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Poznań | #1Koło_Młodych_Tour

The subject of the call for proposals are pieces for marimba and accordion. The scores selected through the call for scores will be performed on the 24^th of May, 2023 during the #1Koło_Młodych_Tour: POZNAŃ concert at the Zamek Culture Center (Great Hall). The organizer of Call for scores as part of the concert #1Koło_Młodych_Tour: POZNAŃ is the Youth Circle of the Polish Composers' Union. The score with parts should be sent by e-mail by the 23^rd of April (inclusive) to the following address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Call for scores promotes the work of young composers by premiering their works. Members of the Youth Circle of the Polish Composers' Union may participate in the call for scores. In the case of a small number of entries, the participation of artists who are not affiliated with the ZKP Youth Club is allowed.

The duration of the composition should be in the range of 4 to 8 minutes. Information about the duration of the piece should be included in the score.

The subject of the call for scores are pieces for a duet composed of: marimba and accordion. It is not allowed to use a single instrument.

Szymon Borys

Chair of the Youth Circle of the Polish Composer's Union

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Wrocław | Final concert of the Chamber Music Forum

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

This year's Wrocław Chamber Music Forum will be concluded by a concert on the 23^rd of April, 2023 at 18.00. On the stage of the National Forum of Music, DJ Lenar and the musicians of the Lutosławski Quartet will be performing works by artists born in the 20^th century - Walentyn Sylwestrow, George Crumb, István Márta - and will premiere a composition by Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz.

The concept of the Wrocław Forum of Chamber Musicians is to integrate the music community from all over Poland by performing together, and engaging young artists in master classes and lectures conducted by excellent teachers. The entire event will be complimented by chamber concerts performed by musicians associated with Wrocław and invited guests.

Ticket information: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/9263

Łódź | 81st Musica Moderna Festival

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Everything that is Łódź and the latest - this is how the programme of the 81^st Musica Moderna Festival can be summed up. Symphonic, chamber, electronic and audiovisual concerts on April 22 - May 11, 2023 will be filled with music by composers of various generations associated with Łódź.

In the Chamber Hall of the Academy of Music in Łódź, there will be performances by, among others: The Instrumental Ensemble of Recent Music lead by Maciej Koczur and the E&E flute and harpsichord duo. Sławomir Kaczorowski and the festival's special guest, Krzysztof Wołek, will talk about their work. Admission is free to all events!

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More information: https://www.amuz.lodz.pl/pl/wydarzenia/81-festiwal-musica-moderna

Buk | Contemporary Music Festival 'New Music in the Former Synagogue'

Patronat medialny nad Festiwalem objęło Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC.

On the 21^st of April, 2023, the Union of Idealists of New Music invites you to the City Hall - the former synagogue in Buk. A one-day festival of contemporary music ‘New Music in the Former Synagogue’ will be held there at 7 p.m., culminating in a concert presenting world premieres. The date of the concert in the synagogue coincides with the 80^th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Admission is free.

One of the premiere compositions is Magdalena Białecka's Piano Concerto. The third part of the Concerto is entitled Kaddish. The piece was composed with the festival's sponsors in mind: a family that leaves Buk after a hundred years of living in this city. The second of the compositions will be Suffolk: a Triptych by Magdalena Białecka to the poems of the Polish-Norwegian poet Ariel Rosé.

We will hear the experimental chamber orchestra Ensemble 622 conducted by Magdalena Cichoń, composed of students and graduates of music academies in Warsaw, Gdańsk and Bydgoszcz. Klara Kania and Jan Dzierżanowski, and the winner of international competitions - pianist Paweł Popko will be the Festival’s soloists.

Wrocław | International Classical Music Awards Gala

NFM 21.4.23 Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The International Classical Music Awards Gala will be held for the first time at the National Forum of Music on the 21^st of April, 2023 at 19.00. During the concert, the winners of this year's edition of the event will perform. There will also be a presentation of the ICMA award for special achievements, which the jury awarded to the National Forum of Music.

The award will be handed over to the initiator of the establishment of the institution, and at the same time its director, Andrzej Kosendiak.

Ticket information: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/9268

Gdańsk | 13th New Music Days

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The 13th New Music Days will take place at Żak Club in Gdańsk on April 21-23, 2023. During the festival, a wide spectrum of forms of new music will be presented, appearing both on Polish and world stages. Programme includes acoustic as well as electric and electronic instruments works, group and solo performances, as well as premiere performances.

The 13^th edition of the New Music Days will be inaugurated (April 21) by two duos: Mazen Kerbaj & Adam Gołębiewski and Lucy Railton and Kit Downes. The next day of the Festival (April 22) will belong to artists from France and Poland. The third day (April 23) will consist of solo performances. The Polish experimental scene will be represented by Mateusz Olszewski, Zaumne, who will present premiere compositions in Gdańsk. The festival will close with a performance by Ale Hop, who comes from Peru and lives in Germany.

New Music Days are funded by the City of Gdańsk and Żak Club.

Detailed programme: https://klubzak.com.pl/pl/kalendarz/Dni-Muzyki-Nowej~pr1364

Ujazd, Radziejowice, Wiaderno | 'With classics through Poland': Agata and Łukasz Długosz, Marek Toporowski

Flutists Agata and Łukasz Długosz and harpsichordist Marek Toporowski will perform as part of the project ‘With the classics through Poland’ on the 20^th of April, 2023 at 18:00 in the Municipal Cultural Center in Ujazd, on the 21^st of April at 19.00 in the House of Creative Work in Radziejowice and on the 22^nd of April at 17.00 in the Community Centre in Wiaderno.

They will perform works by Fryderyk Chopin, Karol Kurpiński, Astor Piazzolla, Jacques Offenbach, Leo Delibes, Philippe Gaubert, Jacques Ibert, Ennio Morricone, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Franciszek Doppler, Ernest Köhler, as well as Adam Wesołowski's Lullaby and Vocalise from the film The Ninth Gate of Wojciech Kilar.

Detailed information: https://nimit.pl/wydarzenia/

Bydgoszcz | Międzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowa „Muzyka dla dzieci"

Patronat medialny nad konferencją objęło Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC.

W dniach 19-20 kwietnia 2023 w Akademii Muzycznej im. Feliksa Nowowiejskiego w Bydgoszczy odbędzie się Międzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowa „Muzyka dla dzieci", zorganizowana przez działającą przy Wydziale Kompozycji, Teorii Muzyki i Reżyserii Dźwięku Pracownię Kultury Muzycznej i Folklorystyki.

Kompozytorzy, muzykolodzy, teoretycy muzyki, wykonawcy, pedagodzy i kulturoznawcy omawiać będą bodźce, preferencje i motywacje twórcze, problemy zogniskowane wokół warsztatu kompozytorskiego oraz wartości sztuki przeznaczonej dla dzieci, pochylając się nad jej różnorodnymi formami i funkcjami. Kierownikiem naukowym Konferencji jest dr Barbara Mielcarek-Krzyżanowska.

Przewodnicząca Sekcji Muzykologów ZKP prof. IS PAN dr hab. Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska wraz z Jemem Panufnikiem (Londyn, Twickenham) poprowadzi webinar "Andrzeja Panufnika Obrazki na Tamizie". Udział w konferencji weźmie również Izabela Zymer, reprezentująca Bibliotekę Naukową ZKP.

Warsaw | 'Memory and Future': Concert of the Polish-Israeli Symphony Youth Orchestra

The 19^th of April, 2023 marks the 80^th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. On that day, at 8 p.m. a concert will take place at the Grand Theater - National Opera, which, apart from a symbolic message and paying homage to both Jewish and Polish victims of Nazi terror, emphasizes the importance of Polish-Jewish relations based on mutual respect for the common centuries-old tradition and historical truth.

It is also a meeting of young musicians from Poland and Israel, whose main idea is to break down barriers and stereotypes, create new relationships between the young generation of Poles and Jews, which is why musicians from both countries, remembering the past, will perform for the future. The Polish-Israeli Youth Symphony Orchestra ‘Memory and Future’, featuring students of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and the Polish National Youth Choir will perform together with Anna Sułkowska-Migoń, the conductor. The soloists will be Pavel Tolstoy, Aleksandra Florek, Dominika Kazimierska, Natalia Darkowska and cantor Nachman Turgeman.

Programme of the concert includes the premiere performance of Tenebrae by Elżbieta Sikora and the Symphony No. 8 ‘Polish Flowers’ by Mieczysław Weinberg.

More: https://teatrwielki.pl/