Chopin and his Europe
The 5th International Music Festival "Chopin and his Europe" is going to take place on 16th -31st August 2009 in Warsaw.
Honorary patrons of the festival:
Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland
Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Mayor of Warsaw
Organisers:
Fryderyk Chopin Institute
City of Warsaw
Warsaw Philharmonic
Polish Radio – Programme 2
Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera
Director of the festival: Stanisław Leszczyński
The 5th International Music Festival "Chopin and his Europe" means:
24 concerts, including 11 symphonic ones,
13 piano recitals and chamber music concerts,
More than 300 performing artists, including:
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Concerto Köln, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Philippe Herreweghe, Antoni Wit, Frans Brüggen, Jacek Kaspszyk, Howard Shelley
Soloists:
Andreas Staier, Martha Argerich, Emanuel Ax, Garrick Ohlsson, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Nikolai Lugansky, Vadim Rudenko, Eldar Nebolsin, Sergey Kasprov, Alexey Zouev, Paolo Giacometti, Ewa Kupiec, Ewa Pobłocka, Howard Shelley, Jan Lisiecki, Aimi Kobayashi, Iwona Sobotka, Alexander Melnikov, Christoph Pregardien, Nelson Goerner, Marta Kowalczyk, Magdalena Lisak, Janusz Olejniczak
Pianos:
Erard (1849),
Pleyel (1848),
Graf (c. 1819),
Steinway (2000, 2006),
Yamaha
Concert halls:
Concert Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic,
Chamber Music Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic,
Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio,
Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera
Download:
Festival Programme (pdf file)
For more information, go to the website of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Click here to find out more about the tickets.
