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„Piotr Salaber – one of the most interesting Polish composers of theatre music” Polish Market




Piotr Salaber On January 7, 2023, the premiere of the play "The Princess of God's Matter" by J. M. Rymkiewicz took place at the Polish Radio Theater, directed and adapt. by Mariusz Cieślik, music by Piotr Salaber, with an excellent cast: Paulina Gałązka, Andrzej Mastalerz, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Wiesław Komasa, Sławomir Orzechowski.

At the turn of the year, the latest edition of Britishpedia - Encyclopedia of Personalities of the Republic of Poland, published by British Publishing House, was published, containing a biography of Piotr Salaber

Let's Light the Lamps - a song with music by Piotr Salaber and lyrics by Ernest Bryll opened the TV program on December 23, 2023, dedicated to the memory of the charismatic Father Jan Góra.

December 11, 2023 premiere at the Television Theater - Skiz by Gabriela Zapolska, directed by Wojciech Adamczyk with music by Piotr Salaber.

"Polish Flowers" by Julian Tuwim - premiere directed by Janusz Kukuła with music by Piotr Salaber took place at the Polish Radio Theater on December 3, 2023, with actors: Krzysztof Gosztyła, Krzysztof Szczepaniak and Marcin Przybylski

On November 19, 2023, an exhibition dedicated to the history of student culture at the Beanus Club was opened in Rother's Mills in Bydgoszcz, including, among others: photo and biography of Piotr Salaber from the mid-1980s

On November 18, 2023, Piotr Salaber chaired the jury of the National Film and Musical Meetings, together with Joanna Żółkoś-Zagdańska and Emilia Hamerlik.

Outstanding actors: Paulina Gałązka, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Wieslaw Komasa, Sławomir Orzechowski, Andrzej Mastalerz took part in the premiere reading of J. M. Rymkiewicz's play - Princess of the Cause of God, on November 3, 2023 at the Theater Institute in Warsaw, dir. Mariusz Cieślik, music by Piotr Salaber.

As every year, on November 1, Piotr Salaber took part in a fundraiser to save historic tombstones at the Old Cemetery in Bydgoszcz.

On September 25, 2023, the renewed opening of the iconic "Kobra" TV Theater of Sensation with music by Piotr Salaber was presented.

On September 20, 2023, Piotr Salaber's Orchestra together with Natalia Walewska and Mariusz Fazi Mielczarek performed during the Gala at the Gdynia Film Festival, soloists Ola Szwed and Maciej Musiałowski.

Global Music Awards, the prestigious Silver Medal awarded in California to Natalia Walewska and Rafał Lewandowski in the Duo and Classic categories for the album Pearls of Polish Culture. Between works by Moniuszko, Wieniawski, Paderewski and Wojciech Kilar, there were also four compositions by Piotr Salaber.
The album was released by Soliton.

On April 3, 2023, the premiere of A Midsummer Night's Dream by W. Shakespeare was presented, directed by Wojciech Adamczyk with music by Piotr Salaber.

On January 8, 2023, compositions by A. Piazzola, A. G. Villoldo, G. Rodriguez, J. Gade, C. Gardel, L. Anderson and Piotr Salaber, performed by the excellent violinist Natalia Walewska and the Amberto Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Robert Kabara.

On Thursday, January 5, 2023, the premiere of the play by Mariusz Cieślik "Seventeenth or a treatise on individual non-existence" directed by the author, with music by Piotr Salaber, was presented at the Polish Radio Theater

During the 14th Prince Michał Kleofas Ogiński Festival in Iwonicz-Zdrój, on December 19 and 20, 2022, the compositions of the Ogiński dynasty, Fryderyk Chopin, Henryk Wieniawski and Piotr Salaber were performed by excellent soloists - Natalia Walewska - violin and Rafał Lewandowski - piano

On November 5, 2022, Piotr Salaber participated in the "Designing the Future" debate at the WSB University in Bydgoszcz.

On November 1, as every year, Piotr Salaber took part in the Collection for Charity to save historic tombstones at the Old Fairy Cemetery in Bydgoszcz.

On October 20, 2022, during the National Scientific Conference "Music in scientific reflection", Piotr Salaber as the Honorary Guest gave the opening lecture "Harmony as a manifestation of the dualistic, mathematical and metaphysical character of music".

On October 14, Piotr Salaber gave a lecture on "Creator-recipient relationship in culture in times of a pandemic" at a scientific conference at Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz

On September 14, 2022, Piotr Salaber led his orchestra from the piano with the soloists - Agnieszka Włodarczyk, Tomasz Ziętek and Mariusz Fazi Mielczarek on saxophones, during the Gala at the Film Festival in Gdynia

On September 5, at the Television Theater the premiere of A. Fredro's Revolver took place, dir. Wojciech Adamczyk with the music of Piotr Salaber

On September 4, the premiere of the Polish Radio Theater - "Ballads and Romances" by Adam Mickiewicz dir.by Romuald Wicza-Pokojski with music by Piotr Salaber

Piotr Salaber has just finished the music for the documentary film Here Was And Will Be Theatre, dir. Jerzy Rados, premiere on September 10, 2022

On June 3, 2022, Piotr Salaber conducted the Pomeranian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in the concert Singing Locomotive - Tuwim / Salaber. Soloists: Ola Lis, Ewa Walczak, Bogdan Smagacki and Andrzej Walden.

