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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Volume 3
And there is the more reason to consider these things, when so many seducing spirits are so active and busy to pervert men from the truth; and when we see every day so many men and their religion so easily parted. For this reason these two considerations shall be the subject of the following discourse.
1. First. We will consider some doctrines and practices which the church of Rome hath built upon the foundation of Christianity, to the great hazard and danger of men's salvation. It is not denied by the most judicious protestants, but that the church of Rome does hold all the articles of the Christian faith which are necessary to salvation. But that which we charge upon them, as a just ground of our separation, is, the imposing of new doctrines and practices upon Christians as necessary to salvation, which were never taught by our Saviour or his apostles; and which are either directly contrary to the doctrines of Christianity, or too apparently destructive of a good life. I begin,
1. With their doctrine. And because I have no mind to aggravate lesser matters, I will single out four or five points of doctrines, which they have added to the Christian religion, and which were neither taught by our Saviour, and his apostles, or owned in the first ages of Christianity. And the
First which I shall mention, and which being once admitted makes way for as many errors as they please to bring in, is the doctrine of Infallibility. And this they are very stiff and peremptory in, though they are not agreed among themselves where this infal. libility is seated; whether in the pope alone, or in the council alone, or in both together, or in the diffusive doctrine of Christians. But they are sure they have it, though they know not where it is.
And is this no prejudice against it? Can any man think that this privilege was at first conferred upon the church of Rome, and that Christians in all ages did believe it, and had constant recourse to it, for determining their differences, and yet that that very church which had enjoyed and used it so long should now be at a loss where to find it? Nothing could have fallen out more luckily, than that there should be such differences among them about that which they pretend to be the only means of ending all differences.
There is not the least intimation in Scripture of this privilege conferred upon the Roman church, nor do the apostles, in all their epistles, ever so much as give the least direction to Christians to appeal to the Bishop of Rome for a determination of the many differences which even in those times happened among them. And it is strange that they should be so silent in this matter, when there were so many occasions to speak of it, if our Saviour had plainly appointed such an infallible judge of controversies for this very end to decide the differences that should appear among Christians. It is strange that the ancient fathers in their disputes with heretics should never appeal to this judge; nay, it is strange they should not constantly do it in all cases, it being so short and expedient a way for the ending of controversies. And this very consideration to a wise man is instead of a thousand arguments to satisfy him that in those times as no such things was believed in the world.
Now this doctrine of infallibility, if it be true, is of so much the more pernicious consequence to Christianity, because the conceit
of it does confirm them that think they have it in all their errors, and gives them a pretence of assuming an authority to themselves to impose their own fancies and mistakes upon the whole Christian world.
2. Their doctrines about Repentance, which consists in confessing their sins to the priest, which if it be but accomplished with any degree of contrition does upon absolution received from the priest put them into a state of salvation, though they have lived the most lewd and debauched lives that can be imagined; than which nothing can be imagined more plainly destructive of a good life. For if this be true, all the hazard that the most wicked man runs of his salvation is only the danger of so sudden a death as gives him no space for confession and absolution. A case that appears so rarely, that any man that is strongly addicted to his lusts will be content to venture his salvation upon this hazard; and all the arguments to a good life will be very insignificant to a man that hath a mind to be wicked, when remission of sins may be had on such cheap terms.
3. The doctrine of Purgatory; by which they mean an estate of temporary punishment after this life, from which men may be released and translated into heaven by the prayers of the living and the sacrifice of the mass. That this doctrine was not known in the primitive church, nor can be proved from scripture, we have the free acknowledgment of as learned and eminent men as any of that church; which is to acknowledge that it is a superstructure on the Christian religion. And though in one sense, it be indeed a building of gold and silver, upon the foundation of Christianity, considering the vast revenues which this doctrine ( and that of indulgences, which depends upon it) brings into that church; yet I doubt not but in the apostle's sense, it will be found to be hay and stubble. But how groundless soever it be, it is too gainful a doctrine to be easily parted withal.
4. The doctrine of Transubstantiation. A hard word, but I would to God that were the worst of it; the thing is much more difficult. I have taken some pains to consider other religions that have been in the world, and I must freely declare, that I never yet in any of them met with any article or proposition, imposed upon the belief of men, half so unreasonable and hard to be believed as this: and yet this in the Romish church is esteemed one of the most principal articles of the Christian faith; though there is no more certain foundation for it in scripture, than for our Saviour's being substantially changed into all those things which are said of him; as that he is a rock, a vine, a door, and a hundred other things.
