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To mark Poster Day, a monographic concert of Zygmunt Krauze will take place at the National Museum in Warsaw on June 20, 2026, at 6:15 PM. His piece Encore une fois for four trumpets and piano will be performed for the very first time.
The performers will include: Joanna Freszel – soprano, Zygmunt Krauze – piano, Michał Adamin – trumpet, Kaja Drążek – trumpet, Szymon Łuniewski – trumpet, Antoni Strahl – trumpet, Michał Pepol – cello, and the Kwartludium Ensemble.
A note from the composer:
"Almost exactly 58 years ago, on June 4, 1968, the official opening of the Poster Museum in Wilanów took place. On that day, I had the honor of gracing the ceremony with my Entrée, composed specially for the occasion. Today, the Museum reopens in new, completely different, and challenging times, within newly designed interiors, yet in the same unique building and with a magnificent collection of posters that inspire both admiration for their form and reflection on their message. The music I have composed for this occasion will also be different, new, but also somewhat similar to the music from years ago.
Encore une fois references the piece Entrée, but it is not a continuation. It will begin with a performance of Fanfare for four trumpets, which I wrote in 2008 for the unveiling of the Monument to Tolerance in Jerusalem. Then, the piano will sound—an instrument that has always been closest to me—on which I will engage in a musical dialogue with the themes present in the posters of the Museum's collection. Rebellion, defiance towards the surrounding world, fear—these are just some of the messages of this piece. The ending, however, is optimistic, as the theme of tolerance and hope returns.
In the piece Słuchaj [Listen], text plays a fundamental role, combining news agency reports that expose human stupidity, vileness, and brutality with reflections by Seneca regarding fundamental values and the human condition.
Stone Music is a work for which I have a special fondness, and I decided to present it to the audience once again, treating it as a moment of respite from reflecting on the evils of this world. At the end, however, powerful emotions will return.
Elegia [Elegy] is a mourning song. In this piece, it is expressed not through wailing and sadness, but rather through a scream, pain, and anger. It expresses dissent. War continues uninterrupted—if not in this part of the globe, then in another. But when it is close, it hurts more. And yet, for many years, on the Armon Ha-Natziv hill, between the Jewish and Arab neighborhoods, stands a monument built so that we may all remember: 'We are members of one great body, created by nature. We are born for the good of the whole' (Seneca)".
