The Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP) is a co-organiser of the Musica Polonica Nova festival. It was this association that initiated the biennial of contemporary Polish music, which currently takes place in Wrocław, back in the 1960s. Concerts featuring premieres of works by Wrocław-based composers affiliated with the ZKP have become a tradition here. This year, alongside Wrocław artists, representatives from the Poznań Branch will also be present. The Sepia Ensemble will present the diverse voices of nine artists.

Nine premieres, nine contemporary miniatures. As a rule, they are designed for a specific line-up. The Sepia Ensemble, founded in 2012 in Poznań, specialises in performing contemporary music. Suffice it to say that its catalogue includes compositions by over 120 composers. When ZKP celebrated its centenary last year, artists from this ensemble were among the invited performers. During this year’s Musica Polonica Nova, this line-up will perform works such as Sub contrario, Checklist, and Your 5 minutes in a specially conceived concert format.

Musicians from Poznań will be accompanied by guest composers from the Wielkopolska region – this year, two branches of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP) are joining forces in Wrocław. Poznań will be represented by Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz (active in Zielona Góra), Jerzy Wojciechowski (composer, instrumentalist and musicologist), Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska (president of the Poznań branch of ZKP), and Szymon Jóźwiak (clarinetist at Sepia). Among Wrocław composers, the premiere pieces have been created by Katarzyna Dziewiątkowska (also a vocalist and music theorist), Adrian Foltyn (drawing on neurobiology and cognitive science), Grzegorz Pieniek (based in Vienna), Magdalena Gorwa (theatre artist and teacher), and Stanisław Krupowicz (doyen of the Wrocław School of Electronic Music). It is more than certain that this evening the artists will "paint us" the color #704214…