For years, the Kraków International Festival of Composers has allowed us to look into the files, notebooks, drawers, computers and even heads of composers associated with Krakow and presented their work against the background of artists from around the world. We will move freely through the timeline of the Krakow school of composers: from the classics and the generation of professors (Krzysztof Penderecki, Marek Stachowski, Zbigniew Bujarski), through the middle generation (Wojciech Widłak, Marcel Chyrzyński, Maciej Jabłoński) to the youngest composers (Michał Dorman, Paweł Malinowski). An international context will be provided by pieces from South America, South Korea and Japan. As usual, an important element of the festival will be the world premieres of recent works – more than 30 this year! We will hear, among others, Ania Karpowicz (flute), Barbara Borowicz (clarinet), Jan Kalinowski (cello), Andrzej Pikul and Dominika Peszko (piano), as well as a number of ensembles: Fluda-Lato Duo, Duo Mastruzzo-Núñez, Warsaw Trio, Silesian String Quartet and Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej.
Saturday 10 May 2025, 6pm
Kraków Philharmonic
OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL
OMN ENSEMBLE
SZYMON BYWALEC – conductor
Michał Dorman From the ground for chamber orchestra (2021/2025) *
Maciej Jabłoński Episodes and Choruses. Chamber Symphony for chamber orchestra (2025) *
Paweł Malinowski floating:disapperearnce for chamber orchestra (2025) *
Aleksander Nowak Night transit for chamber orchestra (2012)
* World premiere
Sunday 11 May 2025, 1pm
St Mary’s Church
HOLY MASS FOR THE INTENTION OF COMPOSERS, MUSICOLOGISTS AND MUSICIANS OF KRAKÓW AND UKRAINE
FR. DR. DAWID KUSZ OP
CAPPELLA MARIALIS
MICHAŁ PIECHNIK – organ
KRZYSZTOF MICHAŁEK – conductor
Sunday 11 May 2025, 7pm
Florianka Recital Hall
MIND LANDSCAPE
SILESIAN QUARTET:
SZYMON KRZESZOWIEC – violin I
ARKADIUSZ KUBICA – violin II
ŁUKASZ SYRNICKI – viola
PIOTR JANOSIK – cello
Krzysztof Penderecki Quartetto per archi (1960)
Zbigniew Bujarski String Quartet For Autumn (2001)
Marcel Chyrzyński Mindscape No. 1 for string quartet (2025)
Wojciech Widłak Ostinato (Quartetto d’archi no 2) (2025) *
Aleksander Nowak String Quartet No. 2 (2011/2012)
Monday 12 May 2025, 7pm
Florianka Recital Hall
MUSIC FROM THE DEPTHS
DUO MASTRUZZO-NÚÑEZ (Argentina):
ANA LIGIA MASTRUZZO – flute
FEDERICO NÚÑEZ – guitar
Marcelo González Felina for flute and guitar with amplification (2025) *
Pedro Castillo Lara Pirekua for flute, guitar and electronica (2025) *
Gonzalo Bifarella LB y los espejos for flute, guitar and electronica (2025) *
João Pedro Oliveira Burning Silver for flute, guitar and electronica (2014) **
Federico Núñez Il canto di Fausto for flute and guitar with amplification (2025) *
Leszek Wojtal Z głębi pustej doliny III na flute and guitar (2025) *
Tuesday 13 May 2025, 7pm
Florianka Recital Hall
KRAKÓW SCHOOL OF COMPOSERS
BARBARA BOROWICZ – clarinet
DAMIAN LIPIEŃ – bassoon
JAN KALINOWSKI – cello
DOMINIKA PESZKO – piano
Michael Gatonska Earth: Night Forest (the pale earth book about the darkening of days) for clarinet, prepared piano and amplification (2018)
Marek Stachowski Recitativo e preghiera for cello and piano (1999)
Ewa Zuchowicz Lo Stesso for cello solo (2025) *
Grzegorz Majka Wizje melsztyńskie for clarinet, bassoon and cello (2025) *
Krzysztof Kostrzewa Hommage à Pierre Boulez for clarinet, bassoon, cello and piano (2025) *
Jacek Sajka From out to in for clarinet, bassoon, cello and piano (2025) *
Anna Zawadzka-Gołosz Strofy otwarte for clarinet, bassoon, cello and piano (2025) *
Wednesday 14 May 2025, 7pm
Florianka Recital Hall
MUSICAL MEMORY
WARSAW TRIO:
PIOTR THIEU-QUANG – clarinet
MARIA LESZCZYŃSKA-THIEU – cello
PAWEŁ POPKO – piano
Andrea Mastropasqua Silver Chimes for clarinet, cello and piano (2025) ***
Paweł Mykietyn …choć doleciał Dedal… for clarinet, cello and piano (1990)
Xing Yu Die Kunst des Teufels Nr. 2 for clarinet, cello and piano (2025) *
Seonjin Yun Memoria for clarinet, cello and piano (2025) *
Wołodymir Runczak Someone with me, three commandments of happiness for clarinet, cello and piano (2015)
*** World premiere, Main Prize of the 8th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers
Thursday 15 May 2025, 7pm
Hevre
