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6TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL - CHOPIN AND HIS EUROPE
WARSAW - AUGUST 1 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

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Sunday, 1st August
7.30 PM, Vocal-instrumental Symphonic Concert, The Church of the Holy Cross
Soloists: Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-sopranoo) Mark Padmore (tenor) Roderick Williams (bass)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Janusz Olejniczak (piano)
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka F minor, Op. 68 No. 4 - Janusz Olejniczak (period piano)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor BWV 232

Monday, 2nd August
7.30 PM, Symphonic Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall Ian Hobson (piano) Alexander Gavryluk (piano)
Symphony Orchestra of the W. Lutosławski Philharmonic in Wrocław Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)
Programme: Edward Elgar: Polonia Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Fantasy (Ian Hobson)
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto E minor, Op. 11 (Alexander Gavryluk)

Tuesday, 3rd August
5.00 PM, The Great Hall of the National Opera The King's Singers
Programme: to be announced
7.30 PM, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall Olga Pasiecznik (soprano)
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Symphony Orchestra of the W. Lutosławski Philharmonic in Wrocław
Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto F minor, Op. 21
Gustav Mahler: IV Symphony

Wednesday, 4th August
7.30 PM, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Tomasz Stańko's homage to Chopin
Krzysztof Jabłoński (piano)

Thursday, 5th August
5.00 PM, Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio
Lenneke Ruiten (soprano)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin, Vincenzo Bellini, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Ryszard Wagner,
Hector Berlioz
7.30 PM, Royal Castle
Bruno Leonardo Gelber (piano)
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin

Friday, 6th August
5.00 PM, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall
Hans Jörg Mammel (tenor)
Ewa Pobłocka (piano)
Programme:
Polish and German Romantic Song
Ignacy Paderewski, Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin
7.30 PM, The Grand Hall of the Polish National Opera
Katia Pellegrino (soprano)
Francesco Meli (tenor)
Lucia Cirillo (mezzosoprano)
Ugo Guagliardo (bass)
Donatella Lombardi (soprano)
Emanuele d'Aguano (tenor)
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (conductor)
Programme:
Operas from Chopin's World
Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (concert version) first Polish performance on period instruments.

Saturday, 7th August
5.00 PM, Chamber Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Joshua Bell (violin) Steven Isserlis (cello) Dénes Várjon (piano)
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann
9.00 PM, The Church of the Holy Cross
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips (conductor)
Programme:
Polish and English Music
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere
Bartłomiej Pękiel: Missa pulcherrima
Mikołaj Zieliński:
Vox in rama
Gaudete justi
Paweł Mykietyn: the world premiere of a composition commissioned by NIFC (The Fryderyk Chopin Institute)

Sunday, 8th August
7.30 PM, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Dejan Lazić (period piano)
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin:
Fantasy on Polish Themes, Op. 13
Variations B flat major Lŕ ci darem la mano, Op. 2

Monday, 9th August
7.30 PM, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini (conductor) Marc-Andre Hamelin ( piano)
Programme:
Italian Baroque Music (Did the Italian Baroque Know Chopin?)

Tuesday, 10th August
5.00 PM, Piano Recital, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall
Philippe Giusiano
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin
7.30 PM, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Leszek Możdżer & Friends

Wednesday, 11th August
7.30 PM, Flamenco Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall
Paco Peńa Flamenco Company
Chopin and the Flamenco Music
Christoph Pregardien (tenor)

Thusday, 12th August
5.00 PM, Piano Recital, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall
Jon Nakamatsu
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin
7.30 PM, Piano Recital, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Arcadi Volodos
Programme: to be announced

Friday, 13th August
5.00 PM, Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio
Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano)
Nelson Goerner (piano)
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin's songs (The Real Chopin)
7.30. P.M. Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio
Christoph Pregardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (piano)

Saturday, 14th August
7.30 PM, Symphonic Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Bella Davidovich (piano)
Nelson Goerner (piano)
Sinfonia Varsovia
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto F minor, Op. 21
Jan Ignacy Paderewski

Sunday, 15th August
7.30 PM, Symphonic Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
Programme:
Sergey Rachmaninov: Variations on the Theme of Paganini
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto E minor, Op. 11

Monday, 16th August
5.00 PM,Palladium, Złota Street
Makoto Ozone&Friends
Programme: to be announced
7.30 PM, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

Tuesday, 17 August
5.00 PM, Congress Hall
Bobby McFerrin
Big Band NDR
7.30 PM, Symphonic Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Denis Matsuev (piano)
Programme: to be announced

