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Krakow Events in September 2023.

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This month's concerts of music, festivals, opera, ballet, spectacles, shows, and other events in Krakow.

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September 1st, Friday: Concert The Bell for Peace features Germany’s jazz trumpeter Markus Stockhausen, Poland’s pianist Leszek Mozdzer, soprano Olga Pasiecznik, and pianist Dominik Wania plus Krakow Philharmonic Choir in the Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 8 pm.
Krakow’s indie rock band, Smingus, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 30 PLN).
September 2nd, Saturday: Krakow’s traditional jazz bands Hot Swing and Old Metropolitan Band perform in Restauracja Ratuszowa restaurant at theTown Hall Tower in the Rynek Glowny central square at 4 pm.
Concert Jarek Smietana In Memoriam takes place in Radio Krakow hall, 22 Slowackiego avenue, at 8 pm.
Poland's jazz quintet, New Bone, play in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 45 PLN).
September 3rd, Sunday: Germany’s Stuttgarter Kammerorchester chamber orchestra plays Valentyn Silvestrov’s Elegy for string orchestra, Karol Szymanowski’s string quartet no. 2 op. 56 (arr. for string orchestra), Krzysztof Penderecki’s Sinfonietta no. 3 “Pages from an Unwritten Diary”, and Johannes Brahms’s symphony for strings op. 111 in the Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 70 PLN).
Poland's jazz trio of guitarist Mateusz Szczypka, bassist Maciej Adamczak, and drummer Grzegorz Maslowski play in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9.30 pm (admission 30 PLN)
September 4th, Monday: Traditional jazz and swing jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
September 5th, Tuesday: Poland's Just Jazz quintet play Dixieland jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 25 PLN).
September 6th, Wednesday: 90’S VIBE jam session takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
September 7th, Thursday: Concert Mozart: Kronungmesse features Poland’s sopranos Antonina Ruda and Magdalena Lukawska, altos Ilona Szczepanska and Lukasz Dulewicz, tenors Piotr Szewczyk and Dominik Czernik, and basses Sebastian Szumski and Marek Opaska plus violinists Agnieszka Swiatkowska amnd Seojin Kim, bassist Rafal Gorczynski, oboists Patrycja Lesnik-Hutek and Jan Hutek, trumpeters Marian Magiera and Pawel Gajewski, tympanist Tomasz Sobaniec rendering Josef Rheinberger’s Cantus Missae, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Kronungsmesse, and Josef Rheinberger’s Abendlied in Kosciol sw. Katarzyny church, 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 7:30 pm.
Poland's Michal Martyniuk Quartet play acoustic mainstream jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 35 PLN).
September 8th, Friday: Concert of contemporary classic music features Poland’s Spoldzielnia Muzyczna ensemble rendering Szymon Wieczorek’s I will not let my body be torn for flute, bass clarinet, cello, performer, percussion, and live electronics (2023, world premiere), Lena Michajlow’s composition for clarinet,  saxophone, violin, cello, percussion, and electronics (2023, world premiere), Hubert Zmudzki’s Wie man wird, was man ist for flute, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, and tape (2023, world premiere), Zaneta Rydzewska’s Insatiability for flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, cello, percussion, piano, and electronics in the Teatr KTO playhouse, 50 Zamoyskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
Concert of cinematic music features Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Poland’s soprano Katarzyna Dondalska performing Tribute to John Williams, Henry Mancini’s Waltzes, Tribute to Mancini, Henry Mancini’s Le Jazz Hot, Lalo Schifrin’s Mission: Impossible, Miklos Rozsa’s Ben Hur, Krzesimir Debski’s Helena’s Song, Monty Norman’s Themes from James Bond 007, Hans Zimmer’s Pirates of the Caribbean, Herman Hupfeld’s As Time Goes By from Casablanca movie, and Frederick Loewe’s I Could Have Danced All Night in the Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm (admission 90 PLN).
Poland's blues band, Levi, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 35 PLN).
