Set out for 88 white and black keys, the Pianophony piano festival has one goal: to show the different facets of the piano. From Domenico Scarlatti’s sonatas written when the instrument was still a technical novelty, to the most recent works; from Fanny Mendelssohn, composing in the shadow of her famous brother (whose works will be played by Marcin Koziak), to her 20th-century female colleagues, equally often overlooked in the history of music (Asher Ian Armstrong will bring them out of oblivion). We will listen to concerts in memory of Henryk Neuhaus, a valued interpreter of Chopin’s and Beethoven’s works, a teacher of such great artists as Sviatoslav Richter, and Stefan Wojtas, who was associated with the Academy of Music in Kraków for many years. The Pianophony programme will be complemented by tangos straight from Buenos Aires, performed by Argentinian pianist Adrian Enriquez.
Monday, 26 May 2025, 7pm
Florianka Recital Hall
Liminal Space: Female Piano Music
Henriëtte Bosmans (1895-1952) Prélude No. 1, Moderato assai (1917)
Jean Coulthard (1908-2000) Prelude No. 5, Dirge (1939)
Henriëtte Bosmans Prélude No. 2, Lento assai (1917)
Jean Coulthard Prelude No. 8, Song (1939)
Varvara Gaigerova (1903-1944) Four Sketches (1926)
Varvara Gaigerova Piano Sonata in E minor Op. 1 (1925)
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Ilse Fromm-Michaels (1888-1986) Piano Sonata Op. 6 (1918)
Katherine Parker (1886-1971) Nocturne (1926)
Asher Ian Armstrong – piano
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Florianka Recital Hall
11am
Master class – Prof. Vincenzo Balzani
7pm
Concert in memoriam of Prof. Stefan Wojtas (1943-2024)
Performers: students of Prof. Stefan Wojtas
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 7pm
Florianka Recital Hall
Scarlatti!
Scarlatti sonata evening
Performers: students of the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 7pm
Florianka Recital Hall
Concert in memoriam of Henryk Neuhaus (1888-1964)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1772-1827) Sonata in A flat major Op. 110
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1949)
- Polonaise in A flat major Op. 53
- 2 Nocturnes Op. 27
- Fantaisie – Impromptu in C sharp minor
- Barcarole in F sharp major Op. 60
- 3 Walrzes: in E flat major Op. 18, in A minor Op. 34 nr 2, in A flat major Op. 42
Valentina Igoshina – piano
Friday, 30 May 2025, 7pm
Florianka Recital Hall
Tango! (for piano)
Adrian Enriquez (M. De Falla Conservatory in Buenos Aires) and students of the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music
Saturday, 31 May 2025
Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music
Kośmieja / Zakrzewska
Adam Kośmieja / Martyna Zakrzewska and students of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz
Igor Strawiński (1882-1971) The Rite of Spring (selection)
Damian Tatara / Tomasz Kłeczek
George Crumb (1929-2022) Makrokosmos IV. Celestial Mechanics. Cosmic Dances for Amplified Piano, Four Hands (selection)
Kośmieja / Zakrzewska
George Crumb Zeitgeist: III. Monochord
Philip Glass (1937) Four Movements for Two Pianos (selection)
Frederic Rzewski (1938-2021) Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (two pianos version)
Adam Kośmieja, Martyna Zakrzewska – piano
Damian Tatara, Tomasz Kłeczek – piano
Monday, 2 June 2025, 7pm
Florianka Recital Hall
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847):
3 works: H 4, H 29, H 30
Gigue H 127
Toccata H 114
2 works: H 181, H 202
Piano Sonata “Easter” H 235
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H 332
Bagatelle in D major H 311
Abschied von Rom, Ponte Molle H 352
Capriccio in B minor H 349
H 420
O Traum der Jugend, o goldner Stern H 424
H 423
Song for Piano in D flat major H461
Song for Piano in A minor H 46
Marcin Koziak – piano
