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Poznań | Opera in the Adam Mickiewicz Univeristy Hall: Moniuszko / Lutosławski

Moniuszko 10.5.23

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

As part of the ‘Opera in the UAM Hall’ series, the Choir and Orchestra of the Grand Theater in Poznań conducted by Marc Guidarini will perform works by Stanisław Moniuszko and Witold Lutosławski on the 10th of May, 2023 in the University Hall at 19:00. The soloists will be Magdalena Nowacka (soprano), Magdalena Wilczyńska-Goś (mezzo-soprano), Piotr Friebe (tenor) and Damian Konieczek (bass).

The two composers created in different epochs, their view on music and the choice of means of expression were necessarily different. What they have in common is talent, extraordinary sensitivity and stylistic virtuosity. Moniuszko and Lutosławski will be the protagonists of the next concert as part of the ‘Opera in the UAM Aula’ series.

All of Stanisław Moniuszko's Litanies of Ostra Brama will be presented, the Song - third part of Witold Lutosławski's Small Suite, as well as Interlude for orchestra and Lacrimosa for soprano, choir and orchestra by the same author.

We invite you to an evening with Polish music!

Details: https://opera.poznan.pl/pl/litanie-ostrobramskie 

Poznań | Polish music concert in the Raczyński Library

KoncertMuzyki 10.5.23Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 10th of May, 2023 at 18.00 a concert series will be inaugurated in the historical building of the Raczyński Library in Poznań. The first concert will be devoted entirely to Polish music.

Students of the Music School Complex in Poznań will perform compositions for solo piano, flute, violin, harp, trumpet, cello, double bass and harpsichord by Karol Kurpiński, Fryderyk Chopin, Tadeusz Szeligowski, Stefan Bolesław Poradowski, Grażyna Bacewicz and Witold Lutosławski. Students of the Jazz Singing Department of the ZSM in Poznań and the Czesław Niemen post-secondary study also promised song and poetic surprises - they will present songs to the words of Polish poets.

The event will be conducted by the coordinator of concerts in the Library - pianist Jakub Dera, lecturer at the Music School Complex in Poznań.

Additional information: http://www.bracz.edu.pl/event/koncert-muzyki-polskiej/ 

Zielona Góra | Chamber music concert 'Anima – Dusza – Seele'

Anima 9.5.23Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 9th of May, 2023 at 18.00 the Institute of Music of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Zielona Góra organizes a concert dedicated to the work of contemporary composers. It will take place in the Chamber Hall of the Zielona Góra Philharmonic. Free entrance!

In addition to composers representing Zielona Góra and Poznań, composers and performers from Hanover were invited to cooperate. In this city, at the Klangbrücken Festival premiere performances of all compositions will take place: Tempus fugit by Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz, Sonnenwende by Zbigniew Kozub, Weiter by Artur Kroschel, 9(0) Minutes of Focus on 5 by Stanisław Leśniewski, Das unbewusste Seelenleben Ilgın Ülkü, ...sous les mers... by Thorsten Encke. Then the German ensemble Musica Assoluta will present these compositions in Zielona Góra and Poznań.

Detailed programme: https://imu.uz.zgora.pl/anima-dusza-seele/ 

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Warsaw | 'Music Regained': concert on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II

MuzykaOdzyskana 8.5.23

The National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute has a unique collection of scores.

During the ‘Music Regained’ concert on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II, on the 8th of May, 2023 at 7.00 p.m. in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio, the Warsaw premiere of Artur Malawski's music for the film Robinson Warszawski will be performed by the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw under the direction of Michał Klauza, Roman Palester's music for the film City Untamed will also be performed.

Concert will be recorded and available on the website https://ninateka.pl/ 

Tickets: https://bit.ly/41PYtzV 

Łańcut, Rzeszów | 62nd Music Festival in Łańcut

Festiwal Lancut 23Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The 62nd edition of the Music Festival in Łańcut will take place on May 6 - June 4, 2023. The concerts are planned both in spaces of Łańcut Castle Museum and in the Artur Malawski Podkarpacie Philharmonic in Rzeszów.

