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Gdańsk | Chopin at the Motława River 2018

The series of concerts "Chopin at the Motława River" will be held at the Polish Baltic Philharmonic in Gdańsk between 9-31 July 2018.

The concerts will take place every day at 8.30 p.m. in the Gdańsk Salon (foyer) at the Baltic Philharmonic, from where you can see the Motława River. Moreover, the music played inside the building will be heard outside – loudspeakers directed to Motława will be an additional advantage for passers-by.

The motto of the series is "Stream of Music Energy". The repertoir will include compositions by Fryderyk Chopin, as well as Polish composers of the 20th century. In the interpretation of Bartosz Skłodowski, Krzysztof Książek, Michał Mossakowski, Igor Torbicki, Paweł Rydl and Bogna Forkiewicz, we will hear piano pieces and vocal poems by Karol Szymanowski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Witold Lutosławski.

Concerts were made possible by the Polkish Baltic Philharmonic strategic sponsor, Energa SA. The project is co-financed by the City of Gdańsk and funds from the National Center for Culture under the "Culture – Interventions" programme 2018.

More information at: http://www.filharmonia.gda.pl

Ostrów Wielkopolski | Baltic Neopolis Virtuosi

On 15th July 2018 in Ostrów Wielkopolski Baltic Neopolis Virtuos will premiere Overture for string octet by Mikołaj Górecki as part of the 11th Music Festival of Southern Greater Poland.

The international Baltic Neopolis Virtuosi ensemble will perform in the former Ostrow Synagogue. Eight outstanding artists from the Baltic countries will meet to perform works by composers from Poland, Sweden, Estonia and Germany. What is the temperature of northern European music? You can check on Sunday in the Synagogue Forum at 3:00 p.m.

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

Nowości w katalogu firmy DUX 2018

W 2018 roku znana firma fonograficzna DUX przekazała do fonoteki Polskiego Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC swoje najnowsze publikacje CD:

Łukaszewski • Musica Profana 2 (DUX 1296) – drugi album Musica Profana w przybliżającej twórczość Pawła Łukaszewskiego serii Łukaszewski Collection, koncentruje się na utworach fortepianowych, wybranych przez Wojciecha Świętońskiego – znakomitego młodego pianistę, od wielu lat ściśle współpracującego z kompozytorem.

Szymanowski • Muzyka Fortepianowa • Szlezer (DUX 1367) – nagranie wczesnych utworów Karola Szymanowskiego, ukazanych na płycie, było marzeniem Marka Szlezera od wielu lat. Zdumiewa wyjątkowe piękno tej muzyki, powala siła młodzieńczej ekspresji, wyrafinowanie środków, umiejętność zróżnicowanego budowania napięcia i tworzenia przejmującego klimatu wyrazowego.

Górecki, Kilar • For You, Anne-Lill (DUX 1475) – flecistka Agata Kielar-Długosz i towarzyszący jej przy fortepianie Andrzej Jungiewicz prezentują recital ułożony z utworów polskich kompozytorów, których twórczość zakorzeniona jest w różnych nurtach popularnych w XX w.

Bach • Goldberg Variations (DUX 1488/1489) – niniejszy album prezentuje pierwsze polskie nagranie Wariacji w wersji dla tria smyczkowego (opracował ją znany rosyjski skrzypek Dymitr Sitkowiecki), dokonane przez znakomitych polskich kameralistów w rewelacyjnej akustyce sali koncertowej łódzkiej Akademii Muzycznej.

Gorzów | Chopin in the open-air

On 15th July 2018, a series of open-air concerts organized by the Gorzow Philharmonic will take place under the name of "Chopin Picnics".

The concerts will be held every Sunday at 4.00 p.m. on the Arts Square. For about two hours beautiful green areas around the Gorzów Philharmonic will turn into a unique urban picnic. In case of inclement weather, the concerts will take place in the Philharmonic building. They will last until the 2nd September.

