The matinée will feature two young violinists of promise, born in the third millennium. Łucja Pych and Emilia Linka will perform stylistically diverse works: from Franz Schubert’s classicising rondo to a virtuoso fantasy on the themes from Franz Waxman’s Carmen. Krzysztof Stanienda, a lecturer at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and an accomplished chamber musician, will perform on the piano.

Both Emilia Linka and Łucja Pych are violinists still in training. However, each already boasts awards from dozens of competitions, collaborations with professional orchestras, and participation in scholarship programmes for young artists. At the NFM you will experience the performing energy of children and young people as something completely different from that of adult musicians – especially given the incredibly compelling repertoire prepared.

Franz Schubert composed his signature Rondo in A major at the age of nineteen. He had already composed his first masterpieces of song, but in instrumental chamber music, intended for performance by his family orchestra, he remained conservative. In some respects, the passionate Sonata in D minor op. 9 occupies a similar place in Karol Szymanowski’s oeuvre – a testament to his mastery of this form already during his studies. Ernest Chausson’s work, prepared for Eugène Ysaÿe, is only a few years older. However, Chausson opted for a rhapsodic rather than a classical form, unfolding before the listener a unique lyrical narrative. Next, we will hear The Fountain of Arethusa from Myths op. 30. It is believed that Szymanowski’s work, whose ninetieth death anniversary we celebrate in March, was co-authored by Paweł Kochański, one of the greatest Polish violinists of that time. The concert will conclude with Carmen fantasie, the result of the creative effort of Franz Waxman, a Silesian of Jewish descent. This artist emigrated to Hollywood before the war, where he gained fame.