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The fifth edition of the choir competition will be held on the 11th of June 11, 2022 in the church of the Holy Trinity in Tykocin. 30 choirs from all over Poland will perform. There will also be workshops for conductors and choirs.

The competition will be divided into 7 categories, including homogeneous, mixed and parish choirs. The jury of experienced choirmasters will evaluate, among other things, the culture of sound, interpretation, repertoire, tempo, diction and general artistic expression. The winner will receive a Grand Prix and a cash prize of PLN 5,000. There will also be a special award from the Mayor of Tykocin for the best performance of a piece by a Polish composer and a special award from the director of Radio Nadzieja for the best conductor.

Admission free!

Detailed programme: http://konkurschoralny.radionadzieja.pl/ 

On the 10^th of June, 2022 at 6 p.m. at the Center for Culture and European Meetings in Białogard, 11^th of June at 6.00 p.m. at the Złocieniec Cultural Center and 12^th of June at 3.30 p.m. at the Cultural Center in Połczyn-Zdrój concerts as part of the series ‘With classics through Poland’ will take place.

Janusz Olejniczak and Tomasz Strahl will perform will perform works by Fryderyk Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, as well as Franz Schubert, Georg Friedrich Handel, Edward Elgar and Manuel de Falla.

The concert series ‘With classics through Poland’ is financed by the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sports and organized by the National Institute of Music and Dance. Admission to the concerts is free!

Details: https://nimit.pl/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The 7th National Accordion Competition Motion Music Festival will be held on June 9-11 2022 at the Music School Complex in Wieliczka. The application deadline is 16^th of May. The competition is organized by the Oskar Kolberg 1st degree Music School in Czasław and the Music School Complex in Wieliczka.

The competition aims to popularize the accordion as an instrument and to cultivate Polish tradition by referring to Polish folklore. It is addressed to students of 1st degree music schools (all classes) and students of 2nd degree music schools (classes from I to IV).

The parallel motto of the Competition is the work of Motion Trio, which is presented as part of the ‘Motion Music Festival’. The theme of the seventh edition of the Competition will be the music of Polish composers for accordion and music composed or arranged for accordion (accordion ensembles) by Motion Trio.

After a note of Beata Miętka

Detailed information: http://www.smczaslaw.pl/PagesTree/pagesTreeMenu/view/item/1300/idCat/2/id/95.html and https://www.smuzwieliczka.edu.pl/content/regulamin-3 

The final concert of the 63rd Tadeusz Baird Competition for Young Composers will take place on the 10^th of June 2022 at 6.00 p.m. at the Warsaw office of the Polish Music Edition (Aleksander Fredro 8 street). Admission free!

The subject of this year’s competition is a song (or song cycle) for voice and a string quartet to Polish poetry or to texts by William Shakespeare (in the original or in Polish translation). The Competition Jury will be chaired by Agata Zubel.

On the 10^th of June the following compositions by selected finalists will be performed:

Hidden monologues for mezzo-soprano and string quartet (Andromeda emblem)
16087 for soprano and string quartet (Geralimos emblem)
Augmented. Diminished for baritone and string quartet (emblem of Heterolepsis)
Sing for mezzo-soprano and string quartet (emblem Palimpsest5991)

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 9^th of June 2022 at 7.00 p.m. works by Polish, British and Czech composers will be performed at the National Forum of Music by the pianist Sophie Pacini and the Szymanowski Quartet.

Nocturne and Tarantella op. 28 by Karol Szymanowski is a work belonging to a lighter thread in the composer's oeuvre, originally intended for violin and piano. It is a pastiche of virtuoso pieces that were popular in the 19th century, stylized as gypsy and Italian music. Szymanowski created a work that combines opposites. On the one hand, there is a reference to popular pieces, not always of the highest caliber, on the other hand, these references do not stop the composer using a modern sonic language. As a result, an effective (and sometimes even showy!) work was created, full of humour and inventiveness.

Programme of the concert comprises also of String Quartet No. 3 op. 94 by Benjamin Britten and Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 81 by Antonín Dvořák.

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More: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/8895