4th Film Music Festival in Krakow (May, 19th-22nd)

[Neimoidian 15]

For your consideration:

Film Music Festival in Krakow, which 4th edition begins next month, is Poland's biggest event of this kind. Previously it featured attendance and live concerts of such acknowledged artists like Eric Serra, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Tan Dun, Leszek Mozdzer, Shigeru Umebayashi and Howard Shore.

This year's main guest will be Joe Hisaishi, who will conduct and perform his music from the animated classics like Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle & Princess Mononoke. The concert will also include suites form Takeshi Kitano's films. This will be Hisaishi's first outing in Europe.

Another undoubtedly great event will be Final Fantasy: Distant Worlds - the official, produced under the supervision of Nobuo Uematsu himself, concert of music from this acclaimed series of games. Krakow's performance will be lead by the regular Distant Worlds conductor Arnie Roth and feature FFXIII composer Masashi Hamauzu. (more info: http://www.ffdistantworlds.com/)

The final concert will be devoted to music form highly popular polish TV series Czas Honoru (Time of Honour). The rousing score written by the young composer Bartosz Chajdecki has been recently nominated for the International Film Music Critics Association award in the category of BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION SERIES (loosing to Bear McCreary's Human Target).

Here is a quote from one of the reviews summing up this score:

Young Polish composer Bartosz Chajdecki (a pupil of Zbigniew Preisner) has truly delivered a rich and mature composition that will definitely make a few heads turn. Czas Honoru is perhaps too pompous to be taken totally seriously (one almost can't imagine that this will work inside the context of the series), but the score does make for a hell of a listening experience. It is powerful and epic emotional music that soars and shatters any pre-conception you might have about Polish music. This is strong orchestral film music and will receive a place in my final top 5 selection of 2010. (source: http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/czas-honoru-time-of-honour/ )

The Festival will also guest Klaus Badelt whose score to Pirates of the Caribbean will be performed live to the picture on the 21st of May.

If anyone is interested, please visit Festival's web page for more details.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,386]

Ok, now why is every country in Europe BUT The Netherlands having film music festivals?

[crocodile 9,724]

What about that recent JW-based concert, Stefan?

I'd love to see the first two concerts, for sure. But then I might not be around to see it. Besides, tickets disappear quickly from what I know.

Karol

[Thor 9,362]

Ok, now why is every country in Europe BUT The Netherlands having film music festivals?

At least it's not far to Ghent from where you live.

There is no such event of any kind in Scandinavia.

I'd love to attend the Krakow event, just as much for the city as for as the film music stuff. Always been curious about it, and heard good things. I was in Warzaw two years ago, but Krakow seems more genuine.

[crocodile 9,724]

I'd love to attend the Krakow event, just as much for the city as for as the film music stuff. Always been curious about it, and heard good things. I was in Warzaw two years ago, but Krakow seems more genuine.

It is certainly a beautiful place. I'd recommend visiting it.

Karol

[Maglorfin 219]

Ok, now why is every country in Europe BUT The Netherlands having film music festivals?

Keep your hair on, Slovenia doesn't have it either.

[Neimoidian 15]

Then I invite you to Krakow.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,386]

I dont care about Slovenia!

[Neimoidian 15]

I dont care about Slovenia!

I am sure Slovenia doesn't care about you either.

[Maglorfin 219]

I dont care about Slovenia!

I figured as much.

[Neimoidian 15]

A quite recent article in Variety on the Festival:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118034934?categoryid=13&cs=1&cmpid=RSS