Music Days is a festival event organised by the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków to celebrate a chosen composer and his/her oeuvre presented in a broader context of his/her contemporaries. It aims not only to get closer to the protagonist of the event, but also to learn more about the music of his/her times, his/her patrons and composition representing the composing style.
The main theme of the jubilee 11th Music Days will be the output of Gabriel Fauré on the 180th death anniversary of the French composer.
Thursday 11 December 2025, 7pm
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano, Op. 109
César Franck (1822-1890) Sonata in A major
Olsi Leka cello
Peter Caelen piano
Friday 12 December 2025, 7pm
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1
Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1
Yang Guo baritone
Rong Li piano
Strong Quartet in E minor, Op. 121
Konstantine Gotsiridze violin
Marina Getia violin
Anna Wodka viola
Giorgi Nadareishvili cello
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Chanson d’amour
Kacper Szczurek baritone
Meng Wang piano
Au bord de l’eau
Maria Marczewska soprano
Meng Wang piano
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Aleksander Daszkiewicz violin
Justyna Danczowska piano
Saturday 13 December 2025, 7pm
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Sicilienne, Op. 78
Élégie, Op. 24
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117
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Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Michel Lethiec clarinet
Jan Kalinowski cello
Marek Szlezer piano
Saturday 14 December 2025, 7pm
Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Music
Introduction: Dr. Mateusz Kurcab
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Pavane, Op. 50
Bartłomiej Ślimak
Impromptu No. 2 in F minor, Op. 31
Ignacy Magoń
Nocturne No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 37
Anna Szymkowicz
Nocturne No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 63
Tien Doan
Mazurka in B flat major, Op. 32
Jeyran Isayeva
Dolly Suite, Op. 56
Jeyran Isayeva
Kiera Keitarro
