The programme of the Transatlantyk Festival – a recognized international new generation festival – is based on three pillars: film, music and education. The music programme includes inauguration and closing galas and a composition competition.
The inaugural concert "The Best of Jan A.P. Kaczmarek" will be performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the renowned conductor Monika Wolińska and the world-famous soprano singer Iwona Sobotka. Music lovers and cinema fans will listen to the most popular compositions by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, including excerpts from such concert works as Emigra – The Neverending Symphony, Silesian Rhapsody, Universa – Open Opera, as well as works composed for the films Total Eclipse, Washington Square, Unfaithful, Hatchi, and finally Finding Neverland, which brought the composer an Oscar. During the Closing Gala, we will know the winners of the Transatlantyk Instant Composition Contest ™ – the world's only instant composition competition. Applications for this year's edition of the competition are accepted until 2 October.
Full programme is available at: https://www.transatlantyk.org/