Festival of Premieres

“Pra-” as a premiere

The culmination of NOSPR's connections with the latest music is the biennial Festival of Premieres. As the name suggests, these are world premieres of works by (not only) Polish composers and composers, usually ordered especially for this occasion. However, the prefix “pra-” can be inspirationally misleading, after all, it refers not only to recent things, but also to archaic things. Like the basilisk or the Silesian baby — the protagonists of one of the concerts of our biennale planned especially for the youngest audience (next to Elementarz, or crazy songs by Artur Zagajewski). The first beast is written in the first half of the 20th century by the ballet Miłosz Magin, a composer and pianist (distinction at the 5th Chopin Competition), who could have been the great-grandfather of many of our music lovers. For those raised in the digital world, the symphony orchestra itself may seem ancient. So we will try to show how well it gets along with electronics. And that (poly) chorality can brilliantly combine the distant past with bold visions of the future. To be heard!

Michal Mendyk