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29 April 2024

The album Eugeniusz Knapik – Chamber Works with a Fryderyk prize!

We are pleased and proud to announce that the Eugeniusz Knapik – Chamber Works album has been awarded a Fryderyk prize in the Album of the Year Chamber Music - Large Ensembles category. ...  

29 April 2024

Album Eugeniusz Knapik – Chamber Works nagrodzony Fryderykiem!

Z radością i dumą informujemy, że nagranie Eugeniusz Knapik – Chamber Works zostało nagrodzone Fryderykiem w kategorii Album roku muzyka kameralna - większe składy! ...  

30 April 2023

Album Mieczysław Wajnberg vol. 7 with a Fryderyk award!

We're honoured to announce that our recording of the Mieczysław Wajnberg Quartets nos. 5 and 6, which crowns the project of recording all Mieczysław Wajnberg's compositions for String Quartet  

28 April 2022

The album Mieczysław Wajnberg vol. V awarded with a Fryderyk!

We are pleased and proud to announce that the album Mieczysław Wajnberg vol. V with Quartets  

19 April 2022

Fryderyk 2022

We are pleased to announce two nominations for this year's Fryderyk Music Awards!    

23 March 2021

Fryderyk 2021

We are happy to announce that another one of our Wajnberg albums was nominated for Fryderyk 2021 Award!  

20 March 2019

The 2019 Fryderyk Award

The Fryderyk Classical Music Award for the best recording of the Polish music goes to Silesian Quartet and Friends.  Thank you Friends: Wojciech Świtała, Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Krzysztof Lasoń, Polish Cello Quartet.  Thank you also to: B...  

26 April 2017

The 2017 Fryderyk Awards

The album Grażyna Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets (Chandos) received the 2017 Fryderyk Award in the following categories: Most Outstanding Polish Music Recording and Best Polish Album Abroad.               ...  

09 March 2017

Nomination for the 2017 Fryderyk Award

The album Grażyna Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets (Chandos) was nominated for the 2017 Fryderyk Award in the following categories: Most Outstanding Polish Music Recording and Best Polish Album Abroad.           &n...  

13 February 2017

Album: Mieczysław Wajnberg - String Quartet No. 7 + Piano Quintet

The Silesian String Quartet’s most recent album, featuring works by Mieczysław Wajnberg, has been released by CD Accord and will be available for purchase shortly: String Quartet No. 7 Piano Quintet Piano: Piotr Sałajczyk       ...  

07 November 2016

Programme of the 24th International Chamber Music Festival “Silesian String Quartet and Guests”

We encourage you to take a look at the programme and poster of the 24th International Chamber Music Festival “Silesian String Quartet and Guests” – The Elements 20 November 2016 (Sunday) 6 p.m. Academy of Music 1st concert of...  

05 October 2016

Album premiere at the 16th Silesian Guitar Autumn

Chowańce, the fourth and latest original album from Piotr Domagała, will make its premiere as part of the 16th Silesian Guitar Autumn in Tychy. The concert will be held on 20 October at Mediateka. The composer invited the Silesian String Quartet to r...  

24 August 2016

Concert series at NOSPR in the 2016/2017 season

The Silesian String Quartet’s new concert series at NOSPR is being organised under the slogan “Best of All Time: Poland and the World” See the “Concerts” tag for a detailed programme of the series    ...  

25 July 2016

Best Album of the Month according to Gramophone magazine

In August 2016, Gramophone magazine declared the Silesian String Quartet’s latest album Grażyna Bacewicz - Complete String Quartets the Best Album of the Month. Read the full review HERE    ...  

