On the 18^th October, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. at the ICE Kraków a premiere of Folk Variations - a piece of Jan Stokłosa commissioned by Sinfonietta Cracovia as part of the ‘Composers’ Commissions’ programme carried out by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

The project is the result of collaboration between Sinfonietta Cracovia and the EtnoKraków / Crossroads festival. Folk variations will be heard in the S2 ICE Kraków theater hall as the epilogue of the festival. This is one of the most intresting points of Cracow’s cultural autumn, combining various elements: contemporary sounds, folk inspirations and classical string orchestration.

Co-creator of the enthusiastically received Songs of Contemporary (a joint project of the song and dance ensemble ‘Śląsk’ and Miuosha awarded with Fryderyk), this time will reach for melodies from various regions, weaving them into a concert in which popular performers will play on ethnic instruments: Sebastian Karpiel-Bułecka (bagpipes, singing), Bożena Bujnicka (soprano), Helena Matuszewska (including a female from Biłgoraj).

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, from the Culture Promotion Fund - a state fund, implemented as part of the ‘Music’ programme by the National Institute of Music and Dance. The project is co-financed by the City of Warsaw.

Press release

More: https://www.sinfonietta.pl/koncerty/wariacje-ludowe-jana-stoklosy ‍