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Director, actor, professor at the Theater Academy in Warsaw Ryszard Peryt died on January 23, 2019 at the age of 71.

He was a graduate of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Higher School of Theater in Warsaw. Together with Małgorzata Dziewulska and a group of PWST graduates, he founded Puławy Theater Studio, and then co-founded its Warsaw continuation – Studio Teatralne Stołecznej Estrady. In the 1970s, he was an actor at the Contemporary Theater and collaborated with Jerzy Grotowski at his Laboratory Theatre. He was a director at the National Theater under Adam Hanuszkiewicz. At that time he made his debut as an opera director: in 1977 in Słupsk, he staged two small operas by Mozart – The Impresarioand Bastien and Bastienne. From the 1980s, he directed only in opera theaters. He collaborated with the Grand Theater in Poznań, the Grand Theater in Łódź, and was the artistic director of the Warsaw Grand Theater – National Opera, the director of the Warsaw Chamber Opera under the direction of Stefan Sutkowski, and the director of the Polish Royal Opera. He also lectured at his Alma Mater and was one of the co-founders of the Opera Institute. His aim was to combine activities of students of the Theater Academy, the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and the Academy of Fine Arts.

Ryszard Peryt is the only director in the world who staged all Mozart's operas, as well as all Monteverdi's stage works. He was one of the co-founders of the Mozart Festival. He also directed Baroque and contemporary operas. He carried out projects abroad as well: in Austria, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, France, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2018, Ryszard Peryt was honored with the annual award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the "Music" category.

Third edition of the “Festival Polish Circles of Art in China” will end with two concerts in Warsaw and Gdańsk.

On January 23, 2019 at the Concert Studio S1 of Polish Radio in Warsaw we will listen to the Circles of Art Orchestra. The project has been created by the director of the Polish Circles of Art Festival Wojciech Majewski. He invited the composer, leader and visionary of Polish jazz – Wojciech Konikiewicz to collect a super band of Polish Jazz. The concerts in China were the premiere of this project, to which the leader invited the Polish jazz elite.

On January 25, 2019 at the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk, Grzegorz Niemczuk will perform works by Fryderyk Chopin, Wojciech Kilar, and Ignacy Jan Paderewski. The artist belongs to the most active Polish classical pianists of the young generation. He has traveled the world and given more than 400 recitals and concerts in 31 different countries on all 6 continents. Admired for his sensitivity, poetry, beautiful sound and passionate virtuosity he became a favorite with audiences and critics alike. His interpretations of Chopin’s music were placed in 2017 by the National Polish Radio together with those by Martha Argerich, Maurizio Pollini and Adam Harasiewicz.

The special guest of both concerts will be Anna Krysztofiak – an artist of Lodz Philharmonic, singer and multi-instrumentalist playing early European instruments (organ and early keyboards, viola da gamba, folk instruments) as well as many traditional Chinese and Japanese instruments. She received her Master’s degree in history of art (master’s thesis about organ building). She participated in internship in the Manufacture d’Orgue de Bruxelles (Patrick Collon) in Brussels. In 2013, she was granted a scholarship by Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to study at the Taipei National University of the Arts in Prof. Po-Chi Lin Nanguan Music Class, Traditional Music Department.

Both concerts are closed to the public. Admission is possible only with personal invitations.
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A concert of the Repercussion ensemble, featuring the world premieres of works by its members, will take place o

Repercussion, percussion ensemble, is a leading promoter of composition for percussion instruments in Wrocław. Jacek Muzioł, Bartłomiej Dudek, Radosław Jędraś, and Miłosz Rutkowski are graduates of the percussion department of the Wrocław Academy of Music and are an active part of musical life in Poland as performers and pedagogues. The group has performed during the Crossdrumming Festival in Warsaw, the International Percussion Forum, in Żagań, and DRUM BATTLE Rhythm Festival, in Legnica. The ensemble also has a passion for presenting educational activities for children and young people.

