Events 2019
‘Warsaw - Paris: music meetings in a mirror image’ - Maria Szymanowska’s Salon at the State Institute for Young Blind (INJA) in Paris
Apart from beautiful interpretations of works by Maria Szymanowska, the public were also able to appreciate a whole repertoire of composers of the period, supplemented by comments from musicians about their research and the musical instruments used: pianos - the Viennese Rosenberg from 1820 and the Parisian Erard from 1890, as well as the flutes – the original Buffet Crampon from the years 1839-1844 and a copy of the Viennese Stephan Koch dating from around 1825.
The program attached below has been offered in a traditional version and in Braille. The musicians were given a long ovation which confirms the deep sense of the rediscovery of certain forgotten repertoires, and in particular those composed by women, whose artistic quality and modernity always surprise!
The concert was organized by the Maria Szymanowska Society and the Sorbonne-University (Master Fortepiano), in partnership with the National Institute for Young Blind People, the Musicology Research Institute, the "Wspólnota Polska" Association, the Polish Institute in Paris and musicologie.org.
The project of ‘Maria Szymanowska's Parisian Salons’ is financed by the grant awarded by the Senate of the Republic of Poland as part of its support for Poles living abroad.