On April 23, 2022, at the Chamber Theater in Bydgoszcz the premiere of WAG - a Footballer's Wife and Girlfriend took place, dir. by Mirosław Henke with music by Piotr Salaber.

On November 27, 2021, at Bydgoszcz Autograph Avenue, Piotr Salaber unveiled his autograph, together with prof. Mariusz Wysocki and Iga Baumgart.

On November 22, 2021, the premiere of Balladyna for the Television Theater took place, dir. by Wojciech Adamczyk with the music of Piotr Salaber.

On November 19, 2021, at the Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz, Piotr Salaber read the Latin sentence of awarding the honorary doctorate of the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz to Maestro Jerzy Maksymiuk.

In November 2021, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Music School in Toruń, a beautifully published book edited by Aneta Derkowska and Marcin Gmys was published. It also includes a biography of Piotr Salaber, a diploma in the piano class of prof. Barbara Muchenberg 1987

On November 1, 2021, as every year, Piotr Salaber took part in the fundraising to save historic tombstones at the Old Cemetery in Bydgoszcz.

On Sunday, October 24, 2021 we invite you to the Polish Radio Theater for the 2nd part of Jerzy Szaniawski's premiere radio play "Two theaters part 2" with music by Piotr Salaber. Directed by Janusz Kukuła, acoustic realization by Andrzej Brzoska,

On October 17, on Sunday, October 17 at 9 pm we invite you to the Polish Radio Theater for the premiere of Jerzy Szaniawski's play "Two Theaters part 1" with music by Piotr Salaber. Directed by Janusz Kukuła, acoustic realization by Andrzej Brzoska, cast incl. Grażyna Barszczewska, Danuta Stenka and Krzysztof Gosztyła.

October 16, 2021 in High School No. C. K. Norwid in Bydgoszcz, there was a ceremony of naming one of the rooms after Piotr Salaber, a graduate of Jedynka from Bydgoszcz in 1984 in the mat-physical class.

In October in Taiwan, the DVD of Nightingale with music by Piotr Salaber was released.
The performance in Mandarin was directed by Chia-yin Cheng, the performance in this shape had its premiere at the National Theater in Taichung in 2017, all musical parts, including vocal ones, were prepared in Taiwan by Piotr Salaber.

On October 6, 2021, during the ceremony at the Palace in Lubostroń, Piotr Salaber received the Province Marshal's award for his contribution to the development of the region's music life.

The performance of the Polish Radio Theater "Our Father" by Mariusz Bieliński with music by Piotr Salaber, sound engineer Andrzej Brzoska, with the participation of Adam Woronowicz, Grażyna Barszczewska, and Krzysztof Stroiński received the award for the best director at the Two Theaters Festival in September 2021.

On September 21, 2021, the Piotr Salaber Orchestra performed during the Gala of the Film Festival in Gdynia with great musicians Natalia Walewska and Mariusz "Fazi" Mielczarek. Agnieszka Włodarczyk and Sonia Bohosiewicz sang, the whole event was supervised by - Sylwia Grochowska and Paweł Kranc. The Yamaha piano for Piotr Salaber was delivered, as always, by the Nord Piano company.

The Polish Dance Suite by Piotr Salaber sounded on September 16, 2021 in the concert hall of the Baltic Philharmonic in Gdańsk, performed by outstanding musicians - Natalia Walewska, concertmaster of the FB Orchestra - violin and Rafał Lewandowski - piano.

On September 3, 2021 at the Pomeranian Philharmonic there was a concert "From the portfolio of Jacek Cygan" with pieces in new arrangements and conducted by Piotr Salaber.

On June 26, 2021, the premiere of the play about Marlene Dietrich on the Summer Stage in Gdynia Orłowo took place, music and arrangements of songs by Piotr Salaber.

On June 11, 2021 Piotr Salaber chaired the jury of the Szlagier 2021 National Film and Musical Song Contest

On May 30, 2021, a concert took place at the Pomeranian Philharmonic - Jarek Wist with his band and Capella Bydgostiensis, conducted by Piotr Salaber.

In the book published by the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz - The Past and Present in Musical Work, 2020, an article by prof. Aleksandra Kłaput-Wiśniewska The Culture and Tradition of the East in the Theater Music of Piotr Salaber has been published.

On January the 1st, 2021 at the Polish Radio Theater - Whispers of the River - with music by Piotr Salaber, dir. Wawrzyniec Kostrzewski, this time on the air of the Polish Radio PIK. The producer and originator of the show is Paweł Kranc from the Greenhouse agency, sound engineer - Maciej Kubera.

On December 24th and 26th - premieres on Polish Radio PIK - radio plays for children - Christmas Eve in a Gingerbread House and Christmas Salad by Marta Guśniowska - dir. by Mariusz Napierała and performed by the ensemble of the Chamber Theater in Bydgoszcz, music by Piotr Salaber

Whispers of the River - premiere at the Polish Radio Theater - with music by Piotr Salaber, dir. Wawrzyniec Kostrzewski
Program 1 of the Polish Radio, 12th of December, 9:05 p.m. The producer and author of the idea - Paweł Kranc from the Greenhouse agency, sound engineer - Maciej Kubera.

