On March 21, 2018 at 7.00 p.a. at the Concert Hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, a symphony concert will take place. On Wednesday evening we will hear the prepremiere of Symphony of Professor Marian Borkowski, who celebrates 50 years of pedagogical work at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.

"This one-part symphonic work consists of many clearly outlined phases and links that are organisationally connected and strongly contrasted in terms of material, texture, sound, form and expression. (...) The whole composition is intended by the composer as a closed process with clearly formulated gradations and culminations as well as high emotional temperature and continuity of the tension of the musical action. Symphony marks the 65th anniversary of my creative work and the 50th anniversary of my pedagogical activity – and I dedicate it to my son Piotr, a loyal and excellent interpreter of my work." – the composer himself speaks about the Symphony.

A composer, musicologist, pianist, educator and animator of musical life, in his music balances the perfect technique and the ability to build a form with huge expression. His work, as a representative of the most experienced generation of Polish composers, is a record of the changes taking place in Polish music over the years. It presents both sonorist techniques as well as references to the so-called new romanticism.

The comission of Marian Borkowski's Symphony was co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the "Composition Commissions" programme implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance.

During the concert we will also hear Clarinet Concert by A. Copland and Adagio for string orchestra by S. Barber. The works will be presented by the UMFC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Piotr Borkowski. The clarinettist Adrian Janda will perform as a soloist.

Free entry cards are available from March 8 at Chopin University Press.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.