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The Academy of Music in Łódź invites you to the sixth edition of the AŻ Festival. The programme of eight concerts will be dominated by two topics: Polish music and games of imagination. Inauguration of the Festival – November 17, 2018.

The inauguration concert will feature works by Krzysztof Penderecki, Krzysztof Olczak and composers associated with Łódź: Olga Hans, Sławomir Kaczorowski and Maciej Kabza. During the final concert, which will take place on December 1, we will hear Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17 by Ignacy Jan Paderewski with an outstanding soloist Kevin Kenner, Exodus by Wojciech Kilar and Radogoszcz dramatic overture by Antoni Szewczyk. The Concert of Polish Music on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining independence will take place on November 27 and will be filled with works by Stanisław Moniuszko, Karol Mikuli, Mieczysław Karłowicz and Grażyna Bacewicz in the interpretation of the Academy's pedagogues, including university's rectors – professors Cezary Sanecki (piano) and Beata Zawadzka-Kłos (soprano). The programme of the next five evenings will cover Polish film music (Wojciech Lemański, Krzesimir Dębski), percussion (Anders Åstrand, Lawrence Ugwu, The Bacewicz Percussion Ensemble) and choir music.

All concerts of the 6th AŻ Festival begin at 6.00 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Music Academy (2a Żubardzka Street), tickets for 30 PLN and 20 PLN to be purchased at the AM ticket office.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at:  http://www.amuz.lodz.pl

A concert of Polish music on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining independence will take place on November 14, 2018 at 7.00 p.m. at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music as part of the cycle "Wednesday on Okólnik Street".

The Symphony Orchestra of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music will perform under the baton of Maestro Wojciech Rodek. The programme of the concert will include Overture "Leszek the White"  by Józef Elsner, Symphonic poem "Eternal Songs", Op. 10 by Mieczysław Karłowicz and Polish Fantasy for piano and orchestra by Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Karol Radziwonowicz will perform as a soloist.

Tickets for PLN 15 are available at the Chopin University Press (2 Okólnik St., Warsaw).

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Szymon Nehring, an acclaimed Polish pianist of the young generation, and the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Liebreich will perform on November 15, 2018 at 7.30 p.n. at the NOSPR headquarters in Katowice.

This is another meeting of NOSPR and Szymon Nehring, after a well-received concert at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. The concert will open with the overture to Halka – the first opera by Stanisław Moniuszko, which gained wide recognition already during the composer's lifetime. Szymon Nehring will perform as a soloist in Ignacy Jan Paderewski's late-Romantic virtuoso Piano Concerto in A minor. The last piece of the evening will be Symphony No. 1 by Johannes Brahms.

The artists will present the same program two days later in Vienna.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: http://www.nospr.org.pl/pl/koncerty/1218/nospr-alexander-liebreich-szymon-nehring 

In December 2018 and March 2019, The PianoClassic Art Association invites you to concerts as part of the project "Polish music for children in the sounds of clarinet and piano".

The project of clarinetist Barbara Borowicz and pianist Anna Miernik "Polish music for children in the sounds of clarinet and piano" is realized by the Krakow Artistic Association PianoClassic in cooperation with the Life & Art Foundation. Both artists are involved in the promotion of Polish music in the country and abroad. The purpose of their latest project is to familiarize students of first-level music schools with chamber music by Polish composers.

The event will take place in December 2018 and in March 2019 at music schools in Domosławice (04/12/18), Korzenna (06/12/18), Lubaczów (11/12/18), Skawina (March 2019) and Wadowice (March 2019).

The programme includes interpretative courses for students, a lecture about Polish music with particular emphasis on the role of clarinet and piano, clarinet exhibition with accessories and a lecture on the subject of clarinet maintenance conducted by Tomasz Cyzowski from the renowned Piotr Śmietana Brass Instruments Service. The finale of each day of the project in a given school is a concert of Polish music performed by the organisers.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: www.pianoclassic.pl 

On November 28, 2018 at 7.00 p.m., there will be a concert of the FCUM Brass and Woodwind Band as part of the cycle "Wednesday on Okólnik Street".