On Saturday, November 28th at 1:05 pm, the premiere on Polish Radio PIK - a radio play for children - A Great Trip to the Other End of the City by Szymon Jachimek, dir. by Mariusz Napierała, the ensemble of the Chamber Theater in Bydgoszcz, music by Piotr Salaber

On the 5th of November, the "Pearls of Polish Culture" album by the great violinist Natalia Walewska was released. Contains 4 pieces by Piotr Salaber, between compositions by W. Kilar, H. Wieniawski, I.J. Paderewski, St. Moniuszko and the Ogiński dynasty. The soloist is accompanied by Rafał Lewandowski on the piano, the album is published by the Soliton company

On the 4th of October on the Polish Radio 1 - premiere of the Polish Radio Theater with music by Piotr Salaber - Autobiography - Julian Przyboś on the 50th anniversary of the poet's death. Directed by Janusz Kukuła, poems read by: Krzysztof Gosztyła, Andrzej Seweryn, Andrzej Ferenc, Krzysztof Banaszyk and Julian Przyboś

On September 8, Piotr Salaber was a guest of Ewa Dąbska at the Polish Radio PIK. The conversation concerned mainly the Szlagier 2020 Film and Musical Song Festival, organized by MDK No. 5 in Bydgoszcz. Over 50 singers from all over the country were judged by the jury - Joanna Zagdańska, Malgorzata Grela, and Piotr Salaber - chairman. The final and the announcement of the results on September 19 at 18 on the YouTube channel

September 4 - a meeting of Honorary Consuls - Bydgostia Consular in the concert hall of the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, organized by the Honorary Consul of Hungary, Marek Pietrzak. In the first part of the meeting, a short concert by Natalia Walewska - violin and Piotr Salaber - piano.

On September 5, another premiere at the Polish Radio Theater with music by Piotr Salaber. Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński's poetry in the radio play "Autobiography", directed by Janusz Kukuła

On August 15, there was a premiere at the Polish Radio Theater with music by Piotr Salaber. Ryngraf - Jarosław Jakubowski on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, directed by Janusz Kukuła, broadcast on Polish Radio 1.

On August 13, an interview with Radio Wnet journalists - Józef Skowroński and Jakub Mądry - appeared live in the auditorium of the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. with Małgorzata Grela, Janusz Stanecki, Maria Murawska, Paweł Kranc and Piotr Salaber.

On August 7, a two-disc album of Polish Radio was released to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw. In addition to archival materials, it contains the winning radio play by the Polish Radio Theater - Ryngraf, by Jarosław Jakubowski, dir. Janusz Kukuła with music by Piotr Salaber

On July 7, Bogumiła Wresiło had an interview with Piotr Salaber in the Two Pages of Art magazine on the Polish Radio PIK about the unforgettable, genius composer of film music, Ennio Morricone ...

On Tuesday, June 2, on the Polish Radio PIK, editor Magda Jasińska talked about culture during the pandemic with the director of Opera Nova, Maciej Figas, the new director of the District Museum in Bydgoszcz, Wacław Kuczma and the dean-elect of the Faculty of Conducting, Jazz and Music Education of the Academy Muzyczna in Bydgoszcz, Piotr Salaber.

On May 29th, Piotr Salaber took part in a program by Magda Jasińska on culture during a pandemic at the Polish Radio Studio PIK, together with the director of Opera Nova, Maciej Figas and the new director of the District Museum in Bydgoszcz, Wacław Kuczma.
Broadcast on Polish Radio PIK on Tuesday, June the 2nd at 18:05

On April 11th, Polish Radio 1 presented the premiere radio play of Wacław Holewiński's Polish Radio Theater "Fear Digests the Conscience Slowly" directed by Janusz Kukuła with the music of Piotr Salaber.

On March 10, Piotr Salaber was a guest of Ewa Dąbska's Pik Cafe, live on Polish Radio PIK.

On February 19, an interview with Piotr Salaber appeared in Bydgoszcz Express daily newspaper.. The entire conversation on Polish Radio PIK in the broadcast of Magda Jasińska on Friday, February 21.

On January 20, 2020, the Gala of the 100th anniversary of Bydgoszcz's return to Poland at the Pomeranian Philharmonic took place with the participation of the Piotr Salaber Orchestra, outstanding soloists - Sonia Bohosiewicz, Agnieszka Włodarczyk, Natalia Walewska, Emilia Czekała, Jacek Kawalec and Paweł Gusnar

On January 19, in Polish Radio 1 the premiere of "Roman Triptych" by John Paul II, dir. Janusz Kukuła with the music of Piotr Salaber

On January 4, Polish Radio 1 broadcasted the premiere of the Polish Radio Theater - "Misunderstanding" by Albert Camus, dir. Janusz Kukuła with the music of Piotr Salaber

On December 20, 2019, at the National Theater in Budapest, the premiere of Shakespeare's The Tempest took place, dir. Andrzej Bubień, with the music of Piotr Salaber.

In December 2019, the CD - Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz was released in an excellent interpretation of Krzysztof Gosztyła, an epilogue with the music of Piotr Salaber.

In December 2019, the Encyclopedia of Personalities of the Republic of Poland was published by the British Publishing House, biography of Piotr Salaber on page 1099

On Saturday, November 30, at 9 p.m. on the Program 1 of the Polish Radio - the Polish Radio Theater with the music of Piotr Salaber - Liberation St. Wyspiański dir. Janusz Kukuła.

