Performers include Kasia Moś, Dorota Miśkiewicz, Janusz Radek, the Paweł Tomaszewski Band, the Beethoven Academy Orchestra conducted by Maciej Tomasiewicz, Tomasz Konieczny, Lech Napierała and the Polish Royal Opera. During the Festival, Moniuszko's fans will find their favourite form of concerts from a recital of songs by the world-famous bass-baritone, through contemporary, entertaining and jazz arrangements of the best-known pieces from the Śpiewnik domowy (Home Songbook) to a monumental concert performance of Straszny dwór (The Haunted Manor). The concerts will take place at the Maria Koterbska Bielsko Cultural Centre.
Stanisław Moniuszko's music has been performed at the Festival many times before, but this year, for the second time, it will be presented in a monographic formula, in which every music lover will find a proposal for themselves. In addition, many artists will be hosted in Bielsko-Biała for the first time. Tomasz Konieczny will come to the Festival straight from Vienna, and the Polish Royal Opera will come from the Royal Łazienki.
The evening concerts will be complemented by accompanying events in the morning - an educational concert by the Bielsko Music Society on 10 October and a concert by the Choirs and Orchestra of the S. Moniuszko State Music School on 11 October.
The Festival of Polish Composers has been held in Bielsko-Biała since 1996. From the very beginning, its patron has been Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. Since 2010, the Festival has borne the composer's name. During the quarter-century of the FPC, over 500 compositions by 50 Polish composers have been presented, 20 orchestras, 15 choirs, 11 chamber ensembles and over a hundred soloists and conductors have performed. In 2005, it was at this festival that the world premiere of H.M. Górecki's String Quartet No. 3 ‘Songs are Sung’ by the Kronos Quartet took place. The organiser of the festival is the M. Koterbska Bielsko Cultural Centre. Co-organisers are: Silesian Voivodeship, Ars Cameralis, Bielsko Music Society and the S. Moniuszko State Music School in Bielsko-Biała, partners: Polish Music Publishing House, ‘Ruch Muzyczny’ and Cartoon Film Studio. The Festival's patron is the Bielsko-Biała Municipality and the sponsor: Audi Bielsko-Biała. Media patrons are: TVP Kultura, POLMIC Polish Music Information Centre, ‘Kronika Beskidzka’, Beskidzka24.pl, bielsko.biala.pl and Radio Bielsko. Tickets or a pass for the festival evening concerts are available at www.bck.bielsko.pl. A detailed programme of the festival is available at www.fkpbb.pl.
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