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54th Kraków Jazz All Souls’ Day Festival

05Nov09

Krakow’s All Souls Jazz Festival is the oldest jazz festival in Europe, founded in 1954 as part of an underground jam session while jazz, being music of freedom was forbidden to perform publicly in Poland. For musicians, representing intellectual’s class, playing jazz was an escape from grey and sad then Poland under Communism regime. All of them knew each other but the only day they could get off work was All Souls Day – that’s how it started. The festival attracted both Polish and foreign jazzmen as well as jazz fans every year in early November for over half century. The music has been changing in keeping with current trends, also venues and performers, but some features remain constant.

This year’s festival takes place from 30 October to 9 November

KRAKOW PROGRAM:

October 30st / 2009
9.00 p.m.
MILE STONE JAZZ CLUB (Hotel Qubus), Nadwiślańska St. 6
phone no. (48) 12 374 51 00

Little Egoists
Marek Stryszowski – saxs, voc
Seb Bernatowicz – keybs
Cezary Chmiel – keybs
Krzysztof Bodzoń – bass

Tomasz Grochot – dr

Tickets: 25 / 15 PLN

7.00 p.m.

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DWÓR CZECZÓW, ks. Jerzego Popiełuszki St. 36
phone no. (48) 12 651 39 13
Funk De Nite
Ryszard Krawczuk – sax
Piotr Grząślewicz – g
Piotr ” Quentin ” Wojtanowski – bg
Artur Malik – dr
Free entrance
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9:00 p.m.
HARRIS PIANO JAZZ BAR, Square Market 28
phone no. (48) 12 421 57 41
www.harris.krakow.pl
Piotr Nalepa Breakout Tour
Jean – voc
Piotr Nalepa – g
Robert Lubera – g, voc
Piotr ”Quentin” Wojtanowski – bass, voc
M.Jurkiewicz – keyb
W.Fedkowicz – dr
Tickets: 30 / 25 PLN

October 31st / 2009
6.00 p.m.
KINOTEATR UCIECHA, Starowiślna St. 16
phone no. (48) 12 421 50 65
1. Jarek Śmietana International Band feat. Jerry Goodman
A concert promoting the newly released (on 1st October 2009) album entitled
“A TRIBUTE TO ZBIGNIEW SEIFERT”
The album has been published on the 30th anniversary of death of the distinguished cracovian jazz violinist Zbigniew Seifert.
Both the album and the concert present the nine Zbigniew Seifert compositions arranged by Jarek Śmietana, featuring JERRY GOODMAN,the legendary American violinist from the legendary MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA and THE FLOCK groups.
Jerry Goodman – vln
Jarek Śmietana – g
Piotr Wyleżoł – p
Ed Schuller – acoustic bass
Adam Czerwiński – dr
Sławomir Berny – perc
2. Seb Bernatowicz Acoustic Trio
Sebastian Bernatowicz – p
Tomasz Kupiec – bass
Dawid Fortuna – dr
3. Paweł Kaczmarczyk AUDIOFEELING Band
Paweł Kaczmarczyk – p
Radek Nowicki – sax
Wojciech Pulcyn – double bass
Paweł Dobrowolski – dr
Tickets: 60 / 40 PLN
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9.30 p.m.
PIWNICA POD BARANAMI, Square Market 27
The All Saints’ Jam Session
Free entrance
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9.00 p.m.

