NEW MUSIC, NEW PERFORMERS, NEW AUDIENCES

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CONCERTS WITH EDUCATIONAL AND PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES

We work together for a green, competitive and inclusive Europe

Cooperation of musicians, composers and music institutions from Poland and Norway:

● „Harmonies and Noises” Music Foundation (PL)   ● Stiftlesen BIT20 Ensemble (NO)   ● International Festival of Contemporary Music „Warsaw Autumn” (PL)   ● „Crossroads” – Center for the Intercultural Creative Initiatives (PL)

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LAB | Guest |  CONCERT | Fiction & Figures

11 April , 2024 (Thursday), 7 p.m., Hashtag Lab, ul. Barska 29, Warsaw

Tickets sold at 40 pln available via GOING Application and site goingapp.pl.
Number of places is limited.

Programme:


Sławomir Wojciechowski - Elastic fictions

Aleksandra Słyż - Seven Figures

Transcriptions of works by Johann Sebastian Bach in just intonation (edited by Aleksandra Słyż)

Performers:

Anna Kwiatkowska - violin
Martyna Zakrzewska - piano
Sławomir Wojciechowski, Aleksandra Słyż - electronics

Implementation:

program concept, text: Krzysztof Kwiatkowski

visual identification: Karol Tomoki Yamazaki

sound director: Kosma Standera

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The Hashtag Lab Contemporary Music Space is co-financed by the Capital City of Warsaw.

Organizer of the concert is Harmonies and Noises Music Foundation

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Harmonies and Noises chamber

April 2, 2024, Tuesday – Dwór Artusa, Toruń, 7 p.m. free entrance

April 3, 2024, Wednesday – MCK Bydgoszcz, 7 p.m. free entrance


Performers:

Flow unit 3:

Anna Kwiatkowska - violin
Adam Kośmieja - piano
Mikołaj Pałosz - cello

Ensemble Alert:

Zofia Dutkiewicz - flute
Wiktoria Jancz - clarinet
Kornelia Radziszewska - violin
Aleksandra Nowak - cello
Jan Olesz - piano
Piotr Bywalec - conductor

Programme:

Flow unit 3:

Shin Kim (born 1994) - Dissected love smells like formalin (2023)
James Knowles (born 2000) - Piano Trio (2023)
Joe Cutler (born 1968) - Painted time (2022)
Philip Cashian (born 1963) - Kink (2023)

Ensemble Alert:

Rebecca Saunders (born 1967) - the underside of green (1994)
Daniele Bravi (born 1974) - Meditazione Prima in eco (2002)
Tristan Murail (born 1974) - La Barque mystique (The Mystical Boat) (1993)
Ensemble OMN & guests
NOSPR, Katowice, Sunday, March 24, 6 p.m. – Chamber Hall


Conductor: Szymon Bywalec

Performers:

Ensemble OMN

flow unit 3:
Adam Kośmieja – piano
Anna Kwiatkowska – violin
Mikołaj Pałosz – cello

Students of Karol Szymanowski Music School in Katowice and Frederic Chopin Music School in Bytom

Programme:

Joe Cutler - Painted Time (2022)
Philip Cashian - Kink (2023)
George Benjamin - At First Light for chamber orchestra
Georg Friedrich Haas - Rondeau for ensemble

More info

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Young Orchestra - New Music
Saturday March 9, 2024, 7 pm
Bydgoszcz Music Academy, 20 Gdańska st.


Performers:

MŁODA ORKIESTRA / YOUNG ORCHESTRA:

Zofia Dutkiewicz – flutes
Kamil Kuc – oboe, english horn
Wiktoria Jancz – clarinets
Daria Reszka – bass clarinet
Michał Adamin – trumpet
Tadeusz Łazuka – trombone
Michał Maleska – horn
Marta Kasprzyk – harp
Jan Olesz – piano, glockenspiel
Nadia Mikołajczyk – percussion
Róża Zimnicka – percussion
Kornelia Radziszewska – violin
Aleksandra Kornowicz – violin
Marta Gocel – violin
Bartosz Paradowski – viola
Aleksandra Nowak – cello
Szymon Bywalec – director
Kamil Kęska – electronics

Programme:

Jonathan Harvey – Bhakti (1982, 50’)
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PROJECT EVENTS

BIT20 Ensemble, photo Thor Brødreskift

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Gérard Grisey / Jonathan Harvey

Warsaw – March 15, 2024
Łódź – March 17, 2024


Flow unit and Młoda Orkiestra / Young Orchestra with Szymon Bywalec conducting will perform highlights of 20th Century music at two concerts, in Warsaw and Łódź.

