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Event date: 2024-05-28

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 28^th of May 2024, the Silesian Philharmonic will host a birthday gala for Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa with the participation of the birthday celebrant - an outstanding composer, pedagogue, conductor and politician, director of cultural institutions, minister of culture and art in 1997-1999.

At 4.30 p.m. in the Chamber Hall, a screening of the film Under Pressure of Sound and Word is scheduled, followed (5.30 p.m.) by a meeting with Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa and the premiere of a CD of the composer’s works. At 19.00, a concert by the Silesian Chamber Orchestra will take place in the Karol Stryja Concert Hall, with a programme prepared by the composer. 

More: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/production/joanna-wnuk-nazarowa-gala-urodzinowa-gajecka-antosiewicz-shemet/?=2 

Event date: 2024-05-24

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The 5^th edition of the International Festival of Organ and Chamber Music, with participation of outstanding artists from Poland and abroad, will take place in the Sanok district on 24-27 May 2024. The Festival will also discover new talents through the 4^th National Competition for Young Organists. Admission to the concerts is free.

This year's edition of the Festival will be inaugurated in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Sanok with a concert by Anna Maria Jopek, who will be accompanied by: Piotr Wojtasik (trumpet), Igor Pietraszewski (shakuhachi) and Piotr Rojek (organ). On the 25^th of May at the Sanok Franciscan Church, we will hear organist Elżbieta Karolak together with soprano Katarzyna Hołysz.

Festival website: https://www.facebook.com/FestiwalOrganowySanok 

Event date: 2024-05-24

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic and the Polish Music Publishing House invite students of first- and second-cycle studies in Musicology, Composition and Music Theory to participate in a review competition. Its subject is to create a review dedicated to Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa's birthday gala. The deadline for submitting applications is the 24^th of May, 2024.

The aim of the competition is:

• promotion and support of students' activities in the field of music criticism, with particular emphasis on works devoted to the performance of works by Polish composers working in the 20^th and 21^st century;
• developing the interest of students of Musicology, Composition and Music Theory in music criticism, in particular in the field of performing Polish music of the 20^th and 21^st

Rules and regulations available on the website: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/konkurs-recenzencki/ 

Event date: 2024-05-25

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 25^th of May, 2024 at 6 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Polish History Museum in Warsaw a concert to celebrate the 110^th anniversary of birth of Andrzej Panufnik, one of the greatest Polish composers of the 20^th century, will take place. Sinfonia Iuventus conducted by Maciej Tomasiewicz and Andrzej Jagodziński Trio (Andrzej Jagodziński, Adam Cegielski and Czesław "Mały" Bartkowski) will perform Andrzej Panufnik's works.

During the evening, Sinfonia rustica, referring to the folk music of the northern regions of our country, and Sinfonia sacra, based on Bogurodzica, a medieval song that is one of the most valuable monuments of old Polish language, will be performed.

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More at www.sinfoniaiuventus.pl 

Event date: 2024-05-26

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 26^th of May, 2024 at 5 p.m. at the National Forum of Music there will be a concert of choirs of the Choral Academy - "Singing Poland" of the Lower Silesian region, accompanied by an instrumental ensemble.

Performers will be, among others: Tre sta cantando choir of the 3^rd Adam Mickiewicz Secondary School in Wrocław, the Angelus Chamber Choir of the Secondary School No. 9 in Wrocław, the Choir of the 1^st Bolesław Chrobry Secondary School in Kłodzko, the Chamber Choir of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, the Piú Mosso Chamber Choir of the Institute of Musicology of the University of Wrocław, the Wrocław Women's Choir and the I Signori Men's Vocal Ensemble. The programme also includes Polish contemporary music: "Magnificat" by A. Koszewski, "Tiebie pojem" by M. Kubacki, "What you discover" by J. Krutul, "O, land of Poland" by J. Łuciuk, "Moja piosnka" by J. Świder and "Glory to You, King of Ages" by A. Rocławska-Musiałczyk.

Detailed programme: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/10534