HARRIS PIANO JAZZ BAR, Square Market 28
phone no. (48) 12 421 57 41
Nocna Zmiana Bluesa
(The Blues Night-Shift Group)
Sławek Wierzcholski – harmonijka, voc
Witek Jąkalski – g
Maras Dąbrowski – g
Piotr Dąbrowski – bass, voc
Grzegorz Minicz – dr, tara

Tickets: 30 / 25 PLN

November 1st / 2009

8.00 p.m.
DRUKARNIA “Podgórze”- Nadwiślańska St. 1
phone no. (48) 12 656 65 60
www.drukarnia_podgorze.republika.pl
1. Eryk Kulm International Quartet
Sulaiman Hakim – sax, g, voc
Longineu Parsons – tp
Paweł Tomaszewski – p
Andrzej Zielak – bass
Eryk Kulm – dr
2. Barabasz Jazz Quartet
Maciej Matthew Barabasz – g
Patrick Mulcahy – bass
Clifton Wallace – dr
Marcin Żupański – sax
Tickets: 35 / 25 PLN
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9.00 p.m.
HARRIS PIANO JAZZ BAR, Square Market 28
phone no. (48) 12 421 57 41
Funk De Nite
Ryszard Krawczuk – sax
Artur Malik – dr
Piotr Grząślewicz – g
Piotr ” Quentin ” Wojtanowski – bg

Tickets: 30 / 25 PLN

November 2nd / 2009
9.30 p.m.
PIWNICA POD BARANAMI, Square Market 27
The All Saints’ Jam Session

Free entrance
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9.00 p.m.
HARRIS PIANO JAZZ BAR, Square Market 28
phone no. (48) 12 421 57 41
Kattorna – Tribute to Komeda
Dawid Główczewski – saxs
Grzegorz Rogala – tb
Kuba Cichocki – p
Andrzej Zielak – double bass
Krzysztof Szmańda – dr

Tickets: 30 / 25 PLN

November 3rd / 2009
9.30 p.m.
PIWNICA POD BARANAMI, Square Market 27
The All Saints’ Jan Session
Free entrance

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9.00 p.m.
HARRIS PIANO JAZZ BAR, Square Market 28
phone no. (48) 12 421 57 41
Beale Street Band
M.Korzyńska – voc
A.Marchewka – cornet
R.Zydroń – sax
T.Gmyrek – tb
G.Piętak – bass
A.Popiel – dr
J.M.Bożyk – p, voc
Tickets: 20 / 15 PLN

November 4th / 2009
9.30 p.m.
PIWNICA POD BARANAMI, Square Market 27
The All Saint’s Jam Session

Free entrance

Zbigniew Seifert in Memoriam November 5st – 7st / 2009

November 5th / 2009
7.00 p.m.
The Karol Szymanowski Concert Hall in Cracow,
Zwierzyniecka St. 1
ph. +48 12 428 50 97, +48 693 438 660
1. Philip Catherine – g
Jasper van’t Hof – p
Adam Nussbaum – dr
2. Joachim Kühn Solo – p
3. Zbigniew Seifert – Jazz Concerto for Violin, symphonic orchestra and rhythm group
Mateusz Smoczyński – vn
Joachim Kühn – p
Bronisław Suchanek – bass
Janusz Stefański – dr
Bohdan Jarmołowicz – conductor
Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Orchestra
Tickets: 45 / 35 PLN

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10.00 p.m.
PIEC ART, Szewska St. 12
phone no. (48) 12 429 64 25
Mateusz Smoczyński Quintet

Tickets: 20 / 15 PLN

November 6th / 2009
4.00 p.m.
MANGGHA - Centre/Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, M. Konopnickiej St. 26
phone no. (48) 12 267 27 03
Promotion of the Zbigniew Seifert biography by Aneta Norek entitled
„Man of the Light”along with a panel discussion featuring the participants of the festival
(the artists, the journalists and the music lovers)
Free entrance

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6.00 p.m.
Screening of a documentary on Zbigniew Seifert entitled “Passion”
dir. Erin Harper
www.passion-themovie.com the screening is followed by a concert:
1. Zach Brock – vln
Jan Jarczyk – p
Jan Gonciarczyk – bass
Bronisław Suchanek – bass
Janusz Stefański – dr
2. Władysław „Adzik” Sendecki – p
Tickets: 45 / 30 PLN
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10.00 p.m.
KLUB ALCHEMIA, Estery St. 5
phone no. (48) 12 421 22 00
Adam Pierończyk Trio

Tickets: 25 / 20 PLN

November 7th / 2009
10.00 p.m.

