22nd International Festival “Nova Music And Architecture” will take place between June 22 and September 2, 2018 in Toruń.
The organizer of the "Nova Music and Architecture" festival is the Toruń Symphony Orchestra, and the artistic director is its conductor Mariusz Smolij. Thanks to the festival, music became an excuse to present the most beautiful monuments in Toruń. This year's edition will feature eminent artists from all over the world, presenting their skills in the most architecturally interesting spaces in Toruń. We will hear Jadwiga Rappé, Krzysztof Meisinger and Sinfonia Varsovia String Quintet, Mettis Quartet (Lithuania), Duo Vitare & Arto Järvelä (Finland), Göttinger Symphonie Orchester and Prairie View A & M University Concert Chorale (USA, Texas).
In order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the independence of our country, the program of the Festival will include a wide range of Polish music – from Chopin to contemporary rock bands. During the concert "Youthful interpretations", the Chamber Orchestra N-harmony will perform Serenade, Op. 2 by Mieczysław Karłowicz. Wojciech Waleczek and Acoustic Quartet will take part in the concert "Pearls of Polish Music", during which Oberek by Grażyna Bacewicz, Cracovienne fantastique by Ignacy Jan Paderewski and suite of film music themes by Wojciech Kilar will be performed. During the concert "Four pages of Europe", co-organized and co-financed as part of the program of the Institute of Music and Dance "Artist – resident", we will hear the Variations in B flat minor, Op. 3 by Karol Szymanowski in the interpretation of Michał Szymanowski.
Detailed programme available at: http://muz-arch.pl