Program

01.10.2019, 7 pm – THE OPENING CONCERT OF THE KAROL LIPIŃSKI VIOLIN FESTIVAL
Michał Staśkiewicz in memoriam

Concert Hall in CKK Jordanki
Tickets: 50/40 (Buy Ticket)

Ilya Kaler – violin
Mariusz Smolij – conductor
Toruń Symphony Orchestra

Programme:

Maciej Bałenkowski – Hommage à Lipiński
K. Lipiński – Symphony in B flat major Op2
J. Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

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02 – 03.10. 2019 – Master classes
Concert hall of the Music School

Direction: Professor Ilya Kaler

Eight young violinists will actively participate in the classes (admission is free to interested students wishing to sit in the audience)

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02.10.2019, 7 pm – STRINGS AND JAZZ – Chamber music concert
A concert to mark the 40th anniversary of Zbigniew Seifert’s death

Great Hall of the Artus Court
Tickets: 30/25 (Buy Ticket)

Atom String Quartet:

Dawid Lubowicz – violin
Mateusz Smoczyński – violin
Michał Zaborski – viola
Krzysztof Lenczowski – cello

In the programme:
Medium – Dawid Lubowicz
Namysłowiak – Krzysztof Lenczowski
Ad Libitum 2 – Krzysztof Lenczowski
Happy – Mateusz Smoczyński
Aria – Krzysztof Penderecki
Miniatura III – Krzysztof Penderecki
Melody of prairie – Michał Zaborski 

Ballada o śmierci Janosika – Dawid Lubowicz

First Breath – Michał Zaborski
Quasimodo – Zbigniew Seifert

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03.10.2019, 7 pm – VIOLINI A DUE – Chamber music concert

Great Hall of the Artus Court
Tickets: 30/25 (Buy Ticket)

Krzysztof Jakowicz – violin
Jakub Jakowicz – violin

In the programme:

A. Vivaldi – Sonata for two violins in F major, RV70
A. Tansman – Sonata for two violins
B. Bartok – Nine duets from the cycle of 44 duets for two violins, Sz.98
H. Wieniawski – Three Caprices for two violins Op.18

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04.10.2019, 8 pm – The opening concert of the Fifth International Violin Competition

Chamber Hall of CKK Jordanki
Tickets: 40/30 (Buy Ticket)

Official part of the concert:

The drawing of lots to establish the order of performances in the Violin Competition
Introduction: Piotr Matwiejczuk

Konstanty Andrzej Kulka – violin
Andrzej Gębski – violin
Andrzej Wróbel – cello

In the programme:
K. Lipiński – Trio in A major 12
K. Lipiński – Concert Rondo Op. 18
K. Lipiński – Variations on themes from Gioacchino Rossini’s opera ‘Cinderella’ Op. 10

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05.10. – 07.10.2019 from 9 am – 6 pm – I STAGE of the 5th International Karol Lipiński Violin Competition (solo violin)

Free entrance

Introduction: Piotr Matwiejczuk
22 participants

In the programme:
J.S. Bach – Sonata or Partita for solo violin,
E. Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 3 or 6, Op. 27
One of the caprices for solo violin by N. Paganini or H. Wieniawski selected from the list below:
N. Paganini: Op. 1, Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 24,
H. Wieniawski: L’École Moderne, Op. 10 (any of the caprices included in Op.10)

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05.10.2019, 4 pm – Film screening “Modern Man” dir. E. Mulvad
Kino Centrum
Free entance – tickets are available in the CKK Jordanki box office

Introduction: Magdalena Wichrowska

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05.10.2019, 6 pm – The ‘Red Violin’ recital

Chamber Hall of CKK Jordanki
Tickets: 30/25 (Buy Ticket)

Elizabeth Pitcairn – violin (playing the eponymous ‘Red Violin’)
Louise Thomas – piano

In the programme:
L. van Beethoven – Sonata in F major No. 5 (‘Spring’), Op. 24
J. Corigliano – Red Violin Chaconne
C. Saint-Saëns – Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
G. Dinicu / J. Heifetz – Hora Staccato
J. Williams – A theme from Schindler’s List
P. de Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen

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06.10.2019, 5 pm –  “From Beethoven to Chopin” – chamber concerto

The Old Town Hall
Tickets: 30/25 (Buy Ticket)

Albrecht Menzel (Germany) – violin (winner of the first prize in the fourth edition of the competition in 2016)
Ella van Poucke (The Netherlands) – cello
Magda Amara (Austria) – piano

In the programme:

L. van Beethoven – Piano Trio in E major No. 4, Op. 11
F. Chopin – Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8
F. Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in D minor, No. 1

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07.10.2019, 6 pm – Film screening – “SCORE: A Film Music Documentary” dir. M. Schrade

Hanza Café
Free entance – tickets are available in the CKK Jordanki box office

Introduction: Magdalena Wichrowska

The documentary film deals with the relationship between music and cinema.