Jazz-Klub U Muniaka, Floriańska St. 3
phone no. (48) 12 423-12-05
Jam session
Tickets: 50 PLN

November 9th / 2009
7.30 p.m.
Basilica of the Dominican Friars
XXIII Jazz Mass
Free entrance
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9.00 p.m.
HARRIS PIANO JAZZ BAR, Square Market 28
phone no. (48) 12 421 57 41
Jam session

Free entrance

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8.00 p.m.
DRUKARNIA “Podgórze” – Nadwiślańska St. 1
ph. +48 12 656 65 60
The 10th anniversary of The Globetrotters group
www.globetrotters.vernet.pl
Bernard Maseli – vib. el
Nippy Noya – perc
Jerzy Głowaczewski – saxs
Kuba Badach – voc
Tickets: 30 / 20 PLN

All Saint’s Day

01Nov09

rakowicki

All Saints’ Day, Also known as Allhallows or Hallowmas is a festival which has been celebrated in Poland and the rest of the Catholic world for many centuries. All Saints Day is a national holiday, and a day when people all over Poland visit the graves of loved ones and to place candles and flowers on graves. Candles are placed on the graves to help souls finding their way through the darkness. The day after All Saints Day, All Souls Day is set aside to pray for the souls who have yet to find their way to Heaven. The view of milions of candles in transparent, coloured vases and the atmosphere that laid you into a parallel world is a thing that you can not miss. Step through the Gothic gateway of Rakowicki Cemetery to see probably the most incredible lagoon of glowing colours of All Saint’s Day in Cracow.

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Brand New Easter Market !

02Apr09

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From the 5^th of April – Palm Sunday on the Main Market Square all tourist can visit brand new Easter Market. Krakow Easter Market is very similar to the Christmas market with lots of little trinkets, yummy food and friendly people. You can spend whole day wandering around, buying little treats and enjoying the sights and sounds. Try tasty dinner at the market – sausages and rolls with mushrooms and of course the best krakowian mullet wine J If you will be there don’t forget to look at painted eggs – “Pisanki”, Polish palms, handmade baskets, as well as some less traditional stuff for children. Pick up souvenirs like easter pralines or yummy chocolate. It is also a great place to soak up the atmosphere and learn more about Polish Easter traditions and customs. The market will be open daily, from 5^th of April till 19^th of April.

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Easter Time in Krakow

31Mar09

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Easter in Krakow is magical time preceded with Palm Sunday (5th April 2009) On this day people bring the branches made of pusssy willow or wild flowers to the church for blessing. You can buy Easter palms near every church in Krakow and also on the Main Market Square . On Saturday before Easter Sunday polish people take to the churches decorated baskets containing a sampling of traditional food to be blessed. A typical basket includes eggs, salt, cake, ham or sausage and bread, but there will also be painted eggs and always a small model of a lamb. The decorated eggs in the baskets called “pisanki” is another classic feature of the Polish Easter. Children and adults decorate eggs with lots of colour and flowers and put on the Polish Easter Table as an essential part of it. The most famous Mass on the Saturday take place in front of the Mariacki Church at 1:00 pm. Easter Sunday is in Krakow day of family meetings. This day begins with a visit to the church in the morning. When family has returned home from Mass does the Easter breakfast begin. There is tradition to share blessed eggs with the members of the family and wish each other good health and happiness. Easter Monday is the one day in the year in Krakow when the consumption of water shoots up. There is in Krakow and whole Poland delightful tradition of Śmigus Dyngus when the guys are sprinkling girls with the water or perfumes. But there is also the other version of Smigus Dyngus when the whole buckets of water come into play. On Easter Monday numerous stalls open in the Salvator district, selling mainly sweets and toys. There is a chance to soak in polish traditions called Emaus, alive for last 7 centuries. But watch out, everyone can be wet !!

