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On January 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in the NOSPR Concert Hall in Katowice we will hear a recital of Slovenian violinist Maja Horvat, the third and special prize winner at the 1st International Karol Szymanowski Music Competition.

Maja Horvat graduated from the Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory in the class of Volodja Balžalorsky in 2015. Currently, she studies at the Royal College of Music in London in the class of prof. Daniel Rowland and prof. Leonid Kerbel. She worked with many esteemed pedagogues, such as Ivry Gitlis, Anton Martynow, Alina Ibragimowa, Saewon Suh, Vasilij Meljnikov, Tatiana Balashova, Igor Ozim, Wonji Kim Ozim. As soloist and chamber musician, she won a number of awards at national and international competitions. She has given concerts with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovenian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Music and Ballet Conservatory in Ljubljana, the Chamber Orchestra "Mladi ljubljanski solisti", the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra and others. In 2019, she plans to renew her cooperation with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, and at the end of the year she will perform with the Royal College of Music Philharmonic Orchestra.

During the recital in Katowice, she will perform works by Johannes Brahms, Eugène Ysaÿe, Paul Hindemith as well as Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28 by Karol Szymanowski.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://www.nospr.org.pl/pl/koncerty/1354/sroda-modych-koncert-laureatow-i-miedzynarodowego-konkursu-muzycznego-im-karola-szymanowskiego-maja-horvat 

The Chair of Harpsichord and Early Music at the Academy of Music in Łódź invites you on 9-10 January 2019 to the Second Seminar of Contemporary Harpsichord Music "Harpsichord without borders", opening a jubilee year of two great harpsichordists of the 20th and 21st century.

The year 2019 marks the 140th birth anniversary and 60th death anniversary of Wanda Landowska as well as the 80th birth anniversary of Elżbieta Chojnacka. During the Seminar, papers on these outstanding artists and contemporary harpsichord music will be delivered. Apart from lectures by the invited guests (dr hab. Robert Stefański, dr hab. Artur Zagajewski, dr hab. Marcin Tadeusz Łukaszewski, prof. FCUM), performance workshops will be led by dr Gośka Isphording from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam – Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten.

The Seminar will be accompanied by a concert on January 9 at 6.15 p.m., preceded by a lecture by dr. Aleksandra Gajecka-Antosiewicz. The programme will include works by Artur Zagajewski, Marcin Tadeusz Łukaszewski, Hug Morales Murguìi, Jukka Tiensuu, Marek Pasieczny, Andrzej Cwojdziński, Maurice Ohana and Grant McLachlan. The pieces will be performed on a copy of a historical instrument and a harpsichord modeled after Pleyel's instrument, built according to the idea of ​​Wanda Landowska. Two types of instruments, different sound, different technical possibilities: one grew out of the idea of modernization, the other – from the master's traditions of the eighteenth century.

Admission free.

More information at: http://www.amuz.lodz.pl/pl/koncerty-i-wydarzenia-zapowiedzi/styczen-2019/153324-koncert-z-cyklu-klawesyn-i-muzyka-dawna 

"Paderewski to Chopin" exhibition finissage will be held on January 8, 2019 at 6.00 p.m. at the Fryderyk Chopin Museum.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski – a pianist, composer and politician, without whom it is impossible to think about Polish independence. What is his contribution to Chopin? This question was answered by the exhibition of memorabilia belonging to the collections of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum and the Library of the National Fryderyk Chopin Institute: valuable musical manuscripts, concert programmes and preserved iconography. The exhibition was a unique opportunity to look at Paderewski as a performer, editor and promoter of Chopin's legacy, which was a source of inspiration throughout his life. The character of the exhibition was special: some of the artist's souvenirs were presented for the first time.

The finissage of the exhibition will feature a special tour guided by Marta Tabakiernik and Michał Szymanowski's concert on January 8, 2019 at 6.00 p.m., featuring works of Fryderyk Chopin and Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

The exhibition was carried out as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of regaining independence by Poland and the "Polish Music Heritage" programme.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Admission free, a seat reservation is required: www.bilety.nifc.pl 

The Polish premiere of Paweł Szymański's composition commissioned by the BBC will take place on January 6, 2019 at 7.00 p.m. at the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin.

British edition of Polish music – this is a brief introduction to the evening's programme, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michał Nesterowicz. The concert will start with the "Polonia" Symphony Prelude, Op. 76 by Edward Elgar. Written in 1915 at the request of the conductor Emil Młynarski, the piece is a unique tribute to Polish music. The repertoire will also include music by Polish composers of three different generations: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17 by Ignacy Jan Paderewski in the interpretation of Janina Fialkowska, Canadian pianist with Polish roots, Symphony No. 1 by Witold Lutosławski, and a new piece commissioned by the BBC from Paweł Szymański, one of the best-known contemporary Polish composers.

Information on tickets at: https://filharmonia.szczecin.pl/wydarzenia/980-BBC_Symphony_Orchestra 

After the New Year's Eve fireworks, on January 5, 2018 at the ICE Kraków Congress Center (17 Marii Konopnickiej St.) at 7:00 p.m., Sinfonietta Cracovia will perform in the company of world-renowned virtuosos from Janoska Ensemble.

The classics of New Year's concerts flavored with an eclectic gypsy jazz will ignite even the coldest January evening. Janoska Ensemble gives concerts all over the world, and we can hear their recordings thanks to, among others, Deutsche Grammophon. An unusual combination of gypsy jazz, classics and world music creates a unique style, known as Janoska Style. This time, we will hear their bravura interpretations of the works of the Strauss, Paganini and Mozart.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: http://sinfonietta.pl/