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The Success of Polish Music in Moscow
2011-10-17
The concert by Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra under the baton of maestro Krzysztof Penderecki at the Piotr Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory, one of the most prestigious focal points of musical performance in the Russian capital, ended with a standing ovation, enthusiastic cheers and an encore. The concert opened the Small Festival of Polish Chamber Music, held on 14-15 October. Well received Polish artists presented the Moscow audience with music that was interesting from both the point of view of performance and of the preparation of the programme. On the first day of the Festival, Sinfonietta Cracovia, led by Robert Kabara, who appeared also as a soloist for the viola concerto, perfectly performed the Chaconne and the aforementioned Concerto for Viola, Percussion and Celesta by Krzysztof Penderecki, the Concerto for String Orchestra by Grażyna Bacewicz, and Souvenir de Florence by Piotr Tchaikovsky, and encoring Wojciech Kilar’s Orawa.On the second day, the leading Polish soloists of the younger generation: Janusz Wawrowski and Anna Maria Staśkiewicz (violin), Katarzyna Budnik- Gałązka (viola), Marcin Zdunik and Magdalena Bojanowicz (cello), in collaboration with Ewa Pobłocka (piano), presented Witold Maliszewski’s String Quintet, Igor Stravinsky’s Italian Suite (arranged for string quartet by Marcin Zdunik) and Juliusz Zarębski’s Piano Quintet in chamber groups specially created for the occasion.
Polish artists conquered the audience with their level of performance, commitment, energy and obvious joy of playing, showing the very best of our chamber music in a concise two-day festival.
The festival in Moscow was organised under the framework of the Polish Presidency of the European Union by the Kraków Industrial Society (KTP).
(prepared by Mariusz Szymański, KTP, festival producer)
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