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Krakow Opera – The grand opening!

13Dec08

opera

Six trapdoors, a few stage wings, a computer-controlled acoustic ceiling, and a moveable orchestra pit… Krakow now has a great new opera house and theatre complex than ranks with the best in Europe.

After many years of strenuous efforts, Krakow can at last start the final countdown. The long-awaited opening of the Krakow Opera, scheduled for the 13th of December, promises to be a cause for great celebration. Krakow composer Krzysztof Penderecki’s “The Devils of Loudon”, directed by Laco Adamik, will be inaugurating the new stage at 48 Lubicz Street. This is one opera guaranteed to test the capabilities of modern opera to the utmost. The modernistic building, already a fixture on the cityscape of Krakow, was designed by Krakow architect Romuald Loegler and his associates Piotr Urbanowicz and Grzegorz Dresler. Construction began in 2004. The claret-coloured walls of the opera house, the largest structure of the complex, with the Great Stage inside, are imposing to say the least. The grey building with its semicircular roof is uncannily reminiscent of the old Krakow Operetta, thereby keeping alive the memories of local opera lovers.

http://www.opera.krakow.pl/otwarcie_en.php

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New Year’s Eve in Krakow

09Dec08

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Krakow is getting ready to say goodbye to 2008 with its annual New Year’s Eve party on Rynek Glowny. The historical Old Town around Rynek Glowny is the focus of the celebrations and the streets are filled with people from all over the World. Music keeps everyone entertained and the city’s pretty Grand Square becomes a dance floor. Leona Lewis, Kate Ryan, Kasia Kowalska, Tatiana Okupnik, Natalia Kukulska – beautiful female singers all in one place on a winter evening… Such a treat is only possible in the heart of Krakow. Everybody knows that in Krakow, New Years Eve is a big deal. Right before midnight, the countdown begins, and at the sound of bells from St Mary’s Cathedral a procession of fireworks light up the sky. The city fireworks display over Old Town can be viewed from nearly every vantage point in the city centre. Be warned, it can get a bit nippy so a warm coat is advised!

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Krakow Christmas Market [ 30 of November - 31 of December 2008 ]

27Nov08

Traditional Christmas market is one of the biggest attractions in Krakow before Christmas. It takes place on the Main Market Square. You’ll find plenty of smaller booths and stands around the Main Market Square selling some great things like delicious mulled wine (Grzaniec Galicyjski), sausages and the distinctive fried oscypek cheese. Some of the very best handcraft traders are coming to Krakow to create this traditional Christmas Market. There are also carol singers, choirs and musicians there to enetertain you in the main square. The city of Krakow is a magical place at Christmas whether you want to buy Christmas gifts or just enjoy the traditional festive atmosphere. For several weeks, this really will be shopping with a difference and a chance to sample some traditional festive goodies! All this will make the market a great place to pass the time and come together to enjoy a special atmosphere. Everybody will be enchanted by its joyful and festive spirit.

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[ Audio Art Festival ] 21st of November – 30st of November

17Nov08

Audio Art is an experimental and postmodernist art of the close of XX century and the beginning of the XXI century. This festival is an integration of sound and visual art. Presentation appears in form of the concert, performance and installation and creates new concept of sound source.. Audio Art is a “one person art”: composer, designer and performer unify the whole process of art creation. Artists from all over the world use low and high technology. Festival also presents other non-audio art events extending the whole image of the art based on sound. Audio Art Festival events are webcasted live.

