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Szymon Nehring, an acclaimed Polish pianist of the young generation, and the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Liebreich will perform on November 15, 2018 at 7.30 p.n. at the NOSPR headquarters in Katowice.

This is another meeting of NOSPR and Szymon Nehring, after a well-received concert at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. The concert will open with the overture to Halka – the first opera by Stanisław Moniuszko, which gained wide recognition already during the composer's lifetime. Szymon Nehring will perform as a soloist in Ignacy Jan Paderewski's late-Romantic virtuoso Piano Concerto in A minor. The last piece of the evening will be Symphony No. 1 by Johannes Brahms.

The artists will present the same program two days later in Vienna.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: http://www.nospr.org.pl/pl/koncerty/1218/nospr-alexander-liebreich-szymon-nehring 

Stian Westerhus and Jerzy Przeździecki will perform during the next concert from the series "SuperSam + 1", which will take place on November 15, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. in the Warsaw club DZiK (44A Belwederska St.).

"Supersam + 1" is a series of master performances. The project focuses mainly on music, however, it also includes other forms of expression such as: performance, multimedia, monodrama. “Supersam + 1” will present respected Polish and foreign artists whose work is original, experimental and innovative.

Stian Westerhus, born in 1979, has been pushing the boundaries with his guitar for the last ten years. Intimately playing the guitar, like a part of his own body, Stian’s expressive playing breaks down the barriers of the electric guitar and bends music, whether it is on his own as a solo performer or with others. He’s a player that can snuggle comfortably with the improv crowd and he can sound more like a machine than man. He webs sandblasted misshapes into a rhythmic weave, which is intricately bafing. His pursuit of new sound is more about fnding expressive possibilities than an end in itself: when he rips it in the upper register, his instrument sings, piercing through the murk like moonlight on the fens.

Jerzy Przeździecki is a Warsaw based electronic music producer and his journey started in 1983. He keeps away from clichés and amazes with sound. To him, music has no limits. He performed at the Warsaw Autumn Festival and at the biggest electronic music festivals. He balances on the junction of genres and has been developing his own musical language for many years. His creative process always begins with improvisation, which reveals the essence of the musical structure. He experiments and does not shy away from working with other artists. He played with Krzysztof Knittel, Jerzy Mazzoll or Andrzej Karałow. With the latter, he recently recorded an album for a Warsaw based label Requiem Records. He is the first Polish artist, whose piece was used by Depeche Mode in their worldwide tour. He is the second Polish artist, whose records were released by Sven Vath's legendary Cocoon Records label.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://www.supersam.mozg.pl/ 

Katowice branch of the Polish Composers' Union invites to a concert as part of the 18th Silesian Days of Contemporary Music, which will take place on November 14, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (Hall of Bolesław Szabelski).

The programme of the concert will include Three fragments for flute and harp by Witold Lutosławski, Widnokręgi for two flutes and piano by Wojciech Widłak, and Eco for two flutes by Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil. It will also premiere Zmień moje plany i wydobądź dźwięki for two flutes and a piano by Justyna Kowalska-Lasoń. In addition, Sonata for flute and harp by Przemysław Scheller, commissioned this year by the Szymanowski Society, will be presented for the second time.

These instrumental pieces will be performed by outstanding musicians: flautists Agata Kielar-Długosz and Łukasz Długosz, harpist Anna Scheller, and pianist Andrzej Jungiewicz.

Admission to the concert is free. Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund under the "Composing Commissions" programme, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance.

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The Institution for the Promotion and Dissemination of Music "Silesia" and the Academy of Music in Kraków invites for the next concert from the cycle "Independent 2018: What's in my soul? Polish music", which will take place on November 18, 2018 at 12.00 p.m. and 5.00 p.m. in the Polish Radio Concert Studio in Katowice.

A series of concerts devoted to the presentation of works by Ignacy Jan Paderewski will be performed by students of the Piano Department. Under the supervision of their teachers and professors at the Kraków Academy of Music, they prepared a special programme covering two concerts. Each of them will consist of two parts separated by a break. We will hear not only Paderewski's piano miniatures, but also Sonata in E flat minor, Op. 21, Variations and Fugue in E flat minor, Op. 23, Menuet in G major or Cracovienne Fantastique.

Free tickets are available at the IPiUM Silesia office (2/20 Sejmu Square) or you can reserve them by phone (+48) 32 219 33 44.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Additional information at: https://www.silesia.art.pl

On November 17, 2018 at 7.00 p.m., the world premiere of the ballet evening in two parts Notre Chopin will take place at the Teatr Wielki – National Opera on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence.

"If the powerful, autocratic monarch from the north [the Moscow Tsar] knew what a dangerous enemy he had in Chopin’s works, in the simple melodies of his mazurkas, he would have his music banned. Chopin’s works are like cannons hidden among blossom," wrote Robert Schumann in 1836 in Neue Zeitschrift für Musik. Chopin was twenty years old when he left Warsaw at the beginning of November 1830, having given a ring to his beloved Konstancja. As he was saying farewell to his conservatory colleagues at the Wola toll house, he had no idea he was parting with Poland forever. The word of the Uprising reached him when he was already in Vienna. Longing and fear for what was happening with his family arrested his creative momentum for many months. However, a few years later the echo of his genius began to spread around the world.

Notre Chopin is a tribute to the Polish independence created by two acclaimed choreographers: Krzysztof Pastor and the Briton Liam Scarlett. The first part of the evening will feature Concerto in E minor choreographed by Liam Scarlett, and the second part will be filled with Concerto in F minor in choreography by Krzyszotf Pastor. The ballet will be performed by Polish National Ballet and Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera.

Maciej Krawiec will host introductory talks with special guests 45 minutes before the curtain-up in the Main Foyer (for ticket holders only). Next performances will be held on November, 17, 18, 20, 21, 2018 and April 27, 28, 30, 2019.

Information on tickets at: https://teatrwielki.pl/