Conductor: Szymon Bywalec

Performers:

Szymon Bywalec – conductor

Flow unit
Ewa Liebchen – flute
Julian Paprocki – clarinet
Adam Kośmieja – piano
Anna Kwiatkowska – violin
Aleksandra Demowska – viola
Mikołaj Pałosz – cello

MŁODA ORKIESTRA / YOUNG ORCHESTRA:

Programme:

Gerard Grisey – Vortex temporum (1995, 40′)
Jonathan Harvey – Bhakti (1982, 50’)


Pierrot Lunaire at Troldsalen, Bergen, Norway. 17 Feb 2024

PROGRAMME: Arnold Schönberg – Pierrot Lunaire Tine Surel Lange – Artic Creatures: Reppafjord Robert Schuman – Liederkreis op 39 – Mondnacht Friedrich Holländer – Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte PERFORMERS: Halldis Ronning – conductor Tora Augestad – mezzosoprano Ewa Liebchen – flute Julian Paprocki – clarinet Adam Kośmieja – piano Anna Kwiatkowska – violin Liene Klava – viola Mikołaj Pałosz – cello

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Programme:
Eivind Buene – Night Music
Maja Ratkje – A Highway in State space
Lasse Thoresen – Invocation of Rising Air
Tine Surel Lange – Arctic Creatures
Rolf Wallin – The Age of Wire and Strings

Performers:
Flow Unit: Ewa Liebchen, Julian Paprocki, Adam Kośmieja, Anna Kwiatkowska, Aleksandra Demowska, Mikołaj Pałosz
Martyna Zakrzewska, students of Music Academy in Cracow

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Jan 12, 2024, 7 pm, Cracow, Concert Hall, Music Academy in Cracow, 43 Św. Tomasza St.

Programme:
Knut Vaage – Elektra
Morten Eide Pedersen – Scoccare
Thorolf Thuestad – I´m afraid I can’t do that
Maja Ratkje – Swrd
Rolf Wallin – Depart
Alwynne Pritchard – Unwriting: Part 1 (Departure)
Trond Reinholdtsen – Anti Internet Piece

Performers:
BIT20 Ensemble, (Norway)

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MUSIC from POLAND, IRAN and NORWAY

BIT20 Ensemble (Bergen)
Szymon Bywalec (conductor)

Soloists:
Callum William Hay Jennings – double bass
Adam Kośmieja – piano
Anna Kwiatkowska – violin
Mikołaj Pałosz – cello

Programme:
Sławomir Wojciechowski – uno on off;
Agata Zubel – Chamber Piano Concerto;
Fozie Majd – Faraghi;
Anahita Abbasi – Situation 4 “Io e iO”;
Eivind Buene – Double

This concert is programmed in connection with the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. Her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal costs. Altogether, the regime has arrested her 13 times, convicted her five times, and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes.
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New music by Iranian female composers

May 25, 2023 @ KODY Festival, Lublin, PL

May 26, 2023 @ Museum of Asia and Pacific, Warsaw, PL

Openness to the world and awareness of tradition – these features can be found in the program of the joint performance of leading Polish performers of contemporary music and musicians from Iran.

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„Wespół Zespół”

Sławomir Wojciechowski, composer

Krzysztof Cybulski, musician and sound artist

Performers:
Youth from Music schools from Warsaw and Sulejówek.
Krzysztof Cybulski – double bass, self designed instruments, sound objects
Sławomir Wojciechowski – electronics, Anna Kwiatkowska – violin, Mikołaj Pałosz – cello, Flow Unit

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BIT20 Ensemble @ KODY Festival, Lublin, PL

28 May 2023 / Sunday / 17:00

9 Zlota St. The Dominican Friars’ Monastery

Ørjan MATRE – Terskelsongar / Polish premiere

Lasse THORESEN – Løp, Lokk Og Linjer / Polish premiere

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PROGRAM

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NEW MUSIC SUMMER COURSES FOR PERFORMERS BYDGOSZCZ

JULY 20 – 29, 2023

Concerts accompanying the New Music Summer Courses for Performers in Bydgoszcz, PL

22/072023, MCK, 7 pm
Smart electronics in music

23/072023, MCK, 8 pm
FLUTES AND POST-PERCUSSION

26/072023, Music Academy, 7:30 pm
CONCERT – SHOW

28/072023, Music Academy, 6 pm
PARTICIPANTS’ CONCERT

29/072023, Music Academy, 6 pm
PARTICIPANTS’ CONCERT


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Koncerty oraz działania edukacyjne i partycypacyjne w zakresie muzyki współczesnej/ Concerts with educational and participatory activities in the field of contemporary music