The "Music Network for Youth" project aims to reach students from both music schools and general education schools by organizing various, interesting events. 10 lectures, 10 workshops, 4 concerts and 5 meetings with artists will be held between 12 and 27 September 2020 and made available online for free on the project's YouTube channel.
Individual events will be prepared by lecturers of the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań – famous artists representing various specialties and generations. The aim of the project is to encourage young people to develop their skills under the guidance of experts in a given musical field and to promote music of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Young people will be able to participate in one-to-one workshops led by artists such as Krzysztof Stencel (French horn), Joanna Horodko (soprano), Magdalena Jakubska-Szymiec (saxophone), Piotr Banyś (jazz trombone), Mikołaj Zgółka (violin, baroque viola), Marcin Suszycki (violin), Ewa Guzowska (viola), Szymon Guzowski (double bass), Jacek Kortus (piano), Łukasz Kuropaczewski (guitar), Zbigniew Kozub, Artur Kroschel (composition), and Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska, project coordinator. All participants have to register online by filling in the application form (parents must do it on behalf of minors).
The lectures on 14 and 15 September will be given by Marcin Sompoliński (conducting), Małgorzata Pawłowska (music theory), Mariola Bryła (harpsichord), Maciej Łakomy (trombone), Kinga Ceynowa (rhythmics), Krzysztof Przybyłowicz (percussion), Sławomir Kamiński (organ), Katarzyna Polonek (cello), Monika Kędziora and Katarzyna Taborowska-Kaszuba (composition). On 13, 14, 16 and 27 September there will be concerts with the participation of Anna Budzyńska (soprano), Laura Sobolewska (piano), Bartłomiej Miller (drums), Apeiron Trio and Sepia Ensemble.
The schedule of workshops is available on the project's Fanpage.
The project was co-financed in the "Culture on the Web" programme of the National Centre for Culture.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.