Krakow
Events in May 2013.
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in June 2013/
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This month's concerts of music, festivals, opera,
ballet, spectacles, shows, and other events in
Krakow.
53rd Krakow Film Festival takes place May 26th
through June 2nd with its main venue at
Kijow.Centrum playhouse at 34 Krasinskiego
street.
May 22nd, Wednesday:
Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis plays Luigi
Rodolfo Boccherini’s sextets for flute and strings
op. 15 in the Franciscan monastery, 4 Franciszkanska
street, at 11 a.m.
Krakow's cellists Dorota Imielowska and Lukasy
Pawlikowski plus pianist Mariola Cieniawa play
Walacinski’s Fantasia sopra „Ave Maris Stella”
(1997) and Duo facile for two cellos (1993),
Moszumanska-Nazar’s Recitativo (1991),
Zawadzka-Golosz’s Prelude and Fugue for piano
(2013), Stachowski’s Adagio ricordamente (2001),
Penderecki’s Capriccio per Siegfried Palm (1968)
and Notturno for cello solo (2001), Bujarski’s Per
cello (1997), Negrey’s Suita seria for two
cellos (2013), and Sydor’s Farewell (2003) and
Lamento (2001) in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa
street, at 5 p.m.
Krakow's Luciuk Family String Decet and Polanski
Quartet plus soprano Bozena Harasimowicz and
baritone Dariusz Siedlik render Kaszycki’s
string quartets no. 1 (1968) and no. 4 (2010)
plus Luciuk’s Fulfillment. Four Introspections
for violin, cello, and bass (2012) and Omaggio a
l’Aquila (2013) in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa
street, at 8 p.m.
Krakow's soprano Ewa Diczuk-Koziol, flutist
Filip Slowiak, and pianist Maria Guzik perform
Mozart’s music and Anna Ramza-Koziol reads
poetry in DK Podgorze culture center, 13
Sokolska street, at 6 p.m.
Charity jazz concert features USA's vocalist
Karen Edwards, UK’s maverick violinist Nigel
Kennedy, and Australia's blues singer Billy Neal
among others in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1
Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at
8 p.m.
Poland's Kuba Pluzek Trion plays jazz in
Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 9:30 p.m.
Blues jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar,
28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Blues concert features Poland's Workaholic band
and friends in Kornet club, 19 Krasinskiego
street, at 8 p.m.
May 23rd, Thursday:
Poland’s Euphony Piano Quartet, flutist Agata
Kielar-Dlugosz, harpist Agnieszka
Kaczmarek-Bialic, and French horn player
Wojciech Kamionka render Lutoslawski’s Three
Fragments for Flute and Harp (1953), Papara’s
It’s Impossible (2009), Majka’s Quartet for
Different Times (2012), Tesarowicz’s Miniatures
for Celtic Harp (2013), Dywanska’s Erit hora for
French horn solo (2011), and Kilar’s sonata for
horn and piano in Instytut Muzykologii UJ, 10
Westerplatte street, at 5 p.m.
Krakow’s Fresco Sonare Youth Orchestra plays
Czyz’s Canzona di barocco (1983), Chyrzynski’s
Ukiyo-e for string orchestra (2012). Sahbai’s
Sextet Hommage a` J. S. Bach (2010).
Penderecki’s Agnus Dei (1994), and Schweizer’s
Cosmos 4 and Pie`ce pour Orchestre No. 7 (2013)
in Bazylika OO. Karmelitow church, 19 Karmelicka
street, at 8 p.m.
Chamber music concert features Ensemble Peregrina performing Filia praeclara in Kosciol
Dominikanow church, Dominikanska street and
Stolarska street, at 8:30 p.m.
Jazz duo of USA’s pianist Matthew Shipp and
saxophonist Sabir Mateen perform in Alchemia
club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8
p.m. (admission 30 PLN).
Jazz concert features Poland's keyboardist
Kajetan Galas and his trio, Organ Spot, in
Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand
Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 20 PLN).
