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Berlin i Mediolan to dwie metropolie, w których w październiku 2018 roku wystąpi Orkiestra Filharmonii Poznańskiej.

Już 23 października Orkiestra wystąpi w słynnym Konzerthaus w historycznym centrum Berlina. Podczas koncertu z okazji 100. rocznicy odzyskania przez Polskę niepodległości, w samym sercu niemieckiej stolicy zabrzmią dzieła Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego, Henryka Wieniawskiego, Aleksandra Tansmana i Wojciecha Kilara. Swoisty pomost pomiędzy narodami stworzy zaś Uwertura Zur Namensfeier Ludwiga van Beethovena dedykowana księciu Antoniemu Radziwiłłowi. Orkiestrze Filharmonii Poznańskiej pod batutą jej szefa, Maestro Marka Pijarowskiego, towarzyszyć będą światowej sławy artyści: wybitny pianista Szymon Nehring i solistka-rezydentka Filharmonii Poznańskiej, znakomita skrzypaczka Bomsori Kim. Udział w koncercie zatytułowanym „Niepodległej na urodziny” zapowiedzieli prezydenci Polski i Niemiec. Koncert ten transmitować będzie Deutschlandfunk Kultur (https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de) o godz. 20.03. Transmisji wysłuchać też będzie można na antenie radiowej Dwójki (początek o godz. 19.00) oraz on-line: http://player.polskieradio.pl/-2 

.Koncert objęty jest patronatem Polskiego Wydawnictwa Muzycznego w ramach przedsięwzięcia TUTTI.pl promującego wykonawstwo muzyki polskiej

Natomiast 27 października o godz. 20.30 Poznańscy Filharmonicy wystąpią w prestiżowej sali koncertowej Auditorium di Milano w Mediolanie. Włoscy melomani usłyszą dzieła najwybitniejszych polskich kompozytorów: Fryderyka Chopina, Henryka Wieniawskiego, Karola Kurpińskiego i Krzysztofa Pendereckiego. Orkiestrę FP poprowadzi Maestro Łukasz Borowicz, a solistkami będą dwie światowej sławy gwiazdy –Yulianna Avdeeva i Bomsori Kim.

The Society of Friends of the John Paul II Foundation in Warsaw invites everyone to a solemn concert of choral music on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the inauguration of the pontificate of John Paul II, which will take place on October 23, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Warsaw Philharmonic.

The election of Cardinal Karol Wojtyła as Pope in October 1978 occasioned a great number of music works celebrating this pontificate. The programme of the October concert consists of pieces that illustrates the diversity of religious music in Poland over the last more than 120 years. Henryk Mikołaj Górecki’s Sacred Songs, some of which were written in the mid-1980s, emanate a specific kind of simplicity. Krzysztof Penderecki’s Missa brevis, completed in 2012, is very different from his monumental vocal‑instrumental frescos. It is simple and delicate, suitable for both a children’s and a men’s choir. Charles Ives’s Psalms (from the turn of the 19th century) feature, apart from vocal parts, also the organ, bells and percussion. The Latvian composer Rihards Dubra’s Te Deum is scored for similar forces, enriched by the addition of a horn and a saxophone.

The works will be performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Artos Children's Choir and musicians of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bartosz Michałowski. We will also hear organists Emanuel Bączkowski and Jakub Pankowiak.

More information available at: http://filharmonia.pl

The Department of Composition, Conducting and Theory of Music as well as the Chair of Symphony and Opera Conducting at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music invite you to participate in the third edition of the national conference from the series "Outstanding Polish Conductors", which will take place on October 22, 2018 in the New Hall of the UMFC Senate.

The conference will be devoted to the life and career of Professor Henryk Czyż. The aim of the conference is to show the rich, multi-faceted activity of a professor, a long-time pedagogue at the Warsaw university. In a wide range of issues one will find his work as a conductor, composer, pedagogue, music popularizer, and writer.

The papers will be delivered by prof. dr hab. Krystyna Juszyńska, dr hab. Maja Metelska, dr Iwona Świdnicka, dr Jarosław Praszczałek, and dr Rafał Janiak. The conference will be also an occasion to watch fragments of Henryk Czyż's television programs "Nie taki diabeł straszny" from TVP archives and hear such works as Jazz etude for string quartet and Canzona di barocco arranged for string quintet.

Admission free!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

On October 21, 2018 at 6:00 p.m., the concert hall of the State Music School Complex in Elbląg will host a concert "Krzysztof Książek – piano gentleman".

The Elbląg Chamber Orchestra will perform in the company of Krzysztof Książek – one of the most talented Polish pianists of the young generation. The musicians will be led by Mateusz Rusowicz – conductor-in-residence of the EOK in the season 2018/2019.

The programme of the concert will include: Piano Concerto in E minor, Op.11 by Fryderyk Chopin, Sinfonietta "Time is ticking" by Maciej Bałenkowski, Adagio for string quartet, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber and Idyll for string orchestra by Leoš Janáček. The concert will be hosted by Jarosław Praszczałek.

The concert was co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the "Conductor-in-Residence 2018/2019" programme, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance. The concert is held under the patronage of the PWM Editions as part of the TUTTI.pl project promoting performances of Polish music.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: http://www.eok.elblag.eu

The world's leading guitarists and for the first time as many as three orchestras: NOSPR, AUKSO and {oh!} Historical Orchestra, premiere performances of two guitar concerts that were written on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of regaining independence by Poland, and inspirational fringe events for everyone – that's how the seventeenth edition of the Silesian Guitar Autumn, which will last from October 21 to October 27, 2018, looks like.

A unique week with a classical guitar will start with a concert in the NOSPR Concert Hall in Katowice, featuring Marcin Dylla and Łukasz Kuropaczewski, the most outstanding Polish guitarists of our time. The inaugural concert will include Arioso e furioso by Mikołaj Górecki – a guitar concerto written in 2014 especially for the Festival. Then we will move to Mediateka in Tychy, where in the next seven days we will have the opportunity to hear music from Europe and the world performed by guitar virtuosos – Brasil Guitar Duo and European Guitar Quartet (Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany), Marko Topchii (Ukraine), Bireli Lagrene and Cyprien N'tsaï (France), Francesco Buzzurro (Italy), Dávid Adorján (Germany), Avi Avital and Chen Reiss (Israel). The uniqueness of the seventeenth Silesian Guitar Autumn is due to premiere performances of two guitar concerts by Clarice Assad and Marek Pasieczny – world-class compositions with the elements of Polish ethnic music, commissionned by the Festival.

Among the fringe events we will find a scientific-artistic session "Guitar in Poland yesterday – today – tomorrow", a meeting with the Italian luthier Gabriele Lodi, the founder of a concert guitar which is one of the prizes in the Jan Edmund Jurkowski International Guitar Competition, vocal workshops with Clarice Assad and master classes conducted by jurors of the Guitar Competition. The Festival will be also accompanied by the exhibition of photographs by Ireneusz Kaźmierczak.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Full programme available at: http://guitar.tychy.pl/pl/