Artists from all over the world will perform during 13 events as part of this prestigious undertaking, e.g. baritone Artur Ruciński, American tenor Charles Castronovo, French ensemble La Chapelle Harmonique, The Nazareth College Chamber Singers, renowned Berlin Piano Trio, Romanian pianist Mihai Diaconescu.

Detailed programme: https://festiwallancut.pl/kategoria-produktu/repertuar/2023/ 

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Łódź | 'Meeting with the Master' - Mariusz Patyra

Spotkanie 6.5.23Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Events organized as part of the ‘Meeting with the Master’ are an opportunity to get to know violinist Mariusz Patyra in various circumstances and roles - as a teacher and virtuoso, during solo and orchestral playing workshops, in the practice room and on the stage.

The ‘Meeting with the Master’ events will take place on May 6-11, 2023 in the Concert Hall of the Academy of Music in Łódź (ul. Żubardzka 2a) and in the Palace of the Academy of Music in Łódź (ul. Gdańska 32). Free entrance.

Schedule of the events: https://www.amuz.lodz.pl/pl/koncerty-i-wydarzenia-zapowiedzi/maj-2023 

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Germany | Mieczysław Wajnberg – songs for difficult times

Lieder 6.5.23Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

In 2018, Tomasz Raff premiered Mieczysław Weinberg's song cycles Triptych Op. 99 and Profile Op. 88 at the August-Kestner-Museum in Hanover. In May 2023, after 5 years of historical turmoil in the world, the artist returns to Germany to perform an extended Weinberg programme. The concerts will take place on the 7th of May at 5 p.m.  in the innovative co-working space ‘Die Rampe – Hannover’ and on the 6th of May 6 at 7.45 p.m. in Göttingen, in the Clavier-Salon run by Prof. Gerrit Zitterbart.

Both recitals will be performed by Tomasz Raff in a duet with pianist Monika Kolasińska. The intimate atmosphere of the recitals and the important message contained in the raw, sparing form of Mieczysław Weinberg's music will be enriched by video-art visualizations by Zuzanna Grzegorowska.

Although Wajnberg composed his last songs about 40 years ago, they have become alarmingly relevant now, when the ghosts of the almost forgotten wartime past have awakened again.

Additional information: https://iam.pl/ 

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Warsaw | Hashtag Ensemble: Phantom of Peace

Hashtag 6.5.23Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The programme of the Hashtag Ensemble’s concert on the 6th of May, 2023 at 4 p.m. at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews consists of four works by American composer Judd Greenstein, Ukrainian composer Victoria Poleva, Israeli composer Aviy Kopelman and Polish composer Wojciech Błażejczyk.

The theme of Angels of Peace by Wojciech Błażejczyk is the horror of the war in Donbas. The title refers to the medal, a traditional gift given at the Vatican to heads of state. In 2015, Vladimir Putin received him from the hands of the Pope. In this piece, Błażejczyk mockingly recites fragments of Putin's ‘peace’ speeches into the trumpet (‘We will always be on the side of the forces of peace with those who choose the path of equal partnership, who deny war as contrary to the very essence of life and human nature’). The piece evolves into a thrilling finale.

More information: https://polin.pl/pl/phantom-peace-koncert-hashtag-ensemble 

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Meccore String Quartet 'Penderecki' - release of the record

Meccore Penderecki 5.5.23Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The latest release of the Meccore String Quartet is devoted to the chamber music of Krzysztof Penderecki. The album is released on the 90th anniversary of the composer's birth, under the banner of the Austrian label Capriccio (C 5493). From the 5th of May, 2023, it is available on streaming services.

It is a record of his most outstanding works for quartet, trio and string ensemble with the accompaniment of the clarinet, the part of which is played by Jan Jakub Bokun. The album includes works such as String Quartets No. 1, 2, 4, Clarinet Quartet, Der unterbrochene Gedanke and String Trio.

The album is distributed by Naxos and the Polish representative of Capriccio: https://www.cmd.pl/produkt/30895 

Additional information: https://meccorequartet.com/ 

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