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Warsaw | SuperSam + 1: Nicola Hein & Łukasz „Twix” Jędrzejczak

SuperSam

The next concert from a series of master performances „SuperSam + 1”, organised by the „Mózg Foundation”, will take place on September 20, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. in the DZiK club (44a Belwederska St., Warsaw). The main performers will be Nicola Hein and Łukasz „Twix” Jędrzejczak.

"Supersam + 1" is a series of master performances. The project focuses mainly on music, however, it also includes other forms of expression such as: performance, multimedia, monodrama. “Supersam + 1” will present respected Polish and foreign artists whose work is original, experimental and innovative. On September 20, we will hear Nicola L. Hein and Łukasz "Twix" Jędrzejczak.

Nicola L. Hein, a guitarist, soundartist and philosopher, is a very active player on the German and international arena of improvised music. He plays the guitar with his hands and plectrum but also with a lot of diferent objects: screws, rulers, iron wool, violin bow, abrasive paper, magnets and many other objects which are part of his musical vocabulary. The result is his very own world of sounds, which is using the rich potential of the guitar as a creator of sounds. The manual creation is a very important character of this sound world, which never gets distorted by the use of electronic efects.

Łukasz "Twix Jędrzejczak is a sound artist born in 1985 in Bydgoszcz. He is a member of bands such as T’ien Lai, Alameda 5 or an ephemeral duo Mina. He plays synths, organs, samplers, effects, drum machines and percussions. From time to time he is also a singer and author of lyrics. He collects old record with music from Africa and Asia. He is interested in field recording. In 2017 together with Rafał Kołacki and Elżbieta Schulz he released a collection of field recordings from Marrakesh. Since 2016 he has been creating music for theatrical plays (Popołudnie Fauna directed by Dominika Knapik, Strach zżerać duszę directed by Agnieszka Jakimiak).

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Additional information at: http://www.supersam.mozg.pl/ 

Katowice | Silesia a cappella

Silesia

The last concert of choral music from the "Silesia a cappella" series will take place on August 26, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the St. Joseph Church in Katowice (8 Mikusińskiego St.)

The leading idea of ​​the series is to present choral works of outstanding Silesian artists in the context of world literature. This time, compositions of Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and the representative of the young generation Adrian Robak will be combined with works of the pioneer of the concerto style Lodovico Viadana and German baroque composers – Hans Leo Hassler and Johann Hermann Schein. The works will be presented by the vocal group Contento Core under the direction of Maria Piotrowska-Bogalecka. The concert will be hosted by Aleksandra Rudzka-Kurdyś.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: www.silesia.art.pl 

Katowice | „Silesia a cappella”

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"Silesia a cappella" is a cycle of four choral music concerts organized by the Institution for the Promotion and Disseminatio of Music "Silesia". The concerts will take place between June 24 – August 26, 2018 in Katowice.

Among the performers we will find: Cracow Singers (June 24), Chamber Choir 441 Hz (June 30), Cantores Minores Wratislavienses (August 18), and Contento Core vocal group (August 26). In reference to the title of the project, concert programmes will be largely filled with choral works by outstanding Silesian composers such as Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Józef Świder and Adrian Robak.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information athttps://www.silesia.art.pl/ 

Zielona Góra | II Corno – Brass Music Festival

CornoThe second edition of Corno – Brass Music Festival will take place on August 26 - September 2, 2018 in Zielona Góra and Żegań.

Corno – Brass Music Festival is an unique event comprising master classes, chamber concerts, lectures, exhibitions of instruments, individual and group lessons, tuition for both professional as well as hobby musicians, number of events opened for the audience, which will take place in diverse venues of the cities of Zielona Góra and Żagań. The Festival will feature outstanding and world renowned musicians, wide and diversified audience and shall be the promotion of the beautiful city of Zielona Góra.The Festival is organized by three young citizens of Zielona Góra. They all started their musical education in the horn class of Iwan Moroz. After a few years of musical education at the leading European Conservatories they decided to come back to their home town to share their knowledge and experience with the young generation.

The 2nd edition of CORNO – Brass Music Festival goes with 24 great artists and over 70 participants of international music workshops. We invite soloists, chamber music and orchestral musicians, tutors and music academy professors from the most influential culture cities in Poland, Europe and the world. 6 main concerts, lectures, mental and health trainings, as well as an international exhibition of brass instruments will take place in many different venues. On August 28 at 7:00 p.m. at the Zielona Góra Philharmonic, two French horn ensembles – Virtuoso Horn Duo and Hornet Quartet – will perform Elegy for 5 horns by Kazimierz Machala.

Detailed programme available at: http://corno.pl/ 

Katowice | Classical music in film

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Silesian Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Krzysztof Dobosiewicz invites for the next holiday meeting with music on August 25, 2018 at 6.00 p.m. in the Silesian Philharmonic.

Many times, e.g. in Peter Weir's Fear, the most famous Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki was included in the soundtracks of the films. We can hear music of the patron of Silesian Philharmonic in feature and documentary films, including Mike Nichols' Wit, Peter Mettler's Gambling, Gods and LSD, Liv Ullmann Krystyna, the daughter of Lavrans, and Lech Majewski's Accident. We do not always acknowledge how often musical masterpieces are used in the movies. Sometimes they play an important role, sometimes they are only background music. The orchestra will recall some of these attempts. The concert will feature famous symphonic pieces used in such films as Eyes Wide Closed, Pluto, Star Trek, Prometheus or Clockwork Orange.

