2017 and 2018 Events in Krakow

October 1st, Sunday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Gabriel Chmura perform Karol Szymanowski’s Variations in B minor op. 3, Mandragora op. 42, and symphony no. 2 in B major op. 19 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
Sweden’s pianists Peter Jablonski and Patrik Jablonski play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sonata in C major KV 545 (two pianos version), George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess fantasy for two pianos, and Igor Stravinsky’s Spring Rites, L’adoration de la terre and Le Sacrifice in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
USA’s clarinetist Evan Ziporyn, Belgium’s trombonist Adrien Lambinet, Poland’s guitarist Raphael Roginski, trumpeter Kamil Szuszkiewicz, cellist Mikolaj Palosz, pianist Kuba, and jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko playing Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki’s Muzyczka I op. 22, Recitativa and ariosa - Lerchenmusik op. 53, and Muzyczka IV trombone concerto op. 28, Tomasz Sikorski’s Solitude of Sounds, Tomasz Stanko’s Serial, and Eugeniusz Rudnik’s Nocturne in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 6 pm.
Krakow Opera Company produces Pyotr Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
Concert Meditations features UK’s Quiet Music Ensemble rendering David Toop’s night leaves breathing, Alvin Lucier’s Shadow Lines, Rishin Singh’s new piece, Jennifer Walshe’s Dordan and An Ghleacht, and Pauline Oliveros’s The Mystery Beyond Matter in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at noon.
Concert Africa Express in C Mali features Africa Express ensemble performing Terry Riley’s In C in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 8 pm.
Norway’s Dieserud/Lindgren ensemble performs its Dragon-zoo children opera show in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 11 am, noon, and 1 pm.
Krakow’s veteran pop singer Anna Treter performs with her band, a string quartet, and Kapela z Przytupem band in the Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury culture centre, 232 al. Jana Pawla II, at 7 pm (admission 50 PLN).
October 2nd, Monday: Poland’s BUKOLIKA PIANO TRIO of violinist Roma Tic, cellist Joanna Gutowska, and pianist Anna Szalucka render Joseph Haydn’s piano trio in C major Hob. XV:27, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s piano trio in G minor, Hanna Kulenty’s The Cradle Song, Frank Martin’s piano trio based on Irish folk themes, Witold Lutoslawski’s Subito, Bukoliki for piano solo, and Grave for cello and piano, and Mikolaj Gorecki’s 6 Bagatelles for violin, cello, and piano in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
Rock guitarists, UK’s Andy James and USA’s Angel Vivaldi play in Zascianek club, 4 Rostafinskiego street, at 6:30 pm (admission 75 PLN).
October 3rd, Tuesday: Latvia’s pianist Ilja Domnins plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sonata in A minor KV 310, Sergei Prokofiev’s sonata no. 6 op. 82, and Frederic Chopin’s preludes op. 28 nos. 13-24 and Ballade in F minor op. 52 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
October 4th, Wednesday: Concert of the Polish classical music features Poland’s clarinetist Barbara Borowicz and pianist Anna Miernik-Sobula playing Ignacy Felix Dobrzynski’s Duo, Grzegorz Fitelberg’s Recitativo and Allegretto, Marcel Chyrzynski’s Three Preludes, Tadeusz Baird’s Two Caprices, Antoni Szalowski’s Sonatina, Zbigniew Andrzej Lampart’s My Jewish Dreams (world premiere), and Krzysztof Penderecki’s Three Miniatures for clarinet and piano in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
October 5th, Thursday: Krakow Opera Company produces Michal Znaniecki's “Searching for Lear: Verdi” show based on Giuseppe Verdi's music in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 25 PLN).
Poland’s band, Me and That Man, performs folk rock in Teatr Variete, 71 Grzegorzecka street, at 7 pm (admission 85 PLN).
October 6th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor and violinist Piotr Plawner render Philipp Glass’s violin concerto no. 2 “The American Four Seasons”, and Franz Schubert’s symphony no. 6 in C major in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
Krakow Opera Company produces Michal Znaniecki's “Searching for Lear: Verdi” show based on Giuseppe Verdi's music in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 25 PLN).
October 7th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor and violinist Piotr Plawner render Philipp Glass’s violin concerto no. 2 “The American Four Seasons”, and Franz Schubert’s symphony no. 6 in C major in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