September 9th, Saturday: Concert TRIBUTE TO TENOR LEGENDS VOL. 11: SAM RIVERS features Poland’s saxophonist Slawek Pezda with his quartet in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 45 PLN).
September 10th, Sunday: Krakow’s Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra with Polish Radio Choir, a female choir, and Krakow Philharmonic Boys and Girlls Choir plus Poland’s tenor Karol Kozlowski, pianist Michal Rot, and string quartet of violinists Maciej Lulek and Piotr Marciak, violist Elzbieta Gromada, cellist Marcin Maczynski render Benjamin Britten’s Choral Dances from Gloriana opera op. 53, Young Apollo op. 16 for string orchestra, string quartet, and piano, and Saint Nicolas cantata op. 42 in the Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 60 PLN).
Concert Profanum features Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis early music ensemble with Spain’s violinist and conductor Jorge Jimenez playing Giovanni Battista Bononcini’s Sinfonia decima a 7, Johann Bernard Bach’s Overture in g, Pietro Baldassare’s Sonata in F no. 2, Domenico Gabrielli’s Sonata DXI 4, and Pietro Locatelli’s Concerto grosso ‘Il pianto d’Arianna’ in the Teatr Slowackiego playhouse, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square and Szpitalna street, at 6 pm.
Poland’s Tomasz Bialowolski Trio of pianist Tomasz Bialowolski, bassist Wojciech Szwugier, and drummer Michal Heller play mainstream jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 25 PLN).
England’s pop singer-songwriter Louis Tomlinson performs – Louis Tomlinson: Faith in the Future tour – in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 8 pm.
September 11th, Monday: Funk and soul jam session takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
September 12th, Tuesday: Concert of traditional jazz features Krakow’s Old Metropolitan Band in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 7:30 pm (admission 25 PLN).
September 13th, Wednesday: Blues-rock jam session takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
September 14th, Thursday: Concert Monteverdi: Missa in illo tempore features OLTREMONTANO ensemble and Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis singers plus cornetto player Doron Sherwin, teorbanist Frank Pschichholz, and trombonist Wim Becu rendering Andrea Gabrieli’s Ricercata, Giovanni Paolo Cima’s Sonata per cornetto e trombone (Concerti Ecclesiastici a una, due voci), Claudio Monteverdi’s Missa in illo tempore: Kyrie-Glori-Credo-Sanctus, Nicolas Gombert’s Missa in illo tempore, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Tota pulchra es, and Claudio Monteverdi’s Missa in illo tempore: Agnus Dei I, II, III in Kosciol sw. Katarzyny church, 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 7:30 pm.
Jazz concert features Poland’s Freak Shuffle quartet in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 25 PLN).
September 15th, Friday: Poland’s soprano Iwona Hossa, mezzo-soprano Anna Lubanska, tenor Rafal Bartminski, and bass Piotr Nowacki plus Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Alexander Humala and  pianist Tymoteusz Bies perform Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki’s Three Dances op. 34 for orchestra, Karol Szymanowski’s concerto symphony no. 4 op. 60, and Krzysztof Penderecki’s Te Deum in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm (admission 70 PLN).
Blues concert features Poland’s VODA trio of guitarist-singer Radek Kopec, bassist and keyboardist Michal Marzec, and drummer Jakub Miarczynski in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 30 PLN).
September 16th, Saturday: Poland’s soprano Iwona Hossa, mezzo-soprano Anna Lubanska, tenor Rafal Bartminski, and bass Piotr Nowacki plus Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Alexander Humala and  pianist Tymoteusz Bies perform Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki’s Three Dances op. 34 for orchestra, Karol Szymanowski’s concerto symphony no. 4 op. 60, and Krzysztof Penderecki’s Te Deum in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 70 PLN).
Jazz concert features Poland’s Grzegorz Maslowski Quartet in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9.30 pm (admission 40 PLN).
September 17th, Sunday: Jazz concert features Krakow’s Adrian Szymanski Quartet in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 25 PLN).
