The winners of the Polish Music Coryphaeus awards for 2017 will be announced on October 1 at 6:00 p.m. during a gala concert held at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw.
The winners, selected by a panel representing the Polish music community, will be awarded in the following categories: Debut of the Year, Personality of the Year, Event of the Year, and Honorary Award. The Personality of the Year Award and the Honorary Award comes with financial awards funded by the Związek Artystów Wykonawców (Union of Performing Artists) STOART and the Stowarzyszenie Autorów (Society of Authors) ZAiKS respectively.
The gala concert Róbmy swoje (Just Do Your Job) is named in honour of the brilliant talent of Wojciech Młynarski (whose famous song bears the same title) and will feature guitarists Marek Napiórkowski and Artur Lesicki, pianist Piotr Latoszyński, flutist Leszek ‘Hefi’ Wiśniowski and a jazz band made up of vibraphonist Dominik Bukowski, pianist Krzysztof Herdzin, contrabassist Michał Barański, and percussionists Paweł Dobrowolski and Sebastian Frankiewicz. All the performers will have the back-up of the Polska Orkiestra Radiowa (Polish Radio Orchestra) directed by Krzysztof Herdzin and Maciej Koczur.
The programme of the concert will compise compositions written by Wojciech Kilar, Krzysztof Komeda, Bogusław Schaeffer, Krzysztof Herdzin, Marek Napiórkowski, as well as a premiere performance of the Piano Concerto by Zygmunt Konieczny commissioned by the Fundacja Muzyki Filmowej i Jazzowej (Film and Jazz Music Foundation) financially supported by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, part of the ‘Composing Commissions’ programme managed by the Institute of Music and Dance. The gala will be hosted by Agata Kwiecińska and Marcin Majchrowski and will be broadcast live at www.koryfeusz.org.pl and www.polskieradio.pl, and on the air of Polish Radio 2.The event is organised by the Institute of Music and Dance, Polish Radio 2 and the Film and Jazz Music Foundation.
Detailed information: www.koryfeusz.org.pl.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.