We invite you to classical music concerts to be held as part of the Warsaw Classics Festival as a cultural event of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council. Outstanding artists from Poland and abroad will perform, presenting repertoire drawn from Europe's cultural heritage.

Musicians from Poland, Italy, Greece, Japan and Switzerland have been involved in the event. The first of the concerts at the Royal Theatre will mark the 275th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's death. The second recital will be filled with chamber music masterpieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ernest Chausson. The festival will conclude with a concert at the Palace on the Isle, during which we will hear Antonio Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons'. They will be performed by a young Italian violinist from Naples, Riccardo Zamuner, accompanied by a chamber orchestra of students from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, conducted by concertmistress of the Basel Symphony Orchestra, Marta Kowalczyk, and conductor Daniel Palmizio.

Antonio Vivaldi w Pałacu na Wyspie – 300. rocznica publikacji Czterech Pór Roku

Programme:
Antonio Vivaldi - Four Seasons
Koncert nr 1 E-dur „Wiosna” („La Primavera”), RV 269
Koncert nr 2 g-moll „Lato” („LEstate”), RV 315
Koncert nr 3 F-dur „Jesień” („LAutunno”), RV 293
Koncert nr 4 f-moll „Zima” („LInverno”), RV 297

Riccardo Zamuner – skrzypce
Daniel Palmizio – dyrygent
Orkiestra Kameralna

Moderated by a journalist from Polish Radio 2.
Andrzej Zielinski

The Second Warsaw Classics Festival will feature lectures on the following topics
Upskilling for effective entry into the music labour market,
including participation in international orchestral examinations led by an expert in the field, a lecturer at the Hochschule der Künste Luzern and a member of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester Symphony Orchestra
Olga Kowalczyk.