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Event date: 2024-05-10

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The motto of the 9^th edition of the Katowice Culture Nature Festival, which will take place from 10-16 May 2024 at NOSPR, is 'Music of the Spheres': together with the artists, we will explore how the universe and music resonate with harmony and mathematical order.

We will hear, among others, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki's Symphony No. 2 'Copernicus' or Gustav Holst's symphonic poem Planets, and the brightest point in the festival sky will be a musical encounter with the Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by the rising star of world conducting Klaus Mäkelä; on the programme - Anton Bruckner's monumental Symphony No. 5 in B flat major.

In addition to concerts of classical music, there will also be an event with music in a slightly lighter, jazz version - a concert featuring the Joey Alexander Trio (for the first time in Katowice).

Programme of the Festival: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/program/festiwal-katowice-kultura-natura 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

On the 8^th of May, 2024, the winners of the 7^th Józef Ciepłucha International Academic Competition for Oboists and Bassoonists in Łódź were announced. During the final concert, the jury handed out prizes and distinctions, and the winners of the highest awards had the opportunity to present themselves to the audience once again. They were: Aseman Esmaeilzadeh from Iran (1^st prize in the oboe category) and Tianyou Li from China (2^nd prize in the bassoon category).

Results and detailed information about the competition: https://www.amuz.lodz.pl/index.php/pl/wydarzenia/vii-miedzynarodowy-akademicki-konkurs-oboistow-i-fagocistow-im-jozefa-ciepluchy 

On the 25^th of May, 2024, thirty years will have passed since the Cracow City Council established the Sinfonietta Cracovia Orchestra of the Royal Capital City of Cracow. This year, the celebration of the ensembles's anniversary will not be limited only to music events - Sinfonietta Cracovia leaves a green trace after the birthday occasion in the form of 30 trees, planted in various areas of the city in cooperation with the Municipal Greenery Board in Cracow

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Orchestra website: www.sinfonietta.pl 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Late in the evening of the 8^th of May, after auditions of the participants of the second stage of the 12^th Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition jury announced names of the finalists. Concerts with the participation of the best young cellists and the accompanying orchestra conducted by Marek Moś will take place on the 10^th and the 11^th of May at 7:00 p.m. at the Warsaw Philharmonic. Ticketed entry.

The following participants qualified to the finals:

1.     Gustaw Bafeltowski – Poland
2.     Esteban Jiménez Suárez – Spain
3.     Tae-Yeon Kim - South Korea
4.     Maria Leszczyńska – Poland
5.     Antoni Wrona – Poland

Competition website: https://www.lutoslawski-cello.art.pl/ 

Photo: Marta Ankiersztejn

Event date: 2024-05-10

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Pianist Jan Wachowski will perform at the Zielona Góra Philharmonic as part of the "Classics Without Borders" Festival on the 10^th of May, 2024 at 7 p.m. Performed by the artist and the accompanying philharmonic orchestra conducted by the Israeli-American conductor Nimrod David Pfeffer, we will hear Fryderyk Chopin's famous Piano Concerto in E minor.

The pianist received the 2^nd Prize at the 3^rd International Polish Music Competition, the POLMIC Award in the form of annual media patronage for the best performance of a piece composed after 1945, and a Special Prize for the best performance of a piano piece composed after 1945. Jan Wachowski graduated with a Master's degree in piano and a Bachelor's degree in composition at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Currently, he is pursuing his Master's degree in Chamber Music at the same university.

Ticket information: https://filharmoniazg.pl/events/muzyczne-mosty-koncert-symfoniczny/