More information at: https://www.filharmonia-slaska.eu

Kraków | Final concert of the 11th "Wawel at Dusk" Festival

Wawel

The final concert of the 11th "Wawel at dusk" festival will take place on August 25, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Arcaded Courtyard of the Wawel Royal Castle.

The programme of the final concert will include works by Fryderyk Chopin, Edward Elgar, Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Wojciech Kilar. Szymon Nehring, winner of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv (2017), will perform Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op. 44 by Fryderyk Chopin and – together with CORda Cracovia under the direction of Marek Moś – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17 by  Ignacy Jan Paderewski, who was a composer, politician and diplomat. The programme will be complemented by two symphonic poems: Polonia by Edward Elgar (with quotes from Dąbrowski's Mazurka) and Krzesany by Wojciech Kilar.

Rzeszów | Trans/Misje International Festival of Arts

Trans/Misje

Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre in Rzeszów invites to theTrans/Misje International Festival of Arts, which will be held on August 25-31, 2018.

Trans/Misje International Festival of Arts Rzeszów–Kosice–Ostrava–Debrecen–Lviv–Trakai 2018, is a unique artistic event at Central European level. Its based on the international cooperative of the Visegrad countries, Ukraine and Lithuania. The title of the first edition, prepared by Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre in Rzeszów, is "1918. The beginning and the end". The date of the beginning of the first edition is between August and September of 2018. This year is of a very significant meaning for Central and Eastern Europe, as it's the 100th anniversary of great social changes. The various countries got back their independence and sovereignty. "It was a starting point for their rapid economic and social devolopment" – says Jan Nowara, the director of theatre in Rzeszów, in the interview with Jacek Cieślik. The programme of the firts edition both directly and indirectly refers to this historic breakthrough. All of the Festival partners will look at the date 1918 from the perspective of their own historic and cultural experience.

During the opening concert at the Podkarpacka Philharmonic Concert Hall, premiere of Sławomir Kupczak's Unfinished Miracle, or Plenary Indulgence at Kalwaria Pacławska oratorio for soprano, countertenor, two reciters, choir, orchestra and electronics to the libretto of Szymon Bogacz will take place. The oratorio was commissioned by the Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre in Rzeszów as part of the 1st Trans/Misje International Festival of the Arts. The work will be presented by the Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Artur Malawski Philharmonic in Rzeszów under the direction of Łukasz Wódecki. Nair Ayvazyan and Michał Sławecki will perform as soloists.

More information at: www.trans-misje.pl 

Kraków | Spółdzielnia Muzyczna – 46 Gromadzka –New music finds its home

Spoldzielnia

August 24th, 2018 marks the public launch of Spółdzielnia Muzyczna [Musicians Associated], the long-awaited venue of Krakow’s contemporary music ensemble under the same name.

For these young musicians, who had come together in the town’s Academy as well as during masterclasses taken abroad, the past season has been especially rich in events organised locally. Over the last ten months, apart from collective performances at the Audio Art festival or the ELEMENTI conference, members of the ensemble played music to silent films, hosted by various theatres, in between talks about post-war and contemporary musical art held in several community centres around Krakow. And for the opening of the fourth year on stage together, Spółdzielnia Muzyczna contemporary ensemble invite you to their very own place at last, located at 46 Gromadzka St.

The inaugural programme features many friends of the group, both Polish and international. Besides the hosts themselves, the night’s audience will hear the Hashtag Ensemble (Warsaw), Ensemble Kompopolex (Wroclaw), the Krakow Improvisers Orchestra, and Marlies Debacker with Salim Javaid (Cologne). That, however, is only the beginning, therefore be sure to follow closely the calendar of Musicians Associated.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

For details, visit the website: www.spoldzielniamuzyczna.com 

Kąśna Dolna | 12th Chamber Music Festival "Bravo Maestro"

Bravo

On August 23, 2018, the concert version of the opera Carmen by George Bizet will inaugurate the twelfth edition of the Bravo Maestro Chamber Music Festival held since 1996. The three festival evenings will feature perfromances of outstanding Polish artists.

On August 24, Szymon Nehring, the only Polish finalist of the 17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, will perform along with the Silesian Chamber Musician Quintet Chopin's Piano concerto in E minor, Op. 11. The concert will start with a clarinet performance by Maciej Łuszczewski – the laureate of the Anna Knapik Award at this year's Talent Week Festival.

The concert entitled "Independent marathon. 100 years of Polish music" will close the festival on August 25. This year, excellent soloists and chamber musicians will present themselves in the Polish repertoire of the last century. Performers: Iwona Socha (soprano), Klaudiusz Baran (accordion / bandoneon), Robert Morawski (piano), Katarzyna Duda (violin), Janusz Wawrowski (violin), Celina Kotz (violin), Michał Zaborski (viola) and Marcin Zdunik (cello).

In the finale of the festival, Janusz Wawrowski will play on the instrument built in 1685 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari. This is the first Stradivarius in post-war Poland. The precious instrument is kept in the treasury and displayed at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Wawrowski can play on it thanks to the decision of the art patron who, anonymously, decided to purchase the instrument to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Poland's independence.

The tickets price for all concerts is PLN 30, available for sale from July 30. The transport will be provided on individual concert days at 4.30 p.m. from the Ludwik Solski Theatre in Tarnów – earlier phone reservation required (14 600 00 16).

Additional information at: http://www.paderewski.tarnow.pl