guests.

Detailed information available on the website www.kurs.opole.pl 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The 2Act Foundation invites you to the final concert of the 3^rd edition of the "Art & Violence" Composition Competition. On the 23^rd of June, 2023 at 6.00 p.m. in the Potocki Palace in Cracow (Rynek Główny 20) the winning piece Intimidazione by the Łódź composer Tomasz Szczepanik will be premiered. Free entrance!

The subject of this year's competition was a composition for harpsichord and electronics. We will hear it performed by the world-famous harpsichordist Gośka Isphording, a lecturer at the Amsterdam Conservatory. The expert in contemporary harpsichord literature will also present Cantate by Peteris Vasks, Yuomec by Aleksandra Gryka, Espressivo by Graciane Finzi, éskhatos | at one end of a continuum by Martyna Kosecka. The Polish premiere of Anne Thorvaldsdottir's Fingerprints will also take place.

The partners in organizing the competition and the concert are: Association of Authors ZAiKS, POLMIC, Cracow Festival Office / Potocki Palace.

Free entrance tickets to be downloaded from the website KBF:BILETY and via app KBF:PLUS: https://kbfbilety.krakow.pl/wydarzenia/koncert-finalowy-3-edycja-konkursu-kompozytorskiego-art-violence- 

Szymon Naściszewski - conductor-in-residence of the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Sopot in the artistic season 2022/2023 - will perform with the orchestra at the Remus Cinema in Kościerzyna on June 23, 2023 at 19.00.

 As part of the programme, Szymon Naściszewski worked as an assistant conductor at 4 concerts of the orchestra under the supervision of artistic director Wojciech Rajski. This concert will be prepared and conducted by himself. The flutist Natalia Egielman will perform as a soloist. Musicians will perform works by Polish composers: the Polish Suite ‘Hommage a Chopin’ by Andrzej Panufnik in the version for flute and string orchestra and Colas Breugnon by Tadeusz Baird. There will also be a Serenade for string orchestra by Antonín Dvořák.

Concerts within the residency are co-organized by the National Institute of Music and Dance as part of its own programme ‘Conductor-in-residence’, financed from the funds of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

Additional information: http://kdk-koscierzyna.pl/