THE SENSES

Musica Polonica Nova 2026
THE SENSES
14–17 May 2026
Wrocław, NFM

Multidimensionality. Multi-Sensuality. Synthesis of the Arts

This year’s Musica Polonica Nova festival at the National Forum of Music will have THE SENSES as its motto and will showcase the latest trends in Polish contemporary music. We will focus on how audiences listen to music today and how music can transcend traditional perception.

Multidimensionality and Multi-Sensuality
During the festival, we will explore contemporary Polish art from the perspective of its multi-sensory reception. The projects we present expand the field of sound experience, inviting us to engage with sight, touch, movement, and spatiality. This is music that not only sounds – it has an impact.

Synthesis of the Arts – a Common Field of Action
The central theme will be a synthesis of the arts – a contemporary way of thinking about the integration of music with other creative forms. Intermedia, installations, theatre, performative and audiovisual activities will create a shared space where the boundaries between disciplines become blurred, and the audience experiences the work as a complex, multi-sensory entity.

Perception, Diversity, and Inclusivity
Our festival will also engage in creative discourse regarding diverse models of music perception:
– perception under sensory limitations,
– sensory compensation (“how do we hear when we cannot see?” “how do we experience music without sound?”).
It is a space for reflection on ways of listening that go beyond the norm, and on how contemporary art can incorporate and creatively develop these differences.

NFM (and Beyond) – Places of Dialogue and Experiment
During the festival, the NFM and other locations in Wrocław will become arenas for artistic experiments, meetings with artists, premieres, debates, and activities, redefining contemporary musicality. We will invite audiences to discover new aural perspectives – from intimate experiences to spectacular forms engaging the entire spectrum of the senses.

Paweł Hendrich
Artistic Director 
Musica Polonica Nova

Chiaro // Scuro // Chiaroscuro
Łukasz Długosz / Geoffrey Paterson
16.05
Sat.
6:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Paweł Hendrich / fot. Łukasz Rajchert
Paweł Hendrich / fot. Łukasz Rajchert
Paweł Hendrich
Artistic Director of Musica Polonica Nova

Paweł Hendrich was born in 1979 in Wrocław. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering and Economics at the Wrocław University of Economy. He also studied composition at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław and at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. Paweł Hendrich's works have been performed at concerts and festivals in Poland, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Hungary, Malta, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, the United States and China.

Olga Humeńczuk
Director

Olga Humeńczuk is a manager with many years of experience in running a cultural institution and producing artistic events, as well as a certified cellist. As a coordinator of works related to the design and construction of the National Forum of Music – on the part of both the investor (City of Wrocław) and the organisation (NFM) – she worked with acoustic designers, architects, engineers and other investment partners. At the same time, she participated in the process of merging the Witold Lutosławski Philharmonic in Wrocław and the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans and creating the organizational structure and internal processes of the newly established institution: the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music.

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