But this is not all. This doctrine hath not only no certain foun. dation in scripture, but I have a heavier charge against it, namely, that it undermines the foundation of Christianity itself. And surely nothing ought to be admitted to be a part of the Christian doctrine which destroys reason of our belief of the whole. And that this doctrine does so, will appear evidently, if we consider what was the main argument which the apostles used to convince the world of the truth of Christianity; and that was this; that our blessed Saviour the author of this doctrine, wrought such and such miracles, and parricularly that he rose again from the dead? And this they proved because they were eye witnesses of his miracles, and had seen him
and conversed with him after he was risen from the dead. But what if their senses did deceive them in this matter? Then it cannot be denied but that the main proof of Christianity falls to the ground.
Well! we will now suppose (as the church of Rome does) transubstantiation to have been one principal part of the Christian doctrine which the apostle preached. But if this doctrine be true, then all men's senses are deceived in a plain sensible manner, wherein it is as hard for them to be deceived as in any thing in the world: for two things can hardly be imagined more different, than a little bit of wafer and the whole body of a man.
So that the apostles persuading men to believe this doctrine per. suaded them not to trust their senses, and yet the argument which they used to persuade them to this was built upon the direct contrary principle, that men's senses are to be trusted. For if they be not, then notwithstanding all the evidence the apostles offered for the resurrection of our Saviour he might not be risen, and so the faith of Christians was vain. So that they represent the apostles as absurd as is possible, viz. going about to persuade men out of their senses by virtue of an argument, the whole strength whereof depends upon the certainty of sense.
And now the matter is brought to a fair issue; if the testimony of sense be to be relied upon, then transubstantiation is false; if it be not, then no man is sure that Christianity is true. For the utmost assurance that the apostles had of the truth of Christianity was the testimony of their own senses concerning our Saviour's miracles, and this testimony every man hath against transubstantiation. From whence it plainly follows, that no man, (no not the apostles themselves) had more reason to believe Christianity to be true, than every man hath to believe transubstantiation to be false. And we who did not see our Saviour's miracles (as the apostles did) and have only a credible relation of them, but do see the sacrament, have less evidence of the truth of Christianity than of the falsehood of transubstantiation.
But cannot God impose upon the senses of men, and represent things to them otherwise than they are? Yes undoubtedly. And if he hath revealed that he doth this, are we not to believe him? most certainly. But then we ought to be assured that he hath made such a revelation; which assurance no man can have, the certainty of sense being taken away.
I shall press the business a little farther, supposing the scripture to be a divine revelation, and that these words (this is my body) if they be in scripture, must necessarily be taken in the strict and literal sense; I ask now, what greater evidence any man has that these words (this is my body) are in the Bible, than every man has that the bread is not changed in the sacrament? Nay no man has so much; for we have only the evidence of our sense that these words are in the Bible, but that the bread is not changed we have the concurring testimony of several of our senses. In a word, if this be once admitted that the senses of all men are deceived in one of the most plain sensible matters that can be, there is no certain means left either to convey or prove a divine revelation to men; nor is there any way to confute the grossest impostures in the world; for if the clear evidence of all men's senses be not sufficient for this purpose, let any man, if he can, find a better or more convincing argument.
5. I will instance but in one doctrine more; and that shall be, the doctrine of deposing kings in case of heresy, and absolving their subjects from allegiance to them. And this is not a mere speculative doctrine, but hath been put in practice many a time by the bishop of Rome, as every one knows that is versed in history. For the troubles and confusions which were occasioned by this very thing make up a good part of the history, for several ages. I hope that nobody expects that I should take the pains to show that this was not the doctrine of the Saviour and his apostles, nor of the primitive Christians. The papists are many of them so far from pretending this, that in some times and places where it is not seasonable and for their purpose, we have much ado to persuade them that ever it was their doctrine. But if transubstantiation be their doctrine, this is; for they came both out of the same forge, I mean the council of Lateran under Pope Innocent the third. And if (as they tell us) transubstantiation was then established, so was this. And indeed one would think they were twins and brought forth at the same time, they are so like one another, both of them so monstrously unreasonable.
