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The Nowa Miodowa Foundation and Music School Complex No. 1 in Warsaw invite you to a new concert series in Nowa Miodowa - "Music Lessons". The title is a bit tongue-in-cheek, because it's not exactly about lessons and not only about music... The first two concerts of the series in 2024 - on the 13^th of February and the 12^th of April - will feature performances by excellent musicians who are also teachers at Nowa Miodowa: violinist Janusz Wawrowski (accompanied by Tymoteusz Bies at the piano) and pianist Filip Wojciechowski (with Trio) and pianist Marek Bracha.

The upcoming concert is a real musical meeting with titled Polish artists, winners of many prestigious international competitions. Janusz Wawrowski and Tymoteusz Bies will perform Sonata da Camera and Humoresque by Grażyna Bacewicz, Ballade in G minor, Op. 23 and Waltz in E flat major, Op. 18 by Fryderyk Chopin, and Prelude No. 21 BWV 886 by Johann Sebastian Bach in B flat major.

Jazz interpretations of Polish music will be performed by an ensemble performing continuously since 2000. In the second part of the concert, pianist and composer Filip Wojciechowski, double bassist Paweł Pańta and drummer Patryk Dobosz will return to Bacewicz's works and present Oberek, Taniec Mazowiecki and Lullaby arranged by Wojciechowski.

The jury of the 7^th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers, after reviewing 14 scores, decided to award Main Prize and two distinctions.

15 scores from 9 countries were submitted to the competition: Austria (1), China (1), France (1), Hong Kong/West, Britain (1), Kosovo (1), Poland (6), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1), USA (2).

The jury was composed of: Marcel Chyrzyński (chairman), Zbigniew Bargielski, Ivan Buffa (Slovakia), Federico Gardella (Italy), Gośka Isphording (Poland/Germany) and Wojciech Widłak. The secretary of the competition was Aleksandra Patalas.

The Main Prize of USD 1,000 was awarded to the work Musical clicks, whistles and knocks (emblem: Star).

Moreover, the Jury decided to award 2 honorary distinctions for the works: October-abschied (emblem: Nysewalk) and Breathings (emblem: 211289).

The winner of the Main Prize was Ylli Daklani from Kosovo.

The distinctions went to Filip Gołdanowski from Poland (emblem: Nysewalk) and Otto Wanke from Austria (emblem: 211289).

Competition website: http://festiwal.zkp.krakow.pl/konkurs/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

A unique event will take place on the 10^th of February, 2024 at 7.00 p.m. in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio.

The Witold Lutosławski Festival will be an opportunity to celebrate together the rich history of the Sinfonia Viva orchestra and to enjoy extraordinary music. During the concert on the occasion of the orchestra's 25^th anniversary, the 2^nd Violin Concerto by Tomasz Radziwonowicz will be premiered conducted by the composer, general director and artistic director of the Orchestra. The violinist Gabriela Balcerek (Royal College of Music) - the youngest scholarship holder of the "Young Poland" programme - will perform as a soloist.

More on the Orchestra's website www.sinfoniaviva.com 

Wojciech Chałupka's Concerto for accordion and orchestra will be performed for the first time at the Music School Complex Concert Hall in Białystok on the 9^th of February 9, 2024 at 7 p.m. Recognized accordionist Klaudiusz Baran will perform, to whom the composer dedicated this work. The artist will be accompanied by the orchestra of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic, conducted by Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk.

Chałupka's work presents various faces of the accordion and its wide possibilities. The three-part composition is full of contrasts, starting with the majestic and energetic first movement, through the melodious and delicate second, to the lively finale: classic form and innovative sounds!

During the concert, we will also hear Fuga y Misterio by Astor Piazzolla, an orchestral suite from the musical Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Porgy and Bess - A symphonic Picture by George Gershwin - a collection of the most famous songs from the opera Porgy and Bess, arranged by Robert Russell Bennett.

Ticket information: https://www.oifp.eu/repertuar/koncert-na-zakonczenie-karnawalu 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Piano in a masterful way! Gabriela Montero - Venezuelan pianist and composer, winner of the third prize at the 13^th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in 1995, will perform as a soloist in Katowice on the 9^th of February, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. She will be accompanied by the NOSPR conducted by Marin Alsop.

The first to be presented will be Allegro de Voiron, a neoclassical gem for orchestra by Michal Spisak. This will be followed by the Venezuelan artist's performance of her Concerto No. 1, "Latino" dedicated to Montero's homeland. The second part of the concert will be filled with Richard Strauss' Life of a Hero. The NOSPR invites you on a journey: from France, to Venezuela, to the secret realms where the time of heroes takes place.

Ticket information: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/nospr-alsop-montero