The Institution for the Promotion and Dissemination of Music "Silesia" invites you to concerts of participants of the 10th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition, which will take place on April 3 at 7.30 p.m. at the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Katowice and April 30, 2019 at 6.00 p.m. in the Radio Katowice Concert Studio.

Thanks to the cooperation of the "Silesia" Institution with the Grand Theater – National Opera in Warsaw, young vocalists who qualified for the 10th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition will sing in Katowice before the competition. The Competition Office received 378 applications from over 50 countries, out of which the Admissions Committee selected 88 vocalists to the Competition. Its jubilee edition will take place on May 5-11 this year and will be combined with the celebration of the 200th birth anniversary of its Patron.

In Katowice, six vocalists will perform in concert cycles "Moniuszko from the heart" and "The Youth's Wednesday". In the first concert, selected works from the competition repertoire will be presented by graduates of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and participants of the Opera Academy of the Grand Theater – Polish National Opera. In reference to the competition regulations, the programme will be composed of works by Stanisław Moniuszko, Karol Szymanowski, Szymon Laks and arias from world vocal literature.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Full programme available at: http://www.nospr.org.pl/pl/koncerty/1369/sroda-modych-silesia-przedstawia-moniuszko-od-serca