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On March 6 −April 14, 2019, the 10th Interdisciplinary Lenten Festival "The New Epiphanies" will take place in Warsaw.

Better if he was not born? At first, Judas was only an addition to us, a biblical exemplification of the subject of money, consumption and betrayal. But he dominated our thinking very quickly. Why did he depart from what he believed in? What were his motivations? Why are there different versions of the events?

There are five theater premieres ahead of us. Bartosz Żurowski and Dawid Zalesky will present contemporary revisions of the history of Judas. The spectacle #chybanieja, which will open the festival's theatrical discussions, was made by the duet Paweł Passini and Artur Pałyga. In their performance, Judas's story seems to run throughout contemporary situations of betrayal like a silver strand. Paweł Passini is also the author of music for this play.

The festival also includes film, culinary and music events. On March 30 at 4.00 p.m. in the Temple of Divine Providence, the "Gloria Patri" concert will take place – a tribute to John Paul II on the 14th anniversary of his death. We will hear eleven Warsaw choirs from academic and church environments that will perform, among others, works by Jakub Neske, Janusz Dąbrowski, and Michał Dąbrowski. There will also be the premiere of Gloria Patri polychoral work by Paweł Łukaszewski, which was composed to the words of doxology. The concert will close with the composition of Zuzanna Falkowska to the words of John Paul II given at the Victory Square in 1979 – Let Your Spirit Descend.

Full programme available at: https://noweepifanie.pl/ 

This year's Classical Music Gala and the presentation of "Fryderyk" Awards were held in the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Katowice on March 12, 2019.

Most of the statuettes – in the categories of "Choral Music, Oratorio and Opera Music", "Early Music" and "Contemporary Music" – were awarded to musicians associated with the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music in Wrocław. In the Year of Stanisław Moniuszko, the album Stanisław Moniuszko. Phantoms performed by the NFM Choir and the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Andrzej Kosendiak, received a "Fryderyk" award in the first category. Best album in the "Early Music" cateogry is Marcin Mielczewski II Wrocław Baroque Ensemble under Andrzej Kosendiak. In the "Contemporary Music" category the winner is the Supernova album by Atom String Quartet, NFM Orchestra Leopoldinum and Christian Danowicz, featuring works by Hanna Kulenty-Majoor, Mateusz Smoczyński, Dawid Lubowicz, Michał Zaborski, and Krzysztof Lenczowski.

The award for the best album with solo recital went to Janusz Wawrowski and Jose Gallarda for Hidden Violin, presenting works of Henryk Wieniawski, Grażyna Bacewicz, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Ludomir Różycki, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Witold Lutosławski and Karol Szymanowski. "Fryderyk" in the "Chamber Music" category was awarded to the album Giovanni Battista Pergolesi "Stabat Mater" / Paweł Łukaszewski "Luctus Mariae", released by the Chopin University Press. In the category of "Symphony and concert music", the award went to Błażewicz, Łukaszewski and Czarnecki. Polish Contemporary Concertos, released by DUX. The Silesian Quartet received the statuette for the most outstanding recording of Polish music – The Silesian Quartet and friends. Grażyna Bacewicz.

In addition to the statuettes in the eight main categories, two "Golden Fryderyk" Awards were given for lifetime achievement to conductor Jacek Kaspszyk and jazz vocalist, composer and poet Wanda Warska.

A complete list of the winners is available at: http://fryderykfestiwal.pl/zwyciezcy-fryderyk-2019/

For its 25th anniversary, "Mózg" club in Bydgoszcz will offer 25 hours of art: performances, concerts, exhibitions and film screenings. The series of events will start at March 29, 2019 at 11.59 p.m.

A quarter of a century is a lot of time and a lot of events. Throughout these years, the "Mózg" club has hosted a huge number of artists from around the world. There were both great stars and creators taking their first steps. Music, visual arts, film, theater, performance art, installations – all these fields of art were present and are still in the "Mózg" club, making it recognizable in the world of contemporary art in many parts of the world.

A large group of artists, both Polish and foreign, who have built the identity of the place over the years, has announced their participation in the event. Among them are composers Marek Chołoniewski, Anna Jędrzejewska and Teonika Rożynek. The full list of performers includes more than 70 people.

Within 25 hours of entertainemnt, concerts will take place on the main stage, in the recording studio, film studio (solo concertos) and the cinema "Pomorzanin", which has been closed for 15 years. The events will be broadcast live on several online platforms.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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

The last weekend of March in Brodnica will definitely be a music weekend. The first edition of the brand new Brodnica ClassiX festival will take place on March 28-31, 2019. Four festival days will be filled with diverse repertoire presented by the renown classical and jazz music artists.

Brodnica ClassiX is a pioneering artistic event that will significantly enrich the cultural offer of the city. An innovative festival in which the world of classical music combines with jazz and improvisation is the first and only such venture in the region. On the initiative of Maja and Mat Kwiatkowski, Brodnica becomes a place where the best Polish musicians of various specialties meet to present their artistic exploration. The invitation to participate in the festival has been already accepted by: Anna Maria Staśkiewicz and soloists of the Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra, Toruń Symphony Orchestra, Koszalin Philharmonic, SawarS Tango Orquestra and jazzmen – Mateusz Smoczyński, Krzysztof Szmańda, Maciej Szczyciński and Marek Kądziela.

The programme of this year's festival includes chamber and symphonic works, combined with an audiovisual and electronic performance with the participation of the choir, cello and violin, an evening with tango of Polish and Argentinian composers of the interwar period, as well as premieres of new classical works with elements of jazz and improvisation. We will listen to, among others, the Mass by Józef Świder and Stanisław Moniuszko's Songs, selected and arranged by Mat Kwiatkowski. The finale of the festival will take place at the Brodnica Community Center. The Brodnica Symphony Orchestra will premiere the Symphony of Shadows by Mat Kwiatkowski.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

SEE: Official Festival Website.

With a concert on March 16, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Siemiradzki Hall in Kraków Cloth Hall, the Academy of Musica in Kraków will close the celebrations of its 130th anniversary.

The programme of the jubilee concert will consist of works by artists associated with the Kraków Music Academy since its inception. We will listen to compositions by Władysław Żeleński – founder of the Conservatory of the Music Society in Kraków, creators associated with the Academy of Music nowadays as well as its former rectors: Krzysztof Penderecki, Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar and Marek Stachowski. The concert will be attended by a group of university graduates and the Alumni, Teachers and Students Orchestra. The evening will be hosted by the current rector, prof. Stanisław Krawczyński. Małgorzata Janicka-Słysz will say a few words about the repertoire..

Invitations are available at the Art Promotion Office at 43 St. Tomasz Street (room 221, second floor), between 8.00 a.m.–3.00 p.m..

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: https://www.amuz.krakow.pl/event/koncert-wienczacy-jubileusz-130-lecia-akademii-muzycznej-w-krakowie/