ELECTRONIC COCKTAIL
Concert of the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków’s Electroacoustic Music Studio
STUDENTS OF THE KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN KRAKÓW’S
MATEUSZ BIEŃ/MAREK CHOŁONIEWSKI/PIOTR PESZAT – realisation, coordination
PME Ensemble: IZABELA VINCENT ABREU, JULIA BOURGUOIS, DOMINIKA CZACHOR, KATARZYNA CZEKAJ, KATARZYNA CZERNY, JERZY FLORKOWSKI, EMILIA GADECKA, PIOTR GĄSIOREK, KAROLINA KACZÓWKA, MICHAŁ KILSIELEWICZ, RÓŻA MADEJ, WERONIKA MAJ, OLIWIA MAKUŁA, JADWIGA MGLEJ, JULIA MIELNICZEK, ZOFIA PRYTULA, IGOR SIKORSKI, ALEKSANDRA SZARON, KACPER SZCZUREK, RÓŻA WOJNAR – instruments, media, electronica, kinetic movement
SEx Ensemble: SZYMON GOLEC, ARTHUR KAUFFMANN NOVAS, DAMIAN RAŹNY – unidentified sound sources
WME Ensemble: MATTEO GURRIERI, WIKTORIA LATOS, ANIELA MARCZYK, GABRIELA NALEPA, JULIA PIASECKA, STANISŁAW WIDŁAK – under- and supernatural voices
TYTUS SIKORSKI – fixed media
MACIEJ BIENIAWSKI – electric guitar
ALEKSANDRA MERWART – electronica, light
HANIA DEREJ – audio playback and video
JULIA PIASECKA, MATTEO GURRIERI – analogue synthesizer and live electronics
KATARINA GRYVUL – voice, electronica
GrupLab: MAREK CHOŁONIEWSKI, ANJELINE DE DIOS, KATARINA GRYVUL, MARCIN JANUS, PIOTR MADEJ, ALESSIO TUCCIARELLI, BEATA WINIARSKA I INNI – voices, instruments, objects and electronica
Bogusław Schaeffer Free Form I for an ensemble (1972)
SEx Ensemble cyberShaman (2025) *
Tytus Sikorski Study I for fixed media (2025) *
Maciej Bieniawski słowa wypowiedziane szeptem wybrzmiewają w mojej głowie najdłużej for guitar and live-electronica (2025) *
Aleksandra Merwart (Nie)usłyszane na piano and light (2025) *
Hania Derej Where it ends and begins for audio playback and video (2025) *
Julia Piasecka/Matteo Gurrieri Textures for analogue synthesizer and live-electronica (2025) *
Matteo Gurrieri/Wiktoria Latos/Aniela Marczyk/Gabriela Nalepa/Julia Piasecka/Stanisław Widłak Rotator – Was it a car or a cat I saw? for voices (2025) *
Katarina Gryvul Zemlya fpr voice and electronica (2025) *
GrupLab Plejrek 465 for voices, instruments, objects and electronica (2025) *
Friday 16 May 2025, 7pm
Hevre
MUSICAL AFFECTIONS
YUI IWATA-SKWERES (Japan/Austria/Germany) – violin
TOMASZ SKWERES (Polska/Austria/Germany) – cello
Grzegorz Wierzba Perseids for violin and cello (2021)
Tomasz Skweres Seven Affects for violin and cello (2017)
Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz Sub sol(e) for violin solo (2025) *
Mateusz Ryczek Duo for violin and cello (2021)
Daniel Oliver Moser Four Verses for violin and cello (2022)
Jakub Polaczyk Chodok nr 2 „wiedeński” for cello solo (2024) **
Jarosław Płonka scent of grey, Jan ’25 for violin and cello (2025) *
Saturday 17 May 2025, 6pm
Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków
KRAKÓW COMPOSERS AND THEIR GUESTS
FLUDA-LATO DUO:
PIOTR LATO – clarinet
WIOLETTA FLUDA-TKACZYK – piano
Szczepan Tesarowicz ’Musica straziante e ho’oponopono’ per il lontano per clarinetto e pianoforte (2025) *
Włodzimierz Kotoński 6 Miniatur for clarinet and piano (1957)
Witold Rudziński Burleska for clarinet and piano (1969)
Adam Świerzyński Ballada bałtykana for clarinet and piano (1982)
Szczepan Tesarowicz ’Musica straziante e ho’oponopono’ per il lontano per clarinetto e pianoforte (2025) *
Bogdan Kryvopust …i wiosna przyjdzie do krainy Scytów for clarinet and piano (2025) *
Michał Pawełek Preludium chorałowe for clarinet and piano (2025) *
Peter Machajdík Ask the Water for clarinet and piano (2025) *
Sunday 18 May 2025, 4pm
Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków
PROMOTION OF THE CD ALBUM JÓZEF RYCHLIK (PENDERECKI ACADEMY PRESS 2025) ATTENDED BY THE COMPOSER, ACCOMPANYING EVENT
led by AGNIESZKA DRAUS –
ANDRZEJ PIKUL – piano
MATEUSZ BIEŃ – sound
Sunday 18 May 2025, 6pm
Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków
CLOSING CONCERT
ANIA KARPOWICZ – flute
KAROL TOMOKI YAMAZAKI – visualisations
IZUMI YOSHIDA – video
Toru Takemitsu Itinerant for flute solo (1989)
Kazuo Fukushima Mei for flute solo (1962)
Dai Fujikura Sandpiper for flute solo (2020)
Toru Takemitsu Air for flute solo (1996)
Kazuo Fukushima Requiem for flute solo (1956)
Nina Fukuoka/Izumi Yoshida Zansei for flute, tape and video (2020)
* world premiere
** Polish premiere
