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THE STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF POLISH MUSIC IN RZESZÓW THE STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF POLISH MUSIC IN RZESZÓW 20 – 27 SEPTEMBER 2019

The Stanisław Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music in Rzeszów is a new cultural initiative whose purpose is to promote Polish music around the world and make the listeners realise the quality and significance of the musical legacy of Stanisław Moniuszko and many other distinguished Polish from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

MISSION AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPETITION

The Stanisław Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music (Międzynarodowy Konkurs Muzyki Polskiej im. Stanisława Moniuszki) in Rzeszów has been initiated in order to promote that part of the great legacy of nineteenth and twentieth century Polish music which has been forgotten or, for a variety of reasons, has been less popular in concert practice. Its other objective is to present rediscovered works to the general public and provide this unjustly neglected legacy with appropriate analyses and new editions. The Competition also endeavours to promote talented musicians who are willing to include lesser-known works written by Polish composers in their concert programmes. The final aim of the Competition is to disseminate information about Polish artistic events addressed to the international recipients.

BASIC PRINCIPLES

The Stanisław Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music in Rzeszów will be organised on a biennial basis and will be intended for a variety of different sets of performers. The first edition of the Competition will be divided into two distinct categories: one for and the other for chamber ensembles. The Competition accepts instrumental musicians applying either as soloists or as chamber ensembles (from duos to as many as sixteen musicians in an ensemble). There are no age or citizenship restrictions for the musicians applying to take part in the Competition. The participants of the first edition of the Competition will present works selected from amongst the oeuvre of 50 Polish composers who were mostly active in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The auditions for the Competition will take place at the Artur Malawski Podkarpacka Philharmonic Hall in Rzeszów and at the University of Rzeszów between 20 and 26 September 2019. The Prize Winners Concert, along with the Award Ceremony, will be held on 27 September 2019 at the Podkarpacka Philharmonic Hall in Rzeszów and again on 29 September 2019 at the National Philharmonic Hall in . The Jury of the Competition will consist of distinguished Polish and foreign musicians and musical personalities. The following three main prizes will be separately awarded in both categories: the First Prize – 20,000 euros, the Second Prize – 10,000 euros and the Third Prize – 5,000 euros, in addition to three equivalent honourable mentions in the amount of 1,500 euros each. The participants will also be awarded special, individual and other additional prizes. CALENDAR

18 DECEMBER 2018 announcement of the Competition 20-21 MAY 2019 preliminary round for the Polish participants of the Competition (Warsaw). The preliminary round is not mandatory; the Polish musicians may also submit their applications for the Competition according to the procedures stipulated in sections 10-13 (of the Rulebook) 23 JUNE 2019 Application Deadline 15 JULY 2019 announcement of the list of Competition qualifiers on the website of the Competition and notification of the qualified candidates by e-mail 20–26 SEPTEMBER 2019 organisation of the Competition (Artur Malawski Podkarpacka Philharmonic in Rzeszów, University of Rzeszów) 27 SEPTEMBER 2019 Prize Winners Concert with the Award Ceremony (Artur Malawski Podkarpacka Philharmonic in Rzeszów) 29 SEPTEMBER 2019 holding the Prize Winners Concert (National Philharmonic in Warsaw)

The Rulebook, framework schedule of the Competition, application forms, details of the repertoire, composers and sheet music, as well as all the news updates relating to the event can be found at www.konkursmuzykipolskiej.pl THE STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF POLISH MUSIC IN RZESZÓW

THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF POLISH MUSIC IN RZESZÓW PROMOTES THAT PART OF THE GREAT LEGACY OF NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURY POLISH MUSIC WHICH HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN OR, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, HAS BEEN LESS POPULAR IN CONCERT PRACTICE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE COMPETITION IS TO PRESENT REDISCOVERED WORKS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PROVIDE THIS UNJUSTLY NEGLECTED LEGACY WITH APPROPRIATE ANALYSES AND NEW EDITIONS. THE COMPETITION ALSO ENDEAVOURS TO PROMOTE TALENTED MUSICIANS WHO ARE WILLING TO INCLUDE LESSER-KNOWN WORKS WRITTEN BY POLISH COMPOSERS IN THEIR CONCERT PROGRAMMES. THE FINAL AIM OF THE COMPETITION IS TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT POLISH ARTISTIC EVENTS ADDRESSED TO THE INTERNATIONAL RECIPIENTS. THE COMPETITION WILL BE HELD EVERY OTHER YEAR WITH ITS SUCCESSIVE EDITIONS FEATURING DIFFERENT SETS OF MUSICIANS AND ENSEMBLES.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

ORGANISER

1) The Competition is organised by the Institute of Music and Dance. 2) The Director of the Competition is the Director of the Institute of Music and Dance.

CO-ORGANISER

3) The Competition is co-organised by the Artur Malawski Podkarpacka Philharmonic in Rzeszów.

PLACES AND DATES

4) The Competition will take place at the Artur Malawski Podkarpacka Philharmonic Hall in Rzeszów and at the University of Rzeszów from 20 to 27 September 2019. 5) The Prize Winners Concert and the Award Ceremony will be held on 27 September 2019. The Prize Winners Concert will also take place at the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw on 29 September 2019.

GENERAL RULES

6) The Competition is divided into two distinct categories: a) Category I – intended for ; b) Category II – intended for chamber ensembles (only instrumental, two to sixteen musicians; the number of musicians in an ensemble and the number of individual instrumental parts may not be changed during the course of the Competition). 7) The Competition accepts instrumental musicians applying as soloists (Category I) or chamber ensembles (Category II). 8) There are no age or citizenship restrictions.

