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Warsaw | Genre Roulette: final concert of the first season of Hashtag Lab

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Hashtag Ensemble's first year of repertoire activities on its own stage at the Hashtag Lab Social Cultural Institution will culminate in a concert titled "Genre Roulette" on the 7^th of December, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. It is also the conclusion of Matthew Shlomowitz's composer residency with the Hashtag Ensemble, so the ensemble will premiere a new arrangement of his composition Glücklich, Glücklich, Freude, Freude that evening, together with soloist Mark Knoop, a recognized British pianist. The concert is part of cooperation with the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.

Since its inception, Hashtag Lab has been an open stage, offering artistic interpretations of various genres at the highest level, presenting programmes without repertoire compromises - "Genre Roulette."

Ticket information: https://hashtaglab.pl/event/genre-roulette/

Warsaw | Dominobajki in PROM of Culture

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The Polish Society for Contemporary Music invites children aged 6-12 from Warsaw kindergartens and schools to "Dominobajki" concerts with music by Jaroslaw Siwiński on the 7^th of December at 10:00 and 12:00 at the Saska Kępa PROM of Culture in Brukselska 23 street. The concerts are free, but prior registration is required.

Children and artists will arrange fairy tales like musical dominoes and have great fun while doing so.

Registration form: https://forms.gle/6UZBmMxsUiAFPeeFA

Details: www.facebook.com/ptmw1923

Gdańsk | 14th Gdańsk Accordion Music Interpretation Art

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

During the concerts of the 14^th Gdańsk Accordion Music Interpretation Art on December 13-14, 2023, four works by contemporary Polish artists will be premiered, classics of accordion literature will be presented, as well as transcriptions. Admission to the concerts is free!

Composer Prof. Zbigniew Bargielski will be a special guest of the project. On the 13^th of December at 18:00 in the Patio of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, his composition Ship of Madmen for accordion and clarinet will be performed for the first time by accordionist Paweł Zagańczyk (organizer of the event) and clarinetist Andrzej Wojciechowski. In addition, ACC 4 by Krzysztof Olczak and Splashes by Zagańczyk himself will be premiered. The concert will be accompanied by visualisations by Marta Prabucka and Kornel Kowalski.

Project website: https://www.facebook.com/AccordionConvention

Cieszyn | 8th Józef Świder International Music Festival

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

As part of the 8^th Józef Świder International Music Festival, on December 6-10, 2023, there will be: 17 competition presentations by choirs from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia and Malta; meeting with Krzesimir Dębski and Rafał Rozmus; National Scientific and Artistic Conference "Performance challenges of contemporary choral music", University Conducting Forum, concert "Serial of sounds, i.e. sounds from serials" performed by the special guest of the Silesian Chamber Choir Festival Ad libitum and festival concerts in Cieszyn, Cracow, Ustroń, Zebrzydowice, Gorzyce and Łaziska Górne.

Admission to all festival events is free.

Detailed programme: https://us.edu.pl/instytut/ismuz/2023/11/23/viii-miedzynarodowy-festiwal-muzyki-im-profesora-jozefa-swidra/

Katowice | 11th International Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Days

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The 90^th anniversary of birth of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Days comes this year and that is why their 11^th edition have taken on a completely new, different and more intense shape. The culmination of the celebrations will take place on the 9^th of December. A real music marathon will take place at the Silesian Philharmonic - an all-day series of concerts filled with Górecki's music. The programme includes events for adults and children, for lovers of chamber music and great symphonic music, seekers of new discoveries and connoisseurs of timelessly beloved works.

The concerts will be accompanied by exhibitions and meetings - with Jadwiga Górecka and Anna Górecka, as well as with Daniel Cichy, director - editor-in-chief of the Polish Music Publishing House, and Dr. Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska, author of a monograph on Henryk Mikołaj Górecki.

Details: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/repertuar-roczny/?wpt_day=2023-12-09

Warsaw | "Don't be afraid to improvise!" - final concert

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Young musicians are not afraid to improvise, and great interest in the next edition of the Polish Society of Contemporary Music workshops for musical youth "Don't be afraid to improvise" is an excellent proof of this! This time, students of the Henryk Wieniawski Primary Music School No. 5 in Warsaw took part in the workshop on the 2nd of December 2023 at 3:00 p.m. in the PSM Concert Hall (ul. Globusowa 24, Warsaw) with the participation of workshop participants and presenters. Free admission!

