A concert dedicated to the memory of Professor Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz will take place in the Concert Hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw on March 19, 2018 at 7 p.m.

The composer, teacher and organist for many years was associated with the Warsaw Music University. In 1954 he also began teaching at the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw – from 1968 as a professor. In the years 1963-69 he was the dean of the Faculty of Composition, Theory and Conducting, and in 1969-71 – the rector of the Warsaw University of Music. Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz received many awards and distinctions, including Awards of the Minister of National Defense (1968 and 1974), Awards of the Minister of Culture and Art (1969 and 1978), Third Degree State Award (1969), Badge of the Distinguished Culture Activist (1972), Prime Minister's Award for works for children and youth (1979) and the Award of the Polish Composers' Union (1985). He was also awarded the Knight's and Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Medal of the National Education Commission, the Medal of Merits for the Warsaw Music Society and the Honorary Golden Badge of Merits for Warsaw.

Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz never tried to be a part of the avant-garde. He always walked his own way, which ran on the peripheries of tradition. At the "Warsaw Autumn" Festival only two of his pieces were performed, which indicates the conservative character of Paciorkiewicz's music. In the program of the concert, we will hear the organ and chamber pieces of the composer: Sonata in F sharp minor, Diptychos and Gothic Fantasy for organ, Aria for viola and organ, and Duo Concertante for organ and piano. The compositions will be performed by organists Sebastian Kuczyński, Paweł Opala, Krzysztof Ostrowski, Szymon Sobutkowski, Małgorzata Trzaskalik-Wyrwa, viola player Joanna Ławcewicz-Musialik and pianist Maciej Wota. Artistic coordinators: dr hab. Jarosław Wróblewski, prof. UMFC.

Free admission cards are available from March 5, 2018 at the Chopin University Press.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.