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The "Music Network for Youth" project aims to reach students from both music schools and general education schools by organizing various, interesting events. 10 lectures, 10 workshops, 4 concerts and 5 meetings with artists will be held between 12 and 27 September 2020 and made available online for free on the project's YouTube channel.

Individual events will be prepared by lecturers of the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań – famous artists representing various specialties and generations. The aim of the project is to encourage young people to develop their skills under the guidance of experts in a given musical field and to promote music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Young people will be able to participate in one-to-one workshops led by artists such as Krzysztof Stencel (French horn), Joanna Horodko (soprano), Magdalena Jakubska-Szymiec (saxophone), Piotr Banyś (jazz trombone), Mikołaj Zgółka (violin, baroque viola), Marcin Suszycki (violin), Ewa Guzowska (viola), Szymon Guzowski (double bass), Jacek Kortus (piano), Łukasz Kuropaczewski (guitar), Zbigniew Kozub, Artur Kroschel (composition), and Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska, project coordinator. All participants have to register online by filling in the application form (parents must do it on behalf of minors).

The lectures on 14 and 15 September will be given by Marcin Sompoliński (conducting), Małgorzata Pawłowska (music theory), Mariola Bryła (harpsichord), Maciej Łakomy (trombone), Kinga Ceynowa (rhythmics), Krzysztof Przybyłowicz (percussion), Sławomir Kamiński (organ), Katarzyna Polonek (cello), Monika Kędziora and Katarzyna Taborowska-Kaszuba (composition). On 13, 14, 16 and 27 September there will be concerts with the participation of Anna Budzyńska (soprano), Laura Sobolewska (piano), Bartłomiej Miller (drums), Apeiron Trio and Sepia Ensemble.

The schedule of workshops is available on the project's Fanpage.

The project was co-financed in the "Culture on the Web" programme of the National Centre for Culture.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

The "Czas Sztuki" Foundation invites you to the next events of this year's "Mazovian Musical Meetings without Barriers". The concerts entitled "The premiere" and "Dance on the strings" will take place in Żeliszew Podkościelny and Cegłów on 20 September 2020.

The concert in the Holy Trinity Church in Żeliszew Podkościelny at 12 p.m. will be performed by the rector of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, accordionist Klaudiusz Baran, and The Time Quartet. We will hear works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Arcangelo Correlli as well as the premiere of Bartosz Kowalski's Mini Magnificat, which was created as part of the "Composing Commissions" programme carried out by the Institute of Music and Dance.

The second concert, dedicated to seniors, will be held at 7.00 p.m. in the Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment Protection in Cegłów. The Time Quartet will present old and modern dances: sarabande, minuet, march, polonaise, mazurka, waltz and tango by such composers as Georg Friedrich Handel, Luigi Boccherini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Fryderyk Chopin and Astor Piazzolla.

Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund. Admission to the concerts is free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: https://www.facebook.com/fundacjaczassztuki/ 

Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra conducted by Przemysław Neumann will perform works by Arvo Pärt, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn on 19 September 2020 at 7.00 p.m. at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. The outstanding violinist Piotr Pławner will perform as a soloist. The concert will be broadcast online on YouTube and on the website https://sinfoniaiuventus.pl/.

After the period of artistic explorations, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt developed his unique style and technique (representing the broadly-understood trend of “mystical minimalism”), which he defined as tintinnabuli. It is the Latin word for “bells”. The mesmerising and delightful composition Fratres (Brothers) of 1977, which the author translated to different instrumentations, is another early example of the said technique.

In 1773, seventeen-year-old Mozart got a job at the court of Heronymus Colloredo, Archbishop of Salzburg. He composed a number of pieces for the court band, including a series of five violin concertos. The first part of the graceful Concerto in D major refers to Italian patterns. On the other hand, its rondo in the final part sounds French, including the playful style given to dud a la musette.

With its Symphony in D major no. 104 of 1795, Haydn says a wonderful goodbye to the musical genre that made him flourish and that became a “trademark” of his rich and varied artistic legacy. As Symphony in D major is a part of the second series of “London Symphonies”, in the finale Haydn paid a tribute to English audience by making the tune of the popular folk-like song Hot Cross Buns the main theme, additionally emphasizing it with the accompaniment of a bourdon.

Piotr Maculewicz

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: https://sinfoniaiuventus.pl/part-mozart-haydn-2/

On 19 September 2020 at 6.00 p.m. in the St. John's Centre in Gdańsk local and international musicians will perform a specially commissioned work by Agnieszka Stulgińska, a well-known Polish composer of the young generation. Polichromie Świętojańskie [Midsummer Polichromes] for organ, chamber orchestra and singing band will be premiered in the 'St. John's A-New' concert series, organised by the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre.

The work combines the aesthetics of contemporary music with the historical dimension, present both in the subject of the piece (Old Polish songs on the life of St. John) and music (traditional group of singers). We associate the term "polychromes" primarily with multi-colored decorative paintings, used for architectural decorations, made not only on stone materials and plaster, but also on wood, indoors and outdoors, in sacred and secular buildings. Can a contemporary artist create "sound polychromes" in a sacred building, following the example of old artists performing frescoes in temples for God's glory? Such an attempt was made by the composer Agnieszka Stulgińska in the piece Polichromie Świętojańskie, dedicated to the St. John Church in Gdańsk.

The piece will be premiered by the ensemble of historical wind instruments, organist Andrzej Szadejko, percussionist Łukasz Maciejewski, chamber orchestra composed of members of the NeoQuartet and BalticAlians ensembles conducted by Rafał Janiak, as well as Adam Strug and the Monodia Polska singing band.

Information on tickets: https://www.nck.org.pl/en/event/4812/st-johns-new-agnieszka-stulginska

Next concerts in the series 'With classics through Poland' will take place on 18 September 2020 in the House of Creative Work "Reymontówka" in Chlewiska (7 p.m.), on 19 September at the Castle in Janów Podlaski (5 p.m.) and on 20 September at the Christian Cultural Centre in Wisznice (12.30 p.m.). We will hear music for piano trio.

The aim of the project, which began in the second half of 2019, is to bring music performed by the most outstanding Polish artists to smaller community centres, cities, towns and villages; to reach audiences who have difficult access to classical music. Through contact with the great art and artists, new audiences are being introduced to the world of classical chamber music, having a chance to become its new enthusiasts.

The upcoming concerts will feature the Cuore Piano Trio composed of: Zuzanna Budzyńska (violin), Jadwiga Roguska (cello) and Szymon Ogryzek (piano). The ensemble will perform Piano Trio in C major KV 548 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Trio in E major, Op. 5 by Franciszek Lessel and Piano Trio No. 2 by Romuald Twardowski.

The project is carried out by the Polish Music Management, operating at the Institute of Music and Dance, thanks to the support of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Prof. Piotr Gliński and under his patronage.

More information at: http://muzycznyimpresariat.pl/