MUSICAL JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF IMAGINATION | Family Concert

Saturday, October 26, 2024, 14:00

Organizer: Polish Society of Contemporary Music
Venue: Białołęka Cultural Center
Głębocka 66, Warsaw

Even a centenarian like the Polish Society of Contemporary Music enjoys fairy tales. Therefore, we have prepared another 'Musical Journey to the Land of Imagination', which will take place on Saturday, October 26, this year at 14:00 at the Białołęka Cultural Center at Głębocka 66.

This is an interactive family concert (about 50 minutes, for children 5+), which is based on a story told by an actor and the audience, accompanied by improvising musicians.

We will wander together through various lands of imagination, meeting fairy tale characters. We might fight monsters or discover treasures. It all depends on the participants of the concert.
The music created for these stories will accompany us at every moment of our expedition, emphasizing emotions and helping to immerse ourselves in the atmosphere of the stories being created.

Performing will be: actor and director of children's plays Grzegorz Ociepka, drummer Leszek Lorent, composer and pianist Jarosław Siwiański, and double bassist Małgorzata Kołcz.

Participation in the concert is free of charge.
We invite all fairy tale lovers to this exceptional event.

Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1081396416656844

See you there!

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* The concert is part of the PTMW project 'Creative Warsaw' and is co-financed by the funds of the Capital City of Warsaw.
** We also invite music lovers with special needs. Please inform us at [email protected] if you need assistance in participating in the concert. We will be happy to help.
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Organizer: Polish Society of Contemporary Music | Co-financing: Capital City of Warsaw | Cooperation: Białołęka Cultural Center, Art Deco Group Music Agency | Media patronage: Polish Information Center POLMIC.PL, Presto Junior, waw4free.pl, cameralmusic.pl, and wolnasobota.pl

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ARTISTS:

Grzegorz Ociepka
actor | storytelling
His artistic work has been associated with children's theater from the beginning. He has been an actor in, among others, the Animation Theater in Poznań, the Guliwer Puppet Theater in Warsaw, and the Children’s Theater in Będzin. He directs theatrical plays, is the author of scripts and performances for children, such as 'Recipe for Courage' or 'Vitamin Adventure'. For over 20 years, he has been running his own theater 'Promyk'. He also conducts theater workshops for children, youth, teachers, and theater instructors. He organizes them independently and in cooperation with various institutions such as: the Voivodeship Library in Poznań, the Poznań Center for Children's Art, and others.


Leszek Lorent
drums
He is an outstanding drummer, a lecturer at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, a laureate of numerous national and international competitions, as well as an author of scientific monographs and articles at the intersection of music and philosophy.
He has performed the premiere of works by many contemporary composers, and several dozen compositions for drums have been created at his inspiration, including works for solo drums and orchestra. His discography includes several dozen albums, in which he appears as a soloist and chamber musician.


Jarosław Siwiański
synthesizer
Composer, pianist, organizer of artistic events, a graduate of UMFC in Warsaw. He often works at the intersection of theater, music, and visual arts. He has collaborated with Eugeniusz Rudnik, Fryderyk Rzewski, the Azorro Group, the orchestra de ereprijs (Appeldorn), Bang on a Can (New York), and the Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra (Beijing).
He is the author of the anthem of Rzeszów, has also created music for animated films (including those by Jan Lenica and Daniel Szczechura), theater, and computer games. For many years, he collaborated with the Poznań Center for Children's Art. He is the artistic director of the Warsaw Musical Meetings Festival.


Małgorzata Kołcz
double bass
A graduate of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. A scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Authors' Association ZAiKS. A laureate of the ZKP award in the field of education. She performs with chamber ensembles and orchestras. She plays classical and contemporary music, as well as improvised music.
She works to promote serious music and its creators. She designs, organizes, and promotes various artistic events (including: the 'Images from Conrad' Festival, the 'Summer Festival of the New City', 'Images from Warsaw', 'Audio Stage'). She is the initiator of workshops for children 'Tell Me a Fairy Tale', 'What Do You Hear in Music?' and 'Don’t Be Afraid to Improvise!'. She also creates poetic texts.