HORIZON
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31-027 Kraków
ul. św. Tomasza 22
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2 New Year’s concerts by Kamerata Krakowska took place on 1st January 2012 at Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Krakow (4 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.). Soloist – Edyta Piasecka – soprano, conductor – Rafał Jacek Delekta (Akademy of Music in Krakow). The programme included a number of famous polkas and waltzes by Johann Strauss as well as Italian opera arias (by Rossini, Cimarosa and Mengozzi).

The vernissage – inaugurating the monographic exhibition of graphic works and drawings by Roman Zieliński – took place on 6th July 2011 at 12.00 at Larousse Gallery in Krakow at ul. św. Tomasza 22. The exhibition was a part of a greater project devoted to the past achievements of the artist. It should be mentioned that Larousse Gallery in cooperation with Horizon Art Society is publishing a catalogue of the artist’s selected works on this occasion. The project is realised with the financial support of the Municipality of Krakow within the cultural patronage of the city of Krakow. More on the exhibition in the section: Larousse Gallery.

The Łańcut Musicalia scientific and artistic project has been prepared and completed by the Horizon Art Society in cooperation with the Castle Museum in Łańcut. From April to December 2010, extensive work was carried out consisting in digitalization of the collection of Polish and German music held at the Castle Museum Library, complemented by a series of artistic events. The aims of the project are in line with the programme of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage to digitally preserve Poland’s library resources, and hence to popularise and safely archive them for a long time.

The concert that took place on 10th October 2010 at 6 p.m. at the Ballroom of the Łańcut Castle as part of the promotion of the “Łańcut Musicalia” Project was organized jointly by the Horizon Art Society and the Director of the Castle Museum in Łańcut. The event was held under the honorary patronage of the Mayor of the City of Łańcut Stanisław Gwizdak. During the gala evening, the audience were able to hear forgotten and previously unperformed musical works of Polish and German composers from the collection of the Łańcut Library.

In the article recapitulating on the year 2009 in the culture of Krakow, Agnieszka Malatyńska-Stankiewicz, the reviewer of "Dziennik Polski", expressed an opinion that an artistic marathon Bacewicz in the Night organized by Horizon Art Society is one of the most important cultural events in Krakow in the scale of the whole year. The six-hour musical-literary-film event of 17th October completely devoted to Grażyna Bacewicz was on the list of top culture by Krakow newspaper, winning recognition for a very interesting and diverse representation a profile of a composer.
Read more: 2009 cultural year in Krakow. Score by seven angry men, "Dziennik Polski" of 31st December 2009 – paragraph Noc z Grażyną Bacewicz (G. Bacewicz in the Night).


 
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