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Mendelssohn's Scottish caves, Beethoven's idyllic village, the Karłowicz's landscape of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania are just a piece of the picturesque puzzle of the International Festival ‘Katowice. Culture. Nature’. This year's edition called ‘Landscape’ will take place at NOSPR on May 11-21, 2023.

The stars of this year's Festival will be, among others, countertenors Jakub Józef Orliński and Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, cellists Ivan Karizna and Andrei Ioniță, pianist Louis Lortie. In addition to NOSPR, world-renowned ensembles will also perform: Il Pomo d'Oro conducted by Francesc Corti, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by maestro Paav Järvi.

The programme will include: the dazzling Symphonic Variations and Concerto for Orchestra by Witold Lutosławski, Lithuanian Rhapsody by Mieczysław Karłowicz - his only ‘landscape’ symphonic poem.

Full programme of this year's edition: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/program/festiwal-katowice-kultura-natura