The programme of the musical evening in the Concert Hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music will include: Clarinet Concert in B flat major by Karol Kurpiński, Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare by Richard Strauss, Petite symphonie, Op. 90 by Charles Gounod, Memorial to Lidice by Bohuslav Martinu, Polonaise for Friends by Maciej Małecki, Suite Française by Darius Milhaud, and Two-Bone Concerto for two trombones and orchestra by Johan de Meij.

Maciej Małecki's work was commissioned by the United States Air Force Orchestra in Europe and combines two national anthems: Poland and the United States. This stylistic treatment is a symbol of friendship between the two countries. Placing the work in the program of the Wednesday concert has a special dimension, as the Orchestra will be led by the American conductor Robert W. Rumbelow – the first conductor of the university band.

Tickets for PLN 15 on sale from November 14, 2018.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Polish Composers' Union invites you to the 28th Composers' Portraits. The concerts dedicated to the works of Aleksandra Garbal and Monika Kędziora will take place on December 11-12, 2018 at 6.00 p.m. in the concert hall of the PWM Edition in Warsaw (8 Fredry St.).

On December 11, excerpts from the opera Polonica Rustica by Aleksandra Garbal will be presented. This is a chamber opera for 7 soloists (soprano, alt, tenor, baritone, violin, cello and piano) in the national style, which combines tradition and modernity. Instrumental parts are treated vocally and subjectively, combining folklore, religious and patriotic elements..

On December 12, Sepia Ensemble will perform compositions by Monika Kędziora: The Blind Sleepwalker's Prayer for soprano solo to words of Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, 7 miniatures for solo piano micro-nano-mos, Plaudens for solo flute, cres-cere for clarinet, cello and piano and Mulceo for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

The Phasma-Music Foundation and the Castle Museum in Kwidzyn invite you to a festive concert entitled "Kwidzyn classically for Independence", which will take place on November 23, 2018 at the Kwidzyn Castle at 7:00 p.m.

Flautist Iwona Glinka and harpist Agnieszka Kaczmarek-Bialic will will perform works by Fryderyk Chopin, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Maciej Małecki and Witold Lutosławski. In addition, there will be two premieres: Trilogy by Michail Travlos and BallaDo – BallaRe by Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska. The latter work was written especially for the concert as part of the ministerial programme "Composing Commissions", implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance. Admission free.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

On January 12, 2019 at 7:00 p.m., the State Music School Complex in Elbląg will host a New Year's concert of the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra and its guests.

Marcin Zdunik, who dominated the 6th International Witold Lutosławski Cello Competition by winning the first prize, the Grand Prix title and nine other prizes, will perform as soloist along with Karolina Nowotczyńska, concertmaster of the EOK. The orchestra will be led by Marek Moś. The programme will include: Fantasy for cello and orchestra, Op. 52 by Mieczysław Wajnberg,recorded by Marcin Zdunik and the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante KV 364 (arr. for violin, cello and string orchestra) and Adagio and Fugue in C minor KV 546 (arr. for string orchestra), as well as Wojciech Kilar's Orawa.

The concert is organised under the patronage of the PWM Edition as part of the TUTTI.pl project promoting performances of Polish music.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: http://www.eok.elblag.eu/pl/news/nowy-rok-z-fenomenem-wiolonczeli 

The sixth concert of the cycle "Mazovian Musical Meetings without Barriers" will take place on November 25, 2018 at 3.00 p.m. at the Communal Cultural Center in Mrozy.

The concert will feature Melanidis Chamber Orchestra, composed of graduates of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. High technical skills of instrumentalists, developed during several years of education under the supervision of the best professors, combined with the emotional commitment characteristic of young orchestras, form a group of excellent musicians, characterized by flexibility and openness to a variety of styles.

The program of the November concert will include the beautiful baroque music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi, as well as the Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 2 by Mieczysław Karłowicz. The violinists Maksymilian Grzesiak and Katarzyna Boniecka will perform as soloists.

The project is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund. Admission free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.