November 21

12:00 am
[ Academy of Music ]

Gamelan Connection (Krakow, Java)

Java Gamelan, slendro tuning, visuals, electronics

6:00 pm
[ Academy of Music ]

Peter Sych (Melbourne)

ISA Harp

Phonos ek Mechanes (Wrocław)

music laptops controlled by acoustic instruments

7:30 pm
[ Goethe-Institut ]

black-hole factory & zenial (Braunschweig & Sanok)

Sanok Songlines – video installation

8:30 pm
[ Bunkier Sztuki ]

Karol Nepelski, Jakub Fijalkowski – mbaraka, sound installation, Clare Armiger – Phi Waves, sound installation, Maria Janicka – My Audio Experience – installation, Kacper Ziemianin & Manabu Shimada – sonic arts project, sound installation

9:00 pm
[ Bunkier Sztuki ]

Wojciech Kosma (Berlin)

performance, installations

November 22

6:00 pm
[ Academy of Music ]

Francois Houle (Vancouver)

clarinet, electronics

Katarzyna Marczak (Vancouver)

Harlekin by K.Stockhausen, part of Stockhausen Days

9:00 pm
[ Bunkier Sztuki ]

Daniel Davidovsky (Tel Aviv)

November 23

6:00 pm
[ Willa Decjusza ]

Muzyka Centrum Ensemble (Kraków)

[ Garden of Creativity ]

9:00 pm
[ Bunkier Sztuki ]

FM – Fluff modulation (Bratislava)

piano, electronics, video

Frutti di Mare VI.: Flames over Slovnaft (Bratislava)

MixOrchestra

November 27

6:00 pm
[ Academy of Music ]

Sergi Jorda & reactable (Barcelona)

tabletop tangible multi-touch interface – installation

7:00 pm
[ Academy of Music ]

PSeME concert

Polish electropanorama Anna Zielinska – violin

November 28

6:00 pm
[ Academy of Music ]

Loadbang Ensemble (Chicago, Katowice)

laptop duo: Krzysztof Wolek, Jaroslaw Mamczarski

Piotr Lachert (Pescara)

Patrycja Piekutowska – violin, Agnieszka Hauzer – soprano, Piotr Lachert – piano, Allesandro Deljavan – piano

Sergi Jorda & reactable (Barcelona)

tabletop tangible multi-touch interface – concert

9:00 pm
[ Bunkier Sztuki ]

CON/CON Ensemble (Ljubljana)

voice, instruments, electronics – concert

Xala (Bern)

marimba floor, dance – concert, performance

November 29

6:00 pm
[ Academy of Music ]

TAM – deForma (Padova)

deforming object motion spectacle

7:00 pm
[ Bunkier Sztuki ]

Bjelkeborn, Moenne-Loccoz & Sundberg (Gävle, Annecy, Stockholm)

guitar, visuals, electronics

Steel Quartet (Dresden)

steel acoustic objects-instruments

We Can and We Must (Chicago, Beijing)

Chicago Exeprimental scene

November 30

6:00 pm
[ Academy of Music ]

Miso Ensemble (Lisbon)

Opera multimedia Itineraire du Salt

8:00 pm
[ Bunkier Sztuki ]

Angeli Fukushima Duo (Bologna, Tokyo)

guitar, violin, electronics

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All Saints’ Day

14Nov08

The 1^st and 2^nd of November are probably one of the most important days of the year for most Poles. All Saints’ Day – the days when you remember those who’ve already gone. During those days the cemeteries become a spectacular site with thousands of candles. All Saint’s Day in Poland is different than in the rest of Europe, graves are decorated with small lanterns in addition to flowers. These lanterns are made with a colored glass containing a candle, covered with a perforated metal cover to prevent wind from extinguishing it.

Cemetery become then, during two days, melancholy places to visit with one’s family. In the evening the light of thousands of candles makes the sky red, thousands of flowers make the grey autumnal evening more colorful. All together it look really beautiful, cemetery become a different world….

