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Thanks to the project ‘With classics through Poland', implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance, a family duo will perform in the Lubelskie Voivodeship. The violinist Agata Szymczewska and her brother, the pianist Wojciech Szymczewski, will present masterpieces of chamber music on the 10^th of August at 17.00 at the Palace in Korczewo, 11^th of August at 18.00 at the Municipal Cultural Center in Konstantynów and on the 12^th of August, 2023 at 19.00 in the parish church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Kolano-Kolonia.

In the interpretation of the artists we will hear Oberek by Grażyna Bacewicz, Mazur in G major Op. 7 by Emil Młynarski, Polonaise in D major op. 4, Legend Op. 17 and the Bagpiper Op. 9 by Henryk Wieniawski, as well as works by Franz Schubert, Jules Massenet and Béla Bartók.

More: https://nimit.pl/wydarzenia/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

For the seventh time, the micro-concerts of WarszeMuzik - one of the most original festivals on the cultural map of Warsaw - will take place on August 5-27, 2023 in unusual locations of the capital. Admission to all events is free.

Throughout August, on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, we will hear the music of the festival's patron - Mieczysław Weinberg - and other Polish composers of Jewish descent in tenement houses in Warsaw's Wola district and at the Umschlagplatz Monument. Those will be Ignacy Friedman, Szymon Laks, Aleksander Tansman, Andrzej Czajkowski and Karol Rathaus. As during previous festivals, there will also be works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Maurice Ravel and Felix Mendelssohn. The final concert of the festival will take place at Teatr Studio of S.I. Witkiewicz.

The programme of the project also includes historical walks around the former Northern District, led by Agnieszka Kuś, and a bicycle trip prepared by Paweł Łęczuk.

Detailed programme: http://warszemuzik.org/program/ 

The Polish Composers' Union invites you to participate in the 65^th Tadeusz Baird Young Composers' Competition. The subject of this year's Competition is a piece for orchestra referring to Polish dances, but not being their arrangement. The challenge for the contestant will be, above all, today's understanding of the role of Polish dances and their forms in contemporary music. Scores with the emblem should be submitted via email by the 30^th of November, 2023.

The Competition is open to Polish composers (having Polish citizenship or the Pole's Card) who on the day of its closing are under 35 years of age.

The work submitted for the Competition may not be publicly performed or awarded in another competition before its adjudication. Duration of workd: 7'-8'.

The Jury of the Competition will be chaired by Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil

More: https://www.zkp.org.pl/index.php/pl/nasze-dzialania/konkurs-im-bairda 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Grand Theater in Poznań has started online ticket sales for the first three months of the new artistic season. After more than two years of renovation of the stage, it invites you to performances in the building at Fredry Street. The theme accompanying the 2023/2024 season is #RETURN. Nearly 140 events have been planned.

The upcoming season will be opened by the first edition of the Stanisław Moniuszko Festival, the patron of the Poznań opera scene. The first and most important event of the season will be the opening gala with Artur Ruciński

The premiere of the ballet The Snow Queen with music by Przemysław Zych and choreography by Robert Bondara will take place on the 27^th of October. At the turn of February and March, the festival ‘Przedwiośnie baletowe’ is planned.

The repertoire for the 2023/2024 season available at the website: https://opera.poznan.pl/pl/kalendarium