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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.

The premiere of the latest album of pianist Anna Miernik My Polish Reflection will take place on December 10, 2018.

My Polish Reflection is an album presenting the kaleidoscope of Polish piano music: from Chopin's works, through Paderewski, Szymanowski, and Tansman, up to Michał Papara's composition, written especially for the album. Pianist Anna Miernik continues her artistic mission, which is the promotion of Polish music. Her repertoire includes dozens of works by Polish composers.

The project is carried out by the Krakow Artistic Association PianoClassic (www.pianoclassic.pl), dealing with the organization of cultural projects in the country and abroad. The CD has been co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund under the "Musical Track" programme, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance. The recording is released by the record label DUX.

The album will be available from December 10, 2018 in music stores, as well as on the artist's website www.annamiernik.com.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Don Quixote, one of the most popular comic ballets performed by the Bolshoi Theater group, will be screened at nearly 40 cinemas in November, December and January. At Warsaw's Kino Praha cinema, the retransmission will take place on December 2, 2019 at 4.00 pm.

Inspired by heroic stories of brave knights, Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful servant Sancho Panza set out on an adventure to meet his ideal woman, Dulcinea. Cervantes’ hero comes to life in the Bolshoi's critically acclaimed staging of this exalting performance. With panache and sparkling technique, principal dancers Ekaterina Krysanova and Semyon Chudin lead the spectacular cast of toreadors, flamenco dancers, gypsies, and dryads in virtuosic dancing that is quintessential Bolshoi. The presentation was captured live on April 10, 2016

The list of cinemas in Poland, where you can watch broadcasts from the Bolshoi Theater, is available here.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://www.kinopraha.pl

A scientific conference "In white and black. Piano music at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries" will take place at the Art Academy in Szczecin on December 6-7, 2018.

The aim of the project is to analyze issues related to piano music at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. The core of the theoretical part will be lectures by contemporary Polish composers and outstanding performers of new music as well as concerts presenting practical aspects of discussed issues. The intention of the undertaking is to create a platform for artistic and scientific dialogue between the Academy of Arts and other artistic and scientific centers in Poland, enabling the exchange of views between artists, performers, theoreticians and all those interested in contemporary music issues.

The invitation to participate in the conference was accepted by: prof. Sławomir Czarnecki (University of Casimir the Great in Bydgoszcz), dr hab. prof. AM Magdalena Lisak (Academy of Music in Katowice), dr hab. prof. AM Artur Kroschel (Academy of Music in Poznań), dr Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska (Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw), dr Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz (University of Zielona Góra), dr Aldona Nawrocka-Woźniak (Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw) and dr hab . Marcin Kopczyński (Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz). The Academy of Arts in Szczecin will be represented by dr Alicja Delecka-Bury and dr Artur Cieślak, who will give a speech on Piano music for the left hand – challenges and consequences. The concerts will feature works by Artur Cieślak, Sławomir Czarnecki, Ryszard Gabrysia, Aleksandra Garbal, Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska, Artur Kroschel, Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz, Marcin Kopczyński and Dariusz Przybylski. There will also be a premiere of reb / ​​el II (2018) for piano and electronics by Aldona Nawrocka. The conference will be accompanied by an exhibition of works by Tomasz Hancia.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Additional information at: http://www.akademiasztuki.eu/WEM/Action/Wydzial 

From among nearly 200 applications, the jury of the 4th Polish Music Critics Competition "Kropka", organized by the Meakultura Foundation, selected winners in four categories.

Grand Prix, funded by the Institute of Music and Dance, went to Rafał Wawrzyńczyk for the text Ciemne centrum (dwutygodnik.com). The Main Prize in the article / column category was given to Aleksander Przybylski for the text Melotypy ("Ruch Muzyczny"), and in the category of review / report –  to Karolina Dąbek for the text Trans jesieni – zmierzch awangardy. Warszawska Jesień 2017 ("Glissando"). The founder of the Main Prize in both categories is the Society of Authors ZAiKS. The honorable mention for the debut, funded by PWM Edition, was given to Przemysław Górecki for the unpublished text Posłuchajmy, co tak gra. Sześć razy Maryla Rodowicz. Dirk Wieschollek received the Special Award for foreign critics for the text Ego-Shooter mit Achillesferse ("Dissonance") devoted to the work of Jagoda Szmytka. The founder of the Special Prize is the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.

The Special Prize of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute was awarded to Adam Wiedemann for the text Zachód słońca (dwutygodnik.com). Piotr Metz's Individual Award went to Olga Drenda for the text The Future Sound of Poland (text accompanying the exhibition "140 beats per minute" at the Museum of Modern Art).

We congratulate all the winners!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://www.konkurskropka.pl/wyniki 

The Polish Society for Contemporary Music invites you on December 3 and 4, 2018 to Rzeszów and Łańcut for concerts "Contemporary music is cosmic", during which the premiere of Aldona Nawrocka Lunares tempora for trumpet and piano will take place.

The composer is an assistant professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and the head of the Composition, Instrumentation and Score Reading Workshop. She is a member of ZKP, ZAiKS, the Phonographic Academy and WOPR. Her latest work was written as part of the programme of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage "Composing Commisssions", implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance.

The events will consist of two parts: the concerts will be preceded by lectures presenting the specificity of 20th and 21st century music from the perspective of new compositional trends, techniques, contemporary articulation, score notation and formal relations. The composer will lead them together with the performers on December 3 at the Faculty of Music of the Rzeszów University and on December 4 at the Teodor Leszetycki Music School in Łańcut.

Aldona Nawrocka's composition as well as Dela Staigers' Carnival of Venice will be performed by valued chamber musicians: trumpeter Tomasz Woźniak and pianist Maria Gabryś-Heyke. Admission free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.