The workshops were prepared and conducted by: double bassist Małgorzata Kołcz and composer and pianist Jarosław Siwiński. They have both been using modern methods in education for many years, promoting the idea of teaching improvisation to the youngest, working with children in various parts of Poland.

Concert details: https://fb.me/e/3FWmdmi37

Katowice | Dopamine, downfall and the asteroid's moon

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Programme of the concert on the 10^th of December, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at NOSPR was composed on the principle of contrast - world premieres by young composers were juxtaposed with classics of contemporary music. This is the programme goal of the entire "Newest Music" series, led by the New Music Orchestra conducted by Szymon Bywalec.

Dimorphos (moon of the asteroid Didymos) by Tomasz J. Opałka for bass clarinet, bassethorn and orchestra, gives performers a lot of scope to use all the interesting effects of modern techniques of performing these low-sounding instruments.

Dopamine by Mateusz Ryczek was composed for trumpet and orchestra. The premiere of the song has a chance to increase this hormone in the listeners!

Ticket information: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/orkiestra-muzyki-nowej-bywalec-nowak-widaszek-czarkowska

Warsaw | We will never find peace nor haven. Tuwim-Wajnberg. Inspirations

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The Mieczysław Weinberg Institute invites you to the 104^th birthday of its patron in Warsaw on December 8-10, 2023. The music and literary programme includes: a concert performed by Ewa Leszczyńska (soprano), Katarzyna Budnik (viola), Marcin Zdunik (cello) and Maria Sławek (violin), a meeting devoted to the poetry of Julian Tuwim and a walk around the area of the small ghetto. Free entrance.

On the birthday Friday at 6 p.m. at Księgarnia Czarnego in Warsaw's Wola district, Dr. Magdalena Piotrowska-Grot (University of Łódź), Agnieszka Kuś and Dr. Aleksander Laskowski (NIFC) will talk about Weinberg's unique relationship with Tuwim's work, how words are translated into music, and also about the importance of Tuwim's poetry for the inhabitants of the Warsaw ghetto. After the meeting, two song cycles will be performed: "Biblia cygańska" Op.57 and "Stare Listy" op.77, arranged by Maria Sławek.

On the 10^th of December at 11:00 a walk around the small ghetto in the footsteps of Mary Berg will be led by Agnieszka Kuś. We meet in 41 Sienna Street.

Katowice | Quartet of mourning songs

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Two great artists from the Polish school of composition wrote chamber music with passion. The 3^rd String Quartets by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Krzysztof Penderecki, who would celebrate their 90^th birthday in 2023, will be presented at NOSPR on the 7^th of December at 19.30 by Beata Orzutek (violin), Aleksander Daszkiewicz (violin), Martyna Dziechciarz (viola) and Natalia Kurzac-Kotula (cello).

Vladimir Khlebnikov's quatrain ending with the words "When people die - they sing songs" became the motto of Górecki's Third Quartet "...songs sing", directing attention to ultimate matters. After the premiere of the work, Bohdan Pociej in "Tygodnik Powszechny" called it a "Quartet of mourning songs".

More: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/gorecki-and-penderecki

Opole | Heavenly vision in Opole Philharmonic

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In 2023, 150 years have passed since birth of Witold Maliszewski. His works will be performed on the 15^th of December at 7:00 p.m. at the Opole Philharmonic as part of the "Polish Forgotten Music" series. The Philharmonic Orchestra will be conducted by maestro Przemysław Neumann. Joanna Kędzior (soprano) and Maciej Kułakowski (cello) will perform as soloists.

Thanks to the work of many involved people (including director Przemysław Neumann, score editors, musicians and sound directors), the Orchestra's achievements include a three-CD album presenting Maliszewski's symphonic compositions, and another CD is already in preparation, this time with concert works.

During the December concert we will hear the Princess Basia variations for soprano and orchestra, Op. 33 to words by Janina Gill and Suite for cello and orchestra Op. 20, which (in a later version with piano accompaniment) won second prize at the International Composition Competition. A. de Smith in Paris (1923).

