On the 5th of December, 2023, the New Music Center and the Studio of Anthropology of Musical Culture at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music organized a conference, exhibition and concert dedicated to the work of Alberto Ginastera at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music on the 40th anniversary of his death.
During the concert (December 5, 2023, 8 p.m., Fryderyk Chopin Music University Concert Hall), Ginastera's monumental work was performed - Cantata para America magica for percussion orchestra, 2 pianos, celesta and dramatic soprano solo (Diana Gemborys) to the words of pre-Columbian texts in Nahuatl. Krzysztof Kicior's work ...so to speak for drums and live electronics was also premiered in an aesthetic way referring to Ginastera's percussion work. All events took place under the patronage of the Embassy of Argentina in Warsaw...
Zygfryd Merhold
