The 30th International Festival of Cracow Composers will take place under the honorary patronage of the Mayor of Kraków, Jacek Majchrow, on 14-22 April 2018. The theme of this year's edition is "Music and the Word".

During the jubilee edition of the festival, the works of composers from Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Greece, England, Mexico, USA, Australia, South Korea and Japan will be presented. There will be 37 world premieres and 15 first performances in Poland.

The honorary guests of the festival will be outstanding composers: Gabriela Ortiz from Mexico and Ivan Buffa from Slovakia. A great attraction will also be the appearance of the excellent Korean singer Youngji Oh, who will perform with the Modern Ensemble with the accompaniment of classical and traditional Korean instruments. She will also give a lecture on traditional Korean vocal music. There will also be a scientific session entitled "Music and the Word".

During the inaugural concert, on 14 April 2018, the Krakow Philharmonic will host the world premiere of Jarosław Płonka's Stalker for chamber orchestra (2018), which was commissioned by the 30th MFKK as part of the "Collections" programme – Priority "Composition Commissions", implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance. On 18 and 21 April, we will hear world premieres of pieces written by the winners of the 1st Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers and the 3rd Marek Stachowski Competition for Young Composers.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Detailed programme available at: www.zkp.krakow.pl