October 8th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffman” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
October 9th, Monday: Jazz concert features Poland’s Aleksandra Kutrzepa Quartet azz in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 9 pm (admission 20 PLN).
October 10th, Tuesday: Krakow Opera Company produces Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffman” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
October 12th, Thursday: UK’s rock star Sting performs with his band plus his son Joe Sumner and accordionist Percy Cardona, 57th & 9th World Tour, in Tauron Arena Krakow at 7 Lema street (tickets from 229 PLN up).
October 13th, Friday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giorgio Madia's “Cinderella” ballet show based on Gioacchino Rossini operatic music in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 11 am (admission 100 PLN).
October 14th, Saturday: Prague’s GUERNERI TRIO of violinist Cenek Pavlík, cellist Marek Jerie, and pianist Ivan Klansky play Josef Suk’s Elegia in D flat major op. 23, Antonin Dvorak’s Trio no. 4 in E minor op. 90 Dumky, and Franz Schubert’s Trio no. 2 in E flat major op. 100 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
October 15th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giorgio Madia's “Cinderella” ballet show based on Gioacchino Rossini operatic music in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 100 PLN).
October 17th, Tuesday: France’s singer Imany performs in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 7:30 pm (tickets from 149 PLN up).
October 18th, Wednesday: Jazz concert features Poland’s violinist Adam Baldych and Norway’s saxophonist Tore Brunborg plus HELGE LIEN TRIO of pianist Helge Lienem, bassist Frode Bergiem, and drummer Per Oddvar Johansenem in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
October 19th, Thursday: Concert The Drummers of Krakow features Poland’s percussionist Qba Janicki and Groove Brothers ensemble in the Akademia Muzyczna conservatory, 43 sw. Tomasza street, at 7 pm (free admission).
October 20th, Friday: Hungary’s Debrecen Percussion Group and Spain’s Persecussio Group perform in the Akademia Muzyczna conservatory, 43 sw. Tomasza street, at 7 pm (free admission).
October 21st, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Fred Apke's “Teresica - una passion” show based on the Spanish Baroque music in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 35 PLN).
Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Wojciech Rodek plus Poland’s pianist Adam Makowicz, soprano Anna Serafinska, and violinist Dawid Czernik perform Edward Czerny music in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
Concert Drums Around the World features England’s percussionist Pete Lockett in the Akademia Muzyczna conservatory, 43 sw. Tomasza street, at 7 pm (free admission).
October 22nd, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Fred Apke's “Teresica - una passion” show based on the Spanish Baroque music in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 35 PLN).
October 25th, Wednesday: Germany’s pop violinist David Garrett performs in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 8 pm (tickets from 190 PLN up).
October 27th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Gintaras Rinkevicius plus Poland’s soprano Justyna Samborska, alto Karolina Sikora, tenor Mikolaj Adamczak, and bass Rafal Pawnuk render Joseph Haydn’s symphony no. 103 in E flat major „Drumroll” Hob. I :103 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem in D minor KV 626 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
Krakow Opera Company produces Vincenzo Bellini's 'Norma' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 100 PLN).
October 28th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Gintaras Rinkevicius plus Poland’s soprano Justyna Samborska, alto Karolina Sikora, tenor Mikolaj Adamczak, and bass Rafal Pawnuk render Joseph Haydn’s symphony no. 103 in E flat major „Drumroll” Hob. I :103 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem in D minor KV 626 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
Krakow Opera Company produces Vincenzo Bellini's 'Norma' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 100 PLN).
October 29th, Sunday: Concert of classical music features Poland’s organist Sebastian Kuczynski plus Krakow’s Academy of Music Guitar Quartet in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 6 pm (free admission).
Krakow Opera Company produces Vincenzo Bellini's 'Norma' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 100 PLN).
October 31st, Tuesday: Krakow Opera Company produces Vincenzo Bellini's 'Norma' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 100 PLN).

