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The Baltic Neopolis Orchestra invites you to participate in the Szczecin Classic Academy - masterclasses conducted by outstanding artist-teachers in a unique venue, as part of the 6^th International Szczecin Classic Festival, to be held between the 27^th of April and the 3^rd of May, 2024 in Szczecin. The deadline for application is the 15^th of March.

This year's music course is distinguished by a new artistic concept: the programme includes individual classes with several teachers, classes in chamber groups and rehearsals with a chamber orchestra. In addition, participants will be able to prepare and perform concerts with recognized master-teachers from the most important art schools in Europe.

In addition, lectures on career development strategies and dance classes are scheduled.

Szczecin Classic Academy is a project aimed at pupils, students and graduates of art schools and universities, including instrumentalists (string instrument group) and chamber ensembles (free composition).

Detailed information and rules and regulations available on the website: https://szczecinclassic.pl/faq2-3/ 

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On the 15^th of March, 2024 at 19.00 Jong-Jie Yin - winner of the Golden Baton of the 11^th Grzegorz Fitelberg International Conducting Competition - will conduct the Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, performing works by Carl Maria von Weber, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Karol Szymanowski. The soloist of the evening will be Sara Dragan, one of the most promising violinists of the young generation.

The evening will open with the Overture to the opera Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber. In the second part of the programme, Violin Concerto in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, will be performed by the violinist Sara Dragan, who plays Nicola Amati instrument, dated 1666, which will certainly influence, thanks to the unique sound of this violin, the concert experience.

More: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/production/laureat-xi-miedzynarodowego-konkursu-dyrygentow-im-g-fitelberga-weber-mendelssohn-szymanowski-dragan/ 

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Does the instrument sound different in different instrument configurations? How will a flute playing together with a string quartet sound in a diverse repertoire? How does musical texture affect the perception of its timbre? To answer these questions, on the 14^th of March at the National Forum of Music the musicians of the Lutosławski Quartet will join forces with Carlos Bruneel - Belgian flutist whose victory in the prestigious Tenuto competition many years ago gave him a ticket to an international career.

The artists of the Lutosławski Quartet will begin the concert by performing their own version of Witold Lutosławski's String Quartet - his only quartet, which was created as a result of a commission placed by Swedish Radio on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Nutida Musik series of contemporary music concerts.

More: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/10330 

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The PRO Hashtag Ensemble Academy is a year-long mentoring programme run by Hashtag Lab and aimed at students and graduates of music academies wishing to develop their interest in cutting-edge music. It will be presented during the upcoming concert of young professionals, participants of the programme, conducted by Julia Janaszek, on the 14^th of March, 2024 at 7 pm.

The participants, selected through a competition, take part in numerous workshops and master classes, led by Hashtag Ensemble musicians and invited guests. The concert programme will includes works proposed by the participants, analyzed and performed during the workshops. We will hear Black Arrow by Sungji Hong, Mathematikous by Yair Klartag, Grāmata cēllam (part II Pianissimo) by Pēteris Vasks, Paludes by Tristan Murail, In my head... by Wojciech Blecharz, Accotango by Krzysztof Olczak, among others.

In addition, compositions dedicated to PRO Academy participants will be premiered: Silent Piece by Wojciech Glądys and Aether by Wojciech Blażejczyk in the version for sextet.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Krasnystaw Regional Museum and the Lublin Branch of the Polish Composers' Union would like to invite you to an author's meeting and piano recital by Prof. Mariusz Dubaj on the 12^th of March, 2024, at 4 p.m., on the occasion of his 65^th birthday. The programme of the concert "In the circle of Mariusz Dubaj" will include works by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Frederic Chopin, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Wojciech Kilar and the Jubilate author's Jubilee Composition X on the occasion of the 630^th anniversary of Krasnystaw. Admission is free!

The Krasnystaw-born composer, music theorist, pianist, pedagogue and organizer of musical life serves as president of the Lublin Branch of the Polish Composers' Union. He is the winner of many awards in composition competitions at home and abroad, as well as honors (including "Golden Carp" Krasnystaw 2000, Medal for Merit to Culture "Gloria Artis" 2015). His works have been performed at many concerts and festivals (in Poland, Italy, Germany, England, France, Greece, Holland, Japan, Portugal, Hungary, Ukraine and the United States), recorded for albums (including DUX, King Records in Japan), for radio and television, and published in print (by PWM, Polihymnia).

The meeting with Mariusz Dubaj will be hosted by Dr. Ewa M. Zarzycka.

Additional information: https://www.muzeumkrasnystaw.pl/aktualnosci/n,353563,recital-fortepianowy-prof-mariusza-dubaja.html#