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Warsaw | 31st Composers' Portraits

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31^st Composers’ Portraits, organized by the Polish Composers' Union, will take place on December 7-8, 2022 at the Warsaw PROM Kultury in Saska Kępa (Brukselska 23 street). The main characters of this year's edition will be Artur Cieślak and Wiesław Cienciała. Admission to the concerts is free!

During this two-day mini-festival, chamber works of two contemporary Polish composers will be presented. The programme is arranged in such a way that the audience will listen to pieces characteristic of the work of Artur Cieślak (December 7) and Wiesław Cienciała (December 8).

Płock | 16th Halina Czerny-Stefańska and Ludwik Stefański Piano Competition 2022

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16^th edition of the Halina Czerny-Stefańska and Ludwik Stefański Piano Competition will take place between the 28th of November and the 1st of December, 2022 at the Karol Szymanowski State Primary and Secondary Music School in Płock.

More than 70 participants from all over Poland will present their competition presentations, and their performances will be assessed by the jury composed of: prof. Elżbieta Stefańska (Kraków) - chairwoman, dr hab. Zofia Antes (Olsztyn), prof. Elżbieta Tarnawska (Warsaw), prof. Hubert Rutkowski (Hamburg), Tereyuki Okada (Japan).

Special evening dedicated to both Patrons of the Competition entitled 'In Memory of Halina Czerny-Stefańska and Ludwik Stefański', will take place on the 1st of December, 2022, at 18.00, in the concert hall of the Karol Szymanowski State Primary and Secondary Music School in Płock. During this musical meeting we will listen to the performances of prof. Elżbieta Stefanska and prof. Tereyuki Okada and their memories of the 30-year history of the Competition in Płock. At that time, the official announcement of the competition results, the award ceremony and the Winners' Concert will also take place.

Wrocław | Concert of the Laureates of the 16th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition

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On the 25^th of November, 2022 at 19.00 at the National Forum of Music a concert as part of the official tour of the winners of the 16^th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition will take place.

The Competition is organized by the Wieniawski Society in cooperation with the National Institute of Music and Dance, financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Violinists Hina Maeda and Meruert Karmenova will be accompanied by the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic conducted by Marek Wroniszewski.

More: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/9187

Katowice | „PGE – HoloGramy”: theater music

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On the 27^th of November, 2022, a concert took place at the Silesian Philharmonic as part of the celebration of the Jubilee Year in Teatr Śląski, which consists of as many as 5 jubilees: 115 years of theatre, 100 years of the Polish stage, 25 years of the Council of Patrons of the Silesian Theatre, 5 years of the Foundation of the Silesian ‘Wyspiański’ Theater and 5 years of the Open the Door International Festival. The Silesian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Szymon Bywalec presented theater music by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Wojciech Kilar. The actors of the Silesian Theater also took part in the event.

Gliwice | Koncert Gliwickiej Orkiestry Kameralnej z cyklu „Mistrzowskie interpretacje”

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Fundacja Gliwickiej Orkiestry Kameralnej oraz Centrum Kultury Victoria w Gliwicach zapraszają 27 listopada 2022 roku o godz. 18.00 do sali Scena Bajka – Kino Amok (ul. Dolnych Wałów 3 w Gliwicach) na koncert Gliwickiej Orkiestry Kameralnej z cyklu „Mistrzowskie interpretacje” z udziałem wybitnego Daniela Stabrawy.

Koncerty z cyklu „Mistrzowskie Interpretacje”, realizowane od 2005 roku, zawsze są wiodącym punktem każdego sezonu artystycznego Gliwickiej Orkiestry Kameralnej. W tym roku zespół zaprosił do udziału w koncercie, legendarnego koncertmistrza Berlińskich Filharmoników Daniela Stabrawę, który zaprezentuje się podczas koncertu jako solista, koncertmistrz oraz dyrygent.

Program koncertu w Gliwicach zawierać będzie dzieła Wolfganga Amadeusa Mozarta, Michała Spisaka, Felixa Mendelssohna oraz Mikołaja Góreckiego.

Opole | Laureates of the Wieniawski Competition

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On the 25^th and 27^th of November, 2022, concerts as part of the official tour of the winners of the 16^th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition will take place at the Opole Philharmonic. The Competition was organized by the Wieniawski Society in co-operation with the National Institute of Music and Dance and funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Qingzhu Weng and Meruert Karmenova will perform with the Opole Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Przemysław Neumann.