Wednesday, 18th August
5.00 PM, Piano Recital, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall
Michel Dalberto
Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Rondo KV511
Variations KV573
Ferenc Liszt:
3 Nocturnes (Liebestraüme)
Reminiscences from the opera "Norma" by Vincenzo Belliniego
Ferenc Liszt: 6 Polish Songs after Fryderyk Chopin
Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9
7.30 PM, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Die Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens (conductor)
Programme:
Franciszek Lessel, Karol Kurpiński, Feliks Janiewicz, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Thuesday, 19th August
5.00 PM, The Grand Hall of the Polish National Opera
Fou Ts'ong (piano)
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
7.30 PM, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Olli Mustonen (piano)
Lilya Zilberstein (piano)
Maciej Grzybowski (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto E minor, Op. 11
Mili Bałakiriew: Piano Concerto E flat major
Roman Maciejewski: Piano Concerto

Friday, 20th August
7.30 PM, Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio
Michael Ursualesa
programme: Etiuds

Saturday, 21st August, Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio Polish Radio
Lilya Zilberstein
Programme:
Mili Bałakiriew, Fryderyk Chopin
Inga Lewandowska (jazz)
Kuba Stankiewicz (jazz piano)
programme:
Chopin Songbook

Sunday, 22nd August
7.30 PM, Symphonic Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Orchestre des Champs-Élysčes
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fryderyk Chopin and French music

Monday, 23rd August
7.30 PM, Symphonic Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Orchestre des Champs-Élysčes
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
Alexander Lonqich (piano)
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin, Hector Berlioz, Robert Schumann

Tuesday, 24th August
5.00 PM, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall
Edicson Ruiz (contrabass)
Sergio Tiempo (piano)
Programme:
Elliot Carter, Heinz Holliger, Gyorgy Kurtag, Giovanni Bottesini, Fryderyk Chopin, Alberto Ginastera, Astor
Piazzola
7.30 PM, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall
Krzysztof Herdzin (piano)
Opera Omnia Chopin Jazz

Wednesday, 25th August
5.00 PM, Chamber Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Maria Joăo Pires (piano)
Pavel Gomziakov (cello)
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for piano & cello ecc.
Howard Shelley (piano, conductor)
Jan Lisiecki (piano)

Thuesday, 26th August
Dang Thai Son (piano)
Ewa Pobłocka (piano)
7.30 PM, Symphonic Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Christiane Iven (soprano)
Christian Zacharias (piano, conductor)
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Programme:
Mieczysław Karłowicz: Serenada
Joseph Haydn: Berenice che fai for soprano & orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Vado, ma dove? Oh Dei! for soprano & orchestra KV 583
Ch'io mi scordi for soprano, piano & orchestra KV 505
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto F minor, Op. 21

Friday, 27th August
5.00 PM, Piano Recital, The Grand Hall of the Polish National Opera
Christian Zacharias
Programme: to be announced
7.30 P.M, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Valery Gergiev
9.00 P.M, Palladium, Złota Sreet
Józef Eliasz
Krzysztof Herdzin
Big Band
programme: jazz

Saturday, 28th August
5.00 PM, Chamber Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall
Antonio Meneses (cello)
Manahem Pressler (piano)
Programme:
incl. Frédéric Chopin Sonata for piano & cello
7.30 PM, Symphonic Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Nelson Freire (piano)
Sinfonia Varsovia
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: IV Piano Concerto G major
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto A minor

Sunday, 29th August
5.00 PM, The Grand Hall of the Polish National Opera
Thomas Zehetmair (violin)
Dang Thai Son (period piano)
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Dina Yoffe (period piano)
Frans Brüggen (conductor)
Programme:
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto D major, Op. 77
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto E minor, Op. 11
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto A minor, Op. 54
7.30 PM, Symphonic Concert, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Maria Joăo Pires (piano)
Sinfonia Varsovia
Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
Programme:
Gioacchino Rossini: Overture from the opera The Italian Girl in Algiers
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony B flat major, Op. 60
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto F minor, Op. 21

Monday, 30th August
5.00 PM, The Grand Hall of the Polish National Opera
Kristian Bezuidenhout (period piano)
Thomas Zehetmair (violinist, conductor)
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen (conductor)
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto D major, Op. 61 (version for piano)
Frédéric Chopin:
Varioations La ci darem la mano, Op. 2
Fantasy on Polish Themes, Op. 13

Tuesday, 31st August
7.30 PM, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Stanisław Bunin (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)
Programme:
Frédéric Chopin: Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise E flat major, Op. 22
Robert Schumann: Konzertstucke
Franciszek Liszt:
Piano Concerto E flat major
Salve Polonia
Thursday, 2 September
7.30 PM, Stanisław Moniuszko Hall of the Polish National Opera
Project Chopin (Breakthru Films)