GAUDE MATER International Festival of Sacred Music
This is currently one of the major musical events in Poland. The Festival ranks among the leading festivals of sacred music and takes place from 1st to 6th of May every year. It is based on the idea of bringing cultures together by means of different religious performances. The Festival is open to modern music but also old music is of concern. Every year there is the Polish sacred music concert on the first performances ever of old time sacred music. The Festival is accompanied by an academic seminar on the sacrum in music, as well as art exhibitions, theatrical performances and interdisciplinary shows. Over 1.000 performers from different countries take part in the Festival signing and playing music in the city churches and concert halls.
Organizer: GAUDE MATER
Centre of Culture Promotion in Częstochowa
Dąbrowskiego Street 1
tel. +48 34 324 36 38
www.gaudemater.pl, e-mail: biuro@gaudemater.pl
“Sacrum” Triennial Art Festival The festival presents a great works of art variety intended to express, experience and contemplate the sacred sphere of the contemporary man’s life. The art exhibition is accompanied by open-air presentations, film shows, theatrical performances and publications. The art festival is open to all religions and denominations presenting works inspired by Christianity and other religious traditions. Each edition of the Triennial presentations has a different form and programme. Works of both well-known and young artists are presented, the latter having thus a forum for promotion. “Sacrum” is a prestigious and well-known festival, taking place every three years.
Organizer: City Art Gallery in Częstochowa
Najświętszej Maryi Panny Avenue 64,
tel. +48 34 324 60 57; +48 34 324 55 81
www.galeria.czest.pl, e-mail: info@galeria.czest.pl
Bronisław Huberman Violin FestivalThe Festival takes places every two years and its formula includes both recitals and concerts with orchestra. It is an occasion for both presentation of outstanding masterpieces of music performed by eminent artists and for promotion of young and talented musicians as well. The Festival is called after the name of Bronisław Huberman, the worldwide famous violin virtuoso and a great Polish musician born in Częstochowa. Because of his outstanding performance technique and extraordinary flair for music, the Huberman Festival gained a permanent place in the world history of violin performance. Huberman belonged to the most distinguished and famous violinists of the last century. He was also a great humanist and his idea of the united Europe called “Pan-European” makes him a forerunner of the European integration based on respect for cultural and ethnic differences and at the same time independence of all nations. Huberman's name has also been given to the Israeli Philharmonic Society.
Organizer: Częstochowa Philharmonic Hall
Wilsona Street 16
tel. +48 34 324 42 30 or +48 34 324 43 05
www.filharmonia.com.pl,
e-mail:
sekretariat@filharmonia.com.pl
„Jurassic Autumn“ Open-Air Painting Sessions
Every year in wonderful, picturesque autumn, Polish and foreign artists meet in a chosen nook of the Cracow Częstochowa Uplands to work together. They create works, which are inspired by the surrounding nature and landscape, but are varied in their form and content. Motifs of nature dominate in these pictures: limestone rocks of the Jura Uplands, imprints of shells on rock surfaces, trees, grass and fairy-tale associations. A visit to the Open-Air Painting Exhibition, always held in spring, is an unforgettable experience, a journey to the land of impressions, associations and feelings.
Organizer: City Art Gallery
Najswietszej Maryi Panny Avenue 64
tel. +48 34 324 60 57; +48 34 324 55 81
www.galeria.czest.pl, e-mail: info@galeria.czest.pl
HOT JAZZ SPRING Traditional Jazz Festival
Every year in May Częstochowa resounds with traditional jazz music. Concerts of well-known bands and performers are held in the Philharmonic Hall and in restaurants and music clubs in night jazz sessions. The Festival attracts a large audience, as jazz is a very appealing music. Something of a novelty in the Festival is a singular Traditional Jazz Contest called “Swinging Raven” aimed at young solo players and singers.
Organizer: Częstochowa Philharmonic Hall
and Częstochowa Jazz Association
Wilsona Street 16,
tel. +48 34 324 42 30; +48 34 324 43 05
www.filharmonia.com.pl,
e-mail: sekretariat@filharmonia.com.pl
City Open - Air Painting Sessions
The attention and sensitivity of artists taking part in this Open-Air Painting Session focuses on city scapes. On canvases and cardboards we can spot both well-known motifs and the ones that can only be discovered through a work of art. The paintings represent either street views, often enriched by artistic imagination with unreal elements, or concentrate on single architectural details or show the city from an unusual perspective.
Organizer: City Art Gallery
Najswietszej Maryi Panny Avenue 64
tel. +48 34 324 60 57; +48 34 324 55 81
www.galeria.czest.pl, e-mail: info@galeria.czest.pl
International Folk Music Festival "From far and near"
The Festival gathers group from the Częstochowa region as well as from the whole Europe. The concerts take place on stages in Częstochowa, Koniecpol, Kłomnice, Przyrów and Kamienica Polska. During the festival the participants have the chcance to learn about the cultural heritage of the city, region and country. The Festival is held under the auspice of the International Organisation Folkart Polish Section.
Organizer: Regional Centre of Culture
Ogińskiego Street 13a
tel. +48 34 324 46 51 or +48 34 324 94 81
www.rok.czestochowa.pl,
e-mail: rok@rok.czestochowa.pl
International Biennial Miniature Exhibition The exhibition following the Miniature Contest comprises hundreds of miniatures, works small in size, but with extraordinary artistic values. These works require special attention and concentration on the potential of creative expression, on the charm and depth of meaning captured in miniature works. A visit to the Biennial Miniature Exhibition is also a unique opportunity to acquaint oneself with works of artists from different continents.
Organizer: GAUDE MATER
Centre of Culture Promotion in Częstochowa
Dąbrowskiego Street 1
tel. +48 34 324 36 38
www.gaudemater.pl, e-mail: biuro@gaudemater.pl
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Harvest Festival at Jasna Góra
The most famous and not to be missed feast of the Polish country folk and culture held annualy on the first Saturday and Sunday of September. On those days farmers from all the country come to the Jasna Góra hill with splendid wreaths which are the symbol of their constant efforts and toil with fields ploughing and the collection of crops all the year long. They come to thank the Holy Virgin Mary, or in other words the Black Madonna, and plead with the Mother of God for her protection and presence in their lifes. The Harvest Festival is accompanied by local agriculture fair with its exhibition of highly regarded regional products. One can also spot there quite a few places of interest for holiday makers, mainly small villages, which offer accomodation in rural surrounding for every visitor.
In the Holy Virgin Mary Avenue artists present their works. Folk sculptures and paintings are to be seen in the Museum and apart from that folk rites, dances and songs from several European countries are performed on the city stages. During the European Days of Folk Culture held at that time winners of the International Folk Art Contest are selected.
The Harvest Festival at Jasna Góra is a great feast of Polish folk culture, the festive meeting of thousands of farmers in the special atmosphere of genuine community. The Festival shows all that the Polish farmers are proud of and everyhing that is best in the country’s everyday life.
Organizer: National Farmers' Pastoral Centre
Regional Advisory Centre for Agriculture
and Rural Areas Development
Częstochowa, Wyszyńskiego Street 70/126
tel. +48 34 377 01 01; fax +48 34 362 04 89
Częstochowa City Office