September 18th, Monday: Groove jam session takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
September 19th, Tuesday:  Jazz concert features Krakow’s Katarzyna Radwanska Quartet of vocalist Katarzyna Radwanska, saxophonist Leszek Nowotarski, pianist Wojciech Wachulka, and drummer Bartlomiej Szczepanski in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 25 PLN).
September 20th, Wednesday: HIP HOP/ELECTRO JAZZ JAM SESSION takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
September 21st, Thursday: Concert Bach: Lutherische Messe features ARTE DEI SUONATORI ensemble and Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis orchestra and singers rendering Matthias Weckmann’s Wenn der Herr die Gefangenen zu Zion, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Die mit Tranen Saen, and Johann Sebastian Bach’s mass in G minor BWV 235 in Kosciol sw. Katarzyny church, 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 7:30 pm.
Krakow’s Szymon Wojnarowicz Trio of pianist Szymon Wojnarowicz, bassist Krzysztof Mysona, and drummer Piotr Szalajko plus trumpeter Dominik Cichy play mainstream jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 25 PLN).
September 22nd, Friday: Poland's blues rock band, Nie-bo, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 35 PLN).
September 23rd, Saturday: Concert BUGLE CALL features France’s piper Erwan Keravec playing Erwan Keravec‘s Urban Pipes (2023), Philip Glass’s Two Pages (1968), and Eliane Radigue’s OCCAM OCEAN XVII (2019) in various places of the Rynek Glowny central square at 5 pm, followed by Poland’s Duo van Vliet duo of accordionist Rafal Luc and violist Rafal Zalech playing Pawel Malinowski’s And it rose and it fell and pulsed like a wave for accordion, viola, electronics, and video (2020), Monika Szpyrka’s Unhelpful Thinking Styles for accordion, viola, audio playback, and lights (2020), Rafal Zapala’s USLUGA for accordion, viola, and media (2020), James Black’s HEL for accordion, viola, and video (2022) at 6:30 pm.
Jazz concert features Poland's keyboardist Kajetan Galas and his Organ Spot trio in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 40 PLN).
September 24th, Sunday: USA’s pianist Kate Liu gives a recital playing Karol Szymanowski’s Mazurkas op. 50 no. 1, 2, 3, Maurice Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin, and Robert Schumann’s The Symphonic Studies op. 13 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 120 PLN).
Concert IN BETWEEN features Poland’s Jedrzej Siwek performing his Requiem  (2023) followed by Europe’s Ensemble E rendering Mats Gustafsson’s EE Opus One for mixed ensemble and conductor (2022) plus Mats Gustafsson’s Plugs Extended for mixed ensemble and conductor (2000/2018/2022, version 13) in the Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japonskiej Manggha museum, 26 Konoponickiej street, at 7 pm.
Concert INSIDE JAZZ features Poland's Groborz Trio of pianist Wojciech Groborz, bassist Wojciech Szwugier, and drummer Grzegorz Palka in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9.30 pm (admission 30 PLN).
September 25th, Monday: Jazz jam session takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
September 26th, Tuesday: Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis orchestra with France’s violinist and conductor Theotime Langlois de Swarte play Joseph Haydn’s symphony in C minor no, 78, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s violin concerto in G no. 3, and Joseph Haydn’s symphony in F no. 79 in the Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
Jazz concert features Poland's Playing Family sextet in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 25 PLN).
September 27th, Wednesday: Poland’s Malawski String Quartet play Karol Szymanowski’s string quartet no. 1 op. 37 and Zygmunt Noskowski’s quartet no. 3 in E minor ‘Fantasy’ in the Jagiellonian University's Collegium Novum, 24 Golebia street at Planty gardens, at 7 pm (admission 40 PLN).
Jazz-funk jam session takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
September 28th, Thursday: Jazz concert features Poland’s PRINCE JEAN PIERRE quartet of guitarist Maciej Muszynski, violinist Dominik Bienczycki, bassist Jedrzej Laciak, and drummer Olaf Rykala in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 30 PLN).
September 29th, Friday: Blues concert features Michele Biondi Group of Italy’s guitarist-singer Michele Biondi, bassist Giovanni Grasso, harmonica player Stan Street, and drummer Luca Pasquadibisceglie in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 35PLN).