On Thursday, November 28 prof. Aleksandra Kłaput-Wiśniewska gave a lecture: Eastern culture and tradition in the theater music of Piotr Salaber,
as part of the International Conference Musical Work on the Past and Present at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz.

On November the 1st, as every year, Piotr Salaber took part in the Summit to rescue historic tombstones at the Old Cemetery in Bydgoszcz.

On November the 2nd, at the Program 1 of Polish Radio, the premiere of the Polish Radio Theater took place - Lord's Prayer by Mariusz Bieliński with the music by Piotr Salaber.

On October 25th, as a part of the 400th anniversary celebration of the 1st High School in Bydgoszcz, Piotr Salaber (graduate) conducted the Bydgoszcz Symphony Orchestra during a concert at the Opera Nova.

On October 20, Piotr Salaber and Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny were guests of the cultural magazine Pegaz, run by Barbare Schabowska, broadcasted on air by TVP Kultura.

On October the 12th 2019, the premiere of the play by Anna Burzyńska - Black Widows by the City Theater in Gdynia, dir. Józef Opalski with the music by Piotr Salaber

On October the 9th at the Gdynia theater, Piotr Salaber conducted theater workshops before the premiere of Black Widows.

On October the 4th at the National Film Archive by the invitation of Wajda School a meeting with Piotr Salaber took place, as a part of the series "Meeting with the Master".

On September the 17th, during the Gala at the Gdynia Film Festival, Piotr Salaber conducted his orchestra from behind the piano. The concert was attended by outstanding soloists - Natalia Walewska, Mariusz Fazi Mielczarek, reliable producers - Sylwia Grochowska from PISF and Paweł Kranc from Greenhouse, vocalists - Agnieszka Włodarczyk, Klara Broda and Jerzy Grzechnik.

From July 5, 2019, Piotr Salaber was a guest at the Festival of Stars in Międzyzdroje, on July 7 during the Gala of imprinting the hands, from behind the piano he accompanied the actors during the Gala.

On July 2, 2019, rehearsals for Black Widows by Anna Burzyńska began in the City Theater in Gdynia , directed by Józef Opalski, musical direction and arrangements by Piotr Salaber

On the 2nd of July 2019 at 9 p.m. in TV SuperPolsat - The Corrupted - feature movie with music by Piotr Salaber, in cast, among others Max Ryan (Sex and the City 2, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) Olivier Gruner (City of Angels, Nemesis, Mercenary), Jan Englert, Jerzy Trela

On June 29, 2019, the premiere of the play - Agnieszka Osiecka's Archipelagos - on the Summer Stage in Gdynia, dir. J. Bała, musical direction and arrangements Piotr Salaber

June 16, 2019 premiere at the Theater Stage of Program 3 of Polish Radio - directed by Tomasz Man, music by Piotr Salaber, cast - Przemysław Bluszcz and Andrzej Mastalerz, recording of the drama took place on 25 May at the Two Theaters Festival in Sopot with the participation of the audience, the music was performed live by the composer on the prepared piano, sound engineer Andrzej Brzoska, editorial care Barbara Marcinik

The Wajda Master School in cooperation with the Polish Radio Theater and the National Film Archive organizes a radio directing course. In addition to the workshop classes led by Janusz Kukuła (Teatr Polskiego Radia) and Wojciech Marczewski (Wajda School), there will also be seminar classes from the cycle "Meetings with the Master", and in the role of Masters: Krzysztof Bizio, Jan Englert, Adam Ferency, and Cezary Harasimowicz, Piotr Salaber, Ingmar Villqist, Janusz Zaorski.

On 26th of May 2019 Piotr Salaber was a guest of Barbara Marcinik in Program 3 of Polish Radio in Magazyn Bardzo Kulturalny, live from Sopot

On May 25 Piotr Salaber appeared in Program 1 of the Polish Radio in a conversation with the musical director of Program 1, Marcin Kusy

From May 24 in Sopot, Piotr Salaber was a guest at the 19 Two Theaters Festival - the Polish Radio and Polish Television Theater Competition. On May 25 a performance based on the early stories of W. Gombrowicz with live music by Piotr Salaber took place, dir. by Tomasz Man

On May 18, 2019, the National Film Music and Musical Songs Competition took place, the performers were judged by the juryf: Małgorzata Grela, Joanna Zagdańska and Piotr Salaber. On that day in the studio of the Polish Radio of Pomerania and Kujawy a recording of a conversation with Ewa Dąbska for the magazine Breakfast with the Muses took place.

On April 15, 2019, Piotr Salaber was a guest of TVB Bydgoszcz Television in the morning program - a conversation about the work of the composer and conductor was moderated by Hubert Malinowski.

