Welcome to the 29th edition of the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. During the 12 festival days we will hear 8 symphonic concerts, 3 song recitals, 2 piano recitals and 2 chamber concerts. Elżbieta Penderecka, director of the Festival, has invited many outstanding soloists and conductors, as well as the best national and international symphony orchestras to participate in the concerts. The guiding motto of this year's edition - Beethoven and great poetry - determined the concert programme, filled with vocal-instrumental works and works inspired by literature from Beethoven through Ferenc Liszt, Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Maurice Ravel to Krzysztof Penderecki.

Contractors
Natalia Rubiś – sopran
Gerard Edery – tenor / kantor
Sławomir Holland – narrator
Leah Pisar-Haas – narrator
Chór dziecięcy i młodzieżowy Alla Polacca
Anna Bednarska – dyrektor chóru
National Philharmonic Choir
Bartosz Michałowski – dyrektor chóru
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Christoph König – dyrygent

Works
Leonard Bernstein
Kaddish
Krzysztof Penderecki
Kadysz