On Friday evening, November 25, Qingzhu Weng, winner of the 3^rd prize, will perform Henryk Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, and on Sunday, November 27, Meruert Karmenova, winner of the second prize, will perform Violin Concerto in D major by Johannes Brahms.

Ticket information:

https://filharmonia.opole.pl/wydarzenia/laureaci-konkursu-wieniawskiego/

https://filharmonia.opole.pl/wydarzenia/laureaci-konkursu-wieniawskiego-2/

Warszawa | XIV Era Schaeffera – spektakl „Malarstwo dźwiękowe”

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XIV edycja Festiwalu Era Schaeffera pt. Malarstwo dźwiękowe - portret improwizowany jest muzycznym i estetycznym hołdem dla artystycznej wolności oraz okazją do osobistej interpretacji twórczości Mistrza. Projekt muzyczny, zainspirowany rzadko prezentowaną twórczością plastyczną Schaeffera, oparty na motywach z życia i twórczości artysty, zaprezentowany zostanie 24 listopada 2022 o godz. 19.00 w Basenie Artystycznym – Nowej Scenie Warszawskiej Opery Kameralnej.

Inspiracją do stworzenia scenariusza było dla reżyserki Magdaleny Małeckiej-Wippich 18 grafik Bogusława Schaeffera wybranych przez nią spośród kilkuset, które kompozytor pozostawił po sobie. Reżyserka i artystka sztuk plastycznych Joanna Zemanek wymyśliły nazwę, która ich zdaniem najlepiej oddaje charakter dzieł plastycznych Schaeffera – „grafikolaż”. Prace Schaeffera, będące czymś pomiędzy grafiką a kolażem, zostaną poddane animacji w trakcie koncertu. Całość zaś dopełni napisana specjalnie na tę okazję opowieść o Schaefferze z towarzyszeniem improwizacji muzycznej w wykonaniu Bernarda Maseliego, Pawła Tomaszewskiego, Dana Soltisa, Alberta Stensena, Łukasza Czekały, Kai Mianowanej, Andy’ego Ninvallego i Seana Palmera. Udział w wydarzeniu wezmą aktorzy Robert Czebotar i Elżbieta Nagel.

Łódź | 80th Musica Moderna Festival

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The programme of the 80^th Musica Moderna festival of contemporary music includes symphonic, chamber and electroacoustic concerts, as well as film screenings, artistic installations and a meeting with prof. Zygmunt Krauze. From the 27^th of November to the 9^th of December, 2022, new and latest music will be played. The events will take place at the Academy of Music in Łódź and at the Ignorantka and Circus pod Zielonym Xiężycem club. The main partner is invariably the Polish Composers' Union. Admission is free!

Performers will be choirs and the Symphony Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Łódź led by Maciej Koczur, marimba Dalbergia Duo, clarinetist Julian Paprocki and sound artist Maciej Walczak. The 80^th edition of the Musica Moderna festival will open and close with a film project prepared under the artistic supervision of the composer Jacek Partyka.

Organiser of the Festivel is the composition department of the Łódź Academy of Music.

Press release

More information: https://www.amuz.lodz.pl/pl/wydarzenia/80-festiwal-musica-moderna

Greater Poland | 'Tell me a fairy tale': improvisation workshops for children

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The Polish Society for Contemporary Music invites you to the final of this year's improvisation workshops for children ‘Tell me a fairy tale’, which will take place on November 17-19, 2022 in the towns of Wielkopolska: Łobżenica, Krajence and Zakrzewo. These will be the last places that the Society will visit this year as part of the ‘Accessible Culture’ programme of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage after Lower Silesian Międzylesie and Domaszków and Warmian-Masurian Jeziorany.
Participation in the workshops is free!

November 17 - pre-school and school workshops will take place at the School Complex in Łobżenica, November 18 - at the Krajeńskie Ośrodek Kultury, O the 19th of November there will be family workshops at the Polish House - Rodła Center in Zakrzewo.

During the workshops children will learn about the world of contemporary music, improvisations and unusual instruments. Classes will be led by actor Grzegorz Ociepka, composer and pianist Jarosław Siwiński and double bass player Małgorzata Kołcz

Łódź | 10th Łódź Music Academy AŻ Festival

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A music blaze of sounds and a concert mosaic are the best descriptions of the events that will take place as part of the jubilee 10^th AŻ Festival, which will take place between the 19^th of November and 4^th of December, 2022 in Łódź. At the seven concerts, presenting a wide spectrum of musical genres and styles, performers from Poland and abroad will perform. Free tickets can be obtained at the university ticket office.

