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Concerts of the Cracow Accordion Festival will be held in Cracow from the 30^th of September to the 13^th of December.

The Festival is an international celebration of accordion music in various genres and styles in the capital of Małopolska - Cracow. The concerts will be held in the Palace of Art, the Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace – a branch of the National Museum in Cracow, the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music and the Church of St. Marcin.

In 2023, as part of the Festival concert series, the accordion will be compared with other keyboard instruments such as the piano, organ or harpsichord. An interesting summary will be the combination of an accordion with a baroque costume and a unique keyboard instrument - viola organista, which was recreated from Leonardo da Vinci’s designs.

An important element will also be the 10^th anniversary edition of the Concert of Premieres of Accordion Works, which will present solo and chamber works by composers such as Jakub Polaczyk, Olga Hans and Jarosław Płonka. In addition to the performance of well-known and respected artists from Poland and abroad, concerts of the Cracow Accordion Festival will enable the presentation and promotion of the Cracow accordion community, both academic and those operating outside of the university. The project is aimed at audiences of contemporary music.

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund - a state fund under the ‘Music’ programme implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

Detailed programme: https://fundacjaartforum.pl/