Finnish New Music – Bridges Festival

The Bridges is a project initiated by Muzyka Centrum Art Society from Krakow in 2003 in form of international cooperation with London Sinfonietta, Association Musik fuer Heute from Hannover and Centre Grame from Lyon. The project brings together presentation of outstanding new music works with education activities with youth and children.

Bridges (Pomosty) Festival

The workshops led by artists from the project partners organizations are based on composition rules derived from modern music works. These rules serve the young people to create their own music. The famous new music virtuoso orchestra, The London Sinfonietta has been the pioneer and leading authority in new music education for many years. Their achievements are documented on their website: www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk. The French and German project partners: Grame from Lyon (www.grame.fr) and Musik fuer heute from Hannover (www.DasNeueEnsemble.de) have also gained much experience in similar activities. The results of their work prove that often people who have never been to a new music concert can learn to appreciate even very complex music, which is far from what is offered to them by popular culture and traditional music education. The project partners aim at creating an international forum for new music artists involved in education activities and their intention is to continue the project by organizing concerts, workshops, seminars and conferences.

Hadi Ayanbod – Einojuhani Rautavaara [Academy of Music in Krakow – Chamber Hall – Tomasza Str. 43 – 10.00 AM]

Stowarzyszenie Artystyczne “Muzyka Centrum”

is a society of performers of contemporary music, founded in June 1977. It organizes concerts, festivals. workshops, recordings, outdoor and net projects. Till the end of 2017 the society has organized 906 concerts presenting approximately 600 Polish and World premiers, repertoire in part dedicated to Muzyka Centrum Ensemble. Since 1991 till 2007 Muzyka Centrum was a member of the European Conference of Promoters of New Music. The society cooperates with art institutions s and new music ensembles.