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The Silesian Philharmonic will celebrate its 75th anniversary in the 2019/2020 season. On this occasion, the institution has prepared a rich artistic programme which includes concerts with world-class soloists and presents music by Silesian composers.

Throughout all the years of its activity, the Silesian Philharmonic has constantly proved that Silesia is not so much an industrial space as it is a musical one. Adam Wesołowski, director of the Silesian Philharmonic, decided to use the cultural wealth of the province: "I want to return to the roots of the Silesian Philharmonic. Until the very beginning, when this institution was established, one of its main tasks was to inspire the musical life of the region. Therefore, I decided to outline the Silesian image of the institution in the repertoire and emphasize its culture-making nature by including works of composers from our region in each concert programme. In turn, it will result in a multitude of newly created works, which will be premiered in the anniversary season. "

The season will be inaugurated by two concerts, on 20 and 27 September. The first one will be performed by the Silesian Chamber Orchestra together with the youngest violinist in the world playing a Stradivarius, Sara Domjanić. A week later, the inauguration of the Silesian Philharmonic Choir and Symphony Orchestra will also feature the winner of the first prize in the Tibor Varga Violin Competition and the Gold Medal of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama – Boris Brovtsyn.

The culmination of the season will be the Grand Anniversary Gala on 26 May2020 at the Spodek Arena. During this unique concert, all the ensembles of the Silesian Philharmonic, as well as outstanding soloists: Leszek Możdżer, Katarzyna Hołysz, Małgorzata Walewska, Andrzej Lampert and Aleksander Teliga, will perform together under the direction of Jacek Mirosław Błaszczyk. The programme will feature works by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Mikołaj Górecki, Wojciech Kilar, Ludwig van Beethoven and Leszek Możdżer.

Ticket sale will start on 26 September.

Full programme of the 75th Anniversary Season is available at: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/ 

Premiere of the Atom String Quartet's new album "Penderecki" will take place on 25 August 2019 at 4:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra as part of the cycle "Summer Concerts at Grochowska Street". 

The album includes arrangements of the selected compositions by Krzysztof Penderecki – an outstanding Polish composer of our time: Capriccio for tuba solo, Three miniatures for clarinet and piano, Three pieces in old style, Suite for cello solo and Prelude for clarinet solo. The recording was realized at the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin, which is also the publisher of the album. The ensemble has already recorded five original albums, two of which were awarded with the "Fryderyk" award.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://www.sinfoniavarsovia.org/pl/2019-05-18-letnie-koncerty-na-grochowskiej-9-edycja1.html?t=1564094730 

The fifth edition of the Leszno Baroque Plus festival will take place between 25 August and 1 September  2019, featuring a dozen concerts and theatrical performances.

This year's events will be held in the Municipal Theater, the MOK Hall and the St. John and St. Cross. The programme includes baroque, romantic, ethnic, medieval and contemporary music, dramatic performances and pantomime. Warsaw Akt Theatre and Gdańsk Theater of Dreams will present their own performances. The festival will feature Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio, Tiburtina Ensemble from Czech Republic, outstanding pianists Lukas Geniuszas and Anton Batagow (first time in Poland), Capella Savaria from Hungary, singer and composer Agata Zubel with Warsaw Cellonet conducted by Andrzej Bauer. The Amadeus Orchestra will present Variations sur un thème de Mozart by Piotr Moss, who this year celebrates 70th birthday and 50th anniversary of artistic work. Actors of the Akt Theatre will take part in the performance The Flowers of evil according to Baudelaire's poetry with music by Robert Jędrzejewski.

Moreover, three special projects will be premiered at the Festival: To Sing Brecht with conductor Agnieszka Nagórka and actors Hanna Śleszyńska and Bartosz Bandura, Don Juan by Christoph Willibald Gluck with actors of the Warsaw Pantomime Centre and Haendel XXI with composer and pianist Nikola Kołodziejczyk, jazz vocalist Julia Sawicka and countertenor and composer Michał Sławecki.

Leszno Barok Plus is held under the patronage of President Łukasz Borowiak, and the city of Leszno is the main patron of the event. Admission to all concerts and performances is free.

Full programme available at: http://www.lesznobarokplus.pl/ 

Polish film music will fill the programme of the concert entitled "Celluloid – on the musical side of the screen", which will take place on 25 August 2019 at 7:00 pm in the concert hall of the State Music School Complex in Elbląg.

The concert of the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Krzysztof Herdzin will feature excellent guitarists Marek Napiórkowski and Artur Lesicki. It will be a tribute to the origins of cinematography as well as Polish composers of film music. The programme will include compositions by Wojciech Kilar, Tomasz Stańko, Krzysztof Komeda, Andrzej Korzyński, Jerzy Matuszkiewicz as well as a few original works by the soloists.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: www.eok.elblag.eu  

On 24 August 2019 at 8:30 p.m., on the 100th anniversary of the end of the First Silesian Uprising, Silesian Museum will host a unique open-air concert to remember all those who stood up to fight for Upper Silesia, offering what they had the most precious – their lives.

Concert organizers – Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic and Silesian Museum – want to promote the highest values: freedom, social and national community, understanding above all divisions. They honor the memory of those who were irrevocably "snatched out of life", leaving boundless sadness and regret in their relatives hearts.

The Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra will perform with world-class soloist, Iwona Sobotka. The musicians will be led by an outstanding Polish artist – Krzysztof Penderecki. Maestro will perform a double role that day: as a conductor and composer. During the concert, we will listen to, among others his Chaconne, referred to as "music of lamentation without words." The programme will also include the most famous piece by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, patron of the Silesian Philharmonic: the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs op. 36.

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