The festival will be inaugurated this year by the PRIMUZ Chamber Orchestra. The ensemble consisting of students and graduates of the Academy of Music in Łódź, led by the violinist and conductor Łukasz Błaszczyk, also celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. The orchestra invited Aldo Duo to the joint celebration, with whom they will premiere a new composition by Wojciech Lemański. The composition is inspired by Godfrey Reggio's Qatsi colorful film trilogy.

Opole | Chamber Opole Philharmonic #2: As-SAI Trio

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Chamber music will sound as part of the ‘Chamber Opole Philharmonic’ cycle on the 18^th of November, 2022 at 19.00. As-SAI Trio will present works by Józef Elsner and Antonín Dvořák.

All members of the ensemble began their music co-operation in the Music School in Bytom. They are laureates of many music competitions in Poland and abroad, where the recent successes include the title of the champion of the International Chamber Music Competition in three Stages in Bydgoszcz.

Katowice | Camerata to the Composer: 80th birthday of Ryszard Gabryś

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On the 26^th of November, 2022 at 18.00 the Polish Composers' Union invites you to the NOSPR premises to a concert on the occasion of the 80^th birthday of Ryszard Gabryś, the former vice-president of the Katowice branch of the Polish Composers' Union. The concert will be preceded by a lecture entitled ‘Characteristics of the work of Ryszard Gabryś’, which will be conducted by Aleksandra Wójcik in the chamber hall at 16.45.

Ryszard Gabryś took a special liking to Camerata Silesia. Composer has a fruitful and friendly ooperation with the ensemble dedicating a number of works to them. What gift will bring the composer the most pleasure? A premiere of course! For the first time during the concert we will hear the Gdańsk Inscription I, the Gdańsk Inscription II and Music from Istebne II.

Press release

Ticket information: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/koncert-z-okazji-80-rocznicy-urodzin-ryszarda-gabrysia

The winners of the Corypheus of Polish Music Award 2022 announced!

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On the 13th of November, the Warsaw Philharmonic hosted a gala of awarding the Corypheus of Polish Music 2022, organized by the National Institute of Music and Dance and TVP Kultura. This year, all individual awards went to exceptional women associated with Polish music: Agata Szymczewska, Anna Sułkowska-Migoń and Jadwiga Mackiewicz - winner of the Honorary Award. The 18^th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition was recognized as the Event of the Year.

The Corypheus of Polish Music Award has been awarded since 2011 in four categories. The winners in the Personality of the Year, Event of the Year and Honorary Award categories were selected by the Electoral College in a secret ballot. The award in the Discovery of the Year category was chosen by the audience.

Gdańsk | 8th Festival of Contemporary Music ‘New Waves’

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The 8^th Festival of Contemporary Music ‘New Waves’, organized by the Gdańsk Branch of the Polish Composers' Union and the ‘Sinfonietta Pomerania’ Foundation, will take place in Gdańsk on November 19-26, 2022. Admission is free!

Of particular importance in the programme of this year's festival are works that are an expression of protest against the war in Ukraine and other conflicts, forced emigration, as well as the degradation of the natural environment. The modern world terrifies both older artists and the youngest, who are just making their debut in the artistic field and in public discourse. They declare their attitudes by various means, reaching both to the classical potential of music as a speech of sounds, as well as to newer methods related to the use of electronics or referring to the soundscape technique, i.e. including the sounds of the surrounding world in the composition.

Katowice | Sensory concert 'Meditations'

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On the 23^rd of November, 2022 at 7.30 p.m., as part of the new concert series ‘Pianissimo, music by Andrzej Nikodemowicz, interpreted by pianist Piotr Banasik, will be performed in the NOSPR hall in Katowice.

‘Pianissimo’ is a proposition for those intimidated by strong light, loud conversations and noise; for those who feel bad in the crowd. It is a safe space for people with high sensory sensitivity who cannot or do not like to sit still for too long. In this series of concerts meditative Polish, French and German music will be presented.

Andrzej Nikodemowicz is a composer, pianist and teacher born in Lviv. His biography reflects the turbulent vicissitudes of the 20^th century. The drama of the war, problems with Soviet censorship and finally emigration to Lublin. He mainly composed sacred music, finding in religion the only constant value in a changing world. During the upcoming concert, his Meditations No. 2 and 3, Op. 83, 6 Meditations for piano and Lullaby No. 2 will be performed.

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