This year repertoir will include 20th-century Polish music. During the inaugural concert, Tomasz Marut will perform Variations in B flat minor op. 3 by Karol Szymanowski. On July 22, Martyna Kubik will present Szymanowski's Maski op. 34. We will also hear piano pieces by Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Henryk Pachulski in the interpretation of Sławomir Wilk.

Admission to all summer concerts is free.

Detailed programme at: https://www.filharmoniagorzowska.pl

Young to Young

On 13, 14, and 15 July 2018, summer sessions of the Polish National Youth Choir will take place in Sandomierz, Radom and Lublin.

In 2018 Polish National Youth Choir celebrates its fifth birthday. To celeberate this occasion, twelve young Polish composers wrote songs which praise the act of singing. These compositions are a special gift from "Young to Young" and will be performed during the 2018 Choral Academy.

Among the twelve composers who wrote songs for Polish National Youth Choir this year are: Aleksandra Chmielewska, Katarzyna Danel, Zuzanna Falkowska, Łukasz Farcinkiewicz, Szymon Godziemba-Trytek, Jan Krutul, Michał Malec, Marek Raczyński, Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk, Sebastian Szymański, Łukasz Urbaniak, and Michał Ziółkowski.

More information at: http://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/

A unique Charity Concert – The World Doctors Orchestra and pianist Krzysztof Książek

In October 2018, for the first time in Poland, 100 doctors from the World Doctors Orchestra and an outstanding pianist Krzysztof Książek will perform on one stage to show their support in the fight against blood cancers.

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the DKMS Foundation in Poland, two exceptional symphonic concerts will be performed by the World Doctors Orchestra. On 11th October at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, and on 12th October at the ICE Congress Center in Kraków, the orchestra will perform Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 and, to underline the 100th anniversary of Poland's independence, Ignacy Jan Paderewski's Overture in E flat major. The orchestra will be joined by outstanding pianist Krzysztof Książek who will perform Piano Concerto in E minor, Op. 11 by Fryderyk Chopin.

The World Doctors Orchestra (WDO) was founded in 2007 and it combines the pleasure related to good music with global social responsibility regarding unlimited access to medical services. Two or three times a year one hundred doctors from nearly fifty countries replace their white gowns with evening outfits and give a concert in favor of the organisation operating in the health services sector and of people who need health care. Revenues from each concert are given to selected non-profit organizations. While their daily work focuses on treating specific patients, as an orchestra they popularize a conviction that neither the state border not political interests should limit access to primary health care. The founder and conductor of the orchestra is Stefan Willich, Prof. PhD. Doctors from WDO have already played almost 60 concerts in Dubai, USA, Japan, Spain, Cape Town. Poland is the 27th country on their concert tour.

The intention of the event is to raise funds for the implementation of the statutory objectives of the DKMS Foundation and speak the language of music for the promotion of bone marrow donation in Poland and around the world.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: https://www.dkms.pl/pl/koncertWDO

Premiera „Diffusions” Agnieszki Zdrojek-Suchodolskiej w Belgii

10 lipca 2018 roku podczas Międzynarodowego Kongresu Klarnetowego ClarinetFest w Ostendzie w Belgii odbędzie się premiera nowego utworu Agnieszki Zdrojek-Suchodolskiej.

Barbara Borowicz wraz z klarnecistką Kristine Dizon prawykonają Diffusions na dwa klarnety napisanego przez Agnieszkę Zdrojek-Suchodolską.

10 lipca odbędzie się również koncert Oktetu Klarnetowego z Akademii Muzycznej w Krakowie, pracującego pod opieką dr Barbary Borowicz. W jego skład wchodzą studenci z klasy prof. Andrzeja Godka i dr Barbary Borowicz: Sara Ślemp, Izabela Żurczak, Oleh Malovichko, Rafał Gomółka, Jarosław Sroka, Mateusz Woźniak i Tomasz Sowa. W programie między innymi premiera utworu kosowskiego kompozytora Artana Hasani Funny Dialogue, który powstał z dedykacją dla oktetu.

