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'Srebrna Piszczałka’ award of the Chair of the Polish Episcopate Conference

Gembalski Julian

For the 23rd time, the ‘Srebrna Piszczałka’ award of the Chair of the Polish Episcopate Conference was awarded. This year, the statuette was presented by Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki to Professor Julian Gembalski ‘for outstanding achievements and contribution to the development of sacred music in Poland’.

The award ceremony took place during the 30th International Festival of Organ Music ‘Architecture Organs’ at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Warsaw.

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Grand Prix SAWP to Sylwia Burnicka-Kalischewska

Burnicka 29.6.23 pOn the 29th of June, 2023 in the church of St. Peter the Apostle in Międzyzdroje, a concert was held in tribute to Professor Jan Szyrocki, crowning this year's edition of the International Festival ‘Musical Journey in the footsteps of the Grünebergs’.

During this musical meeting, the chairman of the jury, Fr. Dr. Mariusz Cywka - pastor of creative communities of the Szczecin-Kamień Diocese - honored Prof. Sylwia Burnicka-Kalischewska with the Grand Prix of the SAWP Association (based in Warsaw) for the best performance of works by Polish composers during this Festival, and gave the winner a symbolic SAWP check for EUR 1,000. The artist declared that the award would be donated in its entirety to the victims of a tragic accident in the intaglio printing studio at the Academy of Art in Szczecin on the 25th of June.

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Sanok | 4th International Organ and Chamber Music Festival and 3rd National Young Organist Competition

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Sanok 26.5.23On May 19-26, the 4th International Festival of Organ and Chamber Music took place in Sanok and the surrounding towns. The festival was accompanied by the 3rd National Competition for Young Organists, which gathered 14 participants - students of secondary music schools from all over Poland, including from Cracow, Tarnów, Rzeszów, Koszalin, Wrocław, Rybnik, Gliwice, Poznań, Konin, Bielsko-Biała.

The festival began with a concert for organ and chamber orchestra in the parish church the Transfiguration in Sanok. Piotr Rojek played the organ, the orchestra was conducted by Adam Banaszak. Two compositions by Katarzyna Dziewiątkowska were premiered: Shiva and Extravaganza.

Among artist from abroad were: Beata Halska Le Monnier - violinist with Polish roots, living and giving concerts in Paris, France, Kamil Kulawiak - organist associated with the Cathedral of St. Peter in Bautzen, Germany, as well as Hei Ching Lam - an organist from Hong Kong - and Gael Arbona Illada, trombonist from Spain.

Among the invited Polish artists were: Bogdan Makal, Joanna Woszczyk-Garbacz, Jakub Garbacz, Radosław Pujanek with a chamber orchestra and a unique vocal ensemble Art`N`Voices.

 

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Polish music in Nairobi

Nairobi 18.2.23On the 18th of February, 2023, an unusual concert of Polish classical music took place at the Amphitheater of the National Museum in Nairobi as part of the TPAAE project, which received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme. During their month-long stay at the Kenyatta University in Nairobi, the lecturers of the Academy of Art in Szczecin conduct masterclasses with students of the Department of Music and Dance, give lectures and concerts.

The artists of the hot afternoon were: Prof. Sylwia Burnicka-Kalischewska (soprano), Alicja Pilarczyk (violin) and Dominik Wizjan (piano).

The National Museum resounded mainly with Polish music, and more precisely with the songs of Fryderyk Chopin, Stanisław Moniuszko, Polish Caprice by Grażyna Bacewicz and Legend Op. 17 by Henryk Wieniawski. There were also European accents, such as Lullyby for Lalit by George Benjamin, or songs by Richard Wagner (Schmerzen) and Richard Strauss (Zueignung).

Polish music in Nairobi

Nairobi 18.2.23On the 18th of February, 2023, an unusual concert of Polish classical music took place at the Amphitheater of the National Museum in Nairobi as part of the TPAAE project, which received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme. During their month-long stay at the Kenyatta University in Nairobi, the lecturers of the Academy of Art in Szczecin conduct masterclasses with students of the Department of Music and Dance, give lectures and concerts.

The artists of the hot afternoon were: Prof. Sylwia Burnicka-Kalischewska (soprano), Alicja Pilarczyk (violin) and Dominik Wizjan (piano).

The National Museum resounded mainly with Polish music, and more precisely with the songs of Fryderyk Chopin, Stanisław Moniuszko, Polish Caprice by Grażyna Bacewicz and Legend Op. 17 by Henryk Wieniawski. There were also European accents, such as Lullyby for Lalit by George Benjamin, or songs by Richard Wagner (Schmerzen) and Richard Strauss (Zueignung).

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