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Anna Maria Jopek with “Polanna”: Polish songs, classical music and folk sources at the Polish Theatre

Anna Maria Jopek’s “Polanna” draws on Polish songs, classical music and folk sources. Announced at the Polish Theatre as part of Ethno Jazz Festival, the programme traced inspirations from Wacław of Szamotuły to Skaldowie.

Anna Maria Jopek on stage in 2011
Anna Maria Jopek — concert photograph from 2011. Photo: Daniel Kruczynski · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized.

Ethno Jazz Festival invites you to a concert by one of Poland's most important artists. On 29 November on the stage of Teatr Polski, Anna Maria Jopek will present Wrocław audiences with “Polanna”, a programme of exclusively Polish songs.

Anna Maria Jopek is a singer, composer, improviser, visionary and passionate artist. She records and performs worldwide with some of the most important musicians of our time, including Pat Metheny, Youssu'n Dour, Bobby McFerrin, Ivan Linz, Branford Marsalis, Nigel Kennedy, Richard Bona, Oscar Castro-Neves and Makoto Ozone. She has appeared on the world’s most prestigious stages, including Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, Royal Festival Hall, the opera houses in Tokyo and Tel Aviv, Blue Note Tokyo and Santori Hall. She has recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios, Abbey Road in London and Power Station in New York. Her music has been released worldwide since 2000. She has sold a million records, yet chamber music and performing close to her audience remain what she values most. She lives in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district and Lisbon’s Alfama.

POLANNA:

In this programme, the artist will reveal a fresh perspective on beautiful and important moments in the history of Polish music. She will draw on the roots of folk, classical and popular music, with inspirations ranging from works by Wacław of Szamotuły and old folk songs through compositions by Stanisław Moniuszko and Mieczysław Karłowicz to Karol Szymanowski and… Skaldowie. The programme will also include Anna Maria Jopek’s favourite songs from her own repertoire.

At the Wrocław concert, Anna Maria Jopek will perform with Marek Napiórkowski, Robert Kubiszyn, Paweł Dobrowolski, Piotr Nazaruk and Krzysztof Herdzin. Guest performers will be Maria Pomianowska and Mateusz Pospieszalski.

Event details

ANNA MARIA JOPEK

Date

12 September 2013

Venue

Polish Theatre

Wrocław