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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 

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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 

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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.

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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 

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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).

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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.

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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/ 

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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.

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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