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Łańcuch VIII - Witold Lutosławski Festival
2011-10-17
From 23-26 October, 2011, Warsaw will host the eighth edition of the Witold Lutosławski Łańcuch Festival, which is organized by the Witold Lutosławski Society. This is the most important event in Poland disseminating the achievements of one of the greatest Polish composers. The honorary patron of the festival is the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Bogdan Zdrojewski.The festival will feature four concerts, where we can hear the Overture for Strings, Livre pour Orchestre and Mi-parti among other pieces, as well as works by Bacewicz, Palester, Meyer, Spisak and others. There will many outstanding soloists and Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk, Amadeus conducted by Agnieszka Duczmal and the Polish Radio Orchestra under the direction of Ulrich Windfuhr. All concerts will be held in Polish Radio’s Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio.
New to this year's festival will be concerts for children, aptly named „Łańcuszek”, with the subtitle: "Elephant and mosquito, or how music can tell." They will be held on Saturday 22 October 2011 in the Muranów cinema at 11am and 12.30pm.
The tradition of organising the Festival goes back to 2004, which was proclaimed by the Sejm to be "Year of Lutosławski" on account of the tenth anniversary of the composer's death. It takes place every year and presents excellent performances of the composer’s works.
Admission to all of the concerts, which will take place in Polish Radio’s Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio, is free.
Detailed information about the concert can be found at: lutoslawski.org.pl
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