The aim of the 5th Piano e Forte Festival and Piano Competition, will be held between the 1. and 6. of March 2022, is to show the history of the evolution of the piano in the context of the development of the piano repertoire, as well as the multifaceted role of the pianist and the piano.

The fifth edition of the event takes place in the Year of Polish Romanticism. The festival program will include concerts presenting works by famous and forgotten composers of Polish Romanticism on historical and contemporary piano, devoted to the history of the polonaise and mazurka, the Master Chamber Recital at the Paderewski Manor House in Kąśna Dolna, and the Piano Competition. The Piano e Forte Academy will include lectures and workshops on: piano, clavichord and harpsichord construction, historical and contemporary piano performance practices and dealing with stage fright.

The festival is organized by the Sfogato Music and Arts Society in Krakow, together with the co-organizers and partners: the Music School Complex in Wieliczka, the Villa Decius Institute of Culture in Krakow, the National Museum in Krakow, the Paderewski Center in Kąśna Dolna, the B. Rutkowski Music School of the 1st and 2nd degree in Krakow and the Monastery of the Carmelite Fathers in Krakow.

The project was financed by the PZU Foundation. Admission to the events is free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information: www.pianoeforte.pl, www.facebook.com/pianoefortefestival