The Festival opens with the concert Chopin Soirée: Hommage à Chopin (24th September 2015, 6 pm, “Pod Gruszką” Press Club, 1 Szczepańska St.) – a homage to Fryderyk Chopin for his 205th birth anniversary, presented on the eve of the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. The programme includes, apart from music by Chopin, also works inspired by his oeuvre. The 6th “Sfogato” Festival also features the International Sfogato Competition for Works for Bell and Signal, the multimedia projection Light-Shadow, as well as a piano workshop (collaboration with the piano website MartAtelier.co) and the Research Conference Music – Art – Media.