1. Polish Music

2.  1810 – 1849
 Żelazowa Wola
 the Main School of Music in
Warszawa
 He left Poland in November
1830.
 Burried in France, his heart
belongs to Poland.

3.  200 compositions,
 Genre:
prelude, nocturne, scherzo, ballade, etud
e, polonaise, mazurek
 Robert Schumann about Chopin:
„Gentelmen, hats off to the genius!”
 Followed by Liszt, Rachmaninov, Debusy and
Ravel.

4. One of the 5 national dances.
The opening of all balls and
„studniówka”.
Meter:
„Pan Tadeusz” by Adam Mickiewicz

5.  Established by Jerzy Żurawlew to promote the
musical heritage of Chopin.
 The 1st edition: Warszawa 1927, 26 pianists from
8 countries
 The 16th edition: Warszawa 2010, 346 pianists’
applications, 81 musicians from 24 countries in
the 4th round (finals)
 The Polish most famous winners:
 Krystian Zimerman (1975)
 Rafał Blechacz (2005)

7.  Jazz Trio (Możdżer, Lars Dannielson, Zohar Fresco)
 Jazz version of „Smells like teen spirit”

8. One of the 12 biggest musical events
in Europe
Warsaw 2002 – 2 000 people
2009: the best music festival in
Europe at the European Festival
Awards Ceremony
Gdynia 2010 – more than 85 000
people
Tickets: ~100eu (4 days)

9.  4 days,
 several stages,
 a new performance every 30 minutes
 Diversity of music selection:
 classic rock: Pearl Jam, Massive Attack,
Cypres Hill, Grace Jones, Fatboy Slim
 heavy blues: The Dead Weather
 new South African rap: Die Antwoord,
Nas & Damian Marley

10.  1995 „Miłość – Przyjaźń – Muzyka” (30 000 ppl)
 2012: 350 000 to 550 000 people