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Warsaw
October 15th-17th, 2015

Organiser: Polish Music Council Foundation

Artistic Director: Krzysztof Knittel


More information: www. ad-libitum.pl
Tickets available at: www.ebilet.pl


 

Thursday, October 15th, 2015
7:30 p.m.
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle
Wojciech Krukowski Hall

Cybulski – Pałosz – Wojciechowski

Trio Sejneńska Spółdzielnia Jazzowa (Sejny Jazz Cooperative)

Peter Brötzmann Quartet
 

Tuesday, October 16th, 2015
7:30 p.m.
Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio

Kawalerowie Błotni (The Mud Cavaliers)

Alexander von Schlippenbach Trio
 

Saturday, October 17th, 2015
7:30 p.m.
Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio

Barry Guy – The Blue Shroud

Alexander von Schlippenbach – Twelve Tone Tales

Globe Unity Orchestra


 

First prize:

Krzysztof Ratajski
Rebounds for 5-part children choir to an original phonetic text

Honourable mention:

Szymon Godziemba-Trytek
A Wonderer’s Song for 3-part children choir

Compositions recommended
by the jury
to be published by the PWM edition:

Atrament
by Piotr Stawarski

Kolebany i Obertas
by Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska

Organiser: PWM Edition, Kraków
More information: www.pwm.com.pl

Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC is the media patron of the event.

The Institute of Music and Dance launches its new vortal www.piano.instruments.edu.pl. Devoted to historical pianos in Polish collections and containing unique photographs, recordings and descriptions of nearly 100 exhibits, the vortal is a subsidiary of www.instruments.edu.pl.

The vortal will be presented on 17 October 2015 (11 am) at the Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall prior to the National Fryderyk Chopin Institute’s conference concluding the 3rd stage of the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition. The website will be launched to ennoble the Competition and commemorate the anniversary of Chopin’s death.

More information / source: www.imit.org.pl/news

Praga Południe Borough
Culture Promotion Centre

October 13th 2015
6 p.m.

sopranKONTRAbas
(Blanka Dembosz, soprano
and Mateusz Loska, double bass)
will perform new compositions
by young Polish composers:

Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska For Thy Song!
Rafał Zapała Geometry **
Martyna Kosecka Akmḗ. **
Alina Kubik Me **
Paulina Łuciuk To NN*** **
Jakub Polaczyk Brevis **
Jerzy Fryderyk Wojciechowski Vin blanc **
Michał Janocha De propos en propos **
Ryszard Lubieniecki K _ _ kw _ _ k _ al _ _ er _ **
Igor Szulc PHOTON **

** first performance

Entry free

On October12th, the second-round auditions of the 17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition were completed. Over the course of 4 days, 43 pianists from 16 countries performed. According to the Competition rules and regulations, the jury – led by Prof. Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń – to the 3rd round admitted 20 participants from 12 countries, including: 3 from Poland, 3 from South Korea, 3 from United States, 2 from Russia, 2 from Canada, 1 from: Italy, Croatia, Ukraine, Japan, Czech Republic, Latvia and China. The auditions for the third round will begin on October 14th, 10 a.m. and will last until October 16th. The first pianist to perform will be Luigi Carroccia from Italy. The names of the Competition’s finalists will be announced on October 16th, late evening.
 

More information / source: www.chopincompetition2015.com

Chopin Competition live: www.chopincompetition2015.com
YouTube www.youtube.com/chopin2015