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08.10.2019, 6 pm  – Life and work of Karol Lipiński’ – lecture and recital
Chamber Hall of CKK Jordanki

Duration: 45 – 50 min

Free entance – tickets are available in the CKK Jordanki box office

Introduction: Barbara Mielcarek-Krzyżanowska

Voytek Proniewicz – violin
Piotr Kopczyński – piano

In the programme:

K.Lipiński – Polonaise A major No. 1, Op. 9
N. Paganini – Capriccio No. 11, Op. 1
K. Lipiński – Capriccio No. 3, Op. 29

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08.10. 2019, 7 pm – Film Screening – „Quartet” dir. Dustin Hoffman

Free entance – tickets are available in the CKK Jordanki box office

Hanza Café
Introduction: Magdalena Wichrowska

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08.10. – 09.10.2019 from 11:00 am – 6 pm  – II STAGE of the 5th International Karol Lipiński Violin Competition (violin and piano)

Free entrance

(maximum twelve participants)

Each participant shall perform a recital lasting 40-45 minutes. Repertoire selected by the candidate must include two of the following:
One of the following L. van Beethoven’s Sonatas for violin and pianoNo. 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10 and
One of the following K. Lipiński’s compositions:
K. Lipiński – one of the 3 Polonaises Op. 9: No. 1 A in A major, No. 2 in E minor, No.3 in D major
K. Lipiński – Rondo alla Polacca in D major, Op. 17
K. Lipiński – Fantasia and variations Op. 33

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09.10.2019r., 11:00 am and 6:00 pm– Luthiery workshops

CKK Jordanki – Conference rooms

Free entance – tickets are available in the CKK Jordanki box office

Introduction:
Andrzej Nogaj
Norbert Kijanka

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10.10.2019r., 7 pm – Chamber music concert: ‘The Sounds of Nature’

CKK Jordanki Chamber Hall
Tickets: 25/20 (Buy Ticket)

Kreeta-Maria Kentala (Finland) – Baroque violin
Matias Hakkinen (Finland) – harpsichord

In the programme:
J. J. Froberger – Chemin Montagneux (Promenade on the Hills)
J. H. Schmelzer – Sonata Cu Cu
F. Couperin – Les Sylvains (Forest Gnomes)
The Finnish traditional Leivosen polska (Little Bird’s polka)
M. Uccellini – Sonata ‘La Luciminia Contenta’ (Happy Luciminia)
K. Jylhä – Metsämarssi (Forest March)
F. Couperin – Le Moucheron (Little Bird)
V. Niittykoski – Luonnon ääniä (Sounds of Nature)
H. I. Franz von Biber – Sonata Representativa
O. Hotakainen – Koukkulammin polkka (Polka from Koukkulammi)
J. C. Ferdinand Fischer – Prélude and Courante d’Uranie (Muse of Astronomy)
Finnish traditional – Himlens polska (Heavenly polka)
A. P. Mealli – Sonata Op. 3 No. 1 ‘La Stella’ (The Star)

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11.10.2019, 7 pm – III STAGE of the 5th International Karol Lipiński Violin Competition (violin with orchestra)

Concert Hall in CKK Jordanki
Tickets: 15/10 (Buy Ticket)

Introduction: Piotr Matwiejczuk

Three finalists
Mariusz Smolij – conductor
Toruń Symphony Orchestra

Programme:

One for the following concertos for violin and orchestra:
K. Lipiński – Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major Op. 21 “Military”
K. Szymanowski – Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61
H. Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64
P. Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35
B. Bartók – Violin Concerto No. 2 BB 117

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12.10.2019, 7 pm – III STAGE of the 5th International Karol Lipiński Violin Competition (violin with orchestra)

Concert Hall in CKK Jordanki
Tickets: 15/10 (Buy Ticket)

Introduction: Piotr Matwiejczuk

Three finalists
Mariusz Smolij – conductor
Toruń Symphony Orchestra

Programme:

One for the following concertos for violin and orchestra:
K. Lipiński – Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major Op. 21 “Military”
K. Szymanowski – Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61
H. Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64
P. Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35
B. Bartók – Violin Concerto No. 2 BB 117

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13.10.2019., 6 pm – THE PRIZEWINNERS’ CONCERT – THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL AND COMPETITION

Concert Hall in CKK Jordanki
Tickets: 40/30 (Buy Ticket)

Introduction: Piotr Matwiejczuk
Presentation of the main and additional awards

The winner of the first prize – concert with orchestra
The winner of the second prize – recital
The winner of the third prize – recital
Adam Siebers – violin
Mariusz Smolij – conductor
Toruń Symphony Orchestra

In the programme: one of the violin concertos from Stage 3 of the Competition (1st prize), chamber music compositions (1st and 2nd prizes) and Paweł Riess’ Essay for solo violin and string orchestra (world premiere).