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"NEW:"  Music works: Krzysztof Penderecki - "Symphony no. 5 'Korean' " commissioned by the International Cultural Society of Korea for the 50th anniversary of liberation of Korea from the Japanese occupation, "Polish Requiem" - each part of it were to be devoted to people or events associated with the Polish tragedies of the period 1970-80 ("Lacrimosa" done for Lech Wałęsa and Solidarity, dedicating it to the memory of the victims of December 1970), "Viola Concerto" commissioned by the government of Venezuela to mark the bicentenary of birth of Simon Bolivar, "Symphony no. 1" premiered in Peterborough by the London Symphony Orchestra; Witold Lutosławski - "Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux" commissioned by Slavko Zlatić, director of the Zagreb Radio Choir, "Musique funèbre for string orchestra" dedicated "à la memoire de Béla Bartók", "Jeux Venitiens" - a breakthrough in his music - inspired by John Cage's original idea to introduce chance - aleatorism - to music.
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RECENTLY ADDED
"Wciąż masz chamie złoty róg? Wciąż masz chamie czapkę z piór" - works from the exhibition by Wiesław Rosocha
June 5 - June 20, 2009
"Wciąż masz chamie złoty róg? Wciąż masz chamie czapkę z piór" - preview of the exhibition by Wiesław Rosocha
June 4, 2009
Museum of Modern Art in New York will host a screening of Bartek Konopka's Oscar nominated documentary "Rabbit à la Berlin" on February 28.
On February 22, a play by Dorota Masłowska "Miedzy nami dobrze jest" will premiere at Teater Galeasen in Stockholm.
The European Fairy Tale Centre in Pacanów (Świętokrzyskie region) will open on February 24, 2010.
Art from the collection of Kraków's Czartoryski Museum will be on display in the Castle in Niepołomice, starting in spring 2010. This is due to renovation work in the Czartoryski Museum scheduled to end in 2012. Niepołomice Castle will host around 1700 works of art, including paintings by Paolo Veneziano, Pieter Brueghel the Younger and Lorenzo Lotto.
On February 12, "The Ghost Writer", the newest film by Roman Polański, will officialy screen at the Berlinale Film Festival. A week later, on February 19, the film will premiere in theaters in Poland, Switzerland, and in the U.S.
On February 10, 2010 in Rome's Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Krystian Zimerman will give a Chopin piano recital marking the Chopin Year celebrations in Italy.
The 46th Wrocław Jazz Festival "Jazz nad Odrą" will start on February 28. The festival will last until March 6, 2010. For more info see www.jnofestival.pl.
The 7th edition of "Misteria Paschalia" in Kraków will take place on March 29 - April 5, 2010.
In honor of the Chopin Anniversary Year, 1st Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, Connecticut, will be held from February 20-21, 2010.
Tchaikovski Gala with Grzegorz Nowak as conductor - London, Cadogan Hall, February 18, 2010.
Krystian Zimerman at Chopin Birthday Concert 1 - London, Royal Festival Hall - Southbank Centre, February 22, 2010.
The 8th Kinoteka Polish Film Festiwal in London opens on March 4 and will last untill April 12, 2010.
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