September 30th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Antoni Wit plus pianist Piotr Salajczyk render Karol Szymanowski’s Nokturne and Tarantella op. 28 plus Krzysztof Meyer’s concerto for piano and orchestra op. 46 and The Polish Symphony op. 57 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 70 PLN).
Jazz concert features Poland’s Marcin Pater Trio of vibraphonist Marcin Pater, bassist Mateusz Szewczyk, and drummer Adam Wajdzik in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 40 PLN).  

October 2023 entertainment events in Krakow.

October 1st, Sunday: Krakow’s pianist Andrzej Wiercinski, violinists Paweł Wajrak, and Justyna Dybek-Boczek, violist Anna Migdal-Chojecka, cellist Franciszek Pall, and bassist Wlodzimierz Gazdeczka render Frederic Chopin’s ballade n F minor op. 52, sonata in H minor op. 58, and piano concerto in F minor op. 21 part 2 & 3 in Hotel Saski 3 Slawkowska street, at 6 pm (admission 90 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Tomasz Szymus’s “Copernicus” musical in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 250 PLN).
October 3rd, Tuesday: Polish Cello Quartet render Karol Szymanowski’s Preludes  op. 1 plus Frederic Chopin’s mazurka in F op. 68 no, 3, mazurka in A minor op. 17 no. 4, waltz in H minor op. 69 no. 2, prelude in D-flat op. 28 no. 15, prelude in E minor op. 28 no. 4, prelude in G-sharp minor op. 28 no. 12, waltz in E-flat op. 18 no. 1 ‘Grande valse brillante’, prelude in C minor op. 28 no. 20, etude in C-sharp minor op. 25 no. 7, nokturne in E-flat op. 9 no. 2, waltz in C-sharp minor op. 64 no. 2, nocturne in C-sharp minor op. posth, waltz in D-flat op. 64 no. 1, and mazurka in B op. 7 no. 1 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm (admission 70 PLN).
October 5th, Thursday: UK’s rock singer Ray Wilson, once Genesis, in Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury culture centre, 232 al. Jana Pawla II, at 7 pm (admission 160 PLN).
October 6th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Paul Goodwin plus Poland’s tenor Stanislaw Napierala and flutist Lukasz Dlugosz render Karol Szymanowski’s Mandragora op. 43, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski’s Il Piffero della Notte fantasia for flute and orchestra, and Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm (admission 70 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Tomasz Szymus’s “Copernicus” musical in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 170 PLN).
October 7th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Paul Goodwin plus Poland’s tenor Stanislaw Napierala and flutist Lukasz Dlugosz render Karol Szymanowski’s Mandragora op. 43, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski’s Il Piffero della Notte fantasia for flute and orchestra, and Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 70 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Tomasz Szymus’s “Copernicus” musical in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6 pm (admission 170 PLN).
October 8th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Tomasz Szymus’s “Copernicus” musical in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5 pm (admission 170 PLN).
October 13th, Friday: Poland’s sopranos Magdalena Stefaniak and Yao Li, tenor Sebastian Mach, bass Jerzy Butryn, Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Alexander Humala, and  violinist Jarosław Nadrzycki render Erich Korngold’s violin concerto in D op. 35 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Mass in C minor KV 427 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm (admission 70 PLN).
October 14th, Saturday: Poland’s sopranos Magdalena Stefaniak and Yao Li, tenor Sebastian Mach, bass Jerzy Butryn, Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Alexander Humala, and  violinist Jarosław Nadrzycki render Erich Korngold’s violin concerto in D op. 35 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Mass in C minor KV 427 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 70 PLN).
October 15th, Sunday: Poland’s clarinetist Piotr Lato, hornist Pawel Cal, violinist Wojciech Koprowski, violist Lukasz Syrnicki, cellist Jan Kalinowski, and pianist Marek Szlezer render Krzysztof Penderecki’s sextet for clarinet , French hortn, string trio, and piano plus Pawel Mykietyn’s sextet for clarinet, French horn, string trio, and piano in the Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6:30 pm (admission 35 PLN).