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UNSOUND FESTIVAL [ 18th-25th of November ]

13Oct08

…This year’s festival celebrates its 6th edition with what is by far our most ambitious program. Across seven days, it will brings together a range of international artists, many utilizing technology and electronics in their work. But that is not the guiding force in their selection. Unsound is about innovative tendencies, the desire to surprise. We’ll showcase work existing on the borders of different genres: classical, ambient, clubbing and experimental. With radically diverse artists such as Michael Nyman, Max Richter, Skream, Benga, Ben Frost, Xiu Xiu, Pan American, Bruno Pronsato, The Necks and Colleen, we emphasise the new. Several works are commissioned especially for this year’s festival, most notably the Warhol Series, to be taken to New York in 2009. New venues also reflect Unsound’s expanding vision, including a 19th century power station, a gothic church more than 500 years old, the Galicia Jewish Museum and Manggha Museum of Japanese Art & Technology.

SCHEDULE:

[ 18th of November ]

-18:00 // Elektrownia Podgórska

Opening Unsound / Michael Nyman’s SUBLIME

World-famous composer Michael Nyman is best known for soundtracks for Peter Greenaway films, as well as Jane Campion’s “The Piano”. For the first time on such a scale, “Sublime” offers another view of this unique artist, revealing a video and sound installation. Michael Nyman

Tickets: By Invitation

-20:06 // Galicia Jewish Museum

Warhol Series 1 – EMPIRE

An 8 hour show, screened and performed at the time Warhol begun shooting “Empire”, his static shot of the Empire State Building throughout a single night.

Hanno Leichtmann
Groupshow
Jan Jelinek
Andrew Pekler

Tickets: Free

[ 19th of November ]

-14:00 // Elektrownia Podgórska \

Michael Nyman’s SUBLIME

World-renowned composer Michael Nyman is best known for his soundtracks for Peter Greenaway films, as well as Jane Campion’s “The Piano”. For the first time on such a large scale, “Sublime” offers another view of this unique artist, revealing his video and sound installation. Open 14:00 – 18:00.

Michael Nyman

Tickets: Free

-18:00 // Galeria F.A.I.T

Installation Opening – Zimmerstreich mit Schlagsahne

Suppose a room’s interior is the resonance body of an instrument. How should the instrument look in order to sound good? An installation that interactively investigate the sound of a room – with and without the participation of an audience. The opening will also feature a live performance by the artists.

Kaspar Koenig & Simon Berz

Tickets: Free

-20:00 // Kino Pod Baranami

Warhol Series 2 – BLOWJOB

Stefan Nemeth (Radian, Lokai) recently released “Film”, mapping a sonic terrain of acoustic and programmed instruments. He is joined by Steven Hess (Pan American) and Martin Siewert (Trapist) to perform a parallel concert made of electronics, percussion and guitar for Warhol’s classic film.

Németh / Hess / Siewert

Tickets: 15 zl

[ 20th of November ]

- 14:00 // Galeria F.A.I.T

Zimmerstreich mit Schlagsahne

Kaspar Koenig & Simon Berz

Tickets: Free

- 14:00 // Elektrownia Podgórska

Michael Nyman’s SUBLIME

Tickets: Free

-20:00 // Kino Pod Baranami

Warhol Series 3 – KISS

Warhol’s film Kiss will be screened with a live soundtrack by nsi. – Non Standard Institute – made up of Max Loderbauer (Sun Electric, Chica and the Folder) and Tobias Freund (Pink Elln, Sieg Uber Die Sonne). Loderbauer plays live piano, Freund uses electronics to process the sound.

nsi.

Tickets: 15 zl

[ 21st of November ]

-10:00 // Kino 18

Workshop 1 – Music Journalism Workshop with Philip Sherburne

Phillip Sherburne is one of the world’s best known music journalists, writing on club and electronic music for Pitchfork, The Wire, Earplgug, The New York Times, etc. His workshop will give a perspective on the art of writing about music.

Tickets: Free

-14:00 // Elektrownia Podgórska

Michael Nyman’s SUBLIME

Tickets: Free

-14:00 // Galeria F.A.I.T

Zimmerstreich mit Schlagsahne

Tickets: Free

-16:00 // Kino 18

Warhol Series 4 – Amos Poe’s Empire II

Empire II has been called a “tone-poem meditation on the city of our dreams”; in it, legendary No Wave filmmaker Amos Poe remakes Warhol’s original film into what looks like a three-hour music video with New York City as the star. The whole film was shot over a year from a window of Poe’s West Village apartment.

