Krakow FMF 2018 – Festival Program

With 6 months in advance, the Krakow Film Music Festival (Krakow FMF), which is celebrating its 11th edition from Tuesday, May 29th until Tuesday, June 5th, 2018, announced yesterday its full concert program and its first batch of guests.

 

In the impressive list of guests of this 11th edition, you can find the film director Agnieszka Holland and composers Krzysztof Penderecki, Michael Nyman, Elliot Goldenthal, David Arnold, Atli Örvarsson, Jesper Kyd, Austin Wintory, Chris Drake, Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka & Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz among others.

 

The program will include thematic concerts dedicated to Penderecki, to the music of the Polish films, to the music of Almodovar, a gala concert dedicated exclusively to video games, another concert for the music of the monsters in the cinema, as well as the projection of two films with live orchestra: Casino Royale and Beauty and the Beast. That is a total of 10 concerts for an intense week full of activities!

Krakow FMF - Concert

 

Let’s see a summary of the program day by day:

  • Tuesday 29th of May 2018 – 7:30 p.m. – Festival opening concert “Penderecki 2 Cinema” at the NOSPR Concert Hall in Katowice with the following special guests: Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Nyman y Krzysztof Penderecki. The concert will be performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dirk Brossé and Michael Nyman at the piano. During the night the Wojciech Kilar Award will be presented to Michael Nyman.

http://fmf.fm/programme/86

 

  • Wednesday 30th of May 2018 – 8:00 p.m. – Repetition of the concert of the previous day “Penderecki 2 Cinema” at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre in Krakow with special guests Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Nyman & Krzysztof Penderecki but without the ceremony of the Wojciech Kilar Award.

http://fmf.fm/programme/88

 

  • Thursday 31st of May 2018 – 8:00 p.m.– Concert “Scoring4Polish Directors” at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre in Krakow performed by AUKSO orchestra conducted by Marek Moś and with Agnieszka Holland as special guest.

http://fmf.fm/programme/89

 

  • Friday 1st of June 2018 – 6:00 p.m. – “Beauty and the Beast (2017)” movie in concert at the TAURON Arena Kraków in Krakow performed by the Polish Radio Choir and the Beethoven Academy Orchestra conducted by Erik Ochsner. The concert will also be dedicated to the celebration in Poland of the International Children’s Day (June 1st).

http://fmf.fm/programme/90

 

  • Friday 1st of June 2018 – 10:00 p.m. – Special night session “Dance2Cinema: All About Almodóvar | Funk & Folk: Atli Örvarsson” at the Zet Pe Te Club in Krakow with two different parts: The first, co-produced with Fimucité, will feature the music of Almodovar’s films, as it was done in September in Tenerife. The second part, with Folk & Funk sounds, will be have Atli Örvarsson playing the accordion accompanied by Torrek.

http://fmf.fm/programme/dance2cinema-all-about-almodovar-funk-folk-atli-oervarsson-1

 

  • Saturday 2nd of June 2018 – 3:00 p.m. – Concert “Cinematic Piano: Lion – Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka” at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre in Krakow with composers Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka.

http://fmf.fm/programme/cinematic-piano-lion-hauschka-dustin-o-halloran-1

 

  • Saturday 2nd of June 2018 – 7:00 p.m. – Gala-concert “Video Games Music Gala” at the TAURON Arena Kraków in Krakow, highlight of the festival, and as its name suggests will be entirely dedicated to video games. The concert will be performed by Pro Musica Mundi Choir and the Beethoven Academy Orchestra conducted by Ludwig Wicki, with the following guests: Jesper Kyd, Chris Drake, Austin Wintory & Elliot Goldenthal.

http://fmf.fm/programme/video-games-music-gala-1

 

  • Sunday 3rd of June 2018 – 12:00 p.m. – Concert “FMF Youth Orchestra: Monster Movie Music Madness” at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre in Krakow performed by the FMF Youth Orchestra conducted by Monika Bachowska and with Soundtracks Live!, from veteran record producer Mikael Carlsson, as official partner for this concert.

http://fmf.fm/programme/fmf-youth-orchestra-monster-movie-music-madness-1

 

  • Sunday 3rd of June 2018 – 21:00 p.m. – “Casino Royale (2006)” movie in concert at the TAURON Arena Kraków in Krakow performed by the Sinfonietta Cracovia conducted by Gavin Greenaway.

http://fmf.fm/programme/85

 

  • Monday 4th of June 2018 – 9:00 p.m. – Film screening (not specified) in the event “Outdoor Cinema” at Powiśle 11 (Krakow).

http://fmf.fm/programme/outdoor-cinema

 

  • Tuesday 5th of June 2018 – 7:00 p.m. – Concert “FMF Youth Orchestra: Monster Movie Music Madness” at The Krzysztof Penderecki European Center for Music in Zakliczyn, which will be a replay of the concert offered on Sunday, June 3rd.

http://fmf.fm/programme/fmf-youth-orchestra-monster-movie-music-madness-3

 

The detailed program of the festival, including the provisional lists of concert themes can be found at:

http://fmf.fm/programme

 

Guests and additional events will be added later, as well as panels and master classes, which will be reported by SoundTrackFest grouped through the following link:

http://soundtrackfest.com/es/tag/fmf/

 

Official website of the festival:

http://fmf.fm/en

 

And while the festival date arrives, you can read the extensive report of Krakow FMF 2017 that Gorka Oteiza wrote for SoundTrackFest just here: