The music of Stanislaw Moniuszko will fill the 27th Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Festival of Polish Composers in Bielsko-Biała, which will take place from 10 to 12 October 2024. Performers include Kasia Moś, Dorota Miśkiewicz, Janusz Radek, the Paweł Tomaszewski Band, the Beethoven Academy Orchestra conducted by Maciej Tomasiewicz, Tomasz Konieczny, Lech Napierała and the Polish Royal Opera. During the Festival, Moniuszko's fans will find their favourite form of concerts from a recital of songs by the world-famous bass-baritone, through contemporary, entertaining and jazz arrangements of the best-known pieces from the Śpiewnik domowy (Home Songbook) to a monumental concert performance of Straszny dwór (The Haunted Manor) The concerts will take place at the Maria Koterba Bielsko Cultural Centre.
Stanisław Moniuszko's music has been performed at the Festival many times before, but this year, for the second time, it will be presented in a monographic formula, in which every music lover will find a proposal for themselves. In addition, many artists will be hosted in Bielsko-Biała for the first time. Tomasz Konieczny will come to the Festival straight from Vienna, and the Polish Royal Opera will come from the Royal Łazienki in Warsaw.
The evening concerts will be complemented by events in the morning - an educational concert by the Bielsko Music Society on 10 October and a concert by the Choirs and Orchestra of the Stanisław Moniuszko State Music School on 11 October.
The Festival of Polish Composers has been held in Bielsko-Biała since 1996. From the very beginning, its patron has been Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. Since 2010, the Festival has borne the composer's name. During the quarter-century of the FPC, over 500 compositions by 50 Polish composers were presented, 20 orchestras, 15 choirs, 11 chamber ensembles and over a hundred soloists and conductors performed. In 2005, it was at this festival that the world premiere of Górecki's String Quartet No. 3 ‘Songs are Sung’ by the Kronos Quartet took place.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC
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Festival website: www.fkpbb.pl
