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Rzeszów | Trans/Misje International Festival of Arts

Trans/Misje

Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre in Rzeszów invites to theTrans/Misje International Festival of Arts, which will be held on August 25-31, 2018.

Trans/Misje International Festival of Arts Rzeszów–Kosice–Ostrava–Debrecen–Lviv–Trakai 2018, is a unique artistic event at Central European level. Its based on the international cooperative of the Visegrad countries, Ukraine and Lithuania. The title of the first edition, prepared by Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre in Rzeszów, is "1918. The beginning and the end". The date of the beginning of the first edition is between August and September of 2018. This year is of a very significant meaning for Central and Eastern Europe, as it's the 100th anniversary of great social changes. The various countries got back their independence and sovereignty. "It was a starting point for their rapid economic and social devolopment" – says Jan Nowara, the director of theatre in Rzeszów, in the interview with Jacek Cieślik. The programme of the firts edition both directly and indirectly refers to this historic breakthrough. All of the Festival partners will look at the date 1918 from the perspective of their own historic and cultural experience.

During the opening concert at the Podkarpacka Philharmonic Concert Hall, premiere of Sławomir Kupczak's Unfinished Miracle, or Plenary Indulgence at Kalwaria Pacławska oratorio for soprano, countertenor, two reciters, choir, orchestra and electronics to the libretto of Szymon Bogacz will take place. The oratorio was commissioned by the Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre in Rzeszów as part of the 1st Trans/Misje International Festival of the Arts. The work will be presented by the Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Artur Malawski Philharmonic in Rzeszów under the direction of Łukasz Wódecki. Nair Ayvazyan and Michał Sławecki will perform as soloists.

More information at: www.trans-misje.pl 

Kraków | Spółdzielnia Muzyczna – 46 Gromadzka –New music finds its home

Spoldzielnia

August 24th, 2018 marks the public launch of Spółdzielnia Muzyczna [Musicians Associated], the long-awaited venue of Krakow’s contemporary music ensemble under the same name.

For these young musicians, who had come together in the town’s Academy as well as during masterclasses taken abroad, the past season has been especially rich in events organised locally. Over the last ten months, apart from collective performances at the Audio Art festival or the ELEMENTI conference, members of the ensemble played music to silent films, hosted by various theatres, in between talks about post-war and contemporary musical art held in several community centres around Krakow. And for the opening of the fourth year on stage together, Spółdzielnia Muzyczna contemporary ensemble invite you to their very own place at last, located at 46 Gromadzka St.

The inaugural programme features many friends of the group, both Polish and international. Besides the hosts themselves, the night’s audience will hear the Hashtag Ensemble (Warsaw), Ensemble Kompopolex (Wroclaw), the Krakow Improvisers Orchestra, and Marlies Debacker with Salim Javaid (Cologne). That, however, is only the beginning, therefore be sure to follow closely the calendar of Musicians Associated.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

For details, visit the website: www.spoldzielniamuzyczna.com 

Kąśna Dolna | 12th Chamber Music Festival "Bravo Maestro"

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On August 23, 2018, the concert version of the opera Carmen by George Bizet will inaugurate the twelfth edition of the Bravo Maestro Chamber Music Festival held since 1996. The three festival evenings will feature perfromances of outstanding Polish artists.

On August 24, Szymon Nehring, the only Polish finalist of the 17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, will perform along with the Silesian Chamber Musician Quintet Chopin's Piano concerto in E minor, Op. 11. The concert will start with a clarinet performance by Maciej Łuszczewski – the laureate of the Anna Knapik Award at this year's Talent Week Festival.

The concert entitled "Independent marathon. 100 years of Polish music" will close the festival on August 25. This year, excellent soloists and chamber musicians will present themselves in the Polish repertoire of the last century. Performers: Iwona Socha (soprano), Klaudiusz Baran (accordion / bandoneon), Robert Morawski (piano), Katarzyna Duda (violin), Janusz Wawrowski (violin), Celina Kotz (violin), Michał Zaborski (viola) and Marcin Zdunik (cello).

In the finale of the festival, Janusz Wawrowski will play on the instrument built in 1685 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari. This is the first Stradivarius in post-war Poland. The precious instrument is kept in the treasury and displayed at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Wawrowski can play on it thanks to the decision of the art patron who, anonymously, decided to purchase the instrument to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Poland's independence.

The tickets price for all concerts is PLN 30, available for sale from July 30. The transport will be provided on individual concert days at 4.30 p.m. from the Ludwik Solski Theatre in Tarnów – earlier phone reservation required (14 600 00 16).

Additional information at: http://www.paderewski.tarnow.pl

Koncert z muzyką polską we Włoszech „_like a polish sunny day”

ItaliaWłoskie stowarzyszenie Anomalia oraz polska fundacja Pole do popisu zapraszają na koncert wypełniony polską muzyką współczesną. Wydarzenie odbędzie się 26 sierpnia 2018 roku o godz. 20.00 w Centro Congressi Piné w Baselga di Piné na terenie włoskiej prowincji Trydent. Kompozycje Aleksandra Nowaka, Anny Sowy i Weroniki Ratusińskiej wykonają artyści z Polski i Włoch.

