On November 28, the International Festival of Contemporary Music “New Waves” begins its 9th iteration. Organized by the Gdańsk Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union, this festival focuses on finding ways to highlight the ideas coming from new composers and present contemporary creativity in bright new ways. The festival will be held in Gdańsk from November 28 – December 3, and admission is free.
This year, the program consists of a wide array of music from works using traditional instruments, to works being made using math and improvisation, as well as works using multimedia and electronics as instruments. The following new pieces will be given their first performances at the 2023 Festival:
NOV 28
Chihchun Chi-sun Lee
– Dawn and Twilight for piano and drums
NOV 29
Allison Ogden
– Dark Sk y for alto flute and fixed media
NOV 30
Maciej Zakrzewski
– Mirrors for guitar and piano
DEC 1
Michał Dorzewski
– Sky at the Night for mixed choir and clarinet
Oktawia Ruppel
– Give me a chance for baritone, mixed choir and piano
Mateusz Groth
– 3+4
DEC 2
Jan Barszcz
– Autumn Rain for voice and piano
Magdalena Białecka
– Resonances de Loin
Krzysztof Jurczak
– Music No. 1 for two Clarinets and Piano
Teofil Kowalewski
– Variations for piano
Alexandros Natzar
– Woodwind Quintet no.1
Jakub Pawlak
– GO. : Music for NOTHING. The End
Franciszek Rusek
– Corde di notte
Sandra Tracz
– Melisma
Maria Trzpis
– String Quartet
Szymon Wieczorek
– Gute nacht/Mut for voice, piano, electronic instruments and live electronics*
Pola Zduńczuk
– ELECTIO
DEC 3
Piotr Kasiłowski
– Aria for chamber orchestra
Jakub Zalewski
– Scherzo for chamber orchestra
Adam Diesner
– Wind quartet version for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and French horn
Piotr Jędrzejczyk
– 1,928 for chamber orchestra
Kamil Cieślik
– Sinfonietta No. 1
[Sources: polmic.pl, 2023.nowefale.pl]