II. I come now in the second place to consider some practices of the church of Rome, which I am afraid will prove as bad as her doctrines. I shall instance in these five.
1. Their celebrating of their service in an unknown tongue. And that not only contrary to the practises of the primitive church, and to the great end and design of religious worship, which is the edification of those concerned in it, (and it is hard to imagine how men can be edified by what they do not understand) but likewise in direct cantradiction to St. Paul, who hath no less than a whole chapter wherein he confutes this practice as fully, and condemns it as plainly as any thing is condemned in the whole Bible. And they that can have the face to maintain that this practice was not condemned by St. Paul, or that it was allowed and used in the first ages of Christianity, need not be ashamed to set up for the defence of any paradox in the world.
2. The communion in one kind. And that notwithstanding that even by their own acknowledgment our Saviour instituted it in both kinds, and the primitive church administered it in both kinds. This I must acknowledge is no addition to Christianity, but a sacrilegious taking away of an essential part of the sacrament. For the cup is as essential a part of the institution as the bread; and they might as well, and by the same authority, take away the one as the other, and both as well as either.
3. Their worshipping of images. Which (notwithstanding all their distinctions about it, which are no other but what the heathens used in the same case) is as point blank against the second commandment, as a deliberate and malicious killing of a man is against the sixth. But if the case be so plain, a man may think at least the teachers and guides of that church should be sensible of it. Why, they are so, and afraid the people should be so too, and therefore in the ordinary catechisms and manuals of devotion they leave out the second commandment, and divide the tenth into two to make up the number; lest if the common people should know it their consciences should start at the doing of a thing so directly contrary to the plain command of God.
4. The worshipping of the bread and wine in the eucharist, out of a false and groundless persuasion, that they are substantially changed into the body and blood of Christ. Which if it be not true, (and it hath good fortune if it be, for certainly it is one of the most incredible things in the whole world) then by the confession of several of their own learned writers, they are guilty of gross idolatry.
5. The worship and invocation of saints and angels, and particulary of the virgin Mary, which hath now for some ages been a principal part of their religion. Now a man may justly wonder that so considerable a part of religion, as they make this to be should have no manner of foundation in the scripture. Does our Saviour any where speak one word concerning the worshipping of her? Nay does he not take all occasions to restrain all extravagant apprehensions and imaginations concerning honour due to her, as foreseeing the degeneracy of the church in this thing? When he was told that his mother and brethren were without;"who (says he) are my "mother and my brethren? He that doth the will of my father, the same is my mother, and my sister, and brother." And when the woman brake forth into that rapture concerning the blessed mother of our LORD," blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps that gave thee suck !" our Saviour diverts to another thing, " yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it." Does either our Saviour or his apostles, in all their particular precepts and directions concerning prayer and the manner of it, and by whom we are to address ourselves to God, give the least intimation of praying to the virgin Mary, or making use of her mediation? And can any man believe, that if this had been the practice of the church from the beginning, our Saviour and his apostles would have been so silent about so considerable a part of religion; insomuch that in all the epistles of the apostles I do not remember that her name is so much as once mentioned? And yet the worship of her is at this day in the church of Rome and hath been so for several ages, a main part of their public worship, yea and of their private devotions too, in which it is usual with them to say ten ave maries for one pater noster; that is, for one prayer they make to Almighty God, they make ten addresses to the blessed virgin; for that is the proportion observed in these rosaries. He that considers this, and had never seen the Bible, would have been apt to think that there had been more said concerning her in scripture, than either concerning Gop, or our blessed SAVIOUR; and that the New Testament were full from one end to the other of precepts and exhortations to the worshipping of her; and yet when all is done, I challenge any man to shew me so much as one sentence in the whole Bible that sounds that way. And there is as little in the Christian writers of the first three hundred years. The truth is, this practice began to creep in among some superstitious people about the middle of the fourth century; and I remember particularly, that Epiphanus who lived about that time calls it the heresy of the women.
And thus I have given you some instance of several doctrines and practices, which the church of Rome have built upon the foundation of Christianity. Much more might have been said of them, but from what hath been said any man may easily discern, how dangerous they are to the salvation of men.


