Elementi is an event organised yearly (since 2013) by students of all degrees at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Cracow. Its idea is to create a place for a deeper reflection on new music from both theoretical and musical standpoints and to promote contemporary works. Therefore the event consists of concerts as well as academic conference.
This year’s edition of Elementi will take place between the 11th and 12th of March and its theme is “involvement”. We focus on subject involved into creative process – composer, conductor, performer and audience, as well as the objects of the involvement – culture and art in a broad sense, society, politics and music itself. In our reflections we ask ourselves about involved music – how can it get involved, what risks does it carry (excessive subjectivism, unwanted kitsch, manipulation) and can it involve at all?
The event will be attended by special guests: professor Ryszard Waldemar Kluszczyński – media scholar, cultural expert specializing in new media art and Rafał Ryterski – composer, sound designer and multlimedia artist, nominated to the one of the most prestigious Polish cultural awards (Paszporty Polityki 2021).
Concerts’ programme consists of works by esteemed artists such as Rafał Ryterski and Ricardo Eizirik and works written by the students. The concerts will be performed by instrumentalists associated with the Academy as well as by Spółdzielnia Muzyczna ensemble. It appeared at the most important music festivals in Poland such as Warsaw Autumn, Sacrum Profanum, Audio Art, Musica Moderna, NeoArte.
The academic conference and some of the following concerts will take place in the main building of the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Cracow. The remaining concerts, however, will take place in 360º gallery at Hevre club. Depending on the epidemiological situation Elementi might be conducted in the hybrid mode (on the AMKP Online platform).
Press release
Detailed programme: https://www.amuz.krakow.pl/konferencja-elementi9/