HOW TO APPLY AND BE ACCEPTED

9) Applications must be submitted no later than on 23 June 2019. 10) The application process consists in filling in one of the application forms, whose specimens can be found in Annex 2A (for Category I) and Annex 2B (for Category II) attached to the Rulebook. The official application form must be downloaded from www.konkursmuzykipolskiej.pl and sent, only in an electronic version, to [email protected] together with the documents (again only in an electronic version) specified in Annexes 2A and 2B. The application forms are available in Polish and English (to choose from by the applicant). 11) The application documents must be attached with a video recording in a file (AVI or MP4 format) presenting all the works selected for Stage I of the Competition. The video should be recorded with one immobile camera, without editorial cuts or modifications to the sound track. The recording may not contain musical works other than the ones selected for presentation in Stage I of the Competition. The file with the recording should be made available through one of the public file sharing service providers, with no registration or password requirements (e.g. Wetransfer, Cloudmail, Mega or Zippyshare). The download link, along with the filled-in application form, should be sent to the address [email protected]. 12) Application for Category I of the Competition can be submitted on one’s own behalf or through a representative holding a necessary letter of attorney. The persons with a limited capacity to legal transactions shall attach an appropriate declaration signed by their statutory representative or guardian. 13) Application for Category II of the Competition can be submitted by a person authorised to represent the ensemble. It is presumed that the person signing the application is authorised to do so by the necessary letters of attorney from the other members of the ensemble. If the ensemble has the status of a legal person, the application must be submitted by the person(s) authorised to represent it. 14) The submitted application for the Competition is construed as a contract made between the Organiser and the applicant. It provides for all the matters stipulated in the rules and regulations, including the copyright on the artistic performances in the Competition and the Prize Winners Concert, as well as the use of the pictures, comments and interviews recorded during, or in relation to, the Competition and the Prize Winners Concert. The contract is made on a conditional basis; it is concluded as soon as a given application is accepted by the Qualification Committee. As regards the ensembles without the status of a legal person, the contracts are entered into with all the persons specified in the application documents, pursuant to the presumed letters of attorney held by the person who submits the application on behalf of the ensemble. 15) Applications submitted after the deadline or otherwise failing to meet the requirements stipulated in the Rulebook and the Annexes thereto shall be rejected. 16) The Director of the Competition shall appoint a Qualification Committee, which shall: a) make decisions as regards rejection of the applications mentioned in section 15 above; b) evaluate the applications and the attached recordings; c) qualify up to fifty (50) participants in Category I and thirty (30) participants in Category II of the Competition, including qualifiers from the preliminary round. 17) At least a month before the specified time limits set for submitting the application documents, the Director of the Competition shall organise a preliminary round to select up to ten (10) qualifiers from each category. The place, date and rules for the preliminary round will be announced separately. The preliminary round is only intended for candidates from . However, Polish pianists and ensembles may also submit their applications according to the procedures stipulated in sections 10–13. The qualifiers of the preliminary round are exempted from the entry fee and are further awarded a scholarship to cover travel and accommodation costs incurred during the course of the Competition. 18) The Organiser shall also reimburse accommodation costs incurred during the course of the Competition by the qualifiers who will go into the final stage (pianists – Stage III, ensembles – Stage II) and take part therein. The other participants shall bear the costs of accommodation and meals by themselves. 19) The Organiser shall not reimburse travel costs incurred by the participants of the Competition, with the exception of the Polish qualifiers from the preliminary round specified in section 17 travelling domestically. 20) The participants shall be notified of their qualification on 15 July 2019 at the latest. The notification shall be sent to the e-mail addresses provided in their submitted applications. The list of the qualifiers shall also be announced on the official website of the Competition. 21) The qualifiers shall pay the following entry fees: a) in Category I – PLN 450 (or EUR 100) paid by a ; b) in Category II – PLN 700 (or EUR 150) paid by an ensemble. 22) Each qualifier shall be sent (to the e-mail address provided in the submitted application) the information on where and when to pay the relevant entry fee. The payments shall not be refundable. Anyone not paying the entry fee by the specified deadline shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Competition.

STAGES OF THE COMPETITION

23) The Competition is divided into stages, each having its own set of rules. The auditions for the Competition are open to the public, pursuant to the rules settled by the Organiser and the Co-organiser. 24) Category I – pianists. a) Stage I: The participants perform musical works selected from the list to be found in Annex 1A (attached to the Rulebook), part I. The works included on the list are divided into four groups; the selection shall be made in accordance with the rules stipulated therein. The maximum total time of the musical presentation may not exceed 20 minutes. b) Stage II: The participants perform musical works selected from the list to be found in Annex 1A (attached to the Rulebook), part II. Each participant selects at least three stylistically and expressively different works by at least two different composers. The composers included on the list are divided into two groups; the selection shall be made in accordance with the rules stipulated therein. The maximum total time of the musical presentation may not exceed 40 minutes but may not be shorter than 35 minutes. Stage II shall be reached by up to 20 qualifiers from Stage I. c) Stage III – Final: The participants perform one musical work selected from the list to be found in Annex 1A (attached to the Rulebook), part III. Stage III – Final shall be reached by up to 8 qualifiers from Stage II. 25) Category II – chamber ensembles. a) Stage I: The participants perform at least two stylistically and expressively different works by two different composers selected from the list to be found in Annex 1B (attached to the Rulebook), part I. The maximum total time of the musical presentation may not exceed 30 minutes. b) Stage II – Final: The participants perform up to four works selected from the list to be found in Annex 1B (attached to the Rulebook), part II. The maximum total time of the musical presentation may not exceed 40 minutes but may not be shorter than 35 minutes. Stage II – Final shall be reached by up to 15 ensembles. 26) The presentation time specified above shall be construed as binding; however, depending on the form of musical works, exceptions may be accepted in Stage I and Stage II – Final for Category II. In such an event, the total time of the musical presentation may exceed the limit specified above by up to 10 minutes. 27) The applications for the Competition shall include a projected programme of the musical presentations for all three stages. This programme shall remain valid for the entire course of the Competition. If the selection of the works suggests the need to make an exception to the rule specified previously, it must be explicitly stated in the appropriate part of the application form (in the section dedicated to the lengths of time of the musical works). 28) The musical works selected for performance during all the stages of the Competition, in Category I and in Category II, shall be performed in their original instrumental scoring. Transcriptions are only allowed if they are original transcriptions made by the composers of the works themselves. 29) Every musical work selected for performance during all the stages of the Competition in Category I shall be performed in its entirety, whereas selected movements of works of a cyclic form may be performed in Category II. Furthermore, the Category I participants shall perform their entire programmes from memory.

JURY AND PRIZES

30) The Director of the Competition appoints, separately for each category, a Jury of the Competition consisting of distinguished Polish and foreign musical artists and musical personalities. The Jury is only authorised to make decisions with regard to the successive stages of the Competition, select the qualifiers, and award prizes and honourable mentions. 31) Rules and regulations governing the work of the Jury shall be settled in the first meeting of the whole Jury to be held before the Stage I auditions. 32) The decisions of the Jury are final and non-appealable. 33) Each participant shall be awarded a diploma certifying his or her participation in the Competition. 34) Three prizes and three equivalent honourable mentions shall be separately awarded for each category: a) First Prize – 20 000 euros b) Second Prize – 10 000 euros c) Third Prize – 5 000 euros d) Honourable Mentions – 3 x 1 500 euros 35) All the prizes are tax-deductible, pursuant to the laws applicable on the day of the awards ceremony. The taxes shall be settled by the Organiser. 36) The Jury shall award special, individual and other additional prizes in a separate announcement satisfying the will expressed by the sponsors of the prizes.