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Entertainment events in Krakow planned for November 2017. 

November 2nd, Thursday: Sweden’s rock band, Grand Magus, performs epic heavy metal in Kwadrat club, 1 Skarzynskiego street, at 8 pm (admission 70 PLN).
November 11th, Saturday, Independence Day: Italy’s stellar tenor Andrea Bocelli sings in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 7 pm (admission from 189 PLN to 699 PLN).
Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Tomasz Chmiel perform Polish patriotic songs in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at noon.
November 24th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Paul Esswood plus UK’s tenor James Oxley as Jephtha, Poland’s soprano Jolanta Kowalska-Pawlikowska as Iphis, mezzo-soprano Ewelina Rakoca as Storge, bass Jaroslaw Kitala as Zebul, male alto Lukasz Dulewicz as Hamor, and harpsichordist Andrzej Zawisza render Georg Friedrich Handel’s Jephtha oratorio in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
November 25th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Paul Esswood plus UK’s tenor James Oxley as Jephtha, Poland’s soprano Jolanta Kowalska-Pawlikowska as Iphis, mezzo-soprano Ewelina Rakoca as Storge, bass Jaroslaw Kitala as Zebul, male alto Lukasz Dulewicz as Hamor, and harpsichordist Andrzej Zawisza render Georg Friedrich Handel’s Jephtha oratorio in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
November 26th, Sunday: Poland’s CRACOW SINGERS vocal ensemble sings Lera Auerbach’s 72 Angels in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
Concert of classical music features Poland’s organist Lukasz Mosur plus Krakow’s Kantorei Sankt Barbara choir in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 6 pm (free admission).
November 29th, Wednesday: Russia’s Royal Moscow Ballet dances Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake in Tauron Arena Krakow at 7 Lema street (tickets from 139 PLN to 199 PLN).

Krakow events anticipated in December 2017.

December 1st, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus Finland’s pianist Henri Sigfridsson render Hector Berlioz’s Rob Roy overture, Sergei Bortkiewicz’s piano concerto no. 2 op. 28 for left hand, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s symphony no. 1 in G minor op.13 „Winter Daydreams” in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
December 2nd, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus Finland’s pianist Henri Sigfridsson render Hector Berlioz’s Rob Roy overture, Sergei Bortkiewicz’s piano concerto no. 2 op. 28 for left hand, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s symphony no. 1 in G minor op.13 „Winter Daydreams” in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
December 8th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Andrzej Kosendiak plus Poland’s soprano Paulina Boreczko, UK’s tenor Nicholas Sharratt, Poland’s bass Sebastian Szumski, and harpsichordist Andrzej Zawisza render Joseph Haydn’s The Creation oratorio in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
December 9th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Andrzej Kosendiak plus Poland’s soprano Paulina Boreczko, UK’s tenor Nicholas Sharratt, Poland’s bass Sebastian Szumski, and harpsichordist Andrzej Zawisza render Joseph Haydn’s The Creation oratorio in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
December 17th, Sunday: Concert of classical music features Krakow’s organist Andrzej Bialko and trumpeter Waclaw Mulak in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 6 pm (free admission).
December 30th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Antoni Wit plays Wojciech Kilar’s Polonaise, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s waltz from Swan Lake ballet, Stanislaw Moniuszko’s operatic music, Franz von Suppe’s Light Cavalry overture, Franz Lehar’s Gold and Silver Waltz op. 79, and Johannes Strauss’s Voices of Spring Waltz op. 410 and Blue Danube Waltz op. 314  in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
December 31st, Sunday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Antoni Wit plays Wojciech Kilar’s Polonaise, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s waltz from Swan Lake ballet, Stanislaw Moniuszko’s operatic music, Franz von Suppe’s Light Cavalry overture, Franz Lehar’s Gold and Silver Waltz op. 79, and Johannes Strauss’s Voices of Spring Waltz op. 410 and Blue Danube Waltz op. 314  in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.

