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Essen | Concert on the 20th anniversary of Poland's accession to the European Union

Event date: 2024-05-04

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Silesian Philharmonic - Silesian Chamber Orchestra conducted by the director of the Silesian Philharmonic, Adam Wesołowski, will perform during a concert organized on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition at the Museum of the Upper Silesian Land in Ratingen on the 4^th of May, 2024 at 7:00 p.m., dedicated to the silver mine in Tarnowskie Góry.

The Tarnowskie Góry silver mine, like the Zollverein mine and coking plant industrial complex, is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The event also commemorates the 20^th anniversary of Poland's accession to the European Union.

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Ticket information: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/production/essen-niemcy-gajecka-antosiewicz-wesolowski/

Zielona Góra | „Scena Muzyki Polskiej": Książek Piano Duo

Event date: 2024-05-03

Patronat medialny nad sezonem koncertowym 2023 / 2024 Filharmonii Zielonogórskiej im. Tadeusza Bairda sprawuje Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC.

3 maja 2024 o godz. 19.00 Filharmonia Zielonogórska zaprasza na wyjątkowy majowy muzyczny wieczór. Wirtuozi fortepianu - Książek Piano Duo - dzięki Narodowemu Instytutowi Muzyki i Tańca wystąpią w ramach programu „Scena Muzyki Polskiej”.

W wykonaniu Agnieszki Zahaczewskiej-Książek i Krzysztofa Książka usłyszymy utwory Karola Szymanowskiego, Ignacego Feliksa Dobrzyńskiego, Ignacego Friedmana, Juliusza Zarębskiego, Romana Maciejewskiego oraz arcydzieła Fryderyka Chopina.

Muzycy są zwycięzcami II Międzynarodowego Konkursu Muzyki Polskiej im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Rzeszowie (2021), zdobyli także II nagrodę i Nagrodę Specjalną za najlepsze wykonanie dzieł Schuberta na XXI Międzynarodowym Konkursie Duetów Fortepianowych im. F. Schuberta w Jeseniku oraz tytuł finalisty i nagrodę specjalną na III Międzynarodowym Konkursie Duetów Fortepianowych im. Suzany Szӧrenyi w Bukareszcie (2019).

Warsaw | 12th Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition

Event date: 2024-05-01

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On May 1-12, 2024, the 12^th Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition will be held at the Warsaw Philharmonic. The auditions for the first and second stages of the competition will be open to the public and admission is free.

The event enjoys a worldwide reputation as one of the most prestigious competitions for young cellists up to 30 years of age.

44 young cellists from 4 continents: Europe, Asia and both Americas will take part in this year's Competition.

The awards gala combined with the winners' concert will also take place at the Warsaw Philharmonic on the 12^th of May at 18.00 (ticketed admission).

Website of the Competition: https://www.lutoslawski-cello.art.pl/

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zlHDqdZGog

Warsaw | 12th Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition: inaugurating concert

Event date: 2024-04-30

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The National Institute of Music and Dance invites you on the 30^th of April, 2024 at 7.00 p.m. to a concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic, inaugurating the 12^th Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition.

The soloists will include: jury members and winners of previous editions of the Competition: Magdalena Bojanowicz, Adam Krzeszowiec, Tomasz Strahl and Marcin Zdunik. The artists will be accompanied by the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw conducted by Michał Klauza.

Competition website: https://www.lutoslawski-cello.art.pl/

3rd Elżbieta Chojnacka Harpsichord Competition

Event date: 2024-04-30

Media patronge: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Artistic Education Center in Warsaw announces the 3^rd Elżbieta Chojnacka Harpsichord Competition, which will take place at the Fryderyk Chopin Music School in Bytom on May 16-17, 2024. The competition is intended for students of primary and secondary music schools. The deadline for submitting applications is the 30^th of April.

The originator of the competition is Dr. Aleksandra Gajecka-Antosiewicz - the heir of Elżbieta Chojnacka, a recognized Polish harpsichordist. The competition's programme formula presents harpsichord literature in two trends: old (the obligatory piece by J. S. Bach) and new. The primary goal of the project is to popularize the performance of harpsichord music of the 20^th and 21^st centuries, including works by Polish composers (mandatory repertoire), and instruments - historical and contemporary.

The competition will certainly awaken passion for performing new music. It will be accompanied by lectures and meetings between students and teachers.

The competition jury includes recognized Polish harpsichordists and composers.

Rules and regulation on the website: https://www.gov.pl/web/osmbytom/konkurs-klawesynowy-im-elzbiety-chojnackiej

Winners of Fryderyk award in the classical music categories announced!

The 30^th Classical Music Gala as part of the Fryderyk Festival 2024 took place at the NOSPR premises.

Each year, the competition collects entries in eleven classical music categories. On the 28^th of April, Rafał Blechacz and Deutsche Grammophon received two statuettes: in the categories of the Most Outstanding Recording of Polish Music and Album of the Year, Solo Recital. Similarly to last year, in the Contemporary Music Album of the Year category the award went to an album released by Chopin University Press, in the Chamber Music Album of the Year - Greater Compositions category - the CD Accord, and in the Most Outstanding Polish Music Recording category - to a CD released by Deutsche Grammophon.

More: https://fryderyki.pl/fryderyk-2024/#res

Winners of the 65th Tadeusz Baird Composition Competition

On the 26^th of April, 2024 for the first time at the Zielona Góra Philharmonic the final concert of the 65^th Tadeusz Baird Composers' Competition took place. 3 prizes and 1 distinction were awarded.

The jury, consisting of: Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (chairman), Alicja Gronau, Rafał Kłoczko, Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz and Edward Sielicki, after listening to the works qualified for the second stage of the Competition, decided to divide the Main Prize, and after opening the envelopes, the names of the winners were revealed.

The 1^st prize went to Jakub Jung for Music of Gestures (METHONE emblem), the 2^nd prize - Jakub Borodziuk for the composition Brzask (VOLEREEPOTERE emblem), the 3^rd prize - Bartosz Jawor for Folk Story (MKBEWE emblem).

The distinction was awarded to Magdalena Bobowik, author of the composition Ritorno (emblem X205).

Detailed information: https://www.zkp.org.pl/index.php/pl/zkp-wydarzenia/1181-65-konkurs-mlodych-kompozytorow-im-tadeusza-bairda-rozstrzygniety

Wrocław | NFM Choir directed by Martina Batič

Event date: 2024-04-28

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Concert of the NFM Choir on the 28^th of April at 6.00 p.m., conducted by the respected Slovenian conductor Martina Batič, will be an opportunity to celebrate the 200^th anniversary of Anton Bruckner's birth in 2024 - his work Christus factus est will be performed, as well as sacred and secular music from various parts of Europe, written over three centuries by Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Frank Martin, Ambrož Čopi and Karol Szymanowski.

More about the programme: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/10332

Katowice | Jubilee Gala of Classical Music "Fryderyk 2024"

Event date: 2024-04-28

The 30^th Classical Music Gala as part of this year's Fryderyk Festival will take place on the 28^th of April 2024 at the headquarters of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. The Fryderyk Award Ceremony will be accompanied by performances by outstanding Polish musicians. There will also be Polish music, an opera accent and dance rhythms. The soloists will be accompanied by the NOSPR under the direction of Łukasz Borowicz.

Marta Gidaszewska and Robert Łaguniak, who together form the internationally acclaimed Polish Violin Duo, will perform Two contrasts for a duo by Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk, who last year received the ZAiKS Award for composer of the young generation at the Gala of Classical Music.