COPYRIGHT

37) The candidates submitting their applications in person or through an authorised representative: a) allow the Organiser to record the sound and vision of their artistic performances in the Competition and the Prize Winners Concerts, and transfer their economic rights to these performances to the Organiser; b) allow the Organiser to record the sound and vision of their image, comments and interviews expressed in the Competition and Prize Winners Concerts, and transfer to the Organiser their economic rights to these statements and interviews, and also allow the Organiser to disseminate their image recorded for the purposes of the Competition and the Prize Winners Concerts; c) transfer to the Organiser the exclusive right, not limited by time or place, to give permission for the use of dependent copyright with regard to the musical works specified above, particularly permission to dispose of and make use of arrangements of these works, including translations into other languages; the participants also undertake not to attempt to restrict this right in the future; d) authorise the Organiser to exercise personal rights with regard to the musical works and artistic performances specified above, and undertake not to exercise their personal rights in such a way that would restrict the Organiser’s acquired rights pursuant to the rules stipulated herein; e) allow the Organiser to make use of their artistic performances, interviews, comments and images, as a whole or as randomly selected fragments, or to make adaptations, cuts and alterations, as well as translations, and declare that the said use will not be construed as a violation of their reputation; the participants also allow the Organiser to use their first and last names, or their ensemble names, whenever the said artistic performances, comments, interviews or images are shown. 38) The transfer and grant of the rights (including the permissions) specified above is not limited by time or place, and covers all the fields of exploitation as known at the time of the announcement of the rules and regulations. 39) The transfer and grant of the rights (including the permissions) specified above is effective at the moment of recording the artistic performances, comments or interviews, and is non-refundable. Whenever permitted by law, the participants shall waive their right to financial compensation with regard to the dissemination of the said artistic performances, comments and interviews on the Internet, television or radio. 40) In respect of the acquired rights pursuant to the provisions stipulated herein, the Organiser may, without limitations, transfer these rights to further entities or grant licences and other authorisations. The participants of the Competition may not claim financial compensation relating to these actions.

DATA PROTECTION

41) The personal data provided in the application documents shall be administered by the Organiser for a period of two years of the date of its provision. The data of the persons being awarded financial prizes shall be additionally administered for a period of five years of the date of the payment of the prize, and shall only be processed during this period for tax and accounting purposes. 42) The personal data shall only be processed for the purposes directly related to the Competition itself, and in particular: a) announcements of the order of auditions and the results of consecutive stages published on the website of the Competition; b) printed and electronic publication of informational and promotional materials regarding the Competition, along with an image and a biographical note edited by the Organiser. 43) The provision of personal data is non-compulsory; nevertheless it is indispensable for the qualification process to be effective. Each person whose personal data is administered by the Organiser shall have the right to access the contents of this data and edit it, and may also request to limit its processing scope or to remove it; such a request may however have its relevant consequences, such as, in extreme cases, the termination of the participant’s right to remain in the Competition. 44) The personal data shall not be used for automated decision-making.

FINAL PROVISIONS

45) The Organiser shall not help the participants of the Competition obtain their visas; however, a relevant certification confirming participation in the Competition may be issued upon request. 46) The Organiser shall not help the participants obtain a health insurance covering the duration of their stay in Poland; obtaining such an insurance, however, is advisable. 47) For matters not provided for herein, which are related to the Competition but not authorised by the Jury, decisions made by the Director of the Competition shall apply. These decisions shall not be appealable. 48) Any doubts resulting from the construction of the provisions stipulated herein shall be resolved under the Polish version of the text. 49) Any disputes arising from the agreements stipulated herein shall be resolved in accordance with the Polish law before the court competent for the Organiser’s registered office. ANNEX 1A TO THE RULEBOOK OF THE STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF POLISH MUSIC IN RZESZÓW

CATEGORY I – PIANISTS

PART I PROGRAMME FOR STAGE I THE PROGRAMME SHOULD CONTAIN COMPOSITIONS FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR GROUPS – IN TOTAL AT LEAST FOUR COMPOSITIONS – ONE EACH FROM GROUPS 1, 2 AND 3 AND ONE OR TWO COMPOSITIONS FROM GROUP 4. THE MAXIMUM TOTAL TIME OF THE MUSICAL PRESENTATION MAY NOT EXCEED 20 MINUTES.

1. Fryderyk Chopin – one etude (free choice) 2. – one etude from Op. 4 or Karol Szymanowski – three consecutive etudes from Op. 33 or Witold Lutosławski – one etude, either No. 1 or No. 2 3. One etude by one of the following composers:

— Grażyna Bacewicz — Bolesław Woytowicz — Teodor Leszetycki — Tadeusz Szeligowski — Maurycy Moszkowski — Juliusz Zarębski

4. One or two works by one or two of the following composers:

— Tadeusz Baird — Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński — Józef Ksawery Elsner — Ignacy Friedman — Leopold Godowski — Henryk Mikołaj Górecki — Antoni Kątski — Wojciech Kilar — Stefan Kisielewski — Raul Koczalski — Józef Władysław Krogulski — Karol Kurpiński — Franciszek Lessel — Karol Lipiński — Artur Malawski — Witold Maliszewski — Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński — Karol Mikuli — Stanisław Moniuszko — — Michał Kleofas Ogiński — Henryk Pachulski — Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz — — Roman Palester — Eugeniusz Pankiewicz — Andrzej Panufnik — Piotr Perkowski — Ludomir Różycki — Michał Spisak — Roman Statkowski — Zygmunt Stojowski — Antoni Stolpe — Maria Szymanowska — Aleksander Tansman — Józef Wieniawski — Adam Wroński — Aleksander Zarzycki — Władysław Żeleński PART II PROGRAMME FOR STAGE II THE PROGRAMME SHOULD CONTAIN AT LEAST THREE WORKS (OTHER THAN IN STAGE I) BY AT LEAST TWO OF THE FOLLOWING COMPOSERS, INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO WORKS BY THE FOLLOWING (S) FROM GROUP 1 AND AT LEAST ONE WORK BY THE COMPOSER(S) FROM GROUP 2. THE MAXIMUM TOTAL TIME OF THE MUSICAL PRESENTATION MAY NOT EXCEED 40 MINUTES BUT MAY NOT BE SHORTER THAN 35 MINUTES.

GROUP 1:

— Tadeusz Baird — Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński — Józef Ksawery Elsner — Ignacy Friedman — Leopold Godowski — Joachim Kaczkowski — Mieczysław Karłowicz — Antoni Kątski — Raul Koczalski — Józef Władysław Krogulski — Karol Kurpiński — Franciszek Lessel — Teodor Leszetycki — Karol Lipiński — Artur Malawski — Witold Maliszewski — Henryk Melcer Szczawiński — Karol Mikuli — Stanisław Moniuszko — Maurycy Moszkowski — Zygmunt Noskowski — Michał Kleofas Ogiński — Henryk Pachulski — Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz — Roman Palester — Eugeniusz Pankiewicz — Piotr Perkowski — Ludomir Różycki — Michał Spisak — Roman Statkowski — Zygmunt Stojowski — Antoni Stolpe — Tadeusz Szeligowski — Maria Szymanowska — Józef Wieniawski — Bolesław Woytowicz — Adam Wroński — Aleksander Zarzycki — Władysław Żeleński

GROUP 2

— Grażyna Bacewicz — Henryk Mikołaj Górecki — Wojciech Kilar — Stefan Kisielewski — Witold Lutosławski — Ignacy Jan Paderewski — Karol Szymanowski — Andrzej Panufnik — Aleksander Tansman — Juliusz Zarębski

PART III PROGRAMME FOR STAGE III – FINAL THE FINAL STAGE SHALL INCLUDE ONE OF THE WORKS FROM THE LIST BELOW TO BE SELECTED BY THE PARTICIPANT.