Year 2018

Events in Krakow planned for January 2018.

January 1st, Monday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Antoni Wit plays Wojciech Kilar’s Polonaise, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s waltz from Swan Lake ballet, Stanislaw Moniuszko’s operatic music, Franz von Suppe’s Light Cavalry overture, Franz Lehar’s Gold and Silver Waltz op. 79, and Johannes Strauss’s Voices of Spring Waltz op. 410 and Blue Danube Waltz op. 314  in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
January 6th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Choir and Boys Choir plus Poland’s Cracow Brass Quintet perform Arcangelo Corelli’s Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 8 in G minor “The Christmas Concerto” and the Polish carols in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
January 12th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Gabriel Chmura plus Poland’s soprano Joanna Freszel render Nicola Porpora’s Nobil onda aria from Adelaide opera, Gyorgy Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre aria from Le Grand Macabre opera, and Alexander Alyabyev’s The Nightingale in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
January 13th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Gabriel Chmura plus Poland’s soprano Joanna Freszel render Nicola Porpora’s Nobil onda aria from Adelaide opera, Gyorgy Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre aria from Le Grand Macabre opera, and Alexander Alyabyev’s The Nightingale in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
January 19th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Lukasz Borowicz plus Poland’s violinist Maria Slawek play Aleksander Tansman’s Four Polish Dances, Sergei Prokofiev’s violin concerto no. 2 in G minor, and Nikolai Tcherepnin’s Narcisse et Echo op. 40 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
January 20th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Lukasz Borowicz plus Poland’s violinist Maria Slawek play Aleksander Tansman’s Four Polish Dances, Sergei Prokofiev’s violin concerto no. 2 in G minor, and Nikolai Tcherepnin’s Narcisse et Echo op. 40 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
January 28th, Sunday: Poland’s pianist Szymon Nehring gives a recital in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.

Events in Krakow scheduled for February 2018.

February 2nd, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus Sweden’s pianist Carl Petersson render Robert Schumann’s Introduction and Allegro appassionato op. 92, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in C minor op. 80, and Gustav Holst’s The Planets op.32 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
February 3rd, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus Sweden’s pianist Carl Petersson render Robert Schumann’s Introduction and Allegro appassionato op. 92, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in C minor op. 80, and Gustav Holst’s The Planets op.32 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
February 7th, Wednesday: UK’s veterans of electronic pop, Depeche Mode band, perform in Tauron Arena Krakow at 7 Lema street.
February 9th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud plus Poland’s clarinetist Barbara Borowicz play Giacomo Puccini’s Crisantemi, George Gerswhin’s Cuban Overture, Witold Lutoslawski’s Preludia taneczne, Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz’s clarinet concerto, Maurice Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales, and George Gershwin’s Catfish Row suite (Porgy & Bess) in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
February 10th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud plus Poland’s clarinetist Barbara Borowicz play Giacomo Puccini’s Crisantemi, George Gerswhin’s Cuban Overture, Witold Lutoslawski’s Preludia taneczne, Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz’s clarinet concerto, Maurice Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales, and George Gershwin’s Catfish Row suite (Porgy & Bess) in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
February 16th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus the Czech Republic’s cellist Petr Nouzovsky render Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski’s Monbar, czyli Flibustierowie op. 30, Witold Lutoslawski’s concerto for cello and orchestra, Joseph Haydn’s symphony no. 49 La passione in F minor Hob. I:49, and Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird suite in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
February 17th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus the Czech Republic’s cellist Petr Nouzovsky render Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski’s Monbar, czyli Flibustierowie op. 30, Witold Lutoslawski’s concerto for cello and orchestra, Joseph Haydn’s symphony no. 49 La passione in F minor Hob. I:49, and Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird suite in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.

Entertainment events in Krakow expected in April 2018.

April 8th, Sunday: Irish music band, The Kelly Family, performs folk pop - We Got Love LIVE 2018 tour - in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street.
April 28th, Saturday: USA's stellar rock band, Metallica, performs in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street.

Events in Krakow planned for May 2018.