During the National Competition of Artistic Radio Forms Grand PiK 2019, the competition jury: Małgorzata Sikorska - Miszczuk, Barbara Włodarczyk and Piotr Salaber evaluated presented works. The competition's winners were announced during the final Gala on Thursday, April 11, 2019

On 7th of April 2019 Polish Radio Theater in Program 1 - premiere of the play - The Gun - by Wojciech Dróżdż - winning radio play in the competition for the 100th anniversary of ZAiKS, directed by Janusz Kukuła with the music of Piotr Salaber

To hear or not to hear - that is the question - about music in the film - this is the topic of the lecture by Piotr Salaber in the hall of Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, March 27, 2019

On Sunday, February 17, 2019 - another premiere of the Polish Radio Theater with the music of Piotr Salaber. The letters of Wisława Szymborska and Kornel Filipowicz directed by Janusz Kukuła, read by Wiktoria Gorodeckaja and Krzysztof Gosztyła Polish Radio Program 1

On February 3, 2019, the Polish premiere of the play Bea by Mick Gordon took place at the Radom theater, directed by Andrzej Bubień with the scenography of Anita Bojarska and music by P. Salaber.

On the 25th of October the premiere of the play I, Feuerbach dir. by Zbigniew Rybka took place with the music by Piotr Salaber at the Theater in Radom, featuring Jarosław Rabenda.

On 13th of October 2018 Piotr Salaber conducted the Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert Singing Locomotive with his music for children and the participation of Maia Gadzińska, Aleksandra Lis, Marcin Słabowski and Andrzej Walden.

Between the screen and the stage - film and theater music by Piotr Salaber, a double album has just been released by the Soliton publishing house, CD will be available in the Empik network from June 16.

On April 21st, 2018 in Murowana Goślina the Ave Christe concert took place - - for the opening of the 11th International Choir Festival. The program includes Ave Maria by Piotr Salaber for soprano - Marzena Michałowska, solo violin - Waldemar Kośmieja, female choir - Canzona choirs and orchestra - Capella Bydgostiensis. Conductor - Adrianna Wtorkowska - Kubińska.

Postcard from Paris - by Piotr Salaber for violin solo and orchestra has just been released on the CD Roses of the Classic - Violin. All the solo parts from this album were recorded by the outstanding Polish violinist - Natalia Walewska.

On February 25 at 21.10,at the First Program of the Polish Radio - there was a play based on the poems of Skamadriters: Julian Tuwim, Kazimierz Wierzyński, Jan Lechoń, Antoni Słonimski and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. The concept, the selection of poems and the direction by Janusz Kukuła. Music by Piotr Salaber. Premiere at the Polish Radio Theater.

On 19 January 2018 at the Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz , a concert Piotr Salaber and his music took place. Performers : Symphony Orchestra of the Pomeranian Philharmonic, Chamber Choir of the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, Paulina Janczak - soprano, Katarzyna Duda - violin, Markus Stockhausen - trumpet, flugelhorn, Sebastian Wielądek - ethnic instruments (including Persian ney, hurdy gurdy, duduk), throat singing , Janusz Stanecki, Magdalena Filipska - choirmasters, Piotr Salaber conductor.

Honorary The Pearl of the Polish Economy in the Culture category went to P. Salaber during the Gala at the Royal Castle in Warsaw on November 24 2017, among the previous winners were i.a. Wojciech Kilar, Małgorzata Walewska, and Jerzy Maksymiuk.

Piotr Salaber is the winner of the Amadeus Award Statue for the debut as the composer at the Polish Radio Theater in 2016. Recently, four premieres of the plays with his music were on air: Tadeusz Rozewicz's "Trap" dir. by Julia Vernio; "Konopnicka - Autobiography", "Leśmian - Autobiography" and "Smile of Happiness" by Joseph Conrad directed by Janusz Kukuła.

On the 12th of October 2017 at the State Youth Theater in Minsk the play «Lesson of Love. The History of Kosciusko » by A. Bojarska was premiered, directed by A. Wojtyszka with music by P. Salaber, with the participation of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Institute of Polish Culture in Minsk.

First time at the Polish Radio 3 - bedtime story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car by Ian Fleming - James Bond's author with P. Salaber's music read by Rafał Królikowski, every evening September/October 2017.

On the 9th of September 2017, on the Mill Island in Bydgoszcz the world premiere of Non Omnis Moriar - P. Salaber's oratorio for the texts by Father Sylwester Warzyński took place. Soloists - Magdalena Wór, Olga Bończyk, Kaludi Kaludov, Maciej Miecznikowski; Natalia Walewska, Polish Chamber Choir "Schola Cantorum Gedanensis", Toruń Symphony Orchestra. Fragments of the "Roman Triptych: Meditations" will be read by Wiktor Zborowski. The concert was introduced by Marek Zając, conductor - P. Salaber.

On the 2nd of July for the opening of another season of the Summer Stage of Gdynia City Theate the premiere of We are on holidays ... Wojciech Młynarski's song " took place, dir. by J. Kilian, musical direction and arrangement - P. Salaber.

On the1st of July 1 2017 in Sopot at the opening of the Baltic Souvenir Festival P. Salaber conducted The Fairytale Symphony Orchestra with concertmaster Natalia Walewska and singing actors in the concert with poems by Julian Tuwim and music of the composer.

On June 11th, 2017 P. Salaber conducted the Fairytale Symphony Orchestra with concertmaster Natalia Walewska and singing actors in the concert Singing Locomotive in the Concert Hall of the Port of Gdynia. The program included the most beautiful poems by Julian Tuwim with music of the composer.

