KAROL SZYMANOWSKI SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN WARSAW
Headteacher Róża Paderewska
01-530 Warszawa, ul. Krasińskiego 1, POLAND
tel./fax: (+48 22) 839-18-79
www.szymanowski.edu.pl    kursymistrzowskie@wp.pl

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Patronage: MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE
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4^th WARSAW INTERNATIONAL MASTER COURSES

16^th – 23^rd August, 2009

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR – MACIEJ PADEREWSKI

COURSES ARE LED BY PROFESSORS:

KATARZYNA POPOWA-ZYDROŃ
piano NO FREE PLACES

IRINA RUMIANCEWA-DABROWSKI
piano NO FREE PLACES

ANDRZEJ TATARSKI
piano NO FREE PLACES

BARTOSZ BRYŁA
violin NO FREE PLACES

VADIM BRODSKI
violin, viola
from JS Bach to "The Beatles"

STANISŁAW FIRLEJ
cello NO FREE PLACES

ALICJA WOŁYŃCZYK
saksofon

MACIEJ PADEREWSKI
chamber ensembles with piano, piano duets

LEONARD ANDRZEJ MRÓZ
voice

INFORMATION FOR FOREIGN APLICANTS

• 4^th Warsaw International Master Courses will take place between 16 and 23 August 2009 at the Karol Szymanowski School of Music in Warsaw.
• The following groups are eligible: students and graduates of academies of music, pupils of music school and teachers of music education.
• All lessons run within the framework of Master Courses are open and include: individual lessons with chosen teachers, group lessons, concerts of teachers and outstanding participants in the School Concert Hall.
• Candidates can register as active or passive participants. Active participants are offered a series of 4  45-minute lessons with a chosen teacher. The organisers arrange cooperation with accompanists for active participants who will pay a proper fee (details follow).
• Clearly written application form with recommendation letters and a proof of payment of registration fee attached (active participants) must be submitted to the Organisers by post, fax or e-mail by 31 May 2009 (Please note! It is the date of receipt that counts).
• The number of vacancies is limited. If there is more candidates than vacancies, the professor will chose active participants according to informations written in the application form and recommendation letters.
• The Organisers will confirm if you have been approved as an active participant by 20 June 2009. Application forms submitted later will be considered only in case of free places. Informations about free places will be published at the website.
• Course fees must be transfered to the Organisers’ bank account by 15 July 2009 at the latest.
• Students who are under age must be accompanied by an adult who will be responsible for their safety during the course.
• Inauguration of Courses will take place on Sunday, 16 August 2009 at 10 a.m. The final concert will take place on Sunday, 23 August 2009 at noon. 

FEES

• The number of a bank account to which the registration fee and course fee should be transferred:  NBP O/O W-wa   45 1010 1010 0194 7713 9150 0000
• Fees for active participants:
  • a) Registration fee – 60 Euro. Registration fee will not be refunded.
  • b) Solo course including a series of 4  45-minute lessons – 240 Euro.
    • violinists, cellists and singers who want to cooperate with accompanist during the course - 300 Euro.
  • c) Chamber music course including a series of 4  45-minute lessons:
    • duo: 360 Euro,
    • trio: 480 Euro,
    • more numerous groups: 600 Euro.
  • The possibility of buying additional lessons (60 Euro for 45 minutes) depends on free places.
  • Every participant pays the registration fee individually. Participants who take part in courses led by different professors pay the registration fee once.
  • Payment for the above mentioned courses entitles you to participate as an observer in the remaining courses.
• Fees for passive participants:
  • a) Entrance ticket for the whole course – 120 Euro.
  • b) Entrance ticket for 1 day – 20 Euro (can be bought at the school during the course).

ACCOMODATION AND MEALS

• The Organisers will arrange accommodation for participants and their teachers / companions in 2- and 3-person rooms:
  - in "Dziekanka" Student Dormitory (ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 58/60) priced 35 zł / person for 1 night.
  - in "Bursa Szkół Artystycznych" (ul. Miodowa 24a) priced 35 zł / person (participants) and 50 zł / person (adults) for 1 night.
  The Organisers will arrange reservations neither in any other hotels nor for participants whose application forms will be submitted after 31 May 2008.
• Full board in the school canteen can be ordered in your application form or bought during the courses (full board - 30 zł, breakfast - 10 zł, dinner - 14 zł, supper - 11 zł).

application form
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