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Wrocław | Infinite passing

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

NFM 11.2.23During the concert of the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra conducted by the esteemed conductor and composer Francesc Bottiglier on the 11th of February 11, 2023 at 6:00 p.m., various compositions from the 20th and 21st centuries will be performed. Among others works by Ottorin Respighi, Anton Webern and Marcel Chyrzyński. Polish premiere of two works by Francesco Bottiglier will also take place.

Chyrzyński was inspired to write Ukiyo-E by Japanese woodcuts of the same name - images of the passing world. The work that will open the concert is in fact a deconstruction of this woodcut tradition - it consists of ten links, the first of which is its final version. The next ones are the components of the first image, symbolizing the individual colors of ukiyo-e.

For the first time in Poland, compositions by Bottiglier will be performed: Music Continues and Bodensee Suite, which will close the concert.

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Katowice | Silesian Quartet: 'Mieczysław Wajnberg - all string quartets - following dedications'

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

NOSPR 11.2.23As part of the series ‘Mieczysław Wajnberg - all string quartets - following dedications’ (17 quartets, 6 concerts, 1 performer) on the 11th of February, 2023 at 18.00, NOSPR will host another concert of the Silesian Quartet, which this time will present the composer's 4th, 6th  and 9th Quartets.

Contributing significantly to the rediscovery of Mieczysław Weinberg's music, the Silesian Quartet set itself an extremely demanding task: recording all 17 quartets of this forgotten, Polish-Jewish-Russian composer. This is only the second ensemble in the world that has managed to meet this challenge.

This season, we have the unique privilege of hearing a complete set of Mieczysław Weinberg's extraordinary quartets live, following the changes taking place in his musical language and following the trail of dedications hidden on the pages. In the upcoming concert we will be able to hear the String Quartet No. 9 Op. 20, String Quartet No. 9 Op. 80 and String Quartet No. 6, Op. 35.

Ticket infromation: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/kwartet-slaski-mieczyslaw-wajnberg 

Katowice | Symphony Orchestra of the Silesian Philharmonic and Monika Sendrowska

FS 10.2.23Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Silesian Triptych by Witold Lutosławski will be performed on the 10th of February, 2023 at 19.00 by Monika Sendrowska (soprano) and the Symphony Orchestra of the Silesian Philharmonic conducted by Yaroslav Shemet.

The Silesian Triptych will take us into the world of beautiful Silesian love songs. We will also hear Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4.

The concert is realized under the patronage of Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne as part of the TUTTI.pl project promoting the performance of Polish music.

More about the programme: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/production/mahler-iv-symfonia-sendrowska-shemet-orkiestra-symfoniczna/

Wrocław | Rapsodie espagnole

NFM 9.2.23Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 9th of February, 2023 at 19.00, Krzysztof Książek and Agnieszka Zahaczewska-Książek, i.e. Książek Piano Duo, winners of the 2nd International Polish Music Competition in the category of chamber ensemble will perform at the National Forum of Music for the first time. The pianists' repertoire will include Maurice Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole, as well as works by Polish composers - Fryderyk Chopin and Aleksander Tansman.

Rondo in C major for two pianos Op. 73 by Fryderyk Chopin, dated 1828, comes from the Warsaw period in the composer's oeuvre. The piece functions both in a version for solo piano and for two pianos.

La Grande Ville by Aleksander Tansman is an example of music created for a ballet based on one of the fairy tales of the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. It features elements of jazz, which the composer had the opportunity to encounter during his stay in the United States.

More: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/9289

 

Toruń | 'Polish Music Scene': Atom String Quartet

ScenaMP 9.2.23During the Toruń concert from the ‘Polish Music Scene’ series, organized by the National Institute of Music and Dance, on the 9th of February, 2023 at 18.00 in the Chamber Hall of CKK Jordanki, one of the most intriguing Polish string quartets, Atom String Quartet will perform.

