Between April 29 and May 4, 2018, Moldova's residents will have an opportunity to listen to music by Polish composers. Recitals, master classes, lectures, and a symphony concert in the Filarmonica Naţională "Serghei Lunchevici" will take place within the project implemented by the "Porta Musicae" Artistic Association as part of the Polish Music Experience.

On April 29, Marian Sobula will perform a piano recital in the Chamber Hall of the National Philharmonic of Moldova in Chisinau with the works of Fryderyk Chopin and Ignacy Jan Paderewski. On the same day, Jan Kalinowski (cello) and Marek Szlezer (piano) will perform a chamber recital in Rybnica, where they will perform, among others, works by Feliks Nowowiejski, Krzysztof Penderecki, Aleksander Tansman or Ludomir Różycki.

In the first days of May, the artists will conduct master classes for students of the Academy of Music, Theater and Fine Arts in Chisinau and give a lecture on Polish music, during which they will present works by contemporary composers, including Marta Ptaszyńska and Marcel Chyrzyński.

The culmination of the project will be a unique concert in the Concert Hall of the  National Philharmonic of Moldova, during which, under the baton of Paweł Kotla, the Moldovan premiere of Cello Concerto, Op. 43 by Mieczysław Wajnberg, Piano Concerto No. 2 by Wojciech Kilar and the symphonic poem The Steppe op. 66 by Zygmunt Noskowski will take place. The Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Moldova will perform along with Jan Kalinowski and Marek Szlezer.

The concerts are co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: www.polishmusicexperience.com