1. Grażyna Bacewicz – Concerto for Piano and 2. Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński – Piano Concerto in A flat major Op. 2 3. Wojciech Kilar – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 4. Wojciech Kilar – Piano Concerto No. 2 5. Franciszek Lessel – Piano Concerto in C major 6. Józef Władysław Krogulski – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E major 7. Witold Lutosławski – Variations on the theme by Paganini for Piano and Orchestra 8. Artur Malawski – Symphonic Studies for Piano and Orchestra 9. Ignacy Jan Paderewski – Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 17 10. Ignacy Jan Paderewski – Polish Fantasy in G sharp minor Op. 19 11. Ludomir Różycki – Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 43 12. Zygmunt Stojowski – Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op. 3 13. Józef Wieniawski – Piano Concerto in G minor Op. 20 14. Karol Szymanowski – Symphonie Concertante No. 4 Op. 60 ANNEX 1B TO THE RULEBOOK OF THE STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF POLISH MUSIC IN RZESZÓW

CATEGORY II – CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

PART I PROGRAMME FOR STAGE I THE PROGRAMME SHOULD CONTAIN AT LEAST TWO STYLISTICALLY AND EXPRESSIVELY DIFFERENT WORKS BY AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT COMPOSERS TO BE SELECTED FROM THE LIST BELOW. THE MAXIMUM TOTAL TIME OF THE MUSICAL PRESENTATION MAY NOT EXCEED 30 MINUTES. DEPENDING ON THE FORM OF THE WORKS, THE TIME OF THE PRESENTATION MAY EXCEPTIONALLY EXCEED THE LIMIT SPECIFIED ABOVE BY UP TO 10 MINUTES.

— Tadeusz Baird — Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński — Józef Ksawery Elsner — Ignacy Friedman — Leopold Godowski — Joachim Kaczkowski — Mieczysław Karłowicz — Antoni Kątski — Stefan Kisielewski — Raoul Koczalski — Józef Władysław Krogulski — Karol Kurpiński — Franciszek Lessel — Teodor Leszetycki — Karol Lipiński — Artur Malawski — Witold Maliszewski — Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński — Karol Mikuli — Stanisław Moniuszko — Maurycy Moszkowski — Zygmunt Noskowski — Michał Kleofas Ogiński — Henryk Pachulski — Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz — Roman Palester — Eugeniusz Pankiewicz — Piotr Perkowski — Ludomir Różycki — Michał Spisak — Roman Statkowski — Zygmunt Stojowski — Antoni Stolpe — Tadeusz Szeligowski — Maria Szymanowska — Józef Wieniawski — Bolesław Woytowicz — Adam Wroński — Juliusz Zarębski — Aleksander Zarzycki — Władysław Żeleński

PART II PROGRAMME FOR STAGE II – FINAL THE FINAL STAGE SHALL INCLUDE UP TO FOUR WORKS (OTHER THAN IN STAGE I) BY THE COMPOSER(S) SELECTED FROM THE LIST BELOW. THE MAXIMUM TOTAL TIME OF THE PRESENTATION MAY NOT EXCEED 40 MINUTES BUT MAY NOT BE SHORTER THAN 35 MINUTES. DEPENDING ON THE FORM OF THE WORKS, THE TIME OF THE PRESENTATION MAY EXCEPTIONALLY EXCEED THE LIMIT SPECIFIED ABOVE BY UP TO 10 MINUTES.

— Grażyna Bacewicz — Tadeusz Baird — Fryderyk Chopin — Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński — Józef Ksawery Elsner — Ignacy Friedman — Leopold Godowski — Henryk Mikołaj Górecki — Joachim Kaczkowski — Mieczysław Karłowicz — Antoni Kątski — Wojciech Kilar — Stefan Kisielewski — Raoul Koczalski — Józef Władysław Krogulski — Karol Kurpiński — Franciszek Lessel — Teodor Leszetycki — Karol Lipiński — Witold Lutosławski — Artur Malawski — Witold Maliszewski — Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński — Karol Mikuli — Stanisław Moniuszko — Maurycy Moszkowski — Zygmunt Noskowski — Michał Kleofas Ogiński — Henryk Pachulski — Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz — Ignacy Jan Paderewski — Roman Palester — Eugeniusz Pankiewicz — Andrzej Panufnik — Piotr Perkowski — Ludomir Różycki — Michał Spisak — Roman Statkowski — Zygmunt Stojowski — Antoni Stolpe — Tadeusz Szeligowski — Maria Szymanowska — Karol Szymanowski — Aleksander Tansman — Józef Wieniawski — Bolesław Woytowicz — Adam Wroński — Juliusz Zarębski — Aleksander Zarzycki — Władysław Żeleński ANNEX 2A TO THE RULEBOOK OF THE STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF POLISH MUSIC IN RZESZÓW

THE STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF POLISH MUSIC IN RZESZÓW 20 – 27 SEPTEMBER 2019 APPLICATION FORM – CATEGORY I (PIANISTS) fill in on the computer or by hand, in the latter case use capital letters only The applications should only be sent electronically (signed and scanned application form plus annexes) to biuro@ konkursmuzykipolskiej.pl, no later than on 23 June 2019, with the title ‘Application for the Competition’, pursuant to the provisions of sections 10-12 in the Rulebook.

1/ PERSONAL DATA a / last name

______b / first name / middle name

______c / date of birth

______d / place of birth

______e / nationality

______f / permanent residence address (country, street and no., postcode, town)

______g / contact information (telephone, e-mail address)

______h / address for correspondence regarding the Competition (country, street and no., postcode, town, e-mail address)

______

2/ COMPETITION PROGRAMME 1 STAGE I: (composer – first name and last name, full title of composition, length of time)

1 /______

2 /______

3 /______

4 / 2 ______

1 The programme specified in the application shall be valid for the duration of the Competition. Changes can only be made due to chance events and shall require written notification with explanation to be accepted by the Director of the Competition 2 If there is more than one composition, please add the next item to the programme STAGE II: (composer – first name and last name, full title of composition, length of time)

1 /______

2 /______

3 / 3______

STAGE III – FINAL: (composer – first name and last name, full title of composition, length of time)

______

3/ ANNEXES: a) Biographical note of up to 3 000 signs including spaces (font Calibri or Times 12, single spacing) with a description of the music education and a brief summary of artistic activities (the most important concerts, prizes/honourable mentions from competitions, recordings etc.). b) 2 up-to-date photographs, including at least 1 portrait (format JPG or TIF, resolution up to 300 dpi). c) Video recording, necessary conditions described in section 11 of the Rulebook (the link to the file with the recording must be attached to the application form and other annexes). d) Letters of attorney or declarations, if necessary, pursuant to section 12.

