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Poznań | 1st scientific conference devoted to issues of musical notation

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On the 20^th of October, 2023, the first of three planned editions of the Scientific Conference (organized by the Department of Creation, Perception and Music Notation of the Poznań Academy of Music) devoted to the issues of musical notation will begin.

The conference will be held in a form combining theory and practice - lectures with workshops and a concert, the topics of which, without avoiding historical threads, emphasize the issues of contemporary notational perspectives. Admission is free!

Programme available on the website: https://amuz.edu.pl/event/konferencja-wokol-zagadnien-notacji-muzycznej-20-10-2023/

Warsaw | olish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra: Maksymiuk, Martin and Sibelius

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The concert of the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra conducted by the legendary conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk will take place on the 20^th of October, 2023 at 7.00 p.m. in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio in Warsaw.

Seven members of the orchestra will present their highest competences as soloists of the Concerto for 7 wind instruments, timpani, percussion and string orchestra by Frank Martin.

The Orchestra will also perform miniature Vers per archi by Maestro Jerzy Maksymiuk composed in 2014 as well as Valse Triste and 7^th Symphony of Jean Sibelius

More: https://sinfoniaiuventus.pl/maksymiuk-martin-sibelius/

20. Music Education Days: let's meet in Katowice!

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Music Education Days have become a reognized event in the school and academic calendar of the Polish music community. As part of the 20th anniversary edition of the conference, the Polish Music Publishing House invites teachers of all specialties to a meeting on the 20^th of October, 2023 at the Wojciech Kilar State Music School Complex in Katowice. Registration will be open until October 13 on the congress website: www.dem.com.pl. Admission to all events is free.

All lectures will be based on carefully selected pedagogical materials from the catalogue of the Polish Music Publishing House, including new releases. All presented publications will be available for purchase at the PWM sales stand.

Katowice | Premiere performance of the 'Mono no aware' of Maciej Seget commissioned by he Maxime Association

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Mono no aware by Maciej Seget, commissioned by the Maxime Association, will be performed for the first time on the stage of the Concert Hall of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice on the 20^th of October, 2023 at 7 p.m. Free entrance!

The new work by Eugeniusz Knapik’s student will be presented by the Maxime Chamber Orchestra. The Orchestra was established in 2022 on the initiative of, among others, the current first conductor of the Orchestra, Andrzej Mandryka - from Dąbrowa, currently a student of the Academy of Music in Katowice.

The young musicians will also perform Grażyna Bacewicz's Concerto for String Orchestra and Serenade for Strings, Op. 2 by Mieczysław Karłowicz.

The event will be held under the honorary patronage of the President of the city of Katowice, Marcin Krupa.

Free tickets can be collected at the Information Office of the Academy of Music in Katowice (tel. 32 77 92 100, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Additional information: https://am.katowice.pl/wydarzenia/koncert-muzyki-kameralnej-1757

Rumia | 35th priest Stanisław Ormiński International Festival of Religious Music

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In the St. John Bosko Rumia Sanctuary of Our Lady Help of Christians, on October 19-21, 2023, organ, symphonic and choral music, in Kashubian language as well, will be performed. The 35^th priest Stanisław Ormiński International Festival of Religious Music iwill take place. Admission to all events is free.

During four concerts performed by artists from Poland and abroad, we will hear organ improvisations, the Polish premiere of a symphonic work by the contemporary Viennese composer Peter Planyavsky (in his presence), as well as the final concert "Ave Maria in Music". Organists Thierry Mechler (France) and Klaus Kuchling (Austria), countertenor Sławomir Bronk, soprano Aleksandra Zamojska, Symphony Orchestra of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic conducted by Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk will perform at the Festival.

Details: https://festiwalrumia.pl

Warsaw | New project of Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska 'Nieoczywiste'

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"Nieoczywiste" is a new solo project by Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska, presenting compositions for viola with electronic accompaniment. Works by artists from Colombia, Brazil, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Poland, including the world premiere of the composition Okiem spokojnym bardzo jasnym by Piotr Grell-Możejko and Grain-fibrous tissue by Dominik Puk will be presented on the 19^th of October 19, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in Hashtag Lab.

The project is an attempt to answer the question: does only what we can touch "exist"? How do non-material sounds reflect the shapes and nature of "things" and is it really possible?

We will also hear compositions for amplified viola and electronics by Tatiana Catanzaro, Jeanne Artemis, Michele Abondano, Sarah Westwood and Katarzyna Taborowska, performed by Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska.

The album with the repertoire of "Nieoczywistych" will be released in the first quarter of 2024 by PGM Audio in Canada.

Warsaw | Free improvised music meetings: Robert Jędrzejewski and Matylda Gerber

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Free improvised music meetings are a series of concerts at Hashtag Lab, during which the invited improviser creates music spontaneously, without prior sketches or preparations, together with a musical companion of his choice. The first concert with the participation of cellist Robert Jędrzejewski and saxophonist Matylda Gerber will take place on the 17^th of October, 2023 at 19:00.

During the first event, we will hear improvisations by Dr. Robert Jędrzejewski - cellist and creator of interdisciplinary projects - and Matylda Gerber, saxophonist associated with the Wrocław improvised music scene. The author of the event concept is improviser Marta Grzywacz.

Katowice | Musical theatre 'Mała' by Piotr Tabakiernik: premiere performance

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Notes of the beatified Jacques Fesch, who experienced conversion in a prison cell, and saint Teresa Martin, a Discalced Carmelite nun, became the basis for the musical theater Mała by Piotr Tabakiernik. The premiere of the work will take place at NOSPR on the 15^th of October, 2023 at 6 p.m.

The composer wrote the libretto himself after reading a huge number of texts in which he tried to show the relationship between the criminal and the Saint. Even though almost everything divides them, they have something supernatural in common. Fesch himself pointed to the presence of saint Teresa on the path of his conversion.

Their roles will be played by actors Bartosz Mazur and Małgorzata Mikołajczak, who, as if as musical shadows, are accompanied by a soprano and a trombone. The soprano Łucja Szablewska will perform as a soloist. The whole event will be accompanied by the New Music Orchestra and soloists of Camerata Silesia, conducted by Szymon Bywalec.

Warsaw | The Great Absence: a concert dedicated to the Great Synagogue in Tłomackie

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On the 15^th of October, 2023 at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews at 6 p.m. a concert as part of the "Musical World of Gershon Efros" project will take place. We will hear world premiere of Agnieszka Stulgińska's work Lechem We-Afar and songs from the Gershon Efros Anthology. The Great Absence concert will take place on the 80^th anniversary of destruction of the Great Synagogue at 7 Tłomackie Square in Warsaw, one of the most impressive European synagogues. Free entrance!

The synagogue had over 2,000 seats and was not only a place for meetings and prayers, but also a place for concerts.

To commemorate the Great Synagogue in Tłomackie, the POLIN Museum invited young composer Agnieszka Stulgińska to cooperate. This is how a new piece was created, composed for a typical instrument for the Great Synagogue, i.e. choir and organ. Lechem We-Afar will be performed for the first time by the vocal group Match Match Ensemble under the direction of Lilianna Krych and the organist and researcher of Jewish music Jakub Stefek - author of the project "The Musical World of Gershon Efros".