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International Józef Madeja Festival is an artistic project that is organized annually in October in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The organizer of the festival is Józef Madeja Association. As part of this year's 4^th edition of the Festival (October 21-30, 2022), there will be many interesting events open to the public. The master workshops will be conducted by artists such as: clarinetist Olli Leppäniemi (Finland), bassoonist Theo Plath (Germany), violinist Florin Croitoru (Romania) as well as Paweł Kroczek and Piotr Lato (Poland).

On the 22^nd of October the unique Festival Clarinet Orchestra - Józef Madeja Clarinet Ensemble, as well as clarinetists Olli Leppäniemi, Paweł Kroczek, Piotr Lato, soprano Barbara Tritt and pianist Hanna Lizinkiewicz will perform at 5 p.m. during the Inauguration Concert at the Jankowice Palace. The concert will mark the celebrations of the 130^th anniversary of the birth of Józef Madeja - composer, clarinetist and distinguished organizer of concert life in Greater Poland. On the 26^th of October at 6.00 p.m. in Aula Nova of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań a chamber music concert will take place, during which bassoonist Theo Plath, violinist Florin Croitor and pianists Andrzej Tatarski and Bartłomiej Wezner will perform. On the 30^th of October at 6.00 p.m. in Kórnik Castle, the Erlendis Quartet, a recognized guitar quartet will perform. The accompanying event will be a concert in Berlin, during which the Apeiron Trio will perform.

In the concerts chamber music works by J. Madeja, K. Rathaus, I. J. Paderewski, H. Wieniawski, C. Debussy, C. Saint-Saëns will be presented. Premieres of works by Radosław Mateja, Włodzimierz Kotoński and Monika Kędziora will also take place at the Festival. Admission to all concerts is free.

More details: www.festiwalmadei.pl