The premiere of Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil’s latest work will take place on April 7 at the National Forum of Music. The concerto Assisi for cello, children’s choir and orchestra will be performed by the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic under the baton of Marek Moś, with the NFM Boys’ Choir, Con Brio Choir of the Grażyna Bacewicz School of Music in Wrocław, cellist Andrzej Bauer and electroacoustician Cezary Duchnowski. As a part of this exceptional evening, the audience will also have a chance to listen to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue,performed by one of the most notable Polish jazz pianists, Leszek Możdżer.
Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil is one of the most respected composers in Wrocław today; she has been associated with Wrocław for many years – initially as a student, and now as a professor of composition at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław (1993). Her talent flourished abroad through studying with renowned figures, such as Pierre Boulez and Olivier Messiaen. Pstrokońska-Nawratil has been awarded many prizes at numerous national and international composition competitions, including Ikar, winning the third prize at the UNESCO competition in Paris (1987). Four years ago, she was awarded the Silver Medal “Gloria Artis” for her merits in the field of culture. Additionally, she has been participating in the works of the Repertoire Commission of the prestigious ‘Warsaw Autumn’ Contemporary Music Festival and in the organization of the ‘Musica Polonica Nova’ Festival.
Friday, April 7, 2017 | 7 p.m.
Pstrokońska-Nawratil Premiere: Assisi
National Forum of Music
plac Wolności 1, 50-071 Wrocław, Poland
Tickets & Info: nfm.wroclaw.pl
[Source: polmic.pl]