4/ DECLARATIONS:

1) I hereby apply to take part in the International Competition of Polish Music in Rzeszów and I undertake to abide by all the terms and conditions relating to the Competition and to perform the programme specified in my application. 2) I hereby give my permission to process my personal data for the needs of the Competition requirements, pursuant to the relevant terms and conditions of the Competition and in accordance with applicable law.

(place and date) (handwritten signature of the applicant)

3 Ibid. ANNEX 2B TO THE RULEBOOK OF THE STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF POLISH MUSIC IN RZESZÓW

THE STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF POLISH MUSIC IN RZESZÓW 20 – 27 SEPTEMBER 2019 APPLICATION FORM – CATEGORY II (CHAMBER ENSEMBLES) fill in on the computer or by hand, in the latter case use capital letters only The applications should only be sent electronically (signed and scanned application form plus annexes) to [email protected], no later than on 23 June 2019, with the title ‘Application for the Competition’, pursuant to the provisions of sections 10, 11 and 13 in the Rulebook.

1/ PERSONAL DATA a / Name of the ensemble

______b / Instrumental parts

______c / First names and last names of the ensemble members; dates and places of birth and nationalities of the ensemble members:

1 /______

2 /______

3 /______

4 / 1 ______

d / Contact information of the person authorised to represent the ensemble (telephone, e-mail address)

______e) Address for correspondence (regarding the Competition) of the person authorised to represent the ensemble (country, street and no., postcode, town, e-mail address)

______

2/ COMPETITION PROGRAMME 2 STAGE I: (composer – first name and last name, full title of composition, alternatively with numbers or titles of movements selected of works of a cyclic form, length of time)

1 / ______

2 / 3______

1 If there is more ensemble members, please add the next items. 2 The programme specified in the application shall be valid for the duration of the Competition. Changes can only be made due to chance events and shall require written notification with explanation to be accepted by the Director of the Competition 3 If there is more than one composition, please add the next item to the programme STAGE II - FINAL: (composer – first name and last name, full title of composition, alternatively with numbers or titles of movements selected of works of a cyclic form, length of time)

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3/ ANNEXES: a) Biographical note of the ensemble of up to 3 000 signs including spaces (font Calibri or Times 12, single spacing) with a description of the music education and a brief summary of artistic activities (the most important concerts, prizes/honourable mentions from competitions, recordings etc.). b) 2 up-to-date photographs of the ensemble (format JPG or TIF, resolution up to 300 dpi). c) Video recording, necessary conditions described in section 11 of the Rulebook (the link to the file with the recording must be attached to the application form and other annexes).

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1) We hereby apply to take part in the International Competition of Polish Music in Rzeszów and we undertake to abide by all the terms and conditions relating to the Competition and to perform the programme specified in our application. 2) We hereby give our permission to process our personal data for the needs of the Competition requirements, pursuant to the relevant terms and conditions of the Competition and in accordance with applicable law.

(place and date) (handwritten signature of the applicant or the person authorised to represent the ensemble)

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COMPOSERS GRAŻYNA BACEWICZ 5.02.1909 – 17.01.1969­ composer, violinist and teacher, born in Łódź, died in Warsaw. Her immensely rich creative output, original language of her compositions and notable international achievements (as a performer and a composer), confirmed by a plethora of prizes and honourable mentions she was awarded, make her one of the most prominent musical personalities of twentieth-century Poland. foto: Benedykt Jerzy Dorys / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

TADEUSZ BAIRD 26.07.1928 – 2.09.1981­ composer and teacher, born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, died in Warsaw. A winner of multiple prizes for his compositions in Poland and abroad. He worked out a highly individual style blending expression and lyricism with the spirit of the past epochs, especially the , the Baroque and the Renaissance. foto: Benedykt Jerzy Dorys / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

FRYDERYK CHOPIN 22.02/1.03.1810 – 17.10.1849 composer and pianist, born in Żelazowa Wola near Sochaczew, died in . One of the greatest composers in the history of music. The universality and timelessness of his music blends well with the clearly pronounced national idiom. He mainly wrote for the piano, although some of his has also survived. foto: / Music Division, The New York Public Library (The New York Public Library Digital Collections)

IGNACY FELIKS DOBRZYŃSKI 25.02.1807 – 9.10.1867 composer, conductor, pianist and teacher, born in Romanów (now Romaniv in ), died in Warsaw. His rich and formally varied creative output characterised by virtuosity and excellent instrumental proficiency, as well as his organisational endeavours in the field of music, played a crucial role in the development of the Polish culture in the nineteenth century. foto: Maksymilian Fajans / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

JÓZEF KSAWERY ELSNER 1.06.1769 – 18.04.1854 composer, teacher and organiser of musical activities, born in Grodków, died in Warsaw. He did not only leave behind an expansive and generically varied body of compositions, but he was also an indefatigable organiser of musical life in Lwów and later in Warsaw. Furthermore, he worked as a critic, a journalist, an editor and a collector of folk artefacts. Elsner must be considered one of the most distinguished representatives of Polish music in the first half of the nineteenth century, although he has gone down in history almost solely as the teacher of Fryderyk Chopin. foto: Maksymilian Fajans / Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Kazimierza Wiekiego w Bydgoszczy (Zielonogórska Biblioteka Cyfrowa) IGNACY FRIEDMAN 14.02.1882 – 26.01.1948 pianist, composer and teacher, born in Podgórze (now a part of Kraków), died in Sydney. An excellent pianist and a brilliant interpreter of the works by Chopin, he was also active as a music editor. His piano works, as well as his chamber pieces, were mostly written as small-scale genres. foto: Music Division, The New York Public Library (The New York Public Library Digital Collections)

LEOPOLD GODOWSKI 13.02.1870 – 21.11.1938 pianist, composer and teacher, born in Żośle near Wilno (now in ), died in New York. One of the most eminent pianists of his day. His creative output, technically superb and demanding, was almost exclusively written for piano. These were both original compositions and virtuosic paraphrases. foto: Aimé Dupont / Music Division, The New York Public Library (The New York Public Library Digital Collections)

HENRYK MIKOŁAJ GÓRECKI 6.12.1933 – 12.11.2010 composer and teacher, born in Czernica near Rybnik, died in Katowice. His creative output brought him numerous prizes from composition competitions in Poland and abroad; rich in quantity, genre and style, it underwent a constant evolution and never ceased to amaze as an intriguing and original phenomenon in its own right. foto: Lech Kowalski & Włodzimierz Pniewski / Wikimedia Commons

JOACHIM KACZKOWSKI AROUND 1789 – 2 JANUARY 1829 violinist, composer and teacher, born in Tábor (now in the Czech Republic), died in Warsaw. His creative output is mostly represented by chamber music characterised by virtuosic elements, especially in the part of the first violin. His surviving piano miniatures consist of several – apart from variations, they seeem to have been the composer’s favourite genre.