Poland's Kuba Pluzek Trion plays jazz in
Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 9:30 p.m.
Poland's Bartek Przytula Big-Band performs blues
in Zaczek club, 3 Maja street, at 9 p.m.
Poland’s pop band, Browar Zywiec, performs in
Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2
Mikolajska street at Maly Rynek square
(upstairs), at 7 p.m. (admission 15 PLN).
Poland’s rock band, Illusion, performs in Forty
Kleparz club, 2 Kamienna street, at 8 p.m.
Poland's blues rock band, My Way, performs in
Gwarek club, 17 Reymonta street, at 8 p.m.
May 24th, Friday:
Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra, violinist
Aleksandra Kuls, and violist Ryszard Groblewski
play Bujarski’s Pavana (1994), Gorecki’s Three
Pieces in Old Style (1963), Penderecki’s double
concerto for violin and viola (2012), and Igor Stravinski Spring Rites
in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1
Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at
7:30 p.m.
Jazz concert features Poland's Krzysztof Bolek
Quartet in Pod Gruszka club, 1 Szczepanska
street and Slawkowska street, at 7 p.m. (free
admission).
Poland's blues rock band, Nie-Bo, performs in
Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand
Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 20 PLN).
Krakow's blues jazz band, Nothing Serious,
performs in Stary Port club, 27 Straszewskiego
street and Jablonowskich street, at 8 p.m. (free
admission).
Concert of choral music features an array of
Krakow’s choirs in Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej,
15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 6 p.m.
May 25th, Saturday: Concert of contemporary
classical music by Krakow composers feature
sopranos Jadwiga Kirschanek, Katarzyna Guran,
and Olga Trzebicka, cellist Jakub Gucik, and
pianist Raminta Lampsatis
in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1
Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6
p.m.
Krakow’s quintet, Orkiestra Miasta Krakowa, play
Corelli’s Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 9, Morricone’s
Once Upon a Time in America, Bach’s Brandenburg
concerto no. 3, Arlen’s Over the Rainbow,
Piazzolla’s Oblivion, Mozart’s Divertimento no. 3,
Morricone’s The Mission, Gardel’s Por una cabeza,
Schnittke’s Polka, Williams’s Schindler;s List
theme, and Vivaldi’s Winter - in the Old Synagogue,
24 Szeroka street, at 6 p.m.
Poland’s pianists Gabriela
Szendzielorz-Jungiewicz and Milena Kedra,
pianist and vocalist Barbara Gladysz-Wszolek,
singer Elzbieta Kolorz, cellist Barbara
Lypis-Sobaniec, and percussionis Tomasz Sobaniec
render Stachowski’s Extensions for p[iano
(1971), Extensions Graphic Score (2001), and
Five Little Waltzes for piano (1998) plus
Moszumanska-Nazar’s Constellations for piano
(1972), Fantasia for marimba (1987), and
Confogurations for cello and piano (2005) in
Instytut Muzykologii UJ, 10 Westerplatte street,
at 5 p.m.
Krakow’s Jazz Band Ball Orchestra play
traditional jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28
Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
(admission 25 PLN).
Poland’s rock bands Ketha, The Dead Goats, and
The Gentle Art Of Cooking People perform in
Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy
square, at 8 p.m.
Poland’s rock band, Illusion, performs in Forty
Kleparz club, 2 Kamienna street, at 6 p.m.
(admission 80 PLN).
Krakow's band, Folk Forever, performs world
music in Stary Port club, 27 Straszewskiego
street and Jablonowskich street, at 8 p.m. (free
admission).
Krakow's pop singer Jaga Wronska sings vintage
French songs in Loch Camelot cafe, 17 Sw.
Tomasza street, at 8 p.m. (admission 35 PLN).
Concert of choral music features an array of
choirs from Poland and abroad in Muzeum
Inzynierii Miejskiej, 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street,
at 5 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company
produces Steven Markwick’s musical, ‘Little
Lord’ in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5:30 p.m.
