Krakow’s
May Highlights
/Further
below please find the city's selected events in June/
This
month's concerts of music, festivals, opera, ballet,
spectacles, shows, and other events in Krakow.
48th
Krakow Film Festival takes place May 30 through June
5.
6th
Photography Month in Krakow, a festival of photo art,
takes place May 6 through May 31 with some fifty shows
and other events in Krakow’s galleries, clubs, and
other venues.
May 9, Friday: USA’s pianist Kevin Kenner
and Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra render Rossini’s
Italian in Algiers Overture Mozart’s piano concerto
in C major KV 415, and Dvorak’s symphony no. 9 in E
minor op. 95 ‘From the New World’ in the
Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7
p.m.
Krakow Chamber Opera
produces Pergolesi's 'Livietta e Tracollo'
comic opera in Eljot
playhouse, 15 Miodowa street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s
music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.),
at 7 p.m.
Krakow's veteran jazzmen, Old Metropolitan Band,
perform Dixieland music in the Wyspianski club, 3
Lobzowska street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's Niezgoda Acoustic Band plays jazz in
Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Poland's Maryam Quartet plus drummer Atma Anur perform jazz in the Milestone club, 6
Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Krakow's MGR Jazz Trio performs in Dwor Czeczow, 36 Popieluszki street, at
7 p.m.
Blues concert features Krakow's band, Bluesmobile,
in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Poland’s pop band, Orkiestra Samanta, performs in the
Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at
Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Poland’s pop folk bands, Krywan and Zakopower,
perform in Zaczek club, 3 Maja street, at 9 p.m.
Poland's alt pop band, Dzierzynski Bitz, performs in
B-Side club, 16 Estery street, at 8 p.m.
Open-air theater/pantomime show, Fair of Wonders,
features Prague's PiDivadlo and Krakow's Teatr Mumerus
companies of thespians at Villa Decius courtyard, at 7
p.m.
Krakow’s traditional student pageant, Juwenalia,
starts in front of Hala Wisly sports hall to reach the
Rynek Glowny central square by noon.
May 10, Saturday: USA’s pianist Kevin Kenner and
Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra render Rossini’s
Italian in Algiers Overture Mozart’s piano concerto
in C major KV 415, and Dvorak’s symphony no. 9 in E
minor op. 95 ‘From the New World’ in the
Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 6
p.m.
Poland's tenor Mateusz Solarz gives recital in the CSW
Solvay culture center, 62 Zakopianska street, at 4
p.m.
Concert of baroque music takes place in the Kosciol OO.
Karmelitow church, Karmelicka street and Garbarska
street, at 8 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Jazz concert features Krakow's ensemble, Little
Egoists, in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Krakow's jazz ensemble, Cookie, performs in
Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Blues concert Poland's band, Bluesmobile, in the Milestone club, 6
Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Poland's blues bands, Workaholic and Teo's
Matchbox Blues Band,
perform in the Wyspianski club, 3
Lobzowska street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Poland’s accomplished pop band, Lao Che,
performs in Zaczek club, 3 Maja street, at 9 p.m.
Concert of indie rock features The Drift in RE club, 4
Sw. Krzyza street, at 8 p.m.
Poland’s pop band, Teenage Bit, performs in the
Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at
Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free
admission).
USA’s Brigham Young University’s International
Folk Dance Ensemble performs its show, The Gathering,
in the NCK culture center, 232 Jana Pawla II street,
at 6 p.m.
May 11, Sunday:
Krakow Academy of Music's
Symphonic Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Agnieszka Rehlis
perform contemporary classical music by Krakow's
composers Moszumanska-Nazar, Walacinski,
Stachowski, Bujarski, and Penderecki n the
Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7
p.m.
Krakow Opera Company produces Karol Szymanowski's
operetta, 'Lottery for Husbands or Fiance No. 69',
in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha
square at Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.
Krakow Chamber Opera
produces Pergolesi's 'Livietta e Tracollo'
comic opera in Eljot
playhouse, 15 Miodowa street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow
Philharmonics String Quartet performs Mozart’s music
in the History Museum’s Palac Krzysztofory, 35 Rynek
Glowny central square at Szczepanska street, at 7 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s
music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.),
at 7 p.m.
Jazz concert features Krakow's veterans of Dixieland
music, Old Metropolitan Band, in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Poland's alt pop band, Loser Superhero, performs in
B-Side club, 16 Estery street, at 8 p.m.
