Archiwum 2012

THE “ROCK JAZZ CHOPIN” SHOW
OPENS THE 40TH INTERNATIONAL CERVANTINO FESTIVAL IN MEXICO !!!

Place: Guanajuato, Mexico
Date: October 3, 2012

Artists from Warsaw were invited to the inauguration of one of world's four biggest festivals. The Stołeczna Estrada's “Rock Jazz Chopin” project was the first that the guests of the Cervantino Festival in Guanajuato, Mexico, could see. For the following 3 weeks, over 3,000 artists from 26 countries all over the world performed.

The multimedia show, directed by Andrzej Matusiak, featured:

Karol Radziwonowicz
Leszek Możdżer
Anna Serafińska
Rock Loves Chopin
Folies Dance Company

In the Alhóndiga de Granaditas square, a symbol of Mexican independence, Frédéric Chopin's music resounded, interpreted by musicians representing diverse genres: classical music, jazz and rock.
Over 5,000-strong international audience responded to the show with great enthusiasm. Polish artists were rewarded for their ravishing show with a standing ovation.
Thanks to television broadcasts, the Chopin fiesta reached multi-million audiences all over the world.

JAZZ PO POLSKU AT COPENHAGEN JAZZ FESTIVAL 2012

This year's Copenhagen Jazz Festival opens its doors to a string of excellent Polish and Polish-Danish jazz acts, featuring Leszek Możdżer and a total of nine jazz bands.

JAZZ PO POLSKU is the three days' project (12th-14th of July) and will include a wide range of high-level musicians from the Polish jazz scene - from Leszek Możdżer with a world class solo piano concert over exclusive jazz trios to young ensembles anno 2012: Imagination Quartet, JazzPospolita, Levity, GMO Trio, HERA, Nowicki - Święs - Frankiewicz Trio, The Light, Tomasz Licak Sextet and Niechęć. This makes the program versatile, vibrant and vital and there is stylistically something for everyone

The project is the result of an extensive cooperation between Huset-KBH, JazzDanmark, Sundance Music, The Polish Embassy in Copenhagen, The Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Stołeczna Estrada and a number of independent participants in Poland (OnlyMusicPR, Multikulti Group, IMS, SMNG and AheadStudio).

JAZZ PO POLSKU is a window into a thriving jazz scene, yet unknown to many jazz enthusiasts. Many of the musicians are widely experienced in an international context, while others are yet to be discovered outside of Poland.

In a larger perspective, there is no doubt that art and music from the former Eastern Bloc has a future, energy and a potential, which we are only now coming to realize in rest of the world. JAZZ PO POLSKU gives the many jazz lovers of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival a taste of this.

CHOPIN AU JARDIN DU LUXEMBURG

For six consecutive weeks, in Paris, in the city garden surrounding the Senate, one of the most beautiful locations on the Seine, Frédéric Chopin's compositions will be resounding, interpreted by notable Warsaw artists.

Usually, it is Warsaw that models itself on Paris. In the case of the Jardin du Luxembourg concerts, the inspiration came from the summer piano recitals, held for the past 52 years in Royal Baths Park in Warsaw. The idea to move the concerts with the repertoire from the great Polish composer who spent half his life in the French capital, was met with great interest.
Last year – the Chopin Year – was the perfect opportunity to present such a series of outdoor concerts which proved a huge success already in the first part. Altogether, the musical encounters with Chopin gathered tens of thousands of Parisians.
We hope that also this year, music lovers will come to the garden spontaneously... and with their own chairs!

This year's edition of Chopin au Jardin du Luxemburg will present such eminent performers as: Wojciech Świtała, Karol Radziwonowicz, Julia Kociuban, Paweł Wakarecy and Mateusz Kołakowski.

Concert Agenda:

19 June 2011, at 17:00 hrs.
Wojciech Świtała
Kwartet Camerata

26 June 2011, at 17:00 hrs.
Iwona Tober - soprano
Leszek Świdziński – tenor
Paweł Skrzypek - piano

3 July 2011, at 17:00 hrs.
Julia Kociuban
Helene Tysman

10 July 2011, at 17:00 hrs.
Paweł Wakarecy

17 July 2011, at 17:00 hrs.
Mateusz Kołakowski

24 July 2011, at 17:00 hrs.
Karol Radziwonowicz
I Solisti di Varsavia

Concerts are organised by: Stołeczna Estrada, City of Warsaw, Polish Institute in Paris, Senate of the French Republic, with the support from Yamaha Artist Services Europe and media partners: France Music and La Terrasse.