ANTONI KĄTSKI 27.10.1817 – 7.12.1899 also known as Antoine de Kontski – pianist and composer, born in Kraków, died in Iwanicze near Nowogród. He led a very busy schedule as a concert performer, teacher and composer (he wrote more than 400 opus-numbered works). In the main, Kątski’s compositions retain the salon-style character; during his lifetime, they were tremendously popular throughout Europe, a fact corroborated by the sheer number of editions and publications. foto: Music Division, The New York Public Library (The New York Public Library Digital Collections) MIECZYSŁAW KARŁOWICZ 11.12.1876 – 8.02.1909 composer and conductor, born in Wiszniewo (now in ), died in the Tatra Mountains. Despite dying tragically in his beloved mountains at the age of 32, he lived long enough to play a leading role in the development of the musical life in Poland and write compositions that creatively employed the latest trends and innovations of the late Romantic style. His music became an indispensable part of the contemporary European repertoire at the turn of the twentieth century and won him a status of one of the pre-eminent composers. foto: Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

WOJCIECH KILAR 17.07.1932 – 29.12.2013 composer and pianist, born in Lwów (now in Ukraine), died in Katowice. He was a prize winner at a number of composition competitions in Poland and abroad, and also won international fame as a composer of film scores. The musical language of his compositions underwent an evolution from , through the avant-garde (e.g. sonorism), to an aesthetically varied style char- acterised by simplification of compositional devices, frequent use of folk elements borrowed from the music of the Tatra Highlanders, emphasis on melody, and highly suggestive religiousness and spirituality. foto: Cezary Piwowarski / Wikimedia Commons

STEFAN KISIELEWSKI 7.03.1911 – 27.09.1991 composer, journalist, author and music critic, man of letters and teacher, born in Warsaw, died in Warsaw. One of the most colourful and versatile figures in the musical and cultural life of twentieth- century Poland. He was a proponent of the clear musical form and the neoclassical style, devoid of any extra-musical elements. Notoriously sardonic, his works frequently resound with echoes of folk, jazz and popular music.

RAOUL KOCZALSKI 3.01.1884 – 24.11.1948 pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, died in Poznań. He came into the limelight as a child prodigy of the piano and later on one of the most brilliant pianists of the day, his fame resting to a large extent on his spectacular interpretations of Chopin’s music. Koczalski’s creative output, now largely forgotten, employs multiple types of scoring, genre and style. foto: Wikimedia Commons

JÓZEF WŁADYSŁAW KROGULSKI 4.10.1815 – 9.01.1842 pianist, composer, choirmaster and teacher, born in Tarnów, died in Warsaw. He commenced his piano career at the tender age of 10 and soon made a name for himself as a child prodigy. His activities in the field of education and conducting were equally matutinal. He died at the age of 27. Krogulski wrote a plethora of works (rarely performed today), including a large body of piano miniatures written in the virtuosic style brillant. foto: Juliusz Volkmar Fleck / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona) KAROL KURPIŃSKI BAPTISED 6 MARCH 1785 – 18 SEPTEMBER 1857 composer, conductor, teacher and organiser of musical activities, born in Włoszakowice near Leszno Wielkopolskie, died in Warsaw. He worked at the National Theatre (Teatr Narodowy) for more than 30 years, first as a conductor and then also a director, which helps explain why there are so many works for theatre and orchestra within his oeuvre. His compositions for piano feature several outstanding polonaises. In the history of Polish music, Kurpiński is placed alongside Józef Elsner as the foremost representative of the pre-Romantic style. foto: Maksymilian Fajans / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

FRANCISZEK LESSEL AROUND 1780 – 26 DECEMBER 1838 composer, born in Warsaw, died in Piotrków Trybunalski. One of the foremost Polish composers of the classical era and the first to write full-blown piano concertos. He composed in typical classical forms; his works for piano heralded the emergence of the style brillant. Although Lessel’s compositions enjoyed huge popularity during his lifetime, many of them are now lost.

TEODOR LESZETYCKI 22.06.1830 – 14.11.1915 pianist, teacher and composer, born in Łańcut, died in . An outstanding pianist and one of the greatest piano teachers of all time. His output mostly includes virtuosic piano miniatures (frequently put together to form cycles), such as nocturnes, romances, impromptus, morceaux, arabesques, dances, as well as etudes and preludes.

KAROL LIPIŃSKI 30.10.1790 – 16.12.1861 violinist, composer and conductor, born in Radzyń, died in Urłów (now Virliv) near Lwów (Lviv in Ukraine). He was considered one of the most outstanding violinists of the first half of the nineteenth century, regularly compared to Niccolò Paganini. His creative output is dominated by violin works, solo or with piano, orchestra and chamber ensembles. Lipiński frequently wrote for himself, which helps explain why his compositions are so difficult to perform. foto: Walenty Śliwicki / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI 25.01.1913 – 7.02.1994 composer, pianist and conductor, born in Warsaw, died in Warsaw. He was one of the foremost musical artists of the twentieth century. A successor and continuator of the best European musical traditions, he nevertheless created strikingly original compositions. Lutosławski was an individualist and innovator, a master of form who could invite the listener into a creative interplay; he was also endowed with a tremendous dramatic gift. The composer’s musical language underwent a constant evolution resulting from his need to compose a perfect work in all its aspects foto: Benedykt Jerzy Dorys / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona) ARTUR MALAWSKI 4.07.1904 – 26.12.1957 composer, teacher and conductor, born in Przemyśl, died in Kraków. He educated plenty of well- known Polish composers and conductors. His rich legacy, dominated by large-scale forms, underwent a number of successive phases. He was considered one of the most progressive composers of his times, which resulted in a backlash from the proponents of socialist realism. foto: Benedykt Jerzy Dorys / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

WITOLD MALISZEWSKI 20.08.1873 – 18.07.1939 composer and teacher, born in Mohylów Podolski (now Mohyliv Podilskyi in Ukraine), died in Zalesie near Warsaw. He was a well-known teacher (his students included Lutosławski and Panufnik) and an enterprising organiser of musical activities. The composer’s creative legacy is rich and varied; its style is heavily orientated towards the Romantic tradition. He usually composed for large forces; nevertheless, he left behind chamber works and solo pieces too, most of them featuring the piano. foto: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe (Zbiory NAC on-line)