Krakow's klezmer trio, Nazzar, performs music inspired
by traditional Jewish and Gypsy tunes in Galicia
Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m.
Open-air concert features Poland’s pop acts More
Than Three, Kid A, Nell, Renton, The Car Is On Fire,
and Mitch&Mitch in front of Zaczek club, 3 Maja
street, at 4:30 p.m.
Krakow's Krakus folk ensemble performs the Polish
traditional village tunes in the Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 5 p.m.
Krakow's Aire Andaluz ensemble performs Arab dances
and music in Dwor Czeczow, 36 Popieluszki street, at
7 p.m.
May 12, Monday: Krakow's
Academy of Music's choir, Krakow Radio Choir, Krakow
Philharmonic Choir, and organist Andrzej Bialko
perform church music by Mikolaj Henryk Gorecki in
Kosciol Franciszkanow church, Franciszkanska street
and Planty gardens, at 8:15 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow
Opera Company produces Karol Szymanowski's operetta, 'Lottery
for Husbands or Fiance No. 69', in the Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.
Poland's accomplished pop band, Stare Dobre
Malzenstwo, performs in the Rotunad club, 1 Oleandry
street, at 8 p.m.
Czech Republic's Jaromir Nohavica performs in the
Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m.
May 13, Tuesday:
Krakow’s Sinfonietta Cracovia chamber orchestra
performs Joseph Haydn’s symphony no. 49 ‘La
Passione’ in F minor and Ludwig van Beethoven’s
violin concerto in D major op. 61 in the
Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at
7:30 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Jazz concert features Krakow's Big Band Malopolski in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
May 14, Wednesday: Poland’s cellist
Tomasz Strahl and pianist Krzysztof Jablonski play
Rachmaninoff’s sonata in G minor op. 19 and
Tchaikovsky’s Pezzo capriccioso in H minor op. 62 in
the Jagiellonian University’s Collegium Novum
building, 24 Golebia street at Planty gardens, at 7:30
p.m.
Krakow's Amadeus Trio performs Mozart's music in Klub
Kuznia, 14 os. Zlotego Wieku, at 6 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's
Academy of Music's Chamber Orchestra performs music by
Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel, Pachelbel, Albinioni, Bach,
and Farid in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa streeet, at 7
p.m.
Krakow's mezzo-soprano Lidia Pirowska, tenor
Dariusz Palonek, and baritone Jerzy Wojcik sing opera
and operetta arias in the Dom Kultury Podgorze culture center, 18/20
Krasickiego street, at 6 p.m.
Jazz concert features Krakow's ensemble, V-Speed, in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m. (free admission).
Blues concert features Poland's band, Blue
Machine, in the U Louisa cellar club, 13 Rynek Glowny
(Grand Sq.), at 8 p.m.
Riverside band performs in Studio club, 4 Budryka
street, at 8 p.m.
May 15, Thursday:
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Krakow's jazz quintet, Energy Drink, performs in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Concert of alt pop features Voice Electronic QRT in RE
club, 4 Sw. Krzyza street, at 8 p.m.
Rock concert feature Beatallica in the
Loch Ness club, 15 Warszawska street (entrance from
Pawia street), at 6 p.m.
May 16, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and
Poland’s pianist Krzysztof Jablonski perform
Beethoven’s piano concerto no. 5 in E-sharp major
op. 73 and Tchaikovsky’s symphony no. 6 in H minor
op. 74 in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m.
Chopin music is played on a period piano he once played in the Jagoellonian
University's Collegium Maius gothic college, 15
Jagiellonska street at sw. Anny street, at 9
p.m. (free admission).
Krakow Chamber Opera
produces its 'Switezianki' show, based on the
19th-century songs of the eastern Poland, in Eljot
playhouse, 15 Miodowa street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s
music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.),
at 7 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Concert of improvised music features Krakow's Process
ensemble in the CSW Solvay culture center, 62
Zakopianska street, at 7 p.m.
Poland's electronica jazz ensemble, Robotobibok,
performs
in the Alchemia club,
5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m.
Krakow's Niezgoda Acoustic
Band plays jazz in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street,
at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Poland's Paulina Kujawska Ban performs jazz standards in the Milestone club, 6
Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Krakow's veteran jazzmen, Old Metropolitan Band,
perform Dixieland music in the Wyspianski club, 3
Lobzowska street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's blues band, Blues Machine, performs in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
UK's ranking electronica team, Kosheen, performs
trip-hop in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8
p.m.
Poland’s pop band, Drake, performs shanties in the
Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at
Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Poland's ILO band performs alt rock in Dwor Czeczow, 36 Popieluszki street, at
7 p.m.
Multimedia show of paintings by the world’s and
Poland’s outstanding masters takes place on the
Rynek Glowny central square at 9:15 p.m. (free admission).
Vintage cars parade on the Rynek Glowny central square at 7 p.m. (free admission).
'Museum Night' means that Krakow's museums are
available for just one zloty from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
May 17, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra
and Poland’s pianist Krzysztof Jablonski perform
Beethoven’s piano concerto no. 5 in E-sharp major
op. 73 and Tchaikovsky’s symphony no. 6 in H minor
op. 74 in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 6 p.m.
Ukraine’s Lviv’s Galicia Choir sings the Orthodox
Church music in Kosciol OO. Dominikanow church,
Stolarska street and Dominikanska street, at 8:15 p.m.
(free admission).
Krakow Chamber Opera
produces its 'Switezianki' show, based on the
19th-century songs of the eastern Poland, in Eljot
playhouse, 15 Miodowa street, at 7 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Poland's Piotr Orzechowski Quartet plays jazz in the Milestone club, 6
Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Jazz concert features Jacek Korochoda in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Poland’s blues
band, Blue Machine, performs in the Stary Port club,
Jablonowskich street at Straszewskiego street, at 7:30
p.m. (free
admission).
Night of the Polish pop oldies takes place in
Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Israel’s folk dance ensemble, Shorashim
ba-Machol Jerushalaim, performs on the Maly Rynek
square (free admission).
May 18, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Tchaikovsky's 'The Queen of Spades' in the Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.
Poland's opera tenor Rafal Bartminski gives recital in the Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street, at 3 p.m.
Poland’s Youth Choir of the Przemysl Diocese sings
the Orthodox Church music in Kosciol sw. Jozefa
church, Zamojskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Concert of classical music
features Krakow's soprano Ewa Diczuk-Koziol,
flutist Filip Slowiak, and pianist Maria Guzik in Dwor
Czeczow, 36 Popieluszki street, at
7 p.m.
Krakow Philharmonics String Quartet performs
Mozart’s music in the History Museum’s Palac
Krzysztofory, 35 Rynek Glowny central square at
Szczepanska street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s
music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.),
at 7 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Krakow's jazz quintet, Hi-Five, performs swinging
standards in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
San Francisco’s rising alt pop diva Rykarda Parasol
sings in the Alchemia club,
5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m.
Concert of Jewish music takes place in the Tempel
Synagogue, 24 Miodowa street, at 8 p.m.
Krakow's Krakus folk ensemble performs the Polish
traditional village tunes in the Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 5 p.m.
May 19, Monday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Tchaikovsky's 'The Queen of Spades' in the Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.
Poland's blues band, Soul Finger, performs in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Poland's alt pop
vocalist Aga Zaryan performs in the Rotunad club, 1
Oleandry street, at 8 p.m.
Poland's band, Norfolk, performs shanties in MDK in.
Korczaka culture center, 18 os. Kalinowe, at 5 p.m. (free
admission).
May 20, Tuesday: Ukraine’s pianist Denis Zhdanov
plays music by Schubert, Liszt, Brahms, Wiesenberg,
and Moussorgsky in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m.
Concert of contemporary classical music features first
performances of works by Krakow's composers Walacinski,
Dlugosz, Zawadzka-Golosz, Jablonski, Zych, Widlak,
Chyrzynski, and Bien in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa
streeet, at 7 p.m. (free admission).
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Jazz concert features Poland's Witold Chronowski
Quintet in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
USA's Philadelphia's indie rock band, Enon, performs
in RE club, 4 Sw. Krzyza street, at 8 p.m.
May 21, Wednesday: Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis
chamber orchestra and pianist Paul Badura-Skoda render
Mozart’s symphony in D major KV 385 ‘Haffner’s,
Haydn’s piano concerto in D major, and Mozart’s
piano concerto in E flat major KV 271 in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7:30 p.m.
Moldova Radio Choir sings the Orthodox Church music in
Kosciol OO. Pijarow church, Pijarska street and sw.
Jana street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's soprano Ewa Diczuk-Koziol,
flutist Filip Slowiak, and pianist Maria Guzik
perform Bach's music n the Dom Kultury Podgorze culture center, 18/20
Krasickiego street, at 6 p.m.
Jazz concert features Poland's ensemble, Krolik, in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
May 22, Thursday: Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Jazz concert features Poland's ensemble, Muka, in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
May 23, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plus
Krakow’s oboist Mariusz Pedzialek and percussionist
Ryszard Haba perform Piazzolla’s suite for oboe and
orchestra, Mackey’s concerto for percussion and
orchestra, Papandopulo’s concerto for oboe and
xylophone, and Druschetzky’s concerto for oboe,
eight kettledrums and orchestra in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m.
Armenia’s Avedis Choir sings the Orthodox Church
music in Kosciol OO. Franciszkanow church,
Franciszkanska street and Plandty gardens, at 8 p.m. (free
admission).
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s
music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.),
at 7 p.m.
Poland's ensemble, Lechee, performs pop jazz in the Milestone club, 6
Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Krakow's veteran jazzmen, Old Metropolitan Band,
perform Dixieland music in the Wyspianski club, 3
Lobzowska street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Blues concert features Poland's Dabalski Blues in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Poland’s pop band, Hambawenah, performs in the
Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at
Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Poland's alt pop band, Renton, performs in B-Side
club, 16 Estery street, at 8 p.m.
May 24, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra
plus Krakow’s oboist Mariusz Pedzialek and
percussionist Ryszard Haba perform Piazzolla’s suite
for oboe and orchestra, Mackey’s concerto for
percussion and orchestra, Papandopulo’s concerto for
oboe and xylophone, and Druschetzky’s concerto for
oboe, eight kettledrums and orchestra in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 6 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Poland's top jazz guitarist Jaroslaw Smietana performs
with his ensemble, Young Jazz Lions, in the Botanic
Garden, 27 Kopernika street, at noon.
Jazz concert features Poland's 100nka ensemble in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Poland's Przemek Straczek Trio performs jazz in the Milestone club, 6
Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Poland’s pop band, Grupa Furmana, performs shanties in the
Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at
Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Men’s fencing tournament takes place in the Barbakan
(barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end
of Florianska street at 6 p.m.
May 25, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Stanislaw Moniuszko's 'The Haunted Manor', the
Polish national opera, in the Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.
Concert of classical music features Krakow's violinist
Robert Kabara, cellist Dorota Imielowska, and pianist
Mariola Cieniawa in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa streeet,
at 6 p.m.
Krakow Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, drummer Ryszard
Haba, and percussionist Tomasz Sobaniec perform
Panufnik's music after lecture by USA's Professor
Harrison Powley in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow Philharmonics String Quartet performs
Mozart’s music in the History Museum’s Palac
Krzysztofory, 35 Rynek Glowny central square at
Szczepanska street, at 7 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s
music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.),
at 7 p.m.
Krakow's jazz vocalist Gosia Koscielniak sings
evergreens in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Krakow's klezmer trio, Nazzar, performs music inspired
by traditional Jewish and Gypsy tunes in Galicia
Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow’s Grupa MoCARTA ensemble performs its
humorous musical show in Auditorium Maximum, 33
Krupnicza street, at 6 p.m.
Krakow's pop singer Agnieszka Chrzanowska gives
recital in Palac Krzysztofory, 2 Szczepanska street,
at 8 p.m.
Krakow's Krakus folk ensemble performs the Polish
traditional village tunes in the Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 5 p.m.
Women’s fencing tournament takes place in the
Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate
at the end of Florianska street at 4 p.m.
May 26, Monday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Stanislaw Moniuszko's 'The Haunted Manor', the
Polish national opera, in the Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.
UK's choir of Wales, Cwmbran Baroque Singers, plus
organist Martin Rigde performs the English Baroque
music in the Kosciol Swietych Piotra i Pawla church,
54 Grodzka street, at 4 p.m.
May 27, Tuesday: Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Jazz concert features Krakow's quartet
Radwanska-Wachulka-Kupiec-Jamiol in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Open-air concert features Krakow's pop singer Anna
Treter and her guests in the Dworek Bialopradnicki
culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 7 p.m. (free
admission).
May 28, Wednesday: Krakow's soprano Katarzyna
Oles-Blacha, violist Janusz Pisarski, clarinetist
Janusz Antonik, and pianist Renata
Zelobowska-Orzechowska perform music by Schumann,
Bruch, and Strauss in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa
street, at 7 p.m.
UK's choir of Wales, Cwmbran Baroque Singers, plus
organist Martin Rigde performs the English Baroque
music in the Kosciol OO. Bernardynow church, 2
Bernardynska street at Stradomska street, at 7:30
p.m.
Poland's tenor Franciszek Makuch gives recital in the
Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2
Mikolajska street (upstairs), at 6 p.m.
Jazz concert features Poland's Funky BeeGos in the U
Louisa cellar club, 13 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 8
p.m.
An array of Krakow's
singers-songwriters perform in the Klub Kultury Wola
culture center, 215 Krolowej Jadwigi street, at 6 p.m.
(free
admission).
Krakow's pop singer
Agata Slazyk gives recital in Piwnica Pod baranami
cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 8
p.m.
Krakow's guitarist Adam Hliniak plays and dancer
Katarzyna Kostek dances Arab music in the Dom Kultury Podgorze culture center, 18/20
Krasickiego street, at 6 p.m.
May 29, Thursday: Krakow’s Sinfonietta Cracovia
chamber orchestra plays the favorite film scores of
the world’s and Poland’s cinema in in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 8 p.m.
Krakow's flutists Dominika Staszkiewicz and Tomasz
Potaczek plus harpsichordist Aneta Wielkiewicz-Dyrek
perform music by Telemann, Krebs, de Monteclair,
Hotteterre, and Bach in Bishop Ciolek Palace (branch
of the Krakow National Museum), 17 Kanonicza street,
at 8 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Jazz concert features Poland's trio Klich-Drobot-Krupa
in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Krakow’s traditional Lajkonik pageant starts at
Klasztor Norbertanek convent, 88 Kosciuszki street, at
1 p.m. to proceed through the Old Town’s streets and
reach the central Rynek Glowny square at 7 p.m. for
the final show.
May 30, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and
choir plus Poland’s soprano Marta Boberska and
baritone Dariusz Siedlik render Rihm’s ‘Das Lesen
der Schrift’ and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem op.
45 in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m.
France’s outstanding composer of film scores, Eric
Serra, and his pop rock RXRA Group perform music from
Luc Besson’s blockbusters on Krakow’s Blonia
common at 9 p.m. (open air).
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s
music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.),
at 7 p.m.
Poland's operetta diva Grazyna Brodzinska plus
Krakow's Young Philharmonics perform popular cinema
and pop music in the Teatr Ludowy theater, 34 os.
Teatralne, at 7 p.m.
Krakow's band, Latajace Talerze, performs jazz rock in the Milestone club, 6
Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Krakow's veteran jazzmen, Old Metropolitan Band,
perform Dixieland music in the Wyspianski club, 3
Lobzowska street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's Niezgoda Acoustic Band plays jazz in
Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Blues concert features Poland's Bluszcz Blues Band in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Poland’s pop act, B.O.R.Y., performs in the
Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at
Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free
admission).
May 31, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra
and choir plus Poland’s soprano Marta Boberska and
baritone Dariusz Siedlik perform Rihm’s ‘Das Lesen
der Schrift’ and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem op.
45 in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 6 p.m.
Open-air concert features film scores by Howarda Shore
culminating in an extravaganza rendering of music
composed for ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ on
Krakow’s Blonia common at 9 p.m.
Poland’s Namysto Women’s Chamber Choir sings the
Orthodox Church music in Kosciol OO. Jezuitow church,
Kopernika street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Concert of opera and classical music takes place in Eljot
playhouse, 15 Miodowa street, at 7 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac
Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny
central square, at 7 p.m.
Poland's jazz ensemble, Smoke Break, performs in
Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Jazz concert features Seb Bernatowicz Trio in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Poland's Kaja's Band performs in the Milestone club, 6
Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Poland’s pop band, Clodki Calus od Buby, performs
shanties in the
Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at
Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Krakow's pop singer Jaga Wronska gives recital in Loch
Camelot cafe, 17 Sw. Tomasza street, at 8 p.m.
Open-air concert features Poland’s children’s pop
vocal group, Arka Noego, in front of the Bishop Palace
at 3 Franciszkanska street, at 1 p.m. (free admission).
Selected
June Events
in Krakow
12th
Krakow
Opera Summer Festival takes place June 15
through July 11.
(see the
festival program)
June
1, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Gaetano
Donizetti’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ in the Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 4, Wednesday: Krakow’s violinist Piotr
Kwasny and guitarist pawel Kwasny play music by Bach,
Villa-Lobos, and Piazzola in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m.
June 6, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and
USA’s pianist Eugene Indjic perform Messiaen’s
‘L'Ascension’ (on the 100th anniversary of his
birthday), Ravel’s piano concerto in G major, and
Debussy’s ‘La mer’ in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m.
June 7, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic
Orchestra and USA’s pianist Eugene Indjic perform
Messiaen’s ‘L'Ascension’ (on the 100th
anniversary of his birthday), Ravel’s piano concerto
in G major, and Debussy’s ‘La mer’ in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 6 p.m.
June 8, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Giuseppe
Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ in the Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.
Poland's opera baritone Andrzej Dobber gives recital in the Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street, at 3 p.m.
June 9, Monday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe
Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ in the Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 13, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra
and Choir plus Poland’s soprano Iwona Hossa, alto
Ewa Marciniec, tenor Aleksander Pinderak, and bass
Robert Gierlach perform Bach’s Mass in h minor BWV
232 in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m.
June 14, Saturday: Krakow
Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir plus Poland’s
soprano Iwona Hossa, alto Ewa Marciniec, tenor
Aleksander Pinderak, and bass Robert Gierlach perform
Bach’s Mass in h minor BWV 232 in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 6 p.m.
June 15, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe
Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ in the Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.
June
19, Thursday: London’s The Hilliard Ensemble and
Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra
perform Beethoven’s symphony no. 3 ‘Eroica’ in E
sharp major and Part’s Miserere in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7:30 p.m.
June 20, Friday: Concert of the
Krakow Academy of Music's graduates takes place in the Filharmonia
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m.
June 21, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Johan Strauss’ ‘Der
Zigeunerbaron’ (Gypsy Baron) in the open air
in hippodrome
next to the Niepolomice Castle at 8 p.m.
June 22, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Johan Strauss’ ‘Der
Zigeunerbaron’ (Gypsy Baron) in the open air
in hippodrome
next to the Niepolomice Castle at 8 p.m.
June 23, Monday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Johan Strauss’ ‘Der
Zigeunerbaron’ (Gypsy Baron) in the open air
in hippodrome
next to the Niepolomice Castle at 8 p.m.
June 24, Tuesday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Johan Strauss’ ‘Der
Zigeunerbaron’ (Gypsy Baron) in the open air
in hippodrome
next to the Niepolomice Castle at 8 p.m.
June
28, Saturday: Open-air
concert 'The Best of Opera Arias' features
Poland''s
outstanding singers in the Wawel Royal Castle's
courtyard at 9 p.m.
Huge two-hour open-air concert
features international pop diva Celine
Dion on Krakow's Blonia common at 9
p.m.
June 29, Sunday: Open-air
concert 'The Best of Opera Arias' features
Poland''s
outstanding singers in the Wawel Royal Castle's
courtyard at 9 p.m.
Krakow
events
expected in July
July
3, Thursday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Gaetano
Donizetti’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ in
the Hangar
of the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, 39 Jana
Pawla II Avenue, at 7 p.m.
July 5,
Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Charles
Gounod’s ‘Faust’ in the Hangar
of the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, 39 Jana
Pawla II Avenue, at 7 p.m.
July 6, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Giuseppe
Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’ in the Hangar
of the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, 39 Jana
Pawla II Avenue, at 7 p.m.
July
7, Monday: USA’s
outstanding saxophonist Branford Marsalis performs in
the Piwnica Pod Baranami club, 27 Rynek Glowny central
square, at 9 p.m.
July 10,
Thursday: Krakow Opera Company produces
Giacomo
Puccini’s - ‘Tosca’
Act
I in the Niepolomice church and Act II as well as Act II at the courtyard of the
Niepolomice Castle.,
at 7 p.m.
July 11, Friday:
Krakow Opera Company produces
Giacomo
Puccini’s ‘Tosca’,
Act
I in the Niepolomice church and
Act II plus Act II at the courtyard of the
Niepolomice Castle.,
at 7 p.m.
Some
Worthwhile
Temporary Exhibitions in Krakow
Krakow's
Art After 1945. From the Collection of the Historical
Museum of Krakow. Over 100 works by Krakow's top
artists of the second half of the 20th century. City
of Krakow Historical Museum in Palac Krzysztofory, 35
Rynek Glowny central square at Szczepanska street
through September 14.
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