31 May 2013

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29 June 2013 Silesian Quartet in Szczecin Place Kościół pw Królowej Korony PolskiejHour 19.00ProgrammeF. Mendelssohn - String quartet in a minor op. 13 H.M. Gorecki - I String QuartetK. Penderecki - II String Quartet  

09 May 2013

May 14 - Berlin

14.05. 2013Concert for Polish Ambassy in Berlin/ Rathaus, Programme: G. Bacewicz , H.M. Górecki , L. van Beethoven  

08 May 2013

CONCERT IN CRACOW, 17th of MAY, CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE

Centrum Kultury Żydowskiej - Center for Jewish Culture, 19:00Kwartet Śląski / The Silesian String Quartet (Polska / Poland): Szymon Krzeszowiec (1. skrzypce / 1st violin), Arkadiusz Kubica (2. skrzypce / 2nd violin), Łukasz Syrnicki (altówka / viola...  

18 April 2013

Festival of World Premiers Polish Modern Music/ 27th April

27th April, 12:00/ The Concert Hall of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music/ Katowice, ul. Zacisze 3/ Silesian String Quartet&Piotr Sałajczyk (piano) / Programme: Justyna Kowalska-Lasoń – III Kwartet smyczkowy Znajduję swą pieśń*, Dobromiła Ja...  

17 March 2013

March 19th - Concert in Katowice

Academic Symphony OrchestraMichal Klauza conductor & Silesian String Quartet19:00, Concert Hall of Music Academy, Zacisze 3 Programme:Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart - Opera overtüre Don Giovanni KV 527Bohuslav Martinů - Concert for string quartet and ...  

21 February 2013

Fryderyk Awards 2013 - NOMINATION FOR SSQ!

Were happy to share information that Silesian String Quartet was nominated for Fryderyk Awards 2013 in the category of "ALBUM OF THE YEAR - contemporary music" for the "ZBIGNIEW BARGIELSKI - STRING QUARTETS" !The FRYDERYK AWARDS are presented by the...  

26 November 2012

„Kwartet Śląski i jego goście” 1-16.12.2012

XX Międzynarodowy Festiwal Muzyki Kameralnej „Kwartet Śląski i jego goście” 1-16.12.2012 KATOWICE, 1-16.12.2012 I WEEKEND NA XX –lecie Festiwalu KONCERT I sala AM w Katowicach, 1 grudzień 2012 (sobota) godz. 19.00 „WZORCE” 1. Fryderyk Chopin – ...  

09 November 2012

8.11.2012, Tarnów, Teatr im. Ludwika Solskiego

Concert during The International Meeting on Chemical Safety and Security  

09 October 2012

SSQ in Lublin

Friday, 12 October 2012, 19:00 MUSICAL INSPIRATIONS BY WITOLD GOMBROWICZ Lublin Philharmonic Orchestra Silesian String Quartet Sławek A. Wróblewski – conductor L. van Beethoven – String Quartet No 16 in F Major op. 135 B. Bartók – String Quarte...  

01 October 2012

New CD album feat. SSQ

New CD album "3X4+8" by Aleksander Nowak, featuring e.g. String Quartets No.1 and 2 performed by Silesian String Quartet is released by the CD ACCORD Edition  

01 October 2012

„Kwartet Śląski i jego goście” 1-16.12.2012

  XX Międzynarodowy Festiwal Muzyki Kameralnej „Kwartet Śląski i jego goście” 1-16.12.2012   KATOWICE, 1-16.12.2012   I WEEKEND NA XX –lecie Festiwalu KONCERT I sala AM w Katowicach, 1 grudzień 2012 (sobota) godz. 19.00 „WZORCE” 1. Fryderyk C...  

31 May 2012

Guitar Music Festival in Trzęsacz (Poland)

The Silesian String Quartet is to perform on June 7th 2012 in Trzęsacz.Their concert will inaugurate the 15th International Guitar Music Festival. The Preludio Artistic Agency is its organizer.Programme: Beethoven, Górecki and first world performance...  

23 February 2012

Nomination to "Fryderyk" Music Award

The album ‘Stalowa Wola Generation’ has been nominated to the ‘Fryderyk’ Award (annual award in Polish music), in the category ‘Best Chamber Music Album‘.The six-CD album was published by the ‘Musica Pro Bono’ Foundation. It contains chamber music by...  

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