Ponadto 11 lipca, występując gościnnie z perkusistą Bartoszem Sałdanem, podczas recitalu na Kongresie Barbara Borowicz wykona utwory polskich kompozytorów: Tamisage na klarnet solo Artura Kroschela (2018) i Reflexion na klarnet i perkusję Ewy Fabiańskiej-Jelińskiej (2018).

Rybna | In Homage to Elżbieta Chojnacka

Next concerts "In tribute to Elżbieta Chojnacka" will be held on July 8, 12 and 14, 2018 at 6.00 pm at the Palace in Rybna, featuring harpsichordists Małgorzata Klajn and Aleksandra Gajecka-Antosiewicz.

During the concert on July 8 we will hear works by such composers as: François-Bernard Mâche, Ton Bruynèl, Jacob Ter Veldhuis and Mauricio Kagel. Next to the electronic layer accompanying the harpsichord (but also inside it), a human voice will appear as one of the elements of nature. The palette of sound colors of harpsichord will be contrasted not only with human speech, but also with the sounds of metal, African language and nature. Małgorzata Klajn, harpsichordist of the young generation, graduate of the Academy of Music in Katowice in the class of prof. Marek Toporowski, will perform along with the assistance of sound engineer Krzysztof Sztekmiler. The concert will be led by Piotr Oczkowski.

On July 12 Aleksandra Gajecka-Antosiewicz (in the foto) will present various composing techniques reflecting the sensitivity, imagination and intellect of a man of the 20th and 21st century. We will hear, among others, works "for the harpsichordist who speaks" as well as "for the harpsichordist who does not speak and does not play" (sic!). In the program: Claude Debussy, John Cage, and Sergio Ortega, and two premieres: Suite Op. 37 bis for harpsichord by Tomasz Kamieniak and Astartezma for harpsichord and tape by Aleksandra Gajecka-Antosiewicz. The next concert of the series will take place on July 14, and among the performers there will be participants of the Harpsichord Master Classes.

The concerts are co-financed from the funds of the Tarnowskie Góry Commune and the Palace in Rybna.

Free entrance, although advance booking is requested: tel. 32 284 18 37.

6th "Emanations" International Music Festival

On Saturday, 7th July 2018, the sixth edition of the "Emanations" International Music Festival will begin at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Music Center in Lusławice. The event will last until 9th September, and ten festival weeks will be filled with 40 diverse concerts in the Małopolska and Podkarpacie regions.

The festival will be inaugurated by a concert of an Argentinian pianist, second prize winner at the 14th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2000) – Ingrid Fliter. The artist is known for her excellent interpretations of the works of the Polish composer and her album "Preludes" was included in the list of the top 10 Chopin recordings of all time according to the Gramophone magazine. In Lusławice, we will hear the author's choice of nocturnes, and the recital will be preceded by the first ever performance of the Penderecki Piano Trio chamber ensemble, which includes musicians of the phenomenal Meccore String Quartet.

This will not be the only stage debut during this year's "Emanations". In 2018, we celebrate the 85th birthday of the outstanding Polish artist and patron of the Lusławice Center – Krzysztof Penderecki. The Penderecki Piano Trio, not coincidentally, was brought to life in the Master's jubilee year – soon, a new chamber piece will be written especially for the ensemble. For the second debut, we will have to wait until 31th August, when a new master's education project prepared by the Lusławice Center – Penderecki Youth Orchestra – a string orchestra composed of titled young Polish instrumentalists and conducted by an outstanding director of the AUKSO chamber orchestra – Marek Moś.

2018 is also the year in which we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence. Hence, Polish music will play a significant role in festival concert programs. We will hear, among others, premiere of a new work by Miłosz Bembinow, a recital by Szymon Komasa "Polish Songs", as well as compositions by Fryderyk Chopin (among others, performed by "wonderful children" of world pianism – charges of the foundation of the famous Chinese pianist – Lang Lang). "Emanations" will end with a September cycle of concerts carried out in cooperation with the Warsaw festival "Chopin and his Europe".

Detailed program available at: www.emanacje.pl