May Krakow (Crakow) Poland Jewish events at the Center for Jewish Culture

Center for Jewish Culture, Krakow, Poland

ul. Meiselsa 17, 31-058 Kraków
tel. +48 12 430 64 49, 430 64 52
fax +48 12 430 64 97
info1@judaica.pl

Wednesday, May 5th, 6:00 p.m.

Music and Metaphor in Charcoal
- vernissage of drawings by Mateusz LENART, student of Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

Friday, May 7th, 7:00 p.m. *

5th FELIX MENDELSSOHN MUSIC DAYS IN KAZIMIERZ
May 7 ? 15, 2010

INAUGURAL CONCERT
by ZEMLINSKY QUARTET of Prague:
Frantisek SOUCEK (1 violin),
Petr STRIZEK (2 violin),
Petr HOLMAN (viola),
Vladimir FORTIN (cello).
works by F. Mendelssohn, R. Schumann, J. C. Arriagi.

Saturday, May 8th, 7:00 p.m. *

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
by Daniel PIÓRO (violin, Great Britain) and Carson BECKE (piano, Canada).
works by W. A. Mozart, F. Mendelssohn, F. Chopin.

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Classical music records and vinyl recordings for sale, vintage collection

 

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Sunday, May 9th, 7:00 p.m. *

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
by LEIBNIZ TRIO of Germany:
Hwa-Won PYUN (violin),
Lena WIGNJOSAPUTRO (cello),
Nicolas RIMMER (piano).
works by W. A. Mozart, M. Ravel, F. Mendelssohn.

Monday, May 10th, 7:00 p.m. **

Dominican Basilica in Krakow
ORGAN CONCERT
by Andrzej BIALKO
works by J. S. Bach, F. Mendelssohn, F. Liszt.

Tuesday, May 11th, 8:30 p.m. *

CHOPIN FOR GUITAR, guitar concert by Jan OBERBEK.
works by F. Chopin in transcriptions by J. N. Bobrowicz and J. Oberbek.

Wednesday, May 12th, 7:00 p.m. *

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
by SLOVAK QUARTET of Bratislava:
Juraj TOMKA (1st violin),
Eduard PINGITZER (2nd violin),
Július SOSKA (viola),
Martin TAZKY (cello)
and Jan Jakub BOKUN (clarinet, Poland)
works by F. Schubert, F. Mendelssohn, W. A. Mozart.

Thursday, May 13th, 7:00 p.m.**

MENDELSSOHN & CHOPIN
- film evening under the patronage of Associazione Mendelssohn in Milan.
Program:
Mendelssohn inedito (The Unknown Mendelssohn) - documentary written by Roberto PROSSEDA and Angelo BOZZOLINI, FATAKA, 2009, 55 min., in Italian with English subtitles
Chopin's Aftertlife - documentary directed by Ophra Yerushalmi, a New York pianist, (2005, 50 min., in English).

Friday, May 14th, 7:00 p.m. *

PIANO RECITAL
by Marcin KOZIAK
works by F. Chopin.

Saturday, May 15th, 7:00 p.m. *

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
by QUARTET of Salzburg:
Michaela GIRARDI (violin),
Peter LAGGARTNER (viola),
Jeremy FINDLAY (cello),
Elena BRASLAVSKY (piano).
works by W. A. Mozart, F. Mendelssohn, R. Schumann.

Saturday, May 15th, 11:00 a.m.

Book Auction
- organized by RARA AVIS in Krakow.
Detailed information available at www.raraavis.krakow.pl


Monday, May 17th, 7:00 p.m.

Israel ? What's next?
- meeting with editor Roman FRISTER, journalist of Israeli press in Poland.

Thursday, May 20th, 7:00 p.m.

On What Was Krakow Built?
- lecture by Prof. Maciej PAWLIKOWSKI, Mineralogy Sciences Commission of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

 Monday, May 24th, 7:00 p.m.

LITERARY PROGRAM
Sometimes It Is Not Easy to Defend Yourself. Determinants of Jewish Attitudes at the Time of Occupation
- promotion of the book by Grzegorz Kolacz and meeting with the author.

Saturday, May 29th, 7:00 p.m.

Concert of Arias and Songs
by Ewa NIEZGODA (soprano) and Anna Szyniarowska (piano).
works by W. A. Mozart, G. Handel, G. Bizet, P. Tchaikovsky, E. Grieg, I Paderewski.
* by invitations or tickets only (tickets available at the Center)
** free admission

EXHIBITIONS AT THE CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE

Music and Metaphor in Charcoal
- exhibition of drawings by Mateusz LENART, student of Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.
Exhibition will be open until June 3rd, 2010