Warsaw | Improvisation workshop for children "Tell me a fairy tale" in Mokotów

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The Polish Society of Contemporary Music invites children aged 3-8 with their parents to the last free improvisation workshop this year, "Tell me a fairy tale", which will take place on Saturday, on the 2^nd of December, 2023 at 11.00 at the Warsaw Multimedia Library for Children and Youth no. XXXI (Tyniecka 40a). As usual, the schedule includes a lot of music, improvisation, playing instruments and fun.

The workshops will be led by improvisers: accordionist Bartosz Kołsut, double bassist Małgorzata Kołcz and composer and pianist Jarosław Siwiński.

In addition to playing with improvisations and books, children will learn various sound extraction techniques that highlight its colorful and dynamic qualities, and they will also be able to play the percussion themselves. Classes last approximately 90 minutes with a short break.

Participation in the workshops is free of charge - the number of places is limited, so prior registration of participants is required.

Results of the 5th Stefan Stuligrosz Grand Prix of Polish Choral Music announced!

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On the 26^th of November, during the laureates' concert, we announced the winners of the "Competition of Competitions" - the 5^th Stefan Stuligrosz Grand Prix of Polish Choral Music!

The main prize - Grand Prix - in the amount of PLN 25,000 and a statuette (passable) was awarded to the Białystok Female Choir at the 3 High School directed by Anna Olszewska.

Two honorable mentions in the amount of PLN 3,000 were awarded to: Skowronki Girls' Choir directed by Alicja Szeluga and La Musica Choir (younger group) directed by Joanna Knap.

The award for the best performance of a work by a Poznań composer in the amount of PLN 3000 for the piece "Cheers to my brother" by Andrzej Koszewski was received by the Poznań University of Technology Choir "Volantes Soni" directed by Paweł Łuczak.

Katowice | 'Silesian Quartet. Masterpieces with Polish counterpoint': Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa

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The key to arranging the concert programne at NOSPR as part of the series entitled "Silesian Quartet. "Masterpieces with Polish counterpoint" on the 3^rd of December, 2023 at 6 p.m. is the 90^th anniversary of birth of Krzysztof Penderecki and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. Especially for this occasion, Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa composed String Quintet in Memory of Krzysztof Penderecki, which is her tribute to the composer who died three years ago.

The programme also includes the 1^st Quartet "Już się zmierzcha" by Górecki. The Silesian Quartet has repeatedly performed the master's quartets, and in 1995 the musicians received their first "Fryderyk" award for recording an album with Górecki's music.

The special guest of the Silesian Quartet will be Tymoteusz Bies - winner of the 1^st prize at the Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition. Together, the musicians will perform Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet, with the famous funeral march in the second part.

More: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/kwartet-slaski

Czernica | Prelude to the celebration of the 90th anniversary of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki birth

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The introduction to the celebration of the 90^th anniversary of birth of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki - a great composer and patron of the Silesian Philharmonic - will be a chamber concert in the place of his birth. It will take place on the 3^rd of December at 6.00 p.m. at the "Zameczek" Cultural Center in Czernica. This will be a unique prelude to the events scheduled for the 9^th of December - this time within the walls of the Silesian Philharmonic building.

During the concert in Czernica, baritone Jakub Burgieł will perform, accompanied by the String Quintet of the Silesian Chamber Orchestra. The artists will present songs the first of which will be Three Songs, an expression of Górecki's mourning for his mother - who died when the composer was only 2 years old. The rest of the concert will be an opportunity to listen to the string quartets Już się zmierzcha and Quasi una fantasia.

Ticket information: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/production/czernica-gorecki-borgiel-kwintet-smyczkowy/

"Mobile Residencies of New Music Orchestra" 2023

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

"OMN Mobile Residencies" is a new series of concerts of the New Music Orchestra, which will last until the 20^th of December, 2023. The concerts were organized in cooperation with the Academy of Music in Łódź (as part of the 11^th AŻ Festival), the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice (as part of the unique 1^st International Scientific Symposium "Perspectives of New Media: art - design - science - technology", announcing the celebration of the European City of Science Katowice 2024) and with the Frtderyk Chopin Primary and Secondary Music School in Bytom.

The concert programme includes masterpieces of world musical literature of recent decades combined with the most interesting Polish works of the 20^th and 21^st centuries, as well as premieres of compositions by artists associated with local artistic circles. The concerts will be accompanied by artistic workshops, lectures and interdisciplinary events. An important element of this project will be the participation of students and ... the audience in performances of some works!

Orchestra's website: https://www.omn.art.pl/

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