The 37th edition of the annual Karol Szymanowski Music Days Festival will be held from July 9-19 in various venues around the beautiful town of Zakopane, Poland, where from 1922-1926, Szymanowski spent significant time immersed in Highlander music. Much of the music he composed during this time and thereafter was influenced by this local folk tradition.
Below is the schedule of the 2014 Festival:
Thursday 9 July 2014 – Willa Atma
Edyta Piasecka – soprano / Mariola Cieniawa – piano
On the program: Chopin, Paderewski, Szymanowski, Niewiadomski, Ogiński
Friday 11 July 2014 – Galeria Orskiego
Clare Hammond – piano (UK)
On the program: Panufnik, Szymanowski, Ravel
Saturday 12 July 2014 – Dworzec Tatrzański
RGG Trio – Szymanowski Jazz
Sunday 13 July 2014 – Galeria Hasiora
Electronic Music Concert
Łukasz Pieprzyk – composer
Monday 14 July 2014 – Teatr Witkacego
Lasoń Ensemble – string quartet
On the program: Szymanowski, Lasoń, Czarnecki
Tuesday 15 July 2014, 4:00 p.m. – Willa Atma
Educational Concert for Children
Tuesday 15 July 2014, 7:00 p.m. – Sala Biała Związku Podhalan
Dancing with a Highlander band
special guest: Daniel Cichy – Editor-in-Chief of PWM
Wednesday 16 July – Galeria Orskiego
Vocal Recital with Adam Zdunikowski – tenor
On the program: Moniuszko, Chopin, Paderewski, Karłowicz, Szymanowski
Thursday 17 July – Galeria Orskiego
Artur Pacewicz – piano
On the program: Chopin, Szymanowski, Brahms
Friday 18 July 2014 – Galeria Orskiego
Concert for 4 hands
Marzena Kasprzak Godeaux / Bernard Godeaux (Belgium) – piano
On the program: Szymanowski, Ravel, Schubert, Brahms
Saturday 19 July 2014 – Sala botaniczna Muzeum Tatrzańskiego, Gmach Główny
Pieśni kurpiowskie
“Contento Core” Vocal Ensemble
On the program: Szymanowski, H. M. Górecki, Moryto, Twardowski, Maciejewski
[Sources: pwm.com.pl, szymanowski.zakopane.pl]