We begin and end this year's 'Chopin and his Europe' Festival with Bach. The brilliant composer, who occupies a very important place in Chopin's universe, will also be present in an important, sometimes unobvious way on each day of the festival events.

The programme of this year's Festival is created with the intention of presenting Chopin's work in the multiple context of music from Bach to Lutosławski. The 29 concerts are filled with Polish and European music in the interpretations of traditionally two stylistic strands: contemporary and historically informed.

Programme

20.08. Wednesday
- 21:00, Holy Cross Basilica FREE ENTRY
Extraordinary Concert
Performers:
Fabio Biondi violin
21.08. Thursday
- 17:00, Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio
Vocal concert
Performers:
Fabio Biondi conductor
Paola Poncet piano
Choir of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic
Violetta Bielecka choir director
- 20:30, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Symphonic Concert
Performers:
Vadym Kholodenko piano
Sinfonia Varsovia
Bassem Akiki conducting
- 21:00, Holy Cross Basilica FREE ENTRY
Piano recital
Performers:
Andrzej Wiercinski
Mateusz Dubiel
22.08. Friday
- 17:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Piano recital
Performers:
Benjamin Grosvenor piano
- 20:30, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Chamber music concert
Performers:
Alexander Melnikov piano
Belcea Quarte
23.08. Saturday
- 19:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Chamber music concert
Performers:
Mao Fujita piano
Hagen Quartet
24.08. Sunday
- 19:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Symphonic Concert
Performers:
Aimi Kobayashi piano
Kyohei Sorita piano
Andrzej Bauer cello
AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy
Marek Moś conductor
25.08. Monday
- 19:00, Royal Castle
Harpsichord recital
Performers:
Władysław Kłosiewicz harpsichord
- 21:00, Holy Cross Basilica FREE ENTRY
Piano recital
Performers:
Krzysztof Wiercinski
Jan Widlarz
26.08. Tuesday
- 19:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Symphonic Concert
Performers:
Dang Thai Son piano
Sophia Liu piano
AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy
Marek Moś conductor
27.08. Wednesday
- 17:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Piano recital
Performers:
Ingrid Fliter piano
- 20:30, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Symphonic Concert
Performers:
Evgeny Sviridov violin, concertmaster
Tomasz Ritter historical piano
Hannah Freienstein cello, artistic direction
28.08. Thursday
- 19:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Symphonic Concert
Performers:
Dmitry Ablogin historical piano
Freiburger Barockorchester
- 21:00, Holy Cross Basilica FREE ENTRY
Piano recital
Performers:
Mateusz Krzyżowski
Yehuda Prokopowicz
29.08. Friday
- 19:00, Royal Castle
Harpsichord recital
Performers:
Władysław Kłosiewicz harpsichord
30.08. Saturday
- 17:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
Piano recital
Performers:
Martin Nöbauer historical piano
- 20:30, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Piano recital
Performers:
Piotr Anderszewski piano
31.08. Sunday
- 19:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Chamber music concert
Performers:
Bruce Liu piano
Apollon Musagète Quartett
01.09. Monday
- 19:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Piano recital
Performers:
Yulianna Avdeeva piano
- 21:00, Holy Cross Basilica FREE ENTRY
Piano recital
Performers:
Piotr Pawlak
Adam Kalduński
02.09. Tuesday
- 19:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Piano recital
Performers:
Yulianna Avdeeva piano
03.09. Wednesday
- 19:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Piano recital
Performers:
Eric Lu piano
04.09. Thursday
- 17:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Symphonic Concert
Performers:
Chouchane Siranossian violin
Tomasz Ritter historical piano
Martyna Pastuszka violin, artistic direction
{oh!} Orchestra
- 20:30, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Piano recital
Performers:
Kate Liu piano
- 21:00, Holy Cross Basilica FREE ENTRY
Piano recital
Performers:
Michal Basista
Susanna Sejbuk
05.09. Friday
- 17:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Chamber music concert
Performers:
Krzysztof Chorzelski viola
Yulianna Avdeeva piano
- 20:30, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Symphonic Concert
Performers:
Alena Baeva violin
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini conductor
06.09. Saturday
- 18:00, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Piano recital
Performers:
Ivo Pogorelić piano
- 21:00, Holy Cross Basilica FREE ENTRY
Extraordinary recital
Performers:
Roel Dieltiens cello