October 16th, Monday: Poland’s Mauris Ensemble of flutist Magdalena Di Blasi, violist Jan Czyzewski, and harpist Adrian Nowak play Ladislas Rohozinski’s Suite breve, Claude Debussy’s sonata for flute, viola, and harp, Jacques Ibert’s Deux interludes, and Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz’s trio for flute, viola, and harp in the Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm (admission 35 PLN).
October 17th, Tuesday: Italy’s Duo Sollini–Barbatano of pianists Marco Sollini and Salvatore Barbatano play music for four hands, namely Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Danza degli Spiriti Beati from Orfeo ed Euridice opera, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Six morceaux op. 11 and Polka italienne, Marco Sollini’s L’Abbaye dans le boi op. 35, A la maniere de… Piazzolla op. 51, and Babies' Corner op. 36 in the Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm (admission 35 PLN).
October 18th, Wednesday: Concert The Evening of Songs features Poland’s soprano Katarzyna Oles-Blacha and pianist Mariola Cieniawa in the Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm (admission 35 PLN).
Hungary’s popular pianist and youtuber Peter Bence performs his show in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 8 pm (tickets from 199 PLN to 249 PLN).
October 19th, Thursday: Poland’s sopranos Beata Kraska-Kosiara and Karolina Augustyn, tenor Krzysztof Kozarek, and bass Adam Dobek plus Krakow Philharmonic Instrumental Ensemble with conductor-harpsichordist Wojciech Semerau-Siemianowski render Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s ‘Der Schauspieldirektor’ opera KV 486 and fragments of his singspiel ‘Bastien und Bastienne’ KV 50/46b in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 45 PLN).
October 20th, Friday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s “La boheme” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
Concert of electronic music features Krakow’s Studio Muzyki Elektronicznej AMKP performing Jozef Rychlik’s La Cumparsita Fantasy (1976, 3’40’’), Barbara Zawadzka’s Greya (1987, 13’30’’), Mateusz Bien’s Flam (2023, 6’30’’), Marcin Strzelecki’s bOSCo (2018, 7’28’’), Marek Choloniewski’s and Franciszek Araszkiewicz’s Double Brain (2016, 16’23’’), Magdalena Dlugosz’s Na krawedzi swiatla remix (2023, 12’), Michal Pawelek’s iomadaidh (2023, 7’), Piotr Peszat’s Movement of people playing (2023, 9’’), and Boguslaw Schaeffer’s Poetries (1982, 13’25’’) in the Akademia Muzyczna conservatory, 43 sw. Tomasza street, at 7 pm.
October 21st, Saturday: Poland’s Gorecki Silesian Philharmonics Chamber Orchestra with conductor Amaury du Closel render Szymon Laks’s Sinfonietta for Strings, Mieczyslaw Wajnberg’s Concertino for cello and string orchestra, ,Wojciech Kilar’s piano concerto no. 2, Alexander Tansman’s Tryptic for string orchestra in the Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 35 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s “La boheme” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
October 22nd, Sunday: Concert of contemporary classic music features Poland’s Spoldzielnia Muzyczna ensemble rendering Luciano Berio’s Naturale (1985), Peteris Vasks’s Castillo Interior for violin and cello (2013), and Artur Zagajewski’s [?]! for an ensemble (2023) in the Krakow National Museum, 3 Maja street, at 7 pm.
Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s “La boheme” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
October 24th, Tuesday: Concert of chamber music features Europe’s accomplished Amatis Trio of violinist Lea Hausmann, cellist Samuel Shepherd, and pianist Mengjie Han playing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s trio in C KV 548, Andrea Tarrodi’s ‘Moorlands’, and Felix Mendelssohn’s piano trio fortepianowe in C minor op. 66 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 9 pm (admission 35 PLN).