Obchody stulecia niepodległości Polski to również dobra okazja do promocji współczesnej kultury i sztuki polskiej. Fundacja Pole do popisu i włoskie stowarzyszenie Associazione Culturale Anomalia ETS, idąc tym tropem, zorganizowały wspólnie koncert „_like a polish sunny day”. Wydarzenie współtworzy la Biblioteca Archivo CSSEO di Levico Terme, która specjalnie na tę okazję przygotuje prezentację dokumentacji zdjęciowej, tekstowej i filmowej, ilustrującą stuletnią historię wolnej Polski.

Koncert „_like a polish sunny day”, jak podkreślają organizatorzy, to wydarzenie interdyscyplinarne. Prezentuje bowiem nie tylko muzykę polskich kompozytorów XX i XXI wieku, ale ponadto w przystępny sposób przedstawia włoskiemu odbiorcy kontekst historyczny, tak przecież istotny dla powstania wielu utworów.

W programie koncertu będzie można usłyszeć kompozycje uznanych polskich twórców XX-wiecznych – Mieczysława Karłowicza i Grażyny Bacewicz, jak i współczesnych kompozytorów młodego pokolenia – Aleksandra Nowaka, Weroniki Ratusińskiej-Zamuszko oraz Anny Sowy.

Wykonawcami są Dorota Jasińska (skrzypce), Margherita Berlanda (akordeon), Nicolo Nigrelli (wiolonczela) oraz Anna Sowa (live electronics).

Więcej informacji – na stronie FB.

Premiera „Bildbeschreibung" Agaty Zubel

AZ6 września 2018 roku podczas TransArt Festival Bolzano odbędzie się prawykonanie Bildbeschreibung – formy operowej na dwa głosy, zespół instrumentalny i elektronikę, którą Agata Zubel skomponowała w 2016 roku do tekstu Heinera Müllera.

Utwór został zamówiony przez Klangforum Wien i Instytut Adama Mickiewicza. Agata Zubel za pomocą dźwięków stara się opisać zdjęcie – dramatyczną sytuację, uwiecznioną przez aparat fotograficzny. Jedynie analizując tę chwilę uwiecznioną w fotografii, autor może wyobrazić sobie możliwą historię osób na zdjęciu, i wydarzenia, które mogły doprowadzić do tego momentu, oraz skonfrontować to z naszą rzeczywistością i ponadczasowymi pytaniami egzystencjalnymi. Muzycy są również częścią obrazu. Zespół – około dwunastu instrumentalistów – gra rolę solistów, muzyków kameralnych lub aktorów. Wszystko to jest osadzone w elektronicznych dźwiękach pochodzących z głośników umieszczonych w pokoju. W pierwszej fazie utworu goście przechodzą, jeden po drugim, obok tych fragmentów „zamrożonego” czasu. Przejście przez muzycznie zaaranżowaną przestrzeń przypomina wędrówkę po obrazie; zapewnia słuchaczom bezpośredni kontakt z przedmiotami, postaciami, muzykami i aktorami. Słuchacze doświadczają własnego udziału w przedstawianej historii. Po tej starannie zaprojektowanej podróży może rozpocząć się kolejna faza, która ma już miejsce w klasycznej sytuacji między publicznością a sceną. Muzyka ożywa ... tak samo jak obraz.

Bildbeschreibung prawykona Klangforum Wien pod dyrekcją Titusa Engela. Główną partię wykona sama kompozytorka. Kolejne wykonania odbędą się 27 września na festiwalu „Warszawska Jesień” (polska premiera) i 29 września w wiedeńskim Konzerthaus.

Agata Zubel received the Europäischer Komponistenpreis for "Fireworks"

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On August 19, 2018 Agata Zubel received the European Composer's Award for her latest Fireworks composition, which premiered in Warsaw, Berlin and London.

The work for the great symphony orchestra was commissioned jointly by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the "Polska Music" and "Polska 100" programmes on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Poland's independence, and by EUYO – The European Union Youth Orchestra as part of the "2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage" programme.

The work premiered in Warsaw on August 13, 2018 during the "Chopin and his Europe" festival. The next day, the composition was performed at the Berlin Konzerthaus, and on August 19 it was presented at the Royal Albert Hall in London during the famous BBC Proms festival.

The Europäischer Komponistenpreis is an award set up by the mayor of Berlin for the most interesting festival premiere taking place in Germany or in the world. The Jury of the European Composers' Prize led by Manolis Vlitakis, composer and music theoretician, visiting professor at the University of the Arts, emphasized in the laudation: "Agata Zubel shows immense power of imagination and very high compositional level, and also reflects the current state of the art of composition. Not only with a perceptible passion, but also very skillfully able to unleash the 'demonic' powers of the symphony orchestra ".