On June 4th, 2017 at 17.05 in the Program 1 PR the premiere of the Polish Radio Theater took place Smile of happiness by Joseph Conrad dir. J. Kukuła with mus. by P. Salaber. Sound design by T. Perkowski, cast. Anna Radwan and Wiktor Zborowski

On the 4th of June 2017 P. Salaber conducted the Toruń Symphony Orchestra in the CKK Jordanki Concert Hall in Toruń during the concert The Singing Locomotive with the most beautiful poems by J. Tuwim and music of the composer.

On 8th of April 2017 at the National Theater Taichung, Taiwan - The Nightingale directed by recognized Taiwanese director - Chia-yin Cheng was performed, followed by press conference with the participation of the composer

On 11th of March at the The 6 Floor Theatre in Warsaw the premiere of Marriage by N. Gogol dir. by A. Bubień with music by P. Salaber took place, featuring i.a. Anna Dereszowska, Paulina Chruściel, Joanna Żółkowska, Michal Zebrowski, Piotr Glowacki, Janusz Chabior, Cezary Zak, Cezary Pazura.

On February 5th, 2017, 5:05 p.m. at the Programm 1 of Polish Radio - Polish Radio Theatre there was a premiere of drama "Leśmian - Autobiography"dir. by Janusz Kukuła with music by P. Salaber, sound engineer Tomasz Perkowski, featuring: Krzysztof Gosztyła, Adam Ferency, Krzysztof Banaszyk and Mariusz Bonaszewski.

On 8th of January 2017 at the Center for Arts and Culture in Tczew Piotr Salaber conducted The Fairytale Symphony Orchestra, with concertmaster - Natalia Walewska and singing actors in the concert Singing Locomotive with his music for children.

On 9th and 10th of December 2016 at the Cafe de la Culture: Salon philosophique in Paris the premiere of Alchemy of Imperfection, dir. by Cara Cruickshank took place, music by Michael Benhamou, Jérome Lifshitz, Simon Merarin and Piotr Salaber

On the 19th of November the premiere of the play "The Old Woman Is Hatching" by T. Różewicz, dir. by A. Bubień for Sovremennik Theatre in Moscow took place, featuring Marina Neyolova.

On the 11th of November the W. Orzechowski movie "Women With No Shame" with music by P. Salaber was released in theatres of Odeon network in Great Britain and Ireland.

The footage from the rehearsal by P. Salaber before the premiere of The Nightingale by The Puppet & It's Double Theater directed by Cha-yin Cheng in Taiwan.

On the 1st of October 2016 at the The Gombrowicz Theatre in Gdynia, Cafe Luna by A. Burzyńska premiere took place, dir. by J. Opalski, set design and costumes by Zofia de Ines, arrangements and musical direction by P. Salaber.

In August and September 2016 on Polish Radio 3 Maria Seweryn read unpublished novel by Agnieszka Osiecka Neponset with music by P. Salaber.

Next performances of The Nightingale directed by Chia-yin Cheng with music by P. Salaber performed by Puppet and It's Double Theatre took place on 15,16th of July in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

The latest movie trailer of the W. Orzechowski feature movie "Women without shame" with music by P. Salaber you can see here Official premiere took place on July 22nd. P. Salaber's music from the film "Women without shame" has been released on CD by Soliton

Newest premiere with music by P. Salaber took place on May 27th in Taiwan performed by Puppet and It's Double Theater, directed by Chia-yin Cheng

On the 25th of May the new CD was released "Singing Locomotive" with music by P. Salaber with the most beautiful poems by K. Tuwim, for singing actors and the symphony orchestra, released by Soliton, later also as a vinyl record.

On the March 18th 2016 in Radom, the premiere of the play "The Power" by Nick Dear took place, dir. by A. Bubień with music by P. Salaber.

On the 09th of January 2016 on the Polish Radio Programme 2, the premiere of The Trap took place, dir. by Julia Wernio with the music by Piotr Salaber, violin solo - Katarzyna Duda . In a Radio Theater adaptation of Tadeusz Rozewicz's play the great Polish actors took part - Marcin Bosak, Piotr Adamczyk, Maria Pakulnis and Julia Kijowska.

" Postcard from Paris" - P. Salaber's musical theme from the feature movie "Women without shame" (Dr. Charming) by W. Orzechowski has been published on " The Most Beautiful Film Music " CD - performed by the Progress - Chamber Orchestra conducted by S. Morus, with the participation of the Baltic Philharmonic"s concertmaster - Natalia Walewska (Vn) . The album released by Soliton is available in Empik stores.

On the 21st of November the premiere of "Uncle Vanya" took place at the 6th Floor Theatre, dir. by A. Bubień, with the participation of Wojciech Malajkat, including Michał Żebrowski, Anna Dereszowska, Piotr Machalica with music by P, Salaber.

On 6th of August 2015 P. Salaber conducted the Fairy Tail Symphony Orchestra (concertmaster Natalia Walewska) and actors: Jerzy Zelnik , A. Lis, E. Olszewska , B. Smagacki in Gdynia in the concert for children "Singing Locomotive " with his music and lyrics by Julian Tuwim , organized by the Cultural Center of Gdynia.

Olgierd Łukaszewicz and Magdalena Cielecka - great Polish actors read in November on the Polish Radio "Troika" a novel "Things. Ivashkevich intimately. " by Anna King with the music by P. Salaber .

