Transatlantyk Festival 2020 – Gala and opening concert
The Transatlantyk festival, created and directed by the composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, is celebrating its 10th edition from October 1 to 8, 2020 in Katowice (Poland), with a mix of in-person and online events.
On Thursday, October 1st at 19:00h, the opening gala of the festival took place with a concert entitled “The best of Jan A.P. Kaczmarek” performed by the NOSPR – National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Monika Wolińska, and with the participation of the soprano Iwona Sobotka.
The concert included the pieces Emigra – Symfonia bez końca, Rhapsody Śląska, Universe – Opera Otwarta and themes composed for movies such as Total Eclipse, Washington Square, Unfaithful, Hachi: A Dog’s Tale or Finding Neverland, that granted Kaczmarek the Oscar.
The concert/gala, whose tickets could be purchased for 35 PLN (8 € – follow link), is now available online for free at the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/Transatlantyk/videos/334007991355466/ (from the minute 23:20)
Remember that the festival also includes this year the famous “Transatlantyk Instant Composition Contest”: the only instant composition contest in the world, where participants will have to score a clip from a movie on the piano in real-time, that they have never seen before.
More information about the contest:
https://transatlantyk.org/muzyka/instant-composition-contest/
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