HENRYK MELCER-SZCZAWIŃSKI 25.07.1869 – 28.04.1928 composer, pianist, teacher and conductor, born in Marcelin, died in Warsaw. An outstanding pianist, teacher and organiser of social musical life, he held numerous artistic and administrative positions throughout his life. The composer’s legacy is dominated by works for piano and his musical language is characterised by the late Romantic style regularly featuring stylised folk elements. foto: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe (Zbiory NAC on-line)

KAROL MIKULI 20.10.1819 – 21.05.1897 pianist, composer, conductor and teacher, born in Czerniowce (now Chernivtsi in Ukraine), died in Lwów (now Lviv in Ukraine). He received his music education in Paris, where one of his teachers was none other than Fryderyk Chopin. Back in his homeland, he was himself responsible for the education of a large number of well-known pianists based on the principles of Chopin’s piano legacy. The aesthetics of Mikuli’s own compositions, in which the piano plays the prominent role, is typically Romantic. foto: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie (Cyfrowe Zbiory MNW)

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO 5.05.1819 – 4.06.1872 composer, conductor and teacher, born in Ubiel (now in Belarus), died in Warsaw. He is regarded as the creator of national Polish ; he was also a long-time conductor and director of the Warsaw Opera. Moniuszko is one of the most notable and distinguished personalities in Polish culture and history. His numerous works for piano and chamber ensembles remain somewhat in the shadow of his and opera legacy. foto: Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona) MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI 28.08.1854 – 4.03.1925 composer, pianist and conductor, born in Wrocław, died in Paris. He was a famous virtuoso of the piano, most lauded for the performances of his own compositions, which brought him universal acclaim, especially amongst the concert pianists. Moszkowski mostly wrote virtuosic pieces intended for piano solo, piano four hands and two , whilst his etudes are still used as valuable teaching materials. foto: Edward Karol Nicz, Jan Mieczkowski / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

ZYGMUNT NOSKOWSKI 2.05.1846 – 23.07.1909 composer, conductor, teacher and music journalist, born in Warsaw, died in Warsaw. He was one of the most notable personalities in Polish culture in the second half of the nineteenth century. Noskowski led a busy schedule as an organiser of musical life and director of cultural institutions; he also educated a number of distinguished composers and kept himself busy as a performer. He was a remarkably prolific composer, but his standing now rests almost exclusively on his symphonic music. foto: Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

MICHAŁ KLEOFAS OGIŃSKI 25.09.1765 – 15.10.1833 composer, author, diplomat and prince, born in Guzów near Warsaw, died in Florence. Ogiński is primarily known as a composer of piano works, of which his polonaises won him the greatest acclaim – they were amongst the first Polish stylised specimens of this dance. The in A minor ‘Pożegnanie Ojczyzny’ (‘Farewell to the Homeland’ ) still remains his most celebrated masterpiece.

HENRYK PACHULSKI 4.10.1859 – 02.08.1921 pianist, composer and teacher, born in Łazy near Siedlce, died in Moscow. He was an author of more than a hundred works for piano. Pachulski spent most of his professional life in Russia, where he became a distinguished professor of the Moscow Conservatory. He was an ardent promoter of Polish culture: he frequently featured Polish music in his concert programmes and wrote numerous arrangements of Polish folk . foto: Wikipedia Commons

TADEUSZ PACIORKIEWICZ 17.10.1916 – 21.11.1998 composer, organist and teacher, born in Sierpc, died in Warsaw. The composer’s legacy is extremely rich and contains works intended for varied sets of performers. His outstanding, numerous chamber works comprise quintets, quartets, duets and other less popular line-ups scored for a variety of different instruments. foto: Benedykt Jerzy Dorys / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona) IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI 6.11.1860 – 29.06.1941 pianist, composer, teacher and politician, born in Kuryłówka (now in Ukraine), died in New York. The significance of Paderewski’s personality for the Polish statehood and culture far exceeds the confines of his activities as an artist and composer. He was one of the greatest champions of Polish independence after the First World War, thus becoming a Prime Minister of the newly- formed Republic of Poland. A world-famous pianist, he also left behind a large body of his own compositions dominated by the part of the piano. foto: Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

ROMAN PALESTER 28.12.1907 – 25.08.1989 composer, born in Śniatyn (now in Ukraine), died in Paris. After his decision to remain abroad after 1949, his works were banned in the communist Polish People’s Republic until 1981. Palester was a busy activist and organiser of social musical life abroad. A long-time director of the cultural section and a columnist of Radio Free Europe, he was also a distinguished composer, although, regrettably, his works are still rarely performed in his native country. foto: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe (Zbiory NAC on-line)

EUGENIUSZ PANKIEWICZ 15.12.1857 – 24.12.1898 composer and pianist, born in Siedlce, died in Tworki near Warsaw. A large body of his creative output consists of works for piano – dances (, waltzes or minuets) and other types of miniatures. His piano compositions trace a clear evolution of his musical language, from simple salon- style pieces to more advanced works (with regard to technical proficiency, harmony and colour).

ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK 24.09.1914 – 27.10.1991 composer and conductor, born in Warsaw, died in Twickenham, England. Panufnik’s decision to leave the Polish People’s Republic in 1954 resulted in a backlash from the communist authorities: his works were banned – they could not be performed or published, and even his name could not be officially mentioned, even though he had established himself as one of the leading Polish composers. While abroad, he became a prizewinning musician, regarded as one of the most original composers of contemporary music. He was knighted by the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. foto: Benedykt Jerzy Dorys / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

PIOTR PERKOWSKI 17.03.1901 – 12.08.1990 composer, teacher and organiser of musical activities, born in Oweczacze, died in Otwock. He was an indefatigable organiser of social musical life in Poland, e.g. as a co-organiser and initial president of the Polish Composers’ Union. Perkowski’s creative output is rich and varied. His chamber works are scored for multiple combinations of string instruments, wind instruments and mixed arrangements. He also wrote prolifically for the piano. foto: Benedykt Jerzy Dorys / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona) LUDOMIR RÓŻYCKI 18.09.1883 – 1.01.1953 composer, conductor and teacher, born in Warsaw, died in Katowice. Różycki’s position in the history of Polish music is largely based on his achievements relating to the modernisation of musical language during the initial stages of the twentieth century. He also contributed to the promotion of Polish culture abroad, which was facilitated by the widespread popularity of his compositions, especially his theatre music. He also composed smaller-scale works and left behind an extensive collection of piano pieces (usually miniatures). foto: Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

MICHAŁ SPISAK 14.09.1914 – 29.01.1965 composer, born in Dąbrowa Górnicza, died in Paris. One of the most distinguished and celebrated Polish émigré composers and a laureate of the most prestigious international composition competitions. He is considered one of the most notable representatives of Polish neoclassicism. His works are characterised by numerous references to past epochs combined with the use of modern musical devices. foto: Benedykt Jerzy Dorys / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

ROMAN STATKOWSKI 24.12.1859 – 12.11.1925 composer and teacher, born in Szczypiorno near Kalisz, died in Warsaw. The largest body of his works is devoted to compositions for piano, especially his richly varied miniatures. Statkowski is also an author of numerous chamber pieces exhibiting late Romantic aesthetics, including string quartets and pieces for violin and piano.

ZYGMUNT STOJOWSKI 8.04.1870 – 05.11.1946 composer, pianist, teacher and author, born in Strzelce near , died in New York. After studying in Paris, he spent most of his life in the , where he made a name for himself as an excellent pianist and a distinguished teacher (e.g. at the Institute of Musical Art in New York). He was actively involved in the social work of Polish diaspora organisations. Stojowski’s oeuvre is dominated by piano works, which were also performed by a host of other celebrated virtuosos of the day, e.g. Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Józef Hofman. foto: Wikipedia Commons

ANTONI STOLPE 23.05.1851 – 7.09.1872 pianist and composer, born in Puławy, died in Meran (now Merano, Italy). The contemporary critics recognised him as the greatest composing talent after Chopin. He died at the age of 21. He composed a few dozen pieces, but they fell into oblivion after his death and the majority of them have now been lost. Recent years, however, has brought a certain revival of Stolpe’s music, which has been published and restored in concert halls. foto: Wikipedia Commons TADEUSZ SZELIGOWSKI 13.09.1896 – 10.01.1963 composer and teacher, born in Lwów (now Lviv in Ukraine), died in Poznań. His contributions to Polish education and organisation of musical life were widely recognised. Szeligowski’s music is extremely abundant and varied in its stylistic content. There are references to the Renaissance, Polish folklore and twelve-tone technique, as well as aesthetic evocations of neoclassical and neoromantic sentiments. foto: Benedykt Jerzy Dorys / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

MARIA SZYMANOWSKA 14.12.1789 – 24.07.1831 pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, died in Saint Petersburg. In her day, she was a famous representative of the salon music and a leading exponent of the so-called pre-Chopin era. One of the first professional female pianists in the history of music, she toured extensively, her virtuoso displays arousing universal applause and acclaim everywhere she travelled. Her early Romantic compositions, characteristic of the brillant aesthetics, were mostly written for piano. foto: Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

KAROL SZYMANOWSKI 3.10.1882 – 29.03.1937 composer, born in Tymoszówka (now in Ukraine), died in Lausanne. He was also a journalist, a teacher, the first vice-chancellor of the Warsaw Conservatory of Music, a music reformer and a spiritual leader of young Polish composers, who vigorously supported his initially contested aesthetic outlook. Considered the greatest Polish composer after Chopin, Szymanowski has been one of the most original artists in the history of music. foto: Benedykt Jerzy Dorys / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

ALEKSANDER TANSMAN 11.06.1897 – 15.11.1986 composer, pianist and conductor, born in Łódź, died in Paris. He left his homeland as a young person, never to settle in Poland again. He spent most of his life in Paris and several years in the United States, but he never relinquished his Polishness; he desired to be and he always was regarded as a Polish composer. Tansman was an outstanding, exceptionally prolific (more than 400 compositions) and one of the most frequently performed Polish composers in the world, and also one of the most notable, larger-than-life personalities of the day. foto: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe (Zbiory NAC on-line) JÓZEF WIENIAWSKI 23.05.1837 – 11.11.1912 pianist, composer and teacher, born in , died in Brussels. He launched his international piano career alongside his brother Henryk. He was especially noted for his interpretations of Chopin’s compositions. Wieniawski was one of the first Polish pianists to introduce the concept of a Chopin recital. He was also active as a teacher and an organiser of social musical life. The composer’s creative output includes a few dozen works, predominantly virtuoso pieces for piano, although he also wrote chamber music. foto: Music Division, The New York Public Library (The New York Public Library Digital Collections)

BOLESŁAW WOYTOWICZ 5.12.1899 – 11.07.1980 composer, pianist, teacher and organiser of musical activities, born in Dunajowce (now Dunaivtsi in Ukraine), died in Katowice. His contributions to the organisation of musical life in Poland, also under the occupation during the Second World War, have been widely recognised. He was also an active pianist, an excellent performer of Chopin’s etudes, a long-time teacher and a juror at piano competitions. His works are often characterised by the presence of educational qualities. After studying with , he remained faithful to the neoclassical aesthetics. He was one of the founders and the leading lights of the Silesian school of composers. foto: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe (Zbiory NAC on-line)

ADAM WROŃSKI 1850/51 – 17.12.1915 violinist, conductor and composer, born in Kraków, died in Krynica. Wroński led a busy schedule as an organiser of musical activities; he was a founder and a conductor of a number of , including a military orchestra in Kraków and a spa orchestra in Krynica. Nicknamed the ‘Polish Strauss’, he was an unusually prolific composer (around 250 compositions), writing mostly dance pieces for a variety of sets of performers – waltzes, galops, quadrilles, polkas and marches, and he was also highly valued as a composer of mazurs. Although he has now been forgotten, he was immensely popular during his lifetime, which was evidenced by the sheer number (and dissemination) of his works brought out in print.

JULIUSZ ZARĘBSKI 28.02 LUB 3.03.1854 – 13.09.1885 pianist, composer and teacher, born in Żytomierz (now Zhytomyr in Ukraine), died in Żytomierz. He launched his international virtuoso career in his childhood and began teaching in his early youth. He composed several dozen works, principally intended for piano, in addition to a masterpiece of chamber music, the Piano Quintet in G minor. Zarębski was one of the most significant and promising Polish composers during the second half of the nineteenth century. His brilliant creative development was interrupted by a premature death. foto: W. Kisliczny / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona) ALEKSANDER ZARZYCKI 26.02.1834 – 1.11.1895 composer, pianist, teacher and conductor, born in Lwów (now Lviv in Ukraine), died in Warsaw. The composer’s creative legacy is somewhat overshadowed by his achievements in the fields of concert performance, education and organisation of social life (e.g. he was a co-founder and director of the Warsaw Musical Society). The style of his compositions reveals his fascination with the music by Chopin and Moniuszko. foto: Biblioteka Publiczna m.st. Warszawy – Biblioteka Główna Województwa Mazowieckiego (Mazowiecka Biblioteka Cyfrowa)

WŁADYSŁAW ŻELEŃSKI 6.07.1837 – 23.01.1921 composer and teacher, born in Grodkowice near Kraków, died in Kraków. Żeleński remained creatively active until the last days of his life, also in his capacity as a conductor, a pianist and an organiser of social musical activities. His extensive oeuvre, long-underrated and dismissed as academic, exhibits traditional characteristics and neoromantic aesthetics. He left behind a plethora of works for piano and a sizeable body of chamber music. foto: Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)

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