The ensemble will reach for lesser-known works by famous Polish composers: from Fryderyk Chopin to Krzysztof Penderecki, translating them into the language of an improvising string quartet. The musicians mainly chose compositions originally written for other instruments (or for voice) and genre distant from the string quartet.

The development of each of them is enriched with numerous improvisations, which have been a characteristic feature of the quartet for years.

Ticket information: https://tos.art.pl/wydarzenia/scena-muzyki-polskiej-1

Poznań | Penderecki / Wajnberg

TWPoznan 8.2.23Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Between melancholy and joy of life, intimate texture and monumental sound... Wajnberg and Penderecki are the heroes of the concert on the 8th of February, 2023 at 19:00 in the University Hall, prepared by Jacek Kaspszyk with musicians of the Stanisław Moniuszko Grand Theatre in Poznań.

Symphony No. 6 ‘Chinese Songs’ by Krzysztof Penderecki is the most lyrical and gentle composition in his oeuvre.

Also, Weinberg's composition, despite the fact that it is a memory of the horror of World War II, brings comfort.

 

After a note by Anna Czajkowska-Zimnicka

Ticket information: https://opera.poznan.pl/pl/pendereckiwajnberg

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Premiere of Aleksandra Garbal's Album 'Kaleidoscope of Views'

Garbal Kalejdoskop 7.2.23Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The premiere of Aleksandra Garbal's album Kaleidoscope of Views (Acte Préalable Ltd AP0552-53) will take place on the 7th of February 7, 2023 at 17.00 in the Concert Hall of the State Music School in Strzelce Opolskie. At that time, the album will be distributed in Poland, Germany, France, the Benelux countries, Great Britain, Denmark, Japan and the USA.

Kaleidoscope of Views is a double album containing 21 compositions-improvisations. The album was recorded by the composer in 2022 on a Calisia piano. The piano in the author's concept plays the symbolic role of a neo-Renaissance singer performing madrigals and recitatives. The source of inspiration were the texts of the Old and New Testaments.

The elements that bind the piano cycle together are motifs, neo-modal harmonics referring to the works of French and Italian impressionists, ornamentation and virtuosity as well as timbre.

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Sanok | 18th International Piano Forum ‘Bieszczady without borders’

Bieszczady bez 23 prMedia patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

For the 18th time, Sanok in the Podkarpacie region will host the International Piano Forum ‘Bieszczady without borders’. On February 4-12, 2023, the masters as well as young pianists will play in the Bieszczady Mountains. Most of the concerts will be streamed online. The report will also be carried out by TVP3 Rzeszów, TVP Kultura, Polish Radio Rzeszów, Dwójka and Radio dla Ciebie will broadcast the event.

Participants of the 18th edition of the Forum will take part in concerts, masterclasses and individual lessons, specialist courses and seminars, thematic lectures with invited guests, in the International Piano Competition ‘Young Virtuoso’, the Piano Competition ‘Golden Parnas’ and the Competition ‘Pedagogue of the Virtuosos’ for teachers. The ‘Young Composer 2023’ award was funded by the Polish Composers' Union.

Detailed programme on the website: https://interpiano.pl 

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Results of the first stage of the 64th Tadeusz Baird Young Composers' Competition announced

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On the 3rd of February, 2023, the first stage of the 64th Tadeusz Baird Young Composers' Competition, organized by the Polish Composers' Union was completed.

The jury, composed of: Bartłomiej Kominek (chairman), Maciej Negrey, Dariusz Przybylski, Bartłomiej Wąsik and Wojciech Widłak, after getting acquainted with 17 works submitted, selected the following works to the second stage:

  • Illusion - Emblem XC189045
  • Waves - AZYx11UQ emblem
  • Qualia - emblem of Stochos20
  • ConfRotation - emblem of CERES

Works that have been qualified to the second stage of the Competition will be performed during the final concert at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Cracow on the 16th of April at 12.00.

Abot the Competition: https://www.zkp.org.pl/index.php/pl/nasze-dzialania/konkurs-im-bairda