ANA MOURA

Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet

Roberto Fonseca

Roberto Fonseca is a Cuban pianist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and bandleader. Havana-born, he has released many solo albums, collaborated across genres, been nominated for a Grammy Award and toured the world several times over. An artist of prowess and ideas, with a questing jazz sensibility and deep roots in the Afro-Cuban tradition, Fonseca continues to astound. ‘The most exciting pianist in Cuba,” avowed Britain’s Guardian newspaper. “Does something new with the old, without ever denying its origins, and opens himself to the world,” insisted France’s Le Figaro. “Makes all possibilities seem possible, and the moment feel perfect, intensely true,” declared the New York Times. Fonseca grew up in San Miguel del Padrón in the unassuming Barrio Obrero on the southeastern outskirts of Havana. His father, Roberto Fonseca Senior, played the drums. His mother, Mercedes Cortes Alfaro, was a dancer at the legendary Tropicana Club and is renowned within Cuba as a singer of boleros. He has been composing his own music since adolescence. His technique is as percussive and muscular as it is agile and delicate. His tastes were always eclectic: hard rock, for its energy and basslines. American jazz, taught at school, consumed in between, with Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett and Oscar Peterson on rotation. Funk and soul. Music made in Africa and Brazil. Reggaeton, electronica, hip-hop. Classical music: “Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Grieg, Bartok,” says Fonseca. And always, the music of Cuba – that vibrant, tenacious, creatively fecund Caribbean island. Fonseca’s deep AfroCuban roots underpin a sound that builds bridges between ancient and modern and takes Cuban music – all music – forward, embracing challenges, breaking chains, showing what can be. Inspiring young musicians in Cuba, for whom Fonseca’s cross-genre adventures and international success are a benchmark. The international spotlight shone bright in 2001 when Fonseca joined that famed ensemble of elderly maestros, the Buena Vista Social Club, taking over the piano chair from the ailing Ruben Gonzalez (1919 – 2003) then touring the globe with singer Ibrahim Ferrer (1927 – 2005) then with BVSC alumni including diva Omara Portuondo. He has also played and cooperated with Raul Midon, Mayra Andrade and Fatoumata Diawara.Tastemakers eyed him, recognising the potential in his playing smarts and bright ideas, his intrinsic Cubanness and ineffable sense of cool. The concert at the NOSPR is a must-see event for all world music lovers. An unforgettable journey through the Latin world, in the pulse of Buena Vista with various influences from other genres.

Możdżer Danielsson Fresco BEAMO

The Możdżer Danielsson Fresco trio is back with their new album “Beamo”. This news have electrified the fans. The new album contains everything that has worked perfectly so far and for what the audience loves this band - space, beautiful melodies, noble reticence, but in fact, the trio has opened a completely new chapter with this recording as they present completely new, revolutionary content in a gentle and accessible way. What we deal with here is tonality bending by use of three different types of tuning. The tone is set by Leszek Możdżer's three simultaneously used grand pianos (A = 440 Hz, A = 432 Hz, and a decaphonic tuning), which imposes innovative aesthetics this way, but Lars Danielsson finds himself excellently in this new sound environment and weaves around distinct tonalities in a master manner, combining them into a single unit with the powerful sound of his double bass. Quitting the tonal temperament system seems to open up new areas for Danielsson in which hecan activate his imagination and implement completely new ideas. Zohar Fresco, being at his peak, gives the whole a powerful pulsation in which meticulously and finely implemented rhythmic details glisten. They are, in fact, a world of their own which deserves a separate analysis. This album dazzles, surprises, makes one wonder, and opens up a completely new sound space. The whole thing sounds mysteriously and intriguing, but very familiar at the same time. Nothing like this has ever been in music before.TICKETSConcert duration: approximately 70 minutes

The Dumplings Orchestra

SKALPEL BAND

CHINA MOSES

Do 3 razy sztuka - Wacław Zimpel / Holden / Saagara

Heavenly harmonies: The Sixteen / XXXIII Ars Cameralis Festival

Concert "Heavenly Harmonies" will be performed by The Sixteen, one of the best ensembles interpreting Renaissance, Baroque and modern choral music. The choir is acclaimed worldwide, and long queues before each concert are the best proof of that. The choir performances are delivered with precision, energy and passion, and for forty-five years The Sixteen has set new standards of virtuosity and musicianship. During the concert in Katowice the choir, conducted by Eamonn Dougan, will perform music from the maestri of the 16th and 17th century Polish Royal Court. The programme includes works by Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, Asprilio Pacelli, Marcin Mielczewski and Vincenzo Bertolusi.The Sixteen was formed in 1979 by cathedral chorister and conductor Harry Christophers, and it was built on the best of the British choral tradition. Since the beginning Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have refined their sound and created a distinctive mixture of warmth, clarity, subtlety and nuance. There is no one who could reflect the emotional content of the words and music as well as the artists.The choir performed at the best music Festivals and on the most prestigious stages worldwide. Since 2000 its annual Choral Pilgrimage allowed the ensemble to perform at Britain’s great cathedrals and abbeys where sacred music is to be heard. In 2001, after the success of the inaugural pilgrimage, The Sixteen launched its record label – CORO. Since then the label created an award-winning catalogue of 200 titles with works by Francis Poulenc, Henry Purcell, James MacMillan, Roxanna Panufnik, Claudio Monteverdi, Bartłomiej Pękiel and Marcin Mielczewski.The concert takes place within the XXXIII Ars Cameralis Festival. The International Music Festival of Central and Eastern Europe Eufonie and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice are the concert's partners.Concert duration (intermission included): approximately 100 minutes

Stanisław Słowiński: Symfonia czterech stron świata

Stanisław Słowiński: Symfonia czterech stron świata