15
October
Krzysztof Penderecki Festival in Zabrze
A performance of the quintet, “Leaves from an Unwritten Diary” by Krzysztof Penderecki, will open our new annual festival. Maestro Penderecki, to whom this festival is dedicated, is one of the greatest composers of modern times, and will be in attendance. This is an extraordinary event, not only because its patron is celebrating his 80th birthday, but because of its unorthodox concert venue 320 meters underground!
13
October
“Living legend” - Krzysztof Penderecki’s 80th birthday
The BMF honors this “living legend” of avant-garde music with two concerts featuring his music. Penderecki and the China National Symphony Orchestra perform his Double Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra featuring Chinese violinist Vera Tsu Wei-ling and Lithuanian violist Julian Rachlin. The composer conducts a reprise his Symphony No. 8, “Songs of Transcience,” a Beijing Music Festival commission that premiered in 2007.
