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The House of Light and Sound invites you to a concert at the Potocki Palace in Cracow on the 24^th of February, 2024 at 8.00 p.m. with the participation of the string quartet of the New Music Orchestra. The programme includes world premiere of the String Quartet "Effatha" by Janusz Krzysztof Korczak, financed by the Creative Scholarship of the City of Cracow; electroacoustic works by composers associated with the House of Light and Sound will also be performed. Admission is free!

The House of Light and Sound Association was founded by composers associated with the Cracow music community. Its main goal is to support original and valuable artistic initiatives in the field of electroacoustic music and audiovisual art. The most important inspiration for the creation of the association were the ideas that gave direction to the activities of the Polish Radio Experimental Studio in Warsaw. An important goal of the association is also to create a center for integration of creative communities, enabling cooperation and exchange of ideas between artists representing various fields of art.

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Free tickets available on the website: https://kbfbilety.krakow.pl/wydarzenia/nowa-muzyka-w-domu-swiatla-i-dzwieku 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

"Weinberg.Epitafium.XVIII." is another artistic event organized by Tomasz Raff commemorating the Polish composer of Jewish origin, Mieczysław Wajnberg. The concert on the 28^th anniversary of his death will take place on the 24^th of February, 2024 at 7 p.m. in the Concert Hall of Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk. Admission to the concert is free!

This time, the event will take the form of a vocal-instrumental monographic concert, during which the first Polish performances of song cycles to words by Bazyli Żukowski (Op. 116) and Afanasija Feta (Op. 134), as well as the Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 28 and String Trio Op. 48 will take place.

Additional information: https://www.amuz.gda.pl/wydarzenia/weinbergepitafiumxxviii,1993 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

In the morning of the 24^th of February, 2022, Russia committed armed aggression against Ukraine. On the eve of the second anniversary of these events, a unique concert will be held in the concert hall of the Silesian Philharmonic. On the evening of the 23^rd of February at 7:00 p.m., the Silesian Philharmonic Choir and Symphony Orchestra conducted by Margaryta Grynyvetska will perform together with recognized soloists Joanna Moskowicz, Iryna Zhytynska, Nazar Tatsyshyn, Arnold Rutkowski, Oleksandr Forkushak and Remigiusz Łukomski, to show solidarity with the Ukrainian nation through music.

We will hear works by Ukrainian and Polish composers: Natalka's aria and Ostap's aria from the opera Natałka Poltavka by Mykola Lysenko, Three Wedding Songs by Myrosław Skoryk, Andriy's Prayer from the opera Zaporozhets Beyond the Danube by Semen Hułak-Artemowski, Agnus Dei from Krzysztof Penderecki's Polish Requiem. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem in D minor will also be performed.

During the concert, there will be a collection of funds for aid for war-torn Ukraine, carried out by volunteers of the "Ukraina" Foundation.

Additional information: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/production/mozart-requiem-solidarni-z-ukraina-koval-zhytynska-tatsyshyn-shemet-chor-i-orkiestra-symfoniczna/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 26^th of February, 2024 at 8 p.m., premiere of performance A Body for Harnasie with music by Karol Szymanowski, directed by Wayne McGregor - a unique contemporary interpretation of the ballet Harnasie, will take place in NOSPR. 

A Body for Harnasie is a pioneering project combining the beauty of Szymanowski's music performed live by NOSPR with the choreography of contemporary dance icon Wayne McGregor and moving images by visual artist Ben Cullen Williams, creating an exciting music and film spectacle.

The visual layer of the project will be processed by artificial intelligence algorithms and displayed on the surface of a vibrant three-dimensional installation suspended in the NOSPR concert hall. During this world premiere, the musicians of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra will be led by Edward Gardner, principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Four concert evenings filled with world and Polish premieres. Songs, symphonic music, drummers and street dancers, opera. From Bernstein to Braxton, from Glass to Weiser, from Mołodowska to Schulz.

On February 22-25, 2024, renowned Polish ensembles, young generation artists and international stars, such as Grammy winners Third Coast Percussion, will perform at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. What is Jewish music today? What story is hidden between the sounds? We will find out during this year's edition of POLIN Music Festival.

Detailed programme: https://www.polin.pl/pl/wydarzenie/polin-music-festival-2024