„Singing Locomotive” Tuwim - Salaber - Zelnik - with the symphony orchestra under direction of P. Salaber opened the VII edition of Wawer Music Festival on 18 October in Warsaw.

P. Salaber finished working on the music for the feature movie by W. Orzechowski - Women With No Shame (Dr. Charming). Recordings with the participation of Polish Radio Orchestra conducted by the composer, sound engineers - Tadeusz Mieczkowski and Chris Aiken.

On 11,12th of August 2015 P. Salaber conducted the Symphony Orchestra (concertmaster Natalia Walewska) and actors: Jerzy Zelnik , A. Lis, E. Olszewska , B. Smagacki at the Summer Stage in Gdynia Orłowo during the concert for children "Singing Locomotive " with his music and lyrics by Julian Tuwim , organized by the Cultural Center of Gdynia.

In Moscow, in one of the most important Russian theaters - Sovremiennik, on June the 3rd 2015 the premiere of the play "Потанцуем" (Let's dance) by Lyudmila Ulitskaya , took place, directed by A. Bubień with music by P. Salaber.

On the 20th Anniversary of Marek Czekała Johann Strauss Orchestra on 24/07/2015 a special concert with the participation of Żuki, J. Perlik , E. Czekała , J. Pawlewski and P. Salaber, on Mill Island in Bydgoszcz took place.

P. Salaber finished his working on a play "The Song Is Good For Everything" - Concert for the twentieth anniversary of the Summer Stage On The Beach in Gdynia Orłowo. The premiere with arrangements and musical direction by P. Salaber took place on the 12th of July 2015.

Gombrowicz's Operetta with music by P. Salaber performed by the National Theatre of Budapest, dir. A. Bubień won the Grand Prix at the XI International Gombrowicz Festival in Radom.

On the 14th of December 2014, the premiere of Nightingale by J. Ch. Andersen with music by P. Salaber took place. The play in Radom theater is directed by Chia-Yin Cheng - titled Taiwanese director of the young generation, artistic director of Puppet & Its Double Theater.

On the 5th of September at the National Theatre in Budapest the premiere of Gombrowicz's Operetta took place with music by P. Salaber, the performance with the participation Óbudai Danubia Orchestra conducted by - Péter Bíró, Bathori Lóránt and Piotr Salaber. The play was directed by A. Bubień.

On the 30th of December 2012 in one of the greatest Russian theaters - BDT - Bolshoi Drama Theater in St. Petersburg the premiere of the play "Measure for Measure" by W. Shakespeare took place . Music by P. Salaber, set design by Eduard Kochergin, stage movement, Jurij Vasilkov, directed by Andrzej Bubień.

The recordings for the Russian premiere of Measure for Measure were made by Chris Aiken, featuring Katarzyna Duda / violin , Filip Siejka / electric violin and Markus Stockhausen / trumpet, flugelhorn

P. Salaber finished his working on the performance based on the songs of The Elder Gentlemen's Cabaret by J. Wasowski and J. Przybora. The premiere took place on 27th of June 2013, Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island, Vancouver. The ensemble of the Polish Theatre in Vancouver, directed by Canadian director of Polish origin, Marek Czuma, the producer of the show is Andrew Gajos, featuring Magdalena Zawadzka.

10th of January 2013 at the Polish Theatre in Vancouver, on the stage of Evergreen Cultural Centre the premiere of "The Boys" by S. Grochowiak took place, directed by Polish - Canadian director Marek Czuma with set design by Joanna Kopplinger and music by P. Salaber, produced by Andrzej Gajos.

"Gypsy Tales. Romane Paramisia "dir. by I. Dragan with music by P. Salaber has won two awards at the III International Festival of Puppet Theatres "Golden Magnolia" in Shanghai - for the director - Irena Dragan, and for the innovative staging. During the previous, II International Festival of Puppet Theatre in Shanghai, "The Dragon King's Daughter" directed by I. Dragan with music by P. Salaber received the Special Jury Award and has also been presented in the Polish Pavilion Expo 2010.

On the 6th of December in a special concert "Locomotive and other pieces for children" P. Salaber will conduct Chamber Philharmonic in Lomza, presenting his music for children with lyrics by I. Krasicki, J. de La Fontaine ' a and J. Tuwim.

From the 26th of May in the Third Programme of the Polish Radio Avenue in Warsaw there is a special Bench With Tales for Children with music by Piotr Salaber.

17th of June at the BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver a charity event took place, a special performance of King Matt the First by J. Korczak, dir. by J. Wernio with music by P. Salaber, staged by The Popular Theatre

Among the works used in the recent premiere of the Wroclaw Pantomime - House of Bernarda Alba , directed by Z. Szymczyk there were some compositions by P. Salaber. The premiere took place on the 4th of May in Wrocław.

26th of April at the Main Square in Bydgoszcz there was a staging of "Katyn, a letters from ..." commemorating the victims killed in Katyn, Kharkov, Mednoye and other places in the USSR. In the music used during the performance there were compositions by Samuel Barber, Joseph Haydn, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Camille Saint-Saens, Gustav Holst, Henry Purcell and Piotr Salaber.

On 26th of November at the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater in St. Petersburg, the Russian premiere of "On Foot" by S. Mrożek with music by P. Salaber took place. Scenography Eduard Kochergin, choreography Jurij Vasilkov , directed by Andrzej Bubień. Information about the premiere was published also by the magazin Polish Market.
P. Salaber gave also a lecture on "Relations between drama construction and musical elements" during the international conference, day before the premiere.

