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International Summer Course for Composers, SYNTHETIS 2025

 

      • 1  Course Information
      • The International Summer Course for Composers SYNTHETIS 2025 will be held from July 14 through July 26, 2025.
      • The International Summer Course for Composers SYNTHETIS 2025 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,  will be present during the entire length of the 2025 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 JUNE 1st , 2025. Admitted participants will be informed no later than JUNE 16, 2025.
      • 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 – 1 300 EUR:
      • 850 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)–3200 PLN:
      • 1116 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:

    •  Antoni Cieplik, info@synthetis.pl+ 48 534 400 620  www.synthetis.plFacebook: Composition Course Synthetis 

      The International Summer Course for Composers, SYNTHETIS 2025, 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).

SYNTHETIS – International Summer Course for Composers