Conference ”Seven Currents of Polish Music”, organized on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Polish Composers’ Union, will be held on September 23-24, 2016 (10.00 am - 2.00 pm) at the Bogumił Linde Hall in the University of Warsaw Library (55/66 Dobra Street).
During 7 sessions devoted to seven stylistic currents, musicologists and composers will confront their views of the last 70 years of Polish music, relentlessly supported by the Polish Composers’ Union. Moderators of the panel discussions invited several guests to join the conference, including Tadeusz Wielecki, Stanisław Krupowicz, Monika Pasiecznik, Sławomir Wojciechowski, Krzysztof Meyer, Prasqual, Krzysztof Baculewski, Dariusz Przybylski, Zygmunt Krauze, Marcin Stańczyk and Jerzy Kornowicz.
The conference is the fringe event of the 59th International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn".
All sessions will be translated into English.
Admission free.
Organizers: Institute of Musicology of the University of Warsaw, Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC, University of Warsaw Library.
Co-financed by the Society of Authors and Composers ZAiKS.
Celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Polish Composers’ Union are co-organized by the Institute of Music and Dance, and co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Programme
Friday, September 23
10.00 – 10.45 session 1 – "INTUITION" (curator: Rafał Augustyn)
10.45 – 11.00 break
11.00 – 11.45 session 2 – "LIRYCISM" (curator: Mieczysław Kominek)
11.45 – 12.00 break
12.00 – 12.45 session 3 – "METASTYLE" (curator: Katarzyna Naliwajek-Mazurek)
12.45 – 13.00 brzeak
13.00 – 13.45 session 4 – "SOUND" (curator: Iwona Lindstedt)
Saturday, September 24
10.00 – 10.45 session 5 – "REDUCTION" (curator: Krzysztof Szwajgier)
10.45 – 11.00 break
11.00 – 11.45 session 6 – "CONSTRUCTION" (curator: Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska)
11.45 – 12.00 break
12.00 – 12.45 session 7 – "ENERGY" (curator: Małgorzata Gąsiorowska)
12.45 – 13.00 break
13.00 – 14.00 Roundtable discussion
