19th International Festival Rybnik Choral Autumn named after H.M. Górecki. Competition auditions

For the 19th time, Rybnik will become a meeting place for choirs from Poland and abroad. Rybnica's Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Choral Autumn has been one of the most important choral music events in Silesia for years. It is a unique celebration of singing together, during which bands representing a variety of musical traditions, styles and cultures perform. The patron of the festival is Henryk Mikołaj Górecki — one of the most outstanding Polish contemporary composers. His work and artistic heritage are an inspiration for future generations of performers, and the festival itself remains a meeting place of passion, talent and musical sensitivity. For nearly two decades, Rybnicka Choral Autumn has built a reputation as an event of international importance, gathering hundreds of performers and an audience for whom choral singing remains one of the most beautiful forms of common music.

Competition auditions will be held on 7 November at 10:00am at the Karol and Antoni Szafranków State Music School in Rybnik, Poland

Ensembles and Choirs qualified for competitive auditions:

Academic Choir of Bydgoszcz University of Technology

Bel Canto Choir (Rybnik)

Chamber Choir Ab Imo Pectore (Ozarow Mazowiecki)

LORIEN Choir (Lublin)

Jan Orszulik from Strumien Singing Society LUTNIA Choir

Group of the Singer of the Student Song and Dance Ensemble Katowice UŚ in Katowice

Female Chamber Choir Regina Apostolorum (Rybnik)

Sonarte Choir Ensemble (Radlin)

Vocal Ensemble Minimus (Poznan)

Soul Singers Vocal Ensemble (Bydgoszcz)

The jury of this year's competition:

prof. Milan Kolena - Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

Prof. Katarzyna Sokołowska - Casimir the Great University in Bydgoszcz

prof. Joanna Glenc - Institute of Music of University of Silesia

Financial prizes and prestigious awards await the winners, including the Grand Prix of the Festival with the gilded statuette of the Rybnica Choral Autumn. The total prize pool is PLN 30,000.

Admission is free

Partners of the festival: financial - City of Rybnik | www.rybnik.eu medialny - https://chortownia.org Parish of Our Lady of Sorrows in Rybnik Silesian Association of Choirs and Orchestra Karol and Antoni Szafrankov State School of Music I and II degree in Rybnik