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International Summer Course for Composers, SYNTHETIS 2024

• • • 1  Course Information
    • The International Summer Course for Composers SYNTHETIS 2024 will be held from July 15 through July 27, 2024.
    • The International Summer Course for Composers SYNTHETIS 2024 is a fee-based programme where admitted participants attend workshops, lectures and individual lessons conducted in English, as well as concerts, presentations and other events included in the schedule.
    • The event is organized by the Music Gardens Foundation and is directed by Zygmunt Krauze. 
    • Each participant is guaranteed at least three hours a day of collective activities and the possibility of having individual  1 hour lesson with each lecturer during the course.
    •  The invited artists-in-residence, Spółdzielnia Muzyczna,  will be present during the entire length of the 2024 course. The participants will have an opportunity to attend individual  workshop sessions with the artists, during which newly-written pieces might be discussed. The artists will perform selected compositions (or part thereof ) written by participants at the course’s final concert.
    • The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the event programme.

     

    • 2 Selection of Participants
    • Candidates interested in participating are required to submit a completed application form available at the official website: synthetis.pl and an artistic  CV (which includes a list of the candidate’s major compositions). One or two  scores representative of the applicant’s  compositions may be attached in an electronic version.
    • Applications must be made online.  Forms sent in hard copy will not be considered.
    • The deadline for sending applications is May 15, 2024. Admitted participants will be informed no later than May 20, 2024.
    • The application might be evaluated before the deadline only in special circumstances (on request).
    • The maximum number of participants in the course is 30.
    • Personal information submitted by applicants in the registration process will remain private. The organizer declares that no personal information concerning an applicant will be  shared  with  any third party.

     

    • 3 Fee
    • Participation in the course is fee-based, however the fees of Polish participants are co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.
    • a) fee for foreign participants – 1 100 EUR:
    • 650 EUR – course fee, to be paidby bank transfer before the course
    • 450 EUR (estimated) – cost of accommodation and board, to be paid in cash (Polish currency only, ie. 2084 PLN) or credit card upon arrival in Radziejowice Palace
    • b) fee for Polish participants (Polish citizens that lives in Poland)–2 984 PLN:
    • 900 PLN – course fee, to be paid by bank transfer before the course
    • 2 084 PLN – cost of accommodation and board, to be paid in cash/credit card upon arrival in Radziejowice Palace

    Note: Radziejowice Palace is the only accommodation option.

    • The course fee includes entry to lectures, workshops, concerts and other events organized during the course, accommodation in rooms for 2 or 3 persons and three meals a day.
    • If a participant fails to send  pay the course fee by bank transfer within the designated time, the organizer reserves the right to  offer the participant’s place to another applicant.
    • In case of cancellation, the organizer will return 50% of the course fee. 

     

    Contact:

     Piotr Łabanow, p.labanow@ogrodymuzyczne.pl

    695 688 007

     

     www.synthetis.pl

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    The International Summer Course for Composers, SYNTHETIS 2024, is organized by the Music Gardens Foundation based in Warsaw: 4/77 Wilsona Sq., 01-626 Warsaw, and registered in Poland (company registration number: 0000099471, Tax ID: 525-22-31-434).