The publisher of the composition is Polish Music Publishing House (PWM). Director and Editor-in-Chief of PWM Daniel Cichy collected the award on behalf of the composer.

The Met: summer repeats | „Turandot” in Polish cinemas

Met

nawyzowkinach.pl – distributor of opera, ballet and theater transmissions and rebroadcasts to cinemas – invites to the Turandot opera show by Giacomo Puccini in the famous staging of Franco Zeffirelli recorded on the stage of The Metropolitan Opera in New York. The monumental performance of Turandot on the grand screen of the Warsaw Cinema Praha can be seen on August 22, 2018 at 6.30 pm.

The Turandot staging prepared for Met by Franco Zeffirelli in 1987 has long been hailed as the showcase of the New York scene. The famous director of this staging also designed a truly fairy-tale set design that continually impresses the audience. The spectacular performance registered in 2016 will be repeated as part of the series "The Met: live in HD".

Puccini's score is full of great hits of opera music; everyone knows the famous Nessun dorma Kalafa's aria. However, the biggest requirements are set by the performer of the title role: Rosa Raisa, who was born as Róża Burchstein in Białystok, after the premiere performance apparently lost her voice. This is not a threat to Nina Stemme, who successfully performs great dramas on the biggest stages of the world. The part of Kalafa will be performed by Marco Berti, Liu will be Anita Hartig, who is in love with her, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk will perform the bass part of Timur. Conducts Paolo Carignani.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

List of cinemas, screening dates and casting – here.

More information at: http://www.kinopraha.pl

28th International Festival of Chamber and Organ Music in Wygiełzów-Lipowiec

FestiwalThe 28th International Festival of Chamber and Organ Music will take place between August 19 – September 16, 2018 in the Vistula Ethnographic Park in Wygiełzów-Lipowiec, as well as in churches in Trzebinia, Jaworzno-Długoszyn, Chrzanów-Kościelec and Grójec near Alwernia.

The inaugural concert will be performed by the "Camerata Polonia" Chamber Orchestra, composed of musicians living in Austria under the direction of Marek Kudlicki. The event entitled "What's in my mind? Polish music" will be a part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of independence in Poland and will feature works by Henryk Wieniawski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Stanisław Moniuszko and Wojciech Kilar.

On August 26, MagDuś Duo will premiere Simbiosis for saxophone and piano by Przemysław Szczotka, composer of the young generation, participant of the project "Composition Commisions" implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance. On September 2, Messages Quartet will perform String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 67 by Johannes Brahms, as well as Stanisław Moniuszko's String Quartet No. 1 in D minor. On September 9, for the first time during the festival, we will hear the participants of the Opera Academy at the Grand Theater - National Opera in Warsaw: vocalists Agnieszka Grochala, Karolina Makuła and Paweł Trojak, and pianists Adam Rogala and Radosław Zaworski. The Le Nuove Musiche ensemble, composed of Polish and Slovak musicians specializing in historical performance, using original instruments, will participate in the final concert.

The festival's schedule will also include concerts held in nearby churches: in Jaworzno-Długoszyn we will hear prof. Władysław Szymański and an outstanding young trumpeter Piotr Nowak, in Chrzanów-Kościelec the music and poetry of Hildegarda from Bingen will be presented by Flores Rosarum, the Polish-Brazilian Harplino Duet will perform in the Church in Grójec, and in Trzebiania Trierini Liarman Trio will invite music lovers on a musical journey around Europe.

More information at: www.silesia.art.pl

Katowice | Silesia a cappella: Cantores Minores Wratislavienses

CMW

Within the August concerts of choral music "Silesia a cappella", on August 18, 2018 at 6.00 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Silesian Library in Katowice, the chamber choir Cantores Minores Wratislavienses will present  The Journey of Mr. Cogito suite by Józef Świder.

Suite The journey of Mr. Cogito was written in 2008, celebrated as the Year of Zbigniew Herbert. Composed by Józef Świder, commissioned by the Cantores Minores Wratislavienses, the work consists of Herbert's poems in the interpretation of Marian Czerski, an actor of the Polish Theater in Wrocław, intertwined with the musical part performed by the soloists, the choir and the pianist.

The history of Cantores Minores Wratislavienses, founded by Edmund Kajdasz, dates back to 1966. Currently (since 1991) the conductor of the band is Piotr Karpeta, and under his leadership the choir regularly performs at well-known music festivals such as Wratislavia Cantans, Warsaw Autumn, Gaude Mater, Legnica Cantat, Musica Polonica Nova. The choir's repertoire of more than 1,000 works covers the music of all Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day. In the years 2014-2016, the choir pursued the "Rudolphina" project (presentation of the 17th-century musical collections of the Prince of Legnica-Brzeg, Jerzy Rudolf). The album from the cycle "Musica Claromontana" vol. 21 (2007) with songs by Józef Elsner received a nomination for the Fryderyk award.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: www.silesia.art.pl