The evening's programme will feature two compositions by ensemble members, Bartłomiej Dudek and Miłosz Rutkowski, representing percussion music from Peru and Asia, as well as music composed by Dariusz Kaliszuk, who currently serves as a lecturer in the Jazz Department at the Academy of Music in Wrocław. Due to the nature and age of percussion instruments, the ensembles’ repertoire ranges from classical to ethnic and incorporates jazz, contemporary, and even indie styles. The carefully selected programme allows listeners to become acquainted with all the capabilities percussion instruments offer. These concerts are not only great fun for percussion enthusiasts, but also serve as an unparalleled experience for novices and budding music students.

Full programme available at: http://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/6649

27 stycznia 2019 roku o godz. 12:30 i 16.00 w Narodowym Forum Muzyki będzie wystawiony spektakl z muzyką na żywo dla dzieci od 5. roku życia i ich rodziców Zaczarowane skrzydła.

Młoda księżniczka jest bardzo chora. Nikt nie jest w stanie jej pomóc, a całe królestwo cierpi, bojąc się, że nigdy nie wyzdrowieje. Pewnego dnia pojawia się tajemniczy uzdrowiciel, który potrafi ją wyleczyć. Jednak radość i szczęście króla i królowej nie trwają długo, ponieważ zaczyna się dziać coś zupełnie nieprzewidywalnego…

Pomysł stworzenia interaktywnego przedstawienia dla dzieci zrodził się dzięki spotkaniu czworga pochodzących z różnych krajów, utalentowanych artystów, którzy są również rodzicami. Spektakl Zaczarowane skrzydła jest inspirowany opowiadaniem fińskiej pisarki Kaariny Helakisy Skrzydła księżniczki, które poetycko ilustruje i podkreśla znaczenie środowiska wspierającego dzieci w odkrywaniu ich wyjątkowych uzdolnień. Reżyserem przedstawienia jest Anu Almagro, artystka doświadczona w pracy z Teatrem Pieśń Kozła.

Podczas wydarzenia zabrzmi skomponowana przez Aleksandrę Bugaj i Samuela Alty’ego, grana na żywo muzyka. Wykonywana z wykorzystaniem skrzypiec, gitary, perkusji głosowej i looperów, będzie tryskać energią i prawdziwą feerią brzmieniowych barw. Spektakl będzie celebracją wyobraźni – pełną tańca, teatru fizycznego, muzyki instrumentalnej i śpiewanych po polsku i po fińsku piosenek. Przedstawienie zaczaruje i rozwinie dziecięce skrzydła uśpione w nas wszystkich!

Agnieszka Frei

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The 14th Polish Christmas Carols Competition – the largest choir festival of carols in the country – took place on January 19, 2019 in Chełmno.

After the auditions and discussion, the committee composed of: Joanna Łukaszewska, Michalina Spychalska, Izabela Łuckiewicz and prof. dr hab. Andrzej Ryłko, the chairman of the jury, decided to award the following prizes and distinctions.

The Grand Prix and the cash prize of PLN 2,000 went to the Cantus Vocal Ensemble from Leszno directed by Tomasz Sowiński!

The Golden Bands were awarded to: Chamber Choir Piu Mosso from Wrocław (conducted by Dominik Jarocki), Choir of the Jan III Sobieski LXXV High School  in Warsaw (conducted by Liliana Bach), Chamber Choir Endorfina from Warsaw (conducted by Michał Rajewski), Vocal Ensemble Omnis Mea from Warsaw (conducted by Michał Rajewski, Edyta Sędzik), Vocal Ensemble Modo Maiorum from Warsaw (conducted by Michał Straszewski) and the Echo Choir from Łódź (conducted by Ewelina Bień). 

The choirs Harmonia Sphaerarum from Gniew, Laudate Dominum from Wejherowo and Canto Alegre from Łódź received the Silver Bands and bonuses. Bronze Bands and valuable prizes were given to the the choirs: Sonore from Kleszczów, Lutnia from Więcbork, Cantate Domino from Malbork, Lutnia from Czersk, Lutnia from Luzina and Chawera from Swarzędz.

The jury also awarded several special prizes: for the Best Conductor to Dominik Jarocki  – a cup funded by the Artistic Director of the Michał Rajewski Competition; for the best performance of the Lulajże Jezuniu carol to Modo Maiorum Vocal Ensemble from Warsaw; for cultivating the Kashubian language to Choir Lutnia from Luzina; and for the sound qualities to the Piu Mosso Chamber Choir from Wrocław.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.