The Oskar Kolberg Świętokrzyska Philharmonic invites you on 15 December 2020 at 6.30 p.m. for an online concert as part of the "Stage for Polish Music" programme, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance. Ãtma Quartet will present works by Stanisław Moniuszko, Krzysztof Penderecki, Andrzej Panufnik and Karol Szymanowski.
Considered by many to be among the most promising young generation string quartets, the Ãtma Quartet first appeared publically as the New Music Quartet in 2016 and for the two years that followed performed under its former name. Four outstanding instrumentalists, graduates of Polish music academies, Katarzyna Gluza (violin), Paulina Marcisz (violin), Karalina Orsik-Sauter (viola) and Dominika Szczypka (cello), have been busy giving concerts at home and abroad, popularizing chamber music, particularly, works by Polish composers.
The December concert will be opened by Stanisław Moniuszko's Quartet No. 1 in D minor, dedicated to Józef Elsner, one of the first composers to weave elements of Polish folk music into his works. Supported by the scholarship programme of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage "Young Poland" (2018), Ãtma Quartet recorded an album with works by Polish composers Penderecki, Szymanowski, Panufnik – String Quartets (CD Accord, 2019). During the upcoming concert we will hear Penderecki's String Quartet No.3 "Pages of an Unwritten Diary", Panufnik's String Quartet No. 3 "Paper-cuts" and Szymanowski's String Quartet No.2.
More information at: http://filharmonia.kielce.pl/