May 26th, Sunday: Krakow's Capella
Cracoviensis with soloist singers sopranoGillian
Webster, tenor Andrew Staples, and bass Neal
Davis render Haydn’s The Seasons in
Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka
street and Straszewskiego street, at 11 a.m.
(admission 40 PLN).
Concert of contemporary classical music by
Krakow composers takes place
in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1
Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6
p.m.
Krakow's flutist Helena Pyrek gives recital in
Malwa club, 6 Dobrego Pasterza street, at 7 p.m.
Poland's jazz quartet, High Definition, play in
Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand
Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 20 PLN).
Poland’s pop band, Stare Dobre Malzenstwo,
performs in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at
7 p.m.
Poland's pop acts CeZik and Peter J. Birch
perform in Gwarek club, 17 Reymonta street, at 8
p.m.
Concert of choral music features an array of
choirs from Poland and abroad in Muzeum
Inzynierii Miejskiej, 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street,
at 5 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company
produces Steven Markwick’s musical, ‘Little
Lord’ in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5:30 p.m.
May 27th, Monday:
Traditional jazz and swing jam takes place
in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand
Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
May 28th, Tuesday:
Poland's fusion jazz quartet, V Speed, play
in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand
Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 20 PLN).
Poland's band, Transformator Egzystencjalny,
performs in Czuly Barbarzynca cafe, 11 Powisle
street, at 7 p.m.
May 29th, Wednesday:
Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis performs
Monteverdi’s madrigals
in the Franciscan monastery, 4 Franciszkanska
street, at 11 a.m.
(admission 5 PLN).
Latin jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz
Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m. (free
admission).
Poland's Ygor Przebindowski Trio perform in
Czuly Barbarzynca cafe, 11 Powisle street, at 7
p.m.
May 30th, Thursday,
Corpus Christi:
Poland's jazz trio, Sweet’n’Sour, perform in
Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand
Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 20 PLN).
USA’s rock band, Suffocation, performs death
metal supported by Cephalic Carnage, Havok, and
Fallujah in Kwadrat club, 1 Skarzynskiego
street, at 7 p.m.
(admission 75 PLN).
Poland's pop act Marika Bournaki performs in
Czuly Barbarzynca cafe, 11 Powisle street, at 7
p.m.
May 31st, Friday:
Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor
Jesus Medina plus Poland’s guitarist Marcin Dylla
play Jose Pablo Moncayo’s Sinfonietta, Joaquin
Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, Emmanuel Chabrier’s
Espana, and Joaquin Turina’s Three Fantastic Dances
op. 22 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1
Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at
7:30 p.m.
Poland's Marceli Glowiak Quartet performs jazz
blues in Pod Gruszka club, 1 Szczepanska street
and Slawkowska street, at 7 p.m. (free
admission).
Poland's quartet of female saxophonists,
Saxofonarium, play in Czuly Barbarzynca cafe, 11
Powisle street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow’s indie rock band, Don’t Ask Smingus,
performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek
Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m. (admission 20
PLN).
Poland’s rapper Tede performs in Rotunda club, 1
Oleandry street, at 8 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company its children show ‘The Book
of Forest’ in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 10 a.m. and again
at noon.
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Concerts of classical music for tourists take
place every day in ciol Sw. Wojciecha church
on the Rynek Glowny central square and Kosciol
Sw. Sw. Piotra i Pawla church, 52 Grodzka
street, at 7 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. respectively.
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Concerts of Chopin's music for tourists take
place in Dom Polonii at 15 Grodzka street on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
June 2013 entertainment events in Krakow.
June 1st, Saturday:
Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jesus
Medina plus Poland’s guitarist Marcin Dylla play
Jose Pablo Moncayo’s Sinfonietta, Joaquin Rodrigo’s
Concierto de Aranjuez, Emmanuel Chabrier’s Espana,
and Joaquin Turina’s Three Fantastic Dances op. 22
in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1
Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6
p.m.
Krakow Opera Company its children show ‘The Book
of Forest’ in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 10 a.m. and again
at noon.
