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Zygmunt Krauze - Concerts and events
2008
February
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François Barry Delongchamps, French Ambassador in Poland with Zygmunt Krauze
4th: Warsaw, Poland, French Embassy, received the highest French award,
The Legion of Honour, for outstanding services to France.
March
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Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy
11th: Warsaw, Poland, National Opera, performance of Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy.
April
31st Mar - 7th Apr: Chengdu, China, Sichuan Conservatory of Music, chairman of jury of a composers' competition.
10th - 14th: St. Petersburg, Russia, member of the jury of the Sergei Prokofiev International Competition.
17th: Warsaw, Poland, National Opera, TV recording of Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy.
21st: Lodz, Poland, The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music, Music-Image-Space - a symposium dedicated to Zygmunt Krauze on the ocassion of his 70th anniversary.
25th: Lublin, Poland, Lublin Philharominic, 12th Witold Lutoslawski's Forum of Contemporary Art, performance of Arabesque for piano and chamber orchestra and Piano Concerto No. 1. Symphonic Orchestra of Lublin Philharmonic, Slawek A. Wroblewski - conductor, Zygmunt Krauze - piano
May
3rd: Bydgoszcz, Poland, 15th Opera Festival, performance of Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy.
14th: Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw Music Encounters, performance of The Ball in Opera. Polish Chamber Choir Schola Cantorum Gedanensis and instrumental ensemble conducted by Jan Lukaszewski.
July
1st of July - 3rd of August: artistic director of the Music Gardens Festival at the Courtyard of the Royal Castle in Warsaw. www.ogrodymuz.pl
9th: Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ljubljana Castle, concert: music by Peter Savli, Tomaz Habe, David McMullin, Vito Zuraj, Sukhi Kang, Lojze Lebic, and Zygmunt Krauze - Voices for Ljubljana for 7 insturments. MD7 Ensemble, Pavel Mihelcic - conductor. www.md7.org/Eng/home.html
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photo Tomasz Kulak
21: Warsaw, Music Gardens Festival; The Star - a new adaptation of Zygmunt Krauze's opera for soprano and computer. Duet ElettroVoce: Cezary Duchnowski - electroacustic adaptation and musical direction, Agata Zubel - soloist.
August
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13th - 17th and 20th - 24th: Merida, Spain, Festival de Teatro Clásico, Sophocles: Oedipus Rex. Jorge Lavelli - direction, Zygmunt Krauze - music. Critic's reward for the best theatre music of the festival. www.festivaldemerida.es
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September
5th - 8th: Radziejowice, Poland, chairman of the jury of the Kazimierz Serocki International Composers' Competition.
6th: Cinncinati, Ohio, USA, University of Cinncinati; Zygmunt Krauze - Piano Quintet. Onibaton Plus Quintet.
14th: Cinncinati, Ohio, USA, Cinncinati Art Museum; Zygmunt Krauze - Piano Quintet. Onibaton Plus Quintet.
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Tolerance Monument, Jerusalem
15th: Jerusalem, unveiling of the Tolerance Monument; Zygmunt Krauze - Fanfare for 4 trumpets for the Tolerance Monument unveiling, Hymn for Tolerance. Israel Camerata Orchestra, Avner Biron - conductor. www.israel-camerata.org www.jerusalemfoundation.org
23rd: Bydgoszcz, Poland, Bydgoszcz Music Festival; Zygmunt Krauze - Rhapsod for string orchestra; Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum, Erns Kovacic - conductor.
October
3: Lvov, Ukraine, Contrasts Festival; Zygmunt Krauze - Arabesque for piano and orchestra; Witold Lutoslawski - Partita for violin and orchestra, Symphony No. 4; Karol Szymanowski - Symphony No. 4 (Sinfonia Concertante) for piano and orchestra. Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra, Wojciech Michniewski - conductor, Zygmunt Krauze - piano, Oksana Rapita - piano, Piotr Plawner - violin.
4: Winnica, Ukraine; Zygmunt Krauze - Arabesque for piano and orchestra; Witold Lutoslawski - Partita for violin and orchestra, Symphony No. 4; Karol Szymanowski - Symphony No. 4 (Sinfonia Concertante) for piano and orchestra. Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra, Wojciech Michniewski - conductor, Zygmunt Krauze - piano, Oksana Rapita - piano, Piotr Plawner - violin.
22: Warsaw, Poland, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ad Libitum 3 Festival, performance of the Music Workshop Ensemble. Programme: John Cage - Cartridge Music, Bogus³aw Schaeffer - 2+2 Quartet, Zygmunt Krauze - Soundscape, One Piano Eight Hands, Christian Wolff - Sticks. Ad Libitum 3
November
3th: Trieste, Italy, performance of Voices for Ljubljana at the Trieste Prima Contemporary Music Festival. MD7 Ensemble, Pavel Mihelcic - conductor. www.md7.org/Eng/home.html
4th - 9th: Lodz, Poland, member of the jury of the Aleksander Tansman 7th International Competition of Musical Personalities. www.tansman.lodz.pl
15th: Warsaw, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Symhonic Concert on the Zygmunt Krauze's 70th Anniversary. Programme: Zygmunt Krauze - Serenade; Francis Poulenc - Concert champetre; Przemyslaw Zych - Agni Canticum for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, choir and orchestra; Francis Poulenc - Stabat Mater for soprano, choir and orchestra. Performers:Sinfonia Varsovia, National Philharmonic Choir, Krzysztof Urbañski - conductor, El¿bieta Chojnacka - harpsichord, Agnieszka Piass- soprano, Henryk Wojnarowski - choir director.
15th - 16th: London, St. John's, Smith Square, Northern Ayres: an Anglo-Polish Celebration. Terra incognita for 10 strings and piano, Piano Quintet,
Quatuor pour la naissance for clarinet, violin, cello and piano, Arabesque for amplified piano and chamber orchestra. The Alvarez Chamber Orchestra, Geoffrey Alvarez - conductor, Zygmunt Krauze - piano.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/geoffreyalvarez/alvarezorchestra.htm
16th: Cracow, Polish Music Festival. Zygmunt Krauze - Polichromy. The London Sinfonietta.
25th: Moscow, Russia, lecture at the Moscow Conservatory of Music.
26th: Moscow, Russia, Moscow Autumn Festival, concerto: Piano Quintet, Quatuor pour la naissance; piano recital: piano works by Witold Lutoslawski and Zygmunt Krauze. Studio for New Music Ensemble, Zygmunt Krauze - piano.
December
8th: Bucharest, Romania, performance of Voices for Ljubljana at the Meridian Festival. MD7 Ensemble, Pavel Mihelcic - conductor. www.md7.org/Eng/home.html
12th - 14th: Warsaw, Poland, chairman of the jury of the Lutoslawski Award Composers' Competition.