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Press conference on the occasion of republishing "The Chopin Yearbook" ("Rocznik Chopinowski") and issue of volume 26 by the Fryderick Chopin Society will be held on November 29, 2018 at 5.00 in the Ballroom of the Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace at 32 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street in Warsaw.

The organizers of the event are: the Frederic Chopin Society and the Institute of Musicology at the University of Warsaw. The Frederic Chopin Society (founded in 1934) in the years 1956-2001 published 25 volumes of "The Chopin Yearbook", after which this activity was suspended. The editors of the "Yearbook" were outstanding musicologists and pianists, including Józef Michał Chomiński, Zbigniew Drzewiecki, Jan Ekier, Kazimierz Sikorski, Zygmunt Mycielski. The aim of the "Yearbook" is to present the state of research and the latest trends in contemporary Chopin studies in Poland and the world.

Volume 26 was issued thanks to the financial support of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the National Institute of Polish Cultural Heritage Abroad "Polonika". After the official part, Thomas Prat (France) will perform a piano recital filled with Fryderyk Chopin's works. Admission free!

On November 28, 2018 at 7.00 p.m., there will be a concert of the FCUM Brass and Woodwind Band as part of the cycle "Wednesday on Okólnik Street".

The programme of the musical evening in the Concert Hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music will include: Clarinet Concert in B flat major by Karol Kurpiński, Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare by Richard Strauss, Petite symphonie, Op. 90 by Charles Gounod, Memorial to Lidice by Bohuslav Martinu, Polonaise for Friends by Maciej Małecki, Suite Française by Darius Milhaud, and Two-Bone Concerto for two trombones and orchestra by Johan de Meij.

Maciej Małecki's work was commissioned by the United States Air Force Orchestra in Europe and combines two national anthems: Poland and the United States. This stylistic treatment is a symbol of friendship between the two countries. Placing the work in the program of the Wednesday concert has a special dimension, as the Orchestra will be led by the American conductor Robert W. Rumbelow – the first conductor of the university band.

Tickets for PLN 15 on sale from November 14, 2018.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

The 4th International Conference "Interpretations of a musical work. Nationality versus universal values ​​" will take place on November 27-28, 2018 at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz as a continuation of the series of symposia under the name" Interpretatio artis musicae ".

Igor Stravinsky postulated not to "fetishize one's nationality, because art should strive for universal values and link all people into one community, embracing the idea of beauty and a search for eternal truth and common good". Karol Szymanowski, speaking on the subject of social functions of Polish music, appealed: "let it be «national» in its racial separateness, but let it strive fearlessly where its values ​​become universal." The 21st century, the age of globalization and the universalization of culture, encourages to ask questions about the currency of the discourse that puts on the one scale the artist's national identity and the art he or she creates, and on the other the universalism of artistic attitudes.

During the conference, issues of national identity in music, functions of folklore in creating musical works, aesthetic polemics, which influenced the dissemination of specific attitudes in music, and self-reflection as a testimony of specific aesthetic attitudes will be discussed.

Concerts, including repertoire of works by Polish and Ukrainian composers, are an integral part of the conference.

DOWLOAD: Conference Programme

This year, the Chain Ensemble celebrates the centenary of Claude Debussy's death with a series of miniatures referring to the aesthetics, inspiration and sound of the French composer's The works will be premiered on November 27, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. on the stage of Nowy Teatr in Warsaw.

This six-part collection is a tribute to the composer, an innovator of harmony, and a musical poet, who had a huge influence on the development of contemporary music. Witold Lutosławski referred to Debussy, quoting the opening motif of Pelléas and Mélisande in his Grave.

The programme of the concert will include: Claude Debussy – Sonata for flute, viola and harp, Danse sacrée et Danse profane for harp and strings, Witold Lutosławski – Grave. Metamorphoses for cello and piano, and a world premiere of a series of Debussy miniatures – "Our contemporary": Aleksander Kościów – H.aC.D., Lidia Zielińska – Fossil, Tadeusz Wielecki – Elusiveness, Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil – At zenith, Maciej Jabłoński – Linen, Sławomir Wojciechowski – Claude.

The organiser of the concert is Witol Lutosławski Society. Project is co-financed by the Capital City of Warsaw and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

Information on tickets at: http://www.nowyteatr.org

The Academy of Music in Łódź invites you to the sixth edition of the AŻ Festival. The programme of eight concerts will be dominated by two topics: Polish music and games of imagination. Inauguration of the Festival – November 17, 2018.

The inauguration concert will feature works by Krzysztof Penderecki, Krzysztof Olczak and composers associated with Łódź: Olga Hans, Sławomir Kaczorowski and Maciej Kabza. During the final concert, which will take place on December 1, we will hear Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17 by Ignacy Jan Paderewski with an outstanding soloist Kevin Kenner, Exodus by Wojciech Kilar and Radogoszcz dramatic overture by Antoni Szewczyk. The Concert of Polish Music on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining independence will take place on November 27 and will be filled with works by Stanisław Moniuszko, Karol Mikuli, Mieczysław Karłowicz and Grażyna Bacewicz in the interpretation of the Academy's pedagogues, including university's rectors – professors Cezary Sanecki (piano) and Beata Zawadzka-Kłos (soprano). The programme of the next five evenings will cover Polish film music (Wojciech Lemański, Krzesimir Dębski), percussion (Anders Åstrand, Lawrence Ugwu, The Bacewicz Percussion Ensemble) and choir music.

All concerts of the 6th AŻ Festival begin at 6.00 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Music Academy (2a Żubardzka Street), tickets for 30 PLN and 20 PLN to be purchased at the AM ticket office.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at:  http://www.amuz.lodz.pl