16
April
From Experiment to Great Synthesis
During the jubilee year of Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki’s 80th birthday, the Cracow University of Technology organizes a special meeting with the composer and his music on 8 May 2013 at 4:00 pm, in the Senate Hall. During the concert, Kwartet Dafô and Bugla Ensemble will perform two works by K. Penderecki: String Quartet No. 3 (Leaves of an unwritten diary, 2008) and sonoristic Capriccio for oboe and eleven strings (1964). The discussion will be conducted by violinist Dr Danuta Augustyn and chemist Dr Piotr Romańczyk. Admission is free but seats are limited.
8
April
Penderecki’s tulip
Krzysztof Penderecki, a new variety of tulip, is a gift that the composer received from the Poznań Philharmonic musicians. It took Jan Ligthart, a well-known Dutch flower breeder, as many as 16 years to create this variety. The tulip was officially presented in Gniezno. Krzysztof Penderecki’s tulip is dark red, verging into crimson. It is a gift for the Maestro’s 80th birthday.
“We wanted to preserve the Maestro for ever, there is no doubt he deserves it,” said one of the originators of the present Wojciech Nentwig, the Director of Poznań Philharmonic.
“We wanted to preserve the Maestro for ever, there is no doubt he deserves it,” said one of the originators of the present Wojciech Nentwig, the Director of Poznań Philharmonic.
