The international conference 9th Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz Days is held this year under the banner: Metamorphoses. Transcriptions, Arrangements, Adaptations to accentuate its vital role in the guitar literature from Renaissance to the contemporary days. The conference comprises lectures, chamber concerts and recitals by following artists and academy lecturers:
Prof. Johannes Monno
Prof. Martin Schwarz
Prof. Carlo Marchione
Prof. Miłosz Mączyński
Dr. Dariusz Kupiński
Dr. Krzysztof Cyran
Kupiński Guitar Duo
Guitar4mation
The patron of the Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz Days was a 19th-century Polish virtuoso guitarist, composer, music editor, and publisher, called by Franz Liszt “the Chopin of guitar”, who was born in Kraków.
16 May 2025
Florianka Recital Hall
4pm Opening of the conference, opening lecture
5pm Prof. Martin Schwarz – lecture: „Creative arranging for guitar quartet“
7:30pm Concert by Kupiński Guitar Duo
FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (arr. Kupinski Duo) Lieder ohne Worte
– Hunting Song Op. 19 No. 3
– Lost Illusions Op. 67 No. 2
– Unrest Op. 30 No. 2
– Meditation Op. 67 No. 1
– Passion Op. 38 No. 5
ANTOINE DE LHOYER Duo Concertant Op. 31 No. 3
FRYDERYK CHOPIN (arr. Kupinski Duo)
Mazurka Op. 63 No. 3
Mazurka Op. 50 No. 3
Mazurka Op. 41 No. 3
Waltz Op. 69 No. 2
Waltz Op. 64 No. 2
Grande Valse Brillante, op. 18
DUŠAN BOGDANOVIĆ Sonata Fantasia
17 May 2025
Didactic building, ul. Andrzeja Potebni 7
11am-2pm International luthier conference and instrument presentations
17 May 2025
Florianka Recital Hall
3–7pm Prof. Carlo Marchione – lecture and masterclass: “Why should we transcribe? Between heart and brain”
7:30pm Concert by Guitar4Mation:
Campbell Diamond
Michał Nagy
Petr Saidl
Martin Schwarz
ERNESTO HALFTER
Danza de la Pastora *
Hommage a Federico Mompou*
Danza de la Gitana*
LEOŠ JANÁČEK Po zarostlém chodníčku
- Naše večery*
- Frýdecká panna Maria*
- Štěbetaly jak laštovičky*
- Sýček neodletěl!*
JOAQUIN RODRIGO Serenata Espaňola*
JUAN CARLOS COBIAN Los Mareados *
ANSELMO AIETA Corralera
JUANJO DOMINGUEZ Faseando*
MARTIN SCHWARZ Get uneven
THOMAS FELLOW
Syrah
Mistral
*arr. Martin Schwarz
18 May 2025
Florianka Recital Hall
10am–1pm Prof. Carlo Marchione – Masterclass
2–7pm Prof. Johannes Monno – lecture and masterclass: “Arrangements of the Biedermeier period with special consideration of the arrangements for 2 guitars”
7:30pm Recital by Carlo Marchione
FERNANDO SOR An imaginary sonata
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Adagio from Sonata K. 57
JOHANN KASPAR MERTZ
Notturno op.4 n.2
Introduction & Rondeau brilliant, Op. 11
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ROBERT SCHUMANN Dichterliebe, Op. 48
I. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
II. Aus meinen Thränen spriedden
III. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube
IV. Wenn ich in deine Auge seh’
V. Ich will meine Seele tauchen
Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1
M. GIULIANI Rossiniana No. 3, Op. 121
All arrangements by Carlo Marchione