Amos Poe

Tickets: Free

-20:00 // Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha

ELEKTROWNIA DŹWIĘKÓW / SOUND STATION

Małe Instrumenty’s name translates as “Small Instruments”, referring to the hundreds of toys and tiny instruments they usually perform with. For this special show – part concert and part installation – their “small instruments” are combined with huge self-made objects they also utilize to create unique music works.

Małe Instrumenty

Tickets: 20 zl

[ 22nd of November ]

-14:00 // Galeria F.A.I.T

Zimmerstreich mit Schlagsahne

Tickets: Free

-14:00 // Elektrownia Podgórska

Michael Nyman’s SUBLIME

Tickets: Free

-15:00 // Kino 18

Workshop 2 – Screen Tests Revisted – A Work In Progress

Lillevan explains the process of putting together Screen Tests Revisited, commissioned by Krakow and New York Goethe Institutes, to be performed for the first time in Maggha on Friday 24th. The presentation will involve filming participants for the project.

Tickets: Free

-17:00 // Kino 18

Panel 1 – Connections Project & Belarus

Connections is a project about forming collaborations between Belarus and Western European producers and musicians. Co-curated by scape and Unsound, a compilation of the fruit of this project is to be released in 2009. Some of those involved discuss the project, and the music scene in Belarus.

Tickets: Free

-20:00 // Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha

SoundScapes 1 – EVOCATIONS

Evocative music intersecting with contemporary audio culture. Legendary Australian trio The Necks use bass, piano and drums to play looping, improvisational pieces. Autistic Daughters graft experimental concepts onto disquieting pop and rock structures. Canadian Mark Templeton fuses guitar, field recordings and sampled audio.

20:00 Mark Templeton

20:40 Autistic Daughters

21:30 The Necks

Tickets: 20 zl

[ 23rd of November ]

-12:00 // Klub RE

Placard Headphone Festival

Placard Headphone Festival has set up all over the world. For the first time, Placard comes to Unsound, to include fresh names from Poland’s electronic and experimental music scenes. Enter Klub Re’s darkened bunker to connect to headphone concerts, simultaneously streamed live on-line. For program and performance times visit www.leplacard.org

Tickets: Free

-14:00 // Elektrownia Podgórska

Michael Nyman’s SUBLIME

Tickets: Free

-14:00 // Galeria F.A.I.T

Zimmerstreich mit Schlagsahne

Tickets: Free

-15:00 // Kino 18

Workshop 3 – Acoustic Instruments in Live Laptop Performance

Mark Templeton explains his method of live performance, involving guitar and laptop.

Tickets: Free

-17:00 // Kino 18

Panel 2 – European and International Cities of Advanced Sound

At MUTEK in Montreal this year 16 music festivals from around the world, including Unsound – representing Krakow – had the founding meeting of ICAS. ECAS is a connected group. Members of ICAS and ECAS discuss why they believe such organizations are needed, and how they help both festivals and cities involved. They will also present their festivals.

Tickets: Free

-20:00 // Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha

SoundScapes 2 – IMAGINARY SOUNDTRACKS

Two critically acclaimed European musicians releasing on UK’s Fat Cat label utilize piano in different ways, yet linked by their experimentation. Both Richter and Hauschka will bring to Krakow string players, emphasising their classical connections and making these concerts even more memorable.

20:00 Hauschka
21:10 Max Richter

Tickets: 30 zl

-22:00 // Pauza

SoundProof 1 – CIRCUS

Pauza’s cellar club plays host to two groups from the cutting-edge Paris label Circus Company. Noze is among the creators of the new school of French tech-house, fusing dance with jazz, rock and cabaret in an energetic stage show. dOP work in similar terrain, but have an approach to dance music that is all the own. DJs bshosa and Tibor Holoda will bookend the night.