On 29th of February the premiere of King Matt I by Janusz Korczak, directed by Julia Wernio with music by P. Salaber took place. The performances were presented by The Popular Theatre in Vancouver, Canada at the Norman Rothstein Theatre, during the Chutzpah Festival .

At the Csokonai Theatre in Debrecen, Hungary a premiere of A. Ostrowski, "Even a Wise Man Stumbles or Diary of a Scoundrel," directed by A. Bubień and music by P. Salaber took place.

On 9 December 2011 Museum of the History of Kielce together with the Society of the History and Culture of Polish Jews invited children and adults to watch a staging based on a spectacle “Eight lights of Hanukkah” (psalms from the Book of Psalms translated by Leopold Staff), performed by the actors from Teatr Lalki I Aktora “Kubuś”, accompanied with music by Piotr Salaber.

28go November at the Grand Theatre - National Opera in Warsaw P. Salaber performed with Marek Torzewski, Marcin Bronikowski and members of the Pro Omnibus Foundation - Angela Wawrzyk and Szymon Borkowski during Pearls of Polish Economy Gala, organized by Polish Market Magazine. Interview with the composer you can find here

On 16th of November in the Waterfront Theatre, Vancouver, a new premiere of The Popular Theatre Charming Night and On the High Seas by S. Mrożek took place, directed by Marek Czuma with music by P. Salaber.

"Conductor in the Studio or Microphone Instead of the Audience - in the Seven Questions and Answers. The specificity of the conductor work during studio recordings of film and theater music." - book and CD by P. Salaber has been published. Distribution and sale of publication by Nicolaus Copernicus University Scientific Publishing House in Torun.

On the 14th of September at the the festival "Łódź of Four Cultures" P. Salaber conducted a concert with his music for Julian Tuwim's poems in the concert for children "Locomotive"

On the 1st of May in the Cathedral of Bydgoszcz, on the day of beatification of Pope Johann Paul II P. Salaber conducted The Symphonists of Bydgoszcz Orchestra and combined choirs - Cathedral and Alla Polacca from the Grand Theatre in Warsaw, together with the soloists in the concert, "Don't let the lamps of our faith to die... " During the concert, some parts of Missa Mundana to the texts of M. Szułczyńska and the world premiere of seven series of papal encyclicals to the texts of E. Bryll with P. Salaber's music were performed.

While working on the music for "Judaszek" by M. Saltykov-Shchedrin at Warsaw's Athenaeum Theater , starring Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak, directed by A. Bubien, P. Salaber recorded his music with the Chamber Choir of Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, Glass Duo from Gdansk (glass harp) and Markus Stockhausen (trumpet) in Cologne.

Since January, a comedy series , "Skinny's Men (Los Hombres de Paco)" is being aired again on Polsat TV and Polsat 2, directed by Wojciech Adamczyk with music by P. Salaber. The new musical themes for the second part of the series - this time directed by Maciej Wojtyszko were recorded as usual by Chris Aiken, and also by Tadeusz Mieczkowski at S-4 Studio at the Polish Radio, performed by the Polish Radio Orchestra conducted by P. Salaber.

"Yellow Nightcap" by F. Zablocki dir. J. Wernio, for The Popular Theatre-Canadian-Polish Society PRO ARTE in Vancouver, Canada with music by P. Salaber was also presented in Seattle, USA.

During the II International Puppet Theatre Festival in Shanghai, "The Daughter of the Dragon King" directed by I. Dragan with music by P. Salaber received a Special Jury Award and was also presented at the Polish pavilion at Expo 2010.

24th of September at the "Theatre Le Vent se Leve" in Paris, the premiere of "Parricides" was held, dir. Monique Stalens, P. Salaber - music.

The film"The Corrupted" with music by P. Salaber and participation including J. Englert, J. Trela, Oliver Gruner and Max Ryan was presented at the Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles.

The play "Obłom-off" , dir. A. Bubien in Debrecen in Hungary, with music by P. Salaber won the Audience Award for best performance at a festival in Pecs, and prepared under the ongoing the Polish-Israeli Year "The Eight Lights of Chanukkah" by Isaac B. Singer in Kielce, Poland, dir. I. Dragan won the Grand Prix at the International Festival of Puppet Theatre Eurofest, and was presented in the Jewish Theater in Warsaw in the festival "Warsaw of Singer"

June the 1st past year, at Main Square in Zamość Piotr Salaber stood behind the conductor's desk , "The Namysłowski Symphony Orchestra" presenting his music for children, with actors - T. Kwiatkowska and P. Siciński.

Piotr Salaber found himself in a prestigeous group of artists featured by the magazine Theatre in the 2006/2007 season, in the category" Best Music" for his music for “The Karamazov Brothers”, dir. A. Bubien.

The biography of P. Salaber was published in a book - "Polish composers 1918-2000".
The publication of the Institute of Philosophy Jagiellonian University, "Aesthetics and Criticism" published the next parts of the text by P. Salaber "Symbiosis of music and drama - the composer of the theater music", accompanied by a CD with his music from " Crime and Punishment, "" Trap" ( Katarzyna Duda- violin), and "The Karamazov Brothers."



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