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Strzyżowskie Music Society in Wiśniowa, named after Zygmunt Mycielski invite musicians, performers, composers, musicologists, scientists, writers, poets, critics and music publicists to participate in a new project - the Residence. Zygmunt Mycielski.

The residence aims to restore the memory of the artist from Wiśniowa by referring to his music and literary writings. The deadline for submitting applications is the 15^th of June, 2024.

More information: tel. 502 253 843 (Grzegorz Oliwa), email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

This year's edition of the BISMA Bacewicz International Summer Music Academy will be held at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Center for Music in Lusławice on September 8-15, 2024. The Academy is intended for pianists - students and graduates of music universities and for particularly talented students of music secondary schools. The deadline for submitting applications is the 12^th of July.

Master classes during the Academy will be conducted by: Dmitri Alexeev and Claudio Martinez-Mehner (group I) and Oliver Schnyder and Ilya Maximov (group II).

Masterclasses website: https://bisma.pl/ 

Beauty, sublimity and message: two masterpieces by Ludwig van Beethoven and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, which have gone down in high musical culture as works-symbols, will be performed on the 26^th of April, 2024 at 7.30 p.m. at the Cracow Philharmonic during a concert celebrating the 20^th anniversary of Poland's accession to the European Union.

Beatus Vir Op. 38 by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and the 9^th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven will be performed by the Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, the Social Choir of the Cracow Philharmonic, the Boys' and Girls' Choir of the Cracow Philharmonic, and the Ukrainian Children's Choir of the Cracow Philharmonic conducted by Alexander Humala. The soloists will be Mariusz Godlewski - baritone, Iwona Sobotka - soprano, Anne-Lise Polchlopek - mezzo-soprano, Benjamin Bruns - tenor and Yuriy Yurchuk - baritone.

Ticket information: https://filharmoniakrakow.pl/public/program/koncert-oratoryjny-146 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Recognized violinist, Meruert Karmenova, winner of the second prize in the last edition of the International Henryk Wieniawsji Violin Competition in Poznań, will present on the 25^th of April 25, 2024 at 7.00 p.m. at the National Forum of Music, a repertoire consisting of romantic works and works from the beginning of the 20^th century.

We will hear the Polonaise in D major by Henryk Wieniawski, which brought her the greatest fame, as well as Violin Sonata No. 2 by Edvard Grieg and works by Karol Szymanowski and Eugène Ysaÿe. The piano part will be performed by Michał Francuz.

More: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/11061 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

"Halka", "Paria, and now "The Haunted Manor" - third concert performance of Moniuszko opera at the famous Berlin Philharmonic is ahead of us. One of the most famous opera works by Stanisław Moniuszko will be performed in the capital of Germany on April 22, 2024 at 19:00.

"The Haunted Manor", which will be heard this time at the Berlin Philharmonic, has for years brought comfort and hope for defeating the invaders, and has also been a musical record of the difficult Polish history. The concert version of the opera will be performed by renowned soloists, including: Ruslana Koval (Hanna), Gosha Kowalinska (Jadwiga), Piotr Kalina (Stefan) and Stanislav Kuflyuk (Miecznik). Marco Guidarini, an Italian conductor, a great admirer of Moniuszko's work, who began his adventure with Polish music with "The Haunted Manor" will lead the performance.

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Tickets available at the ticket office of the Berlin Philharmonic and at Eventim: https://www.eventim.de/eventseries/das-gespensterschloss-philharmonie-berlin-3569777/