22:00 bshosa (detroitZDRoJ)
23:30 dOP
00:30 Nôze
01:30 Tibor Holoda

Tickets: 20 zl

[ 24th of November ]

-12:00 // Klub RE

Placard Headphone Festival

Tickets: Free

-14:00 // Elektrownia Podgórska

Michael Nyman’s SUBLIME

Tickets: Free

-14:00 // Galeria F.A.I.T

Zimmerstreich mit Schlagsahne

Tickets: Free

-16:30 // Pauza

Last.FM DJ Team – Set 1

Last.FM is a UK-based Internet radio and music community website with 21 million active users. Using a music recommendation system called “Audioscrobbler” Last.FM builds a profile of each user’s musical taste. A Last.FM DJ team will play a live set using tracks selected from the music profiles of Last.FM users attending Unsound.

Tickets: Free

-17:30 // Kino 18

Panel 3 – Polish Music Festivals & Programming

What are the guiding forces determining how Polish music and audio art festivals create their program? Is there a sense that they cooperate or compete? In a country where the number of summer and autumn festivals sometimes feels like it has reached saturation point, organizers discuss these issues and others.

Tickets: Free

-20:00 // św. Katarzyny / St Katherine’s Church

SoundScapes 3 – IMPOSSIBILITY OF SILENCE

An evening combining legendary and rising names from ambient and experimental music, in the stunning and unexpected setting of St Katherine’s 14th century Gothic church

20:00 Colleen
20:50 Pan American
21:40 Tibor Holoda

Tickets: 30 zl

-22:00 // Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha

SoundProof 2 – FACTORY

Manggha Museum will be transformed into a two-room club. Room 1 – “Exploding Plastic Inevitable” – will showcase some of the biggest names working in innovative club music, breaking down categories. Room 2 – “The Silver Room” – will be filled with experimental and ambient sounds.

22:30 Jacek Sienkiewicz Presents Recognition ( ROOM 1 )
23:00 Jorge Haro ( ROOM 2 )
23:45 Banabila / Zenial ( ROOM 2 )
00:00 Melchior Productions ( ROOM 1 )
00:15 The Sight Below ( ROOM 2 )
01:00 Bruno Pronsato ( ROOM 1 )
01:15 Jørgen Knudsen ( ROOM 2 )
02:30 Galoppierende Zuversicht ( ROOM 1 )

Visuals: Lillevan

Tickets: 25 zl

-00:00 // Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha

Warhol Series 5 – Lillevan’s SCREEN TESTS REVISITED

Warhol’s original Screen Tests involved hundreds of portrait films of those visiting his New York Factory. For Screen Tests Revisited Lillevan will film Unsound audiences according to similar aesthetic rules. The results will be remixed live, with Thomas Melchior and Bruno Pronsato performing. Commissioned by Krakow & New York Goethe Institutes.

Visuals: Lillevan

Tickets: Part of FACTORY

[ 25th of November ]

-14:00 // Elektrownia Podgórska

Michael Nyman’s SUBLIME

Tickets: Free

-14:00 // Galeria F.A.I.T

Zimmerstreich mit Schlagsahne

Tickets: Free

-16:00 // Pauza

Last.FM DJ Team – Set 2

Tickets: Free

-20:00 // Klub Studio

DISSOLVING BORDERS & DUBSTEP INVASION

The final day of Unsound unites two different program sections into one. Dissolving Borders presents Xiu Xiu and Fuck Buttons, two bands that create music affected by experimentation, yet reach wider audiences. Dubstep Invasion follows, the biggest showcase of dubstep ever assembled in Poland.

20:00 Fuck Buttons
21:00 Xiu Xiu
22:30 Boxcutter
23:30 Benga
00:45 Skream
02:00 Pinch

Tickets: 40 zl

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