Cracow | "Music without applause" – premier of "Sinfonietta" by Maciej Bałenkowski

This time, our musical guide will be Kryštof Mařatka – an internationally acclaimed Prague composer, conductor, pianist and director. During the concert, the orchestra will perform his works In Front Of The Hungry Cage (based on the aphorisms of Franz Kafka) for piano and reciter, and Astrophonia for viola, piano and string orchestra. The soloists will be Karine Lethiec (viola) and Piotr Sałajczyk (piano).

The evening will feature the world premiere of Sinfonietta No. 2 "Polonia" – hommage à Wojciech Kilar by Maciej Bałenkowski, the composer-in-residence of Sinfonietta Cracovia and the laureate of the 1st International Composers' Competition "Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta" organized by the orchestra. The performance of Maciej Bałenkowski's work is co-financed as part of the Institute of Music and Dance programme  'Composer-in-residence'.

A few days later, on May 31 at 4.00 pm at the MANGGHA Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, there will be a presentation of a new version of Bałenkowski's composition Farewell for string orchestra, also with the participation of Sinfonietta Cracovia.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information about the event at:  http://sinfonietta.pl/koncerty/