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Ignacy Zalewski (photo: courtesy of the artist)

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Apollon Musagète Quartett © Marco Borggreve Symphonic Variations

[Q]\QTML: Ignacy Zalewski
_award \MLPQL]MLT: Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, Marzena Diakun
(conductor), Oskar Jezior (piano)
Polityka’s Passport [Q]]XTTXQRMS gh: Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra as part of
the Institute of Music and Dance’s Composer-in-Residence
IJKLMJNM: Apollon Musagète Quartett program
PQKRSML: Polityka Magazine \LM]XiLM: Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish
Radio, Warsaw
apollon-musagete.com
bit.do/culture-apollon bit.do/wsm-zalewski
IXTNMR: soundcloud.com/ignacyzalewski
The justikcation for the verdict read as follows: ‘for
consistent and euective building of a strong position in Zalewski has made use of the well-known symphonic
European musical life, always including Polish music in variation form, but – not wanting to bore the listener with
their repertoire, as well as for their brilliant album Multitude’. its traditional version – he has decided to give the work
The quartet was founded in 2006 by four Polish musicians: emotional expression and a lively narrative.
violinists Paweł Zalejski and Bartosz Zachłód, violist Piotr
Szumieł and ’cellist Piotr Skweres. The artists are the winners
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of, among other awards, 1 Prize at the ARD Competition
in Munich.
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International Inauguration of the
Panufnik Centenary
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Chain XI Festival [Q]\QTML: Andrzej Panufnik
\MLPQL]MLT: London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Francis
(conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
[Q]\QTMLT: Witold Lutosławski, Andrzej Panufnik, Wojciech QLYJRXZMLT: London Symphony Orchestra, Adam
Kilar, Zbigniew Bargielski
QLYJRXZML: Witold Lutosławski Society Mickiewicz Institute, Boosey & Hawkes, Panufnik family
\IJ[M: Barbican Centre, London
\IJ[M: Warsaw
bit.do/inauguration-panufnik
lutoslawski.org.pl
bit.do/culture-panufnik
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Chain is a Lutosławski festival, and its 11 edition represented
a xuid transition from the 100 birthday of Lutos to the 100 Two completely diuerent works were heard: the spiritual
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birthday of his friend Andrzej Panufnik. Among other works, Sinfonia Sacra, beginning with the playing of four trumpets
Variations on a Theme by Paganini – a work from the times placed at the corners of the stage, and Lullaby for 29 string
when Lutosławski and Panufnik performed together in the instruments which play at diuerent tempi.
cafés of occupied Warsaw – was performed. The event was
accompanied by the Little Chain mini-festival for children.
Andrzej Panufnik is a composer well worth getting to know
better, and 2014 is shaping up to be the ideal year to do so.
— Gavin Dixon (orpheuscomplex.blogspot.com)

Polska Music Now 2 Calendar of Events 2013/14