“This is not merely a festival of concerts; it is an invitation to a musical salon—a place for meeting, discovery, and experiencing art together,” say the organisers of the Kraków Music Salon, which format harkens back to the 19th-century tradition of musical gatherings among family and friends. They invite audiences to prestigious venues that nonetheless evoke the feel of a private party among friends: the Fontana Hall at the Krzysztofory Palace and the Music Salon on Studencka Street. This intimate atmosphere is complemented by the repertoire, featuring evenings dedicated to art songs (Brahms, Weinberg, Laks, Chopin, Szymanowski, Mendelssohn), quartets and quintets (Moniuszko, Mozart, Bacewicz), and piano four-hands works (Schubert, Gershwin). The music—which demands attentive listening yet rewards it with extraordinary emotions—will be performed by artists including mezzo-soprano Hanna Hipp, sopranos Dorota Szczepańska and Ewa Tracz, pianists Grzegorz Mania and Jakub Kuszlik, and violist Mateusz Doniec, and ensembles such as the Reverie Piano Duo, the Sinfonietta Cracovia Quartet, the Airis String Quartet, and the FudalaRot Duo. As the festival marks its tenth edition, we can confidently say that the tradition of salon music-making is not a closed chapter of history but one that can successfully endure into the 21st century.
2 September 2026, 7 pm
Museum of Kraków, Krzysztofory Palace – Fontana Hall
Hanna Hipp – mezzo-soprano
Mateusz Doniec – viola
Grzegorz Mania – piano
• J. Brahms songs with viola
• F. Bridge songs with viola
• M. Weinberg The Gypsy Bible, Jüdische Lieder
• S. Laks song selection
5 September 2026, 6 pm
Museum of Kraków, Krzysztofory Palace – Fontana Hall
Reverie Piano Duo:
Rozalia Kierc – piano
Maria Moliszewska – piano
• F. Schubert Fantasia in F minor D.940
• S. Moniuszko Concert Overture Fairy-tale, transcr. for 4 hands
• R. Mors Sonata for 4 hands
• G. Gershwin An American in Paris, transcr. by R. Kierc
11 September 2026, 7 pm
Studencka Music Salon
Dorota Szczepańska – soprano
Katarzyna Sokołowska – piano
• F. Chopin Songs, Op. 74
• K. Szymanowski Słopiewnie, Op. 46b
• J. Rodrigo Doce canciones españolas
13 September 2026, 6 pm
Studencka Music Salon
Kwartet Sinfonietta Cracovia:
Justyna Duda-Krane – violin
Danuta Augustyn – violin
Ewa Szczepańska-Chwast – viola
Agata Jonczak – cello
• S. Moniuszko Quartet in D minor
• G. Puccini Crisantemi
• S. Barber Adagio
• W.A. Mozart Divertimento in F major
20 September 2026, 6 pm
Museum of Kraków, Krzysztofory Palace – Fontana Hall
Jakub Kuszlik – piano
Airis String Quartet:
Aleksandra Czajor-Kowalska – I violin
Grażyna Zubik – II violin
Malwina Tkaczyk – viola
Anna Armatys-Borrelli – cello
• J. Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
• G. Bacewicz Piano Quintet No. 1
25 September 2026, 7 pm
Studencka Music Salon
FudalaRot DUO:
Wojciech Fudala – cello
Michał Rot – piano
• F. Schubert Sonata in A minor for arpeggione and piano D. 821
• R. Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
• R. Schumann 3 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
• J. Sanejko Sonata (premiere)
26 September 2026, 6 pm
Studencka Music Salon
Ewa Tracz – soprano
Monika Kruk – piano
• Fanny Mendelssohn:
6 Lieder, Op. 9: VI. Die Mainacht
6 Lieder, Op. 57: V. Venetianisches Gondellied
6 Lieder, Op. 1: III. Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass
5 Lieder, Op. 10: I. Nach Süden, IV. Im Herbste
• Felix Mendelssohn:
12 Gesänge, Op. 8: VIII. Hexenlied
6 Lieder, Op. 34 IV. Suleika
6 Lieder, Op. 86: VI. Die Liebende schreibt
Des Mädchens Klage WoO 23
6 Lieder, Op. 71: IV. Schilflied, VI. Nachtlied
• S. Laks song selection
