Scientific Conference "Piano Connections. In the circle of piano chamber music for various ensembles" online

The Department of Piano and String Chamber Music at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw invites you on 24-25 October 2020 to the Scientific Conference "Piano Connections. In the circle of piano chamber music for various ensembles".

The conference was to include an extensive artistic part, providing a meeting platform for performers of chamber works for mixed ensembles, i.e. piano and strings and / or wind instruments and / or voice, representing various academic environments. Due to the epidemiological situation, the conference will be include only the scientific part, which will be held on the FCUM YouTube channel.

The project led by dr hab. Ewa Skardowska aims to discuss issues related to the content, artistic idea and performance of chamber pieces for less frequently used instruments, as well as topics related to piano chamber music and philosophy of music. Professors of music academies will discuss, among others, contemporary performance techniques in works for cello and piano by Polish composers of the 21st century, editing and performance issues of Witold Friemann's works and Jewish themes in compositions by Ryszard Sielicki. Conference lectures will be broadcast from 10.00 a.m.–2.30 p.m. (24 October) and 10.00 a.m.– 1.30 p.m. (25 October).

Full programme is available at: https://www.chopin.edu.pl/