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During the 19^th International Piano Forum "Bieszczady without Borders" on February 3-9, 2024 in Sanok, masters and young pianists will play 20 top-class instruments. This year's theme will be "Time in Music".

The programme includes symphonic concerts and recitals, a comedy show performed by Ireneusz Krosny, an exhibition of works by Barbara Porczyńska, the 13^th Master School of Piano Pedagogy and the 15^th International Piano Competition "Young Virtuoso". Performances include, among others, Elena Margolina-Hait, Alexander Gadijev, Anahit Nersesyan, Ekaterina Drzewiecka, the Anna Geniušienė and Lukas Geniušas duo, as well as the Lviv Chamber Orchestra "Akademia" conducted by Igor Pylatyuk and the Paderewski Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr. Michał Szymanowski.

Website of the project: https://interpiano.pl/ 

Dear Mrs. Małgorzata,

due to your resignation from the position of Director - Editor-in-Chief of Programme 2 of the Polish Radio, submitted in dramatic circumstances, we would like to thank you for many years of cooperation with the Polish Composers' Union. It took various turns, but we are convinced that ultimately it brought positive results for Polish music and musical life in Poland and for the entire Polish culture. We wish you all the best in your further work in the field of music and culture, and we hope for many more musical meetings.

Prof. Leon Markiewicz, a long-time member of the Musicologists' Section of the Polish Composers' Union (since 1964), passed away on the 4^th of February at the age of 95. The funeral ceremony will take place on Saturday, 10^th of February, at 12:00 p.m. in the Cemetery Chapel in the Francuska Street in Katowice.

Leon Markiewicz was associated with the State Higher School of Music in Katowice (then the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music) since 1955. He held the following positions at the academy: in 1968-70 - head of the Department of Music Theory, in 1972-76 - head of the Department of Problems of Music Education, as well as pro-rector in 1975 and rector in 1979-81. In 1981-04 he was head of the Department of Music Education. Also associated with the Higher School of Pedagogy in Częstochowa, in 1978-91 he was head of the Department of Music Education, and from 1985 - director of the Institute of Artistic Education.

In 1966-76 he served as Vice-Chairman of the SPAM Main Board. From 1975, he was also vice-chairman of the General Board of the Music Education Association (Polish section of ISME). For many years he was a member and then an expert on music theory at the Council for Higher Artistic Education.
He was honored for his activities with many awards and decorations. He received, among others: Gold Badge of SPAM (1970); Award of the Minister of Culture and Art, second degree (1975, 1982), first degree (1980, 1988); Gold Badge of the Polish Section of ISME (1979); Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1979); Team Award of the Prime Minister (1985); Team Award of the Minister of Culture and Art, first degree (1987); Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1997).

May he rest in peace!

Requiescat in Pace.

Ceremonia pogrzebowa odbędzie się w sobotę, 10 lutego, o godz. 12.00 w Kaplicy Cmentarnej przy ul. Francuskiej w Katowicach.

Szanowni Państwo,

Narodowy Związek Kompozytorów Ukrainy przekazuje szczere wyrazy współczucia w związku ze śmiercią wybitnego polskiego kompozytora Pana Romualda Twardowskiego.

Pan Twardowski był wielkim przyjacielem Ukrainy, Jego utwory stale rozbrzmiewały w wykonaniu naszych zespołów i cieszyły się dużym powodzeniem u publiczności. Jakiś czas temu, na 2-3 lata przed wojną, odbył się wielki koncert symfoniczny z utworami Kompozytora i odniósł wielki sukces.

Składamy szczere kondolencje całej polskiej muzycznej społeczności, Jego krewnym, miłośnikom Jego wybitnego talentu, i sądzimy, że odejście kompozytora takiej rangi odbije się na światowej kulturze muzycznej.

Pogrążeni w smutku

Michał Zieliński was the co-founder, vocalist and artistic director of the early music ensemble Collegium Vocale Bydgoszcz. In the years 1992-2017, the ensemble gave over 300 concerts in Poland and abroad, recorded several radio and television broadcasts and 12 studio CD albums. For their debut album, Wacław z Szamotuł, Marcin Leopolita - Collegium Vocale (DUX), the ensemble received the "Fryderyk" award of the Polish Phonographic Academy in the "Album of the Year - Early Music" category (2001).

Zieliński's composition output was also dominated by choral works and works for vocal ensembles. He used early instruments in his chamber works (e.g. Na fraszki Jana z Czarnolasu - suite for vocal quartet, flauto traverso, 3 viola da gamba and lute).

He received a number of awards for his versatile activities: Award of the Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship "for creative presence, multiplying the beauty and richness of the musical life of the Region" (2010), Award of the Mayor of Bydgoszcz (2012), Individual Award of the 2^nd degree of the Rector of the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz (2012 ), Medal of the Starosta of Bydgoszcz "For services to the district" (2014) and the Award of the Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (2017).

May he rest in peace!