"APRIL 13, 2019; SATURDAY of the FIFTH WEEK of LENT"
"GOSPEL READING: Jn 11:45-56" "Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him." (Jn 11:45)**********"Give testimony to God's infinite love by performing a corporal or spiritual work of mercy." *************May God Bless You & Yours with good health, prosperity, safety, joy, hope, faith, strength, courage, happiness & enjoy a wonderful, festive & great today always!
"APRIL 13, ABUNDANCE OF THE SEA"
"And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all thins at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work." --2 CORINTHIANS 9:8**************"I STOOD AT THE edge of the bay, the water before me brimming with red salmon, So many fish were splashing and jumping, It was hard to tell the difference between the water and the fish. Behind me, the hills of Kodiak Island, Alaska, stretched into a foggy, damp sky, To my right, my husband and brother-in-law were casting line after line into the sea of salmon. Each toss of the line brought in yet another fish. I had never seen so many fish in a place at once. "This almost feels like cheating!" I said to my sister-in-law who stood on my left, also pulling in fish and fish. And while I was there to fish too, I now stood relishing this moment of abundance. To know God causes the salmon to run each year for their reproduction, and to know that this run also provides food for countless people, left me staring in wonder. Too often, I operate out of lack. Lack of time. Lack of resources. Lack of Knowledge. Yet, God has said that He is able to bless us--not just a little or somewhat, but abundantly. Too often, I stand at the shore of His provision, afraid to take the next step, fearing what I lack. How different life might be if we would step into each day believing Him at His word and acting on it. In all things, at all times, He is able to provide all we need to do His good work. Our lack brings Him glory, for then He is the only one who can get credit for the work He does through us."************"Enjoy a Very Blessed Today & Joyous Palm Sunday Always!
Dear Lord; I am imploring You to lay Your healing hands over my son, his wife, and my grandchildren for good health, full recoveries, MIRACLES, prosperity, a comfort in healing, happiness, respect and love always. Please help & hear my prayers.. Dear Lord, I am grateful to have witnessed Your MIRACLES, with my son, from birth to date, he's in agonizing pain, but experienced life threatening ailments, was in an incubator in oxygen at birth, then up until 7 yrs old, he was hospitalized 2-3 times per year, seeing doctors often, at 14, he was a victim of a violent crime, suffers TBI, now broken coccyx damage due to an occupational hazard. He suffers silently, emotionally, being loving and supportive of his family, his wife suffers, HER 2/ER POSITIVE BREAST CANCER, & MS, His eldest, Aspergers, ligaments, tendons & muscles aren't adhering to the bones, they youngest, has familiar Mediterranean fever, lyme disease, eye muscle weakness, and watching my son with his wife and children, whom are all very religious, faith-filled, loving, caring, & have very positive outlooks, this is a blessing, & watching my son, work 10-12+hours per day, come home, tend to the needs of his family, always tending to or repairing cars, house, or farming to make it easier for all, & knowing his job too, is putting his life on the line, seeing him after a 24 hour shift, being shot at with other officers in the woods by a criminal, then my son taken to the hospital in an ambulance being treated for a possible heart attack, was horrific, but to know he's a SURVIVOR, a very caring, generous person, who's willing to put his life on the line to help others in need, I am asking Lord, for a MIRACLE for him & his family. I am grateful for witnessing the gift of my son, my grandchildren, & my daughter in law. I am most grateful to witness the healing MIRACLE of my great-niece, that the injuries she sustained could've ended her life, and now, 5 yrs later, you would never know she's had been so severely injured. Thank You God, for showing me Your MIRACLES! Thank You Lord, for giving me this day!
"April 12, 2019; FRIDAY of the FIFTH WEEK of LENT"
"Day of Abstinence" "Gospel Reading: Jn 10: 31-42" "Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?" (Jn 10:32)********"Pray or meditate on the Stations of the Cross, and ask Jesus to teach you how to humbly accept the crosses you bear." ********May God Bless all with good health, safety, prosperity, happiness and to enjoy a wonderful today always!
Lord, give me spiritual direction and teach me to pray. Amen!
Lord you know all my concerns, anxieties and worries with my health and financial issues. Lord continue to strengthen my Faith, knowing that ALL things are possible ONLY THROUGH YOU. Lord help me to get a positive response from job application. Lord bless my children with your love and grace today and everyday of their lives. Blessed Mother protect and keep them safe, Holy Spirit light and guide their way. In thanksgiving for blessings received and prayers answered. JESUS I TRUST IN YOU. Amen.