October 25th, Wednesday: Tenor Cyril Auvity as Orfeo, soprano Celine Scheen as La Musica and Proserpina, mezzo-soprano Luciana Mancini as Messaggiera, mezzo-soprano Natalia Kawalek as Euridice, alto Benedetta Mazzucato as Ninfa and Speranza, countertenor Rafal Tomkiewicz as Pastore 1, tenor Zbigniew Malak as Pastore 2 and Spirito and Eco, tenor Alessandro Giangrande as Pastore 3 and Spirito and Apollo, ? bass Salvo Vitale as Plutone and Caronte and Spirito, baritone Sebastian Szumski as Spirito, bass Przemyslaw Jozef Balka as Spirito, and L’Arpeggiata ensemble perform Claudio Monteverdi’s La favola d’Orfeo opera (concert version) in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 7 pm.
Concert Gardens of Jazz features Poland’s pianist Bartlomiej Lesniak with Horntet Quintet, Funk de Nite ensemble, quartet of saxophonist Ryszard Krawczuk, guitarist Piotr Grzaslewicz, bassist Krzysztof Ropicki, and drummer Artur Malik, plus guest performers Bryan Corbett, Chris Titz, Andy Ninvalle, Marek Raduli, Jacek Krolik, Piotr Zaczek, Piotr "Quentin" Wojtanowski, and Bernard Maseli, in the Malopolski Ogrod Sztuki culture centre, 12 Rajska street, at 7 pm (tickets from 60 PLN).
October 26th, Thursday: Krakow’s Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra with Spain’s conductor Josep Vincent render Jean Sibelius’s Valse triste op. 44, Philip Glass’s symphony no. 3 for strings, Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings op. 11, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s string quartet no. 9 in F minor op. 95 Serioso in the Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm (admission 60 PLN).
Concert of folk jazz features Krakow’s Marcin Wyrostek ETHNO Coloriage quartet plus Poland’s singers Aga Zaryan and Magda Steczkowska in the Teatr Slowackiego playhouse, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square and Szpitalna street, at 8 pm (tickets from 145 PLN).
October 27th, Friday: Ukraine’s soprano Solomiia Pavlenko, Poland’s mezzosoprano Sylwia Pietrzak, and Spain’s tenor Josep-Ramon Olive plus Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir render Maurice Durufle’s Requiem op. 9 and Gabriel Faure’s Requiem op. 48  in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm (admission 70 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s “La boheme” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
Jazz concert All Souls Star features Poland’s singer Anna Maria Jopek and Piotr Wojtasik Quintet in the Teatr Slowackiego playhouse, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square and Szpitalna street, at 8 pm (tickets from 145 PLN).
October 28th, Saturday: Ukraine’s soprano Solomiia Pavlenko, Poland’s mezzosoprano Sylwia Pietrzak, and Spain’s tenor Josep-Ramon Olive plus Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir render Maurice Durufle’s Requiem op. 9 and Gabriel Faure’s Requiem op. 48  in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm (admission 70 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s “La boheme” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
Krakow Jazz Gala features UrbSymphony Michal Urbaniak quintet of violinist Michal Urbaniak, trumpeter Michael Patches Stewart, drummer Frank Parker, pianist Michal Tokaj, and bassist Marcin Pospieszalski plus Sinfonietta Cracovia string orchestra in the Teatr Slowackiego playhouse, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square and Szpitalna street, at 8 pm (tickets from 195 PLN).
October 29th, Sunday: England’s tenor Ian Bostridge and Italy’s pianist Saskia Giorgini render Franz Schubert’s Schwanengesang and Ludwig van Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte in the Teatr Slowackiego playhouse, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square and Szpitalna street, at 7 pm.
Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s “La boheme” in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
Concert All Souls Jazz Night features Poland’s singer Magda Steczkowska, violist and keyboardist Michal Jurkiewicz, pianist Kamil Barański, saxophonist and vocalist Marek Stryszowski, and vocalist Marcin Jajkiewicz plus Sienna Gospel Choir in the Kosciol Mariacki church (St. Mary Basilica) at Rynek Glowny central square at 8 pm (free admission).

Events in Krakow in November 2023 and beyond