June 4th, Tuesday: Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis
performs Haydn’s
Theresienmesse in
the Franciscan monastery, 4 Franciszkanska street,
at 11 a.m.
(admission 5 PLN).
June 6th, Thursday: Krakow Philharmonic
Orchestra plus pianist Grzegorz Niemczuk and flutist
Wieslaw Surulo play Antonio Vivaldi’s concerto in in
g minor Summer (L`Estate) RV 315 for
flute and Maurice Ravel’s concerto in G major for
left hand, Alborada del grazioso, and
Bolero in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1
Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 5
p.m.
June 7th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic
Orchestra with Poland's pianist Grzegorz Niemczuk
and flutist Wieslaw Surulo render Antonio Vivaldi’s
concerto in in g minor Summer (L`Estate)
RV 315 for flute and Maurice Ravel’s concerto in G
major for left hand, Alborada del grazioso,
and Bolero in Filharmonia Krakowska concert
hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego
street, at 7:30 p.m.
Krakow's vocal octet, Octava Ensemble, sing John
Singenberger’s Missa cordis Jesu in Kosciol Sw.
Krzyza church, 23 Sw. Krzyza street and Plac Sw.
Ducha square, at 7:15 p.m.
June 8th, Saturday:
Krakow Opera Company
produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘The
Troubadour’ (premiere) in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
Concert of classical
music features Krakow Philharmonic Choir with
conductor Gary Graden in Filharmonia Krakowska
concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and
Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m.
June 9th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company
produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘The
Troubadour’ in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 10th, Monday: USA's rock band, Papa
Roach, performs in Studio club, 4 Budryka
street, at 8 p.m.
June 11th, Tuesday: Krakow Opera Company
produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘The
Troubadour’ in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 12th, Wednesday:
Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis performs
trumpet music in the
Franciscan monastery, 4 Franciszkanska street, at 11
a.m.
(admission 5 PLN).
June 13th, Thursday:
Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis chamber
orchestra and choir plus soloist singers perform
George Frideric Handel's opera, Rodelina regina
de’longobardi, in Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac
Sw. Ducha square and Szpitalna street, at at 7 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company
produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘The
Troubadour’ in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 14th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic
Orchestra and Choir plus soloist singers tenor
Zvetan Michailov, soprano Katarzyna Holysz,
mezzo-soprano Agnieszka Rehlis, and baritone
Leszek Skrla perform the concert version of
Richard Wagner’s ‘Tristan and Isolde’, the first
act, in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka
street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company
produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’ in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 15th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic
Orchestra and Choir with soloist singers tenor
Zvetan Michailov, soprano Katarzyna Holysz,
mezzo-soprano Agnieszka Rehlis, and baritone Leszek
Skrla render the first act of Richard Wagner’s
‘Tristan and Isolde’ (concert version) in
Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka
street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m.
UK's downtempo act Bonobo performs in Studio
club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m.
June 16th, Sunday:
Krakow Opera Company
produces ballet show based on Gluck’s ‘Orpheo and Euridice’ in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 18th, Tuesday:
Krakow Opera Company
produces ballet show based on Gluck’s ‘Orpheo and Euridice’ in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
UK’s pop act Bonobo performs in
Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m.
June 21st, Friday: Open-air concert of
operatic music by Giuseppe Verdi and Richard
Wagner features Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra
and Choir on Wisla riverbank opposite the Wawel
Royal Castle at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow Opera Company produces Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene
Onegin’ in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 22nd, Saturday:
Open-air concert
features Poland’s jazz pianists Piotr
Orzechowski and Marcin Masecki plus Capella
Cracoviensis chamber orchestra playing Bach’s
concerto in c minor BWV 1062 on Wisla riverbank
opposite the Wawel Royal Castle at 7 p.m. (free
admission).
Open-air jazz
concert features Poland’s vocalists Krystyna
Pronko, Grazyna Lobaszewska, Ola Dudziak, Ewa
Zgoda, and Przemek Kleczkowski plus Wieslaw
Wilczkiewicz Ensemble on Wisla riverbank
opposite the Wawel Royal Castle at 9 p.m.
followed by firework show at 10:30 p.m. (free
admission).
Open-air
concert features Poland’s pop act Magda
Brudzinska performing world music on Wisla
riverbank opposite the Wawel Royal Castle at 6
p.m. (free
admission).
Open-air concert features UK’s maverick
violinist Nigel Kennedy and Krakow’s Kroke band
on Wisla riverbank opposite the Wawel Royal
Castle at 8 p.m. (free admission).
June 23rd, Sunday:
Krakow’s top singer-songwriter Grzegorz
Turnau performs with Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra
in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1
Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street,
at 6 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company produces Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene
Onegin’ in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
Open-air
concert features Poland’s veteran rock’n’roll
band Czerwono-Czarni on Wisla riverbank opposite
the Wawel Royal Castle at 3 p.m. (free
admission).
June 25th, Tuesday:
Open-air concert Viva Verdi features
favorite opera arias on the Wawel Royal Castle's
courtyard at 8:30 p.m.
UK’s noted band,
Portishead, performs in the hala ocynowni
of the Former Huta Sendzimira
steelworks, now ArcelorMittal Poland, 1 Ujastek
street, at 8 p.m. (admission 199 PLN).
Krakow’s quintet, Orkiestra Miasta Krakowa, play
Corelli’s Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 9, Morricone’s
Once Upon a Time in America, Bach’s Brandenburg
concerto no. 3, Arlen’s Over the Rainbow,
Piazzolla’s Oblivion, Mozart’s Divertimento no. 3,
Morricone’s The Mission, Gardel’s Por una cabeza,
Schnittke’s Polka, Williams’s Schindler;s List
theme, and Vivaldi’s Winter - in the Old Synagogue,
24 Szeroka street, at 6 p.m.
June 28th, Friday:
Krakow Opera Company
produces Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’
on the Wawel Royal Castle's courtyard at 9 p.m.
Israel’s band, The Apples, performs funky and
groove jazz aboard
Marta boat moored by
Most Grunwaldzki bridge at 8 p.m. (admission 30 PLN).
June 29th, Saturday: Alfresco concert
features Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis chamber
orchestra with Italy's violinist and conductor
Alessandro Moccia performing Beethoven’s symphony
no. 3 Heroic and Haydn’s symphony no. 102
The Miracle.
Krakow Opera Company
produces Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’
on the Wawel Royal Castle's courtyard at 9 p.m.
June 30th, Sunday: Alfresco concert features
Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra with
Italy's violinist and conductor Alessandro Moccia
performing Beethoven’s symphony no. 3 Heroic
and Haydn’s symphony no. 102 The Miracle.
Krakow Opera Company
produces Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’
on the Wawel Royal Castle's courtyard at 9 p.m.
Concert of Jewish cantors features USA's Azi
Schwartz and Yaakov Lemmer
as well as Israel's Yaakov Motzen
plus Lishmoa El Harina choir in Tempel
Synagogue,
24 Miodowa street, at 7 p.m. (admission 200 PLN).
Events in Krakow in July 2013 and beyond
Some Worthwhile Temporary Exhibitions in Krakow
Forever Young. Polish Art ca. 1900.
Impressive assemblage of
works by Polish leading artists at the outset of the
20th century when Krakow witnessed an unprecedented
explosion of creativity. Names of painters Teodor
Axentowicz, Olga Boznanska, Julian Falat, Aleksander
Gierymski, Jacek Malczewski, Jozef Mehoffer, Jozef
Pankiewicz, Wladyslaw Podkowinski, Wojciech Weiss,
Witold Wojtkiewicz, Leon Wyczolkowski, Stanislaw
Wyspianski and sculptors Xawery Dunikowski,
Konstanty Laszczka, and Waclaw Szymanowski say
nothing to foreigners but they mean a lot to any
cultured Pole. Kamienica Szolayskich, a branch
of the
National Museum in Krakow, at 11 Szczepanska
street and Plac Szczpanski square through September 2013.
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