Thank you Father, you have brought us through another week. I pray that this weekend we will all be safe. As my son is still preparing for his extension at work, you will please continue to bless him with all the strength he will need. And also, continue to bless his brothers, my grand's, my family and friends. Amen.
Dear Lord Jesus Christ, thank you for everything. I pray for my children to please guide and protect them. Amen.
Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for all the blessings. I pray for my son to please help him to pass all his final exams. Thank you Lord. Amen.
My most Loving Father in heaven, great is Your name. You deserve all praise and glory. Thank You for giving me Jesus as my Saviour and His mother as my Mediatrix. She who suffered so much during her life on earth, would understand the pains that mothers endure when their children fall prey to the evils of modern society. To her I turn today and pray, Mother of Sorrows intercede that our children receive strength and protection from the Mighty One and that they would trample over the enemy. Amen.
Lord help me with my prayers. Help me pray right. Allow my prayers to help all I pray for. Allow my prayers to help others.
Dear Lord Jesus, Thank you for all you do and all you provide for each of us. Please always be with us, guide us, keep us all healthy and safe. Please stop crime, violence and all bad things. Please help my family all people and myself. Please allow everyone to travel, commute, drive, walk, ride, fly safely to depart, arrive and return safely. Please help everyone with faith, health, safety, relationships, finances everything needed to exist. Please help all with their needs. Please allow world peace for everyone. Thank you. Amen.
Dear Lord, please take away this anxiety that comes upon me now and then. I am anxious about my husband's health and my own health. Give me your peace and freedom from anxiety so that I can better help my husband and my family. Help me and everyone to remember that you are always with us and love us so much.
Please continue praying for Justin he needs a job so badly. He is in so much debt.Thank you.
Lord please help me to get job I recently applied for. JESUS I PLACE ALL MY TRUST IN YOU. Amen.
For the return to the practice of the Faith of my mother, Angela Mary McGoldrick, 78, mother of seven, a great-grandmother, and of my dear friend, Avril Mary Juliana Fennell, 51, single, a psychiatric nurse. God Bless you!
Lord bless all those who hearts are heavy and who feel hopeless. May your love provide guidance and hope. May you guide me through this journey and help me stay focused on you and your love.
Father in heaven, thank you for another day with you and all of the holy family. My son's, my grand's, my family and friends. Amen. And for recognizing the things we don't in life, and for helping us always. Amen.


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About Kordegarda
Concert by Zhao Ying at Kordegarda Chopin 2010
On December 11, 2010, (Saturday) at 5.00 pm. at Kordegarda Chopin 2010 a young guest pianist from China, Zhao Ying, will perform a concert of Fryderyk Chopin and Franciszek Liszt's compositions.
Zhao Ying has been invited to Poland by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
Programme of the concert:
F. Chopin – Etude in C-sharp minor Op. 10 No. 4
F. Chopin – Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise in E-flat major Op. 22
F. Liszt – La Campanella
F. Liszt – Rhapsody No. 2
Admission to the concert is free of charge.
Zhao Ying was born in 1990 in Tianjin in China. She studied piano in the Tianjin Conservatory of Music for seven years, coached by professor Alexey Sokolov. During her studies she performed many concerts and participated in many international master courses. At present she is studying at the Rimski-Korsakow Conservatory of Music in Petersburg.
Zhao Ying has won many prizes and distinctions at both Chinese and international piano competitions, among others:
2010 – Grand Prix and the Special Prize for the best performance of the Chopin's composition at the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Tomsk, (Russia);
2009 – Special Prize at the "Step to Mastery" International Piano Competition, St. Petersburg, (Russia);
2008 – 3rd Prize at the "TOYAMA" Asian Youth Music Competition, Beijing, (China) and the 1st prize at the "Sunshine 100" National Piano Competition, Tianjin, (China);
2007 – 2nd prize at the "Rising Star" International Open Asian Piano Competition, Singapore, and the 4th prize at the "Cadenza" Piano Competition
Songs and compositions concert and meeting with the author Juliusz Multarzyński
The vocal instrumental concert dedicated to Fryderyk Chopin, promoting the album "Pianists – studium rubato" (pl. "Pianiści – studium rubato") by Juliusz Multarzyński will take place on December 4, 2010 (Saturday) at 4.00 pm. at Kordegarda Chopin 2010.
Performing artists:
Ewa Warta-Śmietana – soprano,
Krystyna Man Li Szczepańska – piano,
Jekatierina Sarajewa-Drzewiecka – piano,
Małgorzata Westrych – piano,
Stanisław Drzewiecki – piano,
Mariusz Rutkowski – piano
Juliusz Multarzyński, the album's author, is the special gust.
The concert features Fryderyk Chopin's piano compositions, songs he composed and songs inspired by his music or dedicated to him. Pianists will perform among others such compositions as Etude op.10 no. 3, Nocturne op. 9 no. 2, Mazurkas op. 41 no. 2, op. 68 no 2, op. 67 no 4, The Wish, Lithuanian Song, Handsome Lad, and Nocturne for Chopin (lyrics by Bronisław Maj, composition by Krystyna Man Li Szczepańska), Letter to Chopin (music by Panajot Bojadzijew, lyrics by Wiktor Maksymkin, transcription by Krystyna Man Li Szczepańska), or Waltz for Chopin (music and lyrics by Stanisław Niwelt).
Photography Album Pianiści – studium rubato constitutes the fourth work of this type by Juliusz Multarzyński (previous works "Balet w Polsce", "Mój Verdi", "Dyrygenci"). The author is an outstanding, first of all theatre and scenic movement photographer. The album is made of 167 photograms of pianists from Hinrich Alpers to Krystian Zimerman. Juliusz Multarzyński has attended concerts, observed the artists, took pictures which became the source of full of expression, natural images.
A DVD titled "Nie wszystek umrę" (en. "I won't die completely") is attached to the album. The disc has been recorded for the 200th anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin's birth. It has the role of an original "visualization of music". The content of the disc is best expressed by its subtitle: "twórczość Chopina i dla Chopina" (en. "Chopin's works for Chopin"). It features the most readily performed and preferred by the audience piano compositions, and the musical and literary works by later poets and composers who were influenced by Chopin's genius. The recordings are performed by well-known in Poland and abroad artists such as: Ewa Warta - Śmietana, Man Li, Renata Żełobowska - Orzechowska, Mariusz Pędziałek, Jerzy Trela.
Media patronage of the event: website chopin2010.pl and maestro.net.pl. The concert is sponsored by Radisson Blu.
CHOPIN CONCERT – November 18, 6.00 pm
Anna Kostrzyńska – soprano
Aleksandra Anna Nawe – piano
Marcin Dominik Głuch – piano
Concert's programme:
F. Chopin, Polonaise in B-flat major op.71 No. 2 (Marcin Dominik Głuch)
F. Chopin, 6 Songs op.74 (Anna Kostrzyńska, Marcin Dominik Głuch)
F. Chopin, Nocturne in H major op.9 No. 3 (Marcin Dominik Głuch)
K. B. Przybylski, Inscription au Pere-La chaise pour piano (1998), (Aleksandra Anna Nawe)
F. Chopin – P. Viardot, 3 Mazurkas for soprano and piano (Anna Kostrzyńska, Marcin Dominik Głuch)
I. Zemzaris, Varsavas Triptihs (Marcin Dominik Głuch)
M. Balakirew – S. Lyapunov, Suite pour Orchestre sur 4 Morceaux de Chopin (Aleksandra Anna Nawe, Marcin Dominik Głuch)
Anna Kostrzyńska – lyric coloratura soprano. Graduate of the Conservatorio di Musica G. B. Martini in Bologna (diploma: solo singing), Fryderyk Chopin School of Music in Warsaw (diploma: solo singing), Karol Szymanowski Complex of State Music Schools no 4 in Warsaw (diploma: musician – harpist). She performed in the United States (among other's in the Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Carnegie Hall, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York, Holley Hall of Beatrice Freedman Symphony Centre in Florida, Polish – American Cultural Centre in Cleveland), Italy (among others: Complesso Monumentale San Paolo in Monselice, Villa Contarini in Piazzola sul Brenta, Institute of German Culture in Bologna), Gemany and Poland.
Aleksandra Anna Nawe – pianist, pedagogue. She graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music in Łódź with two specialities: soloist in the class of professor Zbigniew Lasocki and chamber in the class of professor Rajmund Ambroziak. She is the 2nd prize winner (1st prize was not awarded) in the All-Polish Chamber Music Competition in Łódź. She cooperated with outstanding singing pedagogues at the master's singing classes (Radziejowice, Szczawnica, Duszniki Zdrój, Łódź, Monaco). As a chamber music pianist she performs concerts with many artists in Poland, among others at the music festivals, session Musica Moderna, artistic-scientific sessions, and abroad (Latvia, Lithuania, Austria). She received twice (1997, 2006) her mother university Rector's award for artistic and didactic achievements and in 2003, she received Polish distinction Zasłużony Działacz Kultury ("Meritorious Cultural Activists") awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. She works in the Faculty of Chamber Music at the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewiczowie University of Music in Łódź, where she conducts chamber class. Since 2007, she has the university degree of senior doctor lecturer in music arts.
Marcin Dominik Głuch – pianist, conductor, culture anthropologist and composer. At the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw he studied choir conducting in the class of Antoni Szaliński, piano chamber music in the class of Krystyna Makowska-Ławrynowicz and composing in the class of Romuald Twardowski. Since 1997, he was employed as a pianist in the Performing Arts School "Dansforum" in Göteborg in Switzerland, where he also worked in cooperation with the Scientific Festival, Film Festival, High School of Music. He also cooperated with the Polish Culture Institute in Stockholm, Rome and Prague, Swedish Protestant Church in Berlin, Nice, Paris and Palma de Majorca. In the artistic season 2006-2007 he was a guest pianist and choir master in the Music Theatre "Rampa" in Targówek district in Warsaw, where he was preparing the spectacle Brat Naszego Boga (en. Our God's Brother) with Z. Konieczny's music. Moreover, Marcin Dominik Głuch used to be the pianist in the Monte Carlo Ballet in Monako. He performs concerts in Poland and abroad.
Chopin2010.pl is the media patron of the event.
Musical Thursdays at Kordegarda Chopin 2010
Come and enjoy Chopin's masterpieces played by:
July 8, 6:30 p.m. – Wojciech Świętoński
July 15, 6:30 p.m. – Przemysław Lechowski
July 22, 6:30 p.m. – Michał Jacek Kozłowski
July 29, 6:30 p.m. – Aleksandra Soboń & Jan Stokłosa
August 5, 6:30 p.m. – Michał Pietrzak
August 12, 6:30 p.m. – Szczepan Kończal
August 19, 6:30 p.m. – Lena Ledoff
August 26, 6:30 p.m. – Zofia Antes
September 2, 6:30 p.m. – Joanna Maklakiewicz
September 9, 6:30 p.m. – Ai Kayukawa
A Concert from AI KAYUKAWA – September 9, 2010, 6:30 p.m.
The last concert in the Musical Thursdays series at Kordegarda Chopin 2010 will feature Japan's pianist Ai Kaykawa.
The recital's programme will include:
Ballade in A-flat major Op. 47
Nocturne in D-flat major Op. 27 No. 2
Waltzes Op. 64 No. 1 in D-flat major and C-sharp minor No. 2
Scherzo in C-sharp minor Op. 39
Mazurkas Op. 24 in G minor No. 1 and in C major No. 2
Ballade in F minor Op. 52
Ai Kayukawa was born in Gifu, Japan in 1984. In 2002 she completed with honours the music course at the Kano high school with Kazuo Nagano and Shozo Tsubota. In 2008 she graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where she studied with Koichi Yamashiro, Minako Mitsui, Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano). She has further honed her piano skills and musical interpretation under the late Halina Czerny-Stefanska, Boris Petrushansky (Imola Master Classes), Klaus Schilde and Vera Gornostaeva (Weimar Master Classes, summer of 2009). At present, she is a postgraduate student at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, under the tutelage of Ewa Pobłocka.
She received a scholarship for young promising pianists taking part in the Weimar Master Classes (2009).
Ai Kayukawa has won the following competition prizes: 1st prize in the 1998 Yamaha Piano Festival competition; 1st prize in the 2003 JPTA competition; 3rd prize (the 1st prize was not awarded ) in the 2007 Rosenstock Internatinal Piano Competition; 1st prize in the 14th Japan Mozart Music Competition in 2009; 1st prize in the 4th EUTERPE International Piano Competition in Italy in 2010.
She has performed as a soloist and chamber music player in Japan, Italy, Germany and Poland.
Musical Thursdays is a series of open Chopin concerts taking place each Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Kordegarda Chopin 2010 in Warsaw. The programme featured is very diverse, including mazurkas and etudes, scherzos and preludes and, least but not least, polonaises, offering each and every listener an excellent opportunity to relish the richness of Chopin's music. The series is running for the whole summer (July 8th – September 9th, 2010). The admission is free.
The project is held by Kordegarda Chopin 2010 in collaboration with the Smolna Street Association (Stowarzyszenie Mieszkańców Ulicy Smolnej). The project's media partner is www.chopin2010.pl.
A CONCERT FROM JOANNA MAKLAKIEWICZ – SEPTEMBER 2, 2010, 6:30 P.M.
Joanna Maklakiewicz will make an appearance this week at Kordegarda Chopin 2010's Musical Thursday concert.
The recital will feature:
Nocturne in C-sharp minor Op. posth.
Fantasie – Impromptu in C-sharp minor Op. 66 No. 4
Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1
Mazurkas Op. 6
Waltz in F major Op. 34 No. 3
Mazurkas Op. 67
Etude in C minor Op. 10 No. 12
Polonaise in A-flat major Op. 53
Joanna Maklakiewicz was born into the renowned family of Polish artists. She completed the prestigious The Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow, having studied piano under Professor Vladimir Bochkarev. From 1991 to 1996 she studied piano under the direction of Andrzej Stefański and Alicja Paleta-Bugaj, as well as piano chamber music with Professor Krystyna Borucińska at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. In 1999, Ms Maklakiewicz completed the Postgraduate Course in Performing Contemporary Music in piano under Professor Szabolcs Esztényi. Already during her studies she received many awards and distinctions, such as those of the Fryderyk Chopin Society in Warsaw, Poland's Ministry of Art and Culture, or the mayor of Warsaw. After her graduation, she won the 1997 TIM International Piano Tournament in Turin in the piano duo category. In her endeavours Ms Maklakiewicz has been supported by Fundacja Kultury (Culture Foundation) and the Stefan Batory Foundation.
Currently, Ms Maklakiewicz is teaching piano chamber music, cooperating with Professor Krystyna Borucińska at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and is the head of the Piano Section at the Fryderyk Chopin Schools of Music in Warsaw. She has performed in numerous cities in Europe, the USA and Japan, and worked with many outstanding musicians, most of all her husband, Piotr Janowski. She has also made recordings for the radio and television, released three solo albums in Japan and made recordings of contemporary music with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Sinfonia Varsovia. She also performed the Goldberg Variations for Waldemar Dziki's film Salwarus and the Fuga Canonica from Bach's Musikalisches Opfer for the film Drugi po Boy'u (Second after Boy) about Maciej Słomczyński. She also acted as music consultant to Andrzej Żuławski on the staging Stanisław Moniuszko's opera Straszny Dwór (The Haunted Manor). She is a member of the European Society of Culture.
Chopin Concert by Young Pianists from China August 20, 2010, 6.00 pm.
On Friday, August 20, 2010 in Kordegarda Chopin 2010, Chopin recital will be performed by young guest pianists from China. Audience in Warsaw will listen to performances by: Zhan Jiaming (11 years old), Liu Xinlai (11 years old), Han Wenfang (10 years old) and Aliun Jiang (17 years old). All artists come from professor Alexei Sokolov's class, formal representative of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Tianjin Conservatory (China).
Concert programme:
Han Wenfang
Nocturne in F major op. 15 No. 1
Etude in C-sharp minor op. 10 No. 4
Liu Xinlai
Nocturne in B-flat minor op. 9 No. 1
Zhang Jiaming
Nocturne in E-flat major op. 9 No. 2
Fantaisie-Impromptu C-sharp minor op. 66
Ailun Jiang
Waltz in A-flat major op. 64 No. 3
Variations in E major
Polonaise in E-flat minor op. 26 No. 2
Etude in G-flat major op. 10 No. 5
LENA LEDOFF'S CONCERT – AUGUST 19, 6:30 p.m.
On August 19th, 2010, Kordegarda Chopin 2010 is presenting a concert from pianist Lena Ledoff, who will play compositions by Chopin in both classical and jazz arrangements. The concert is held as part of the Musical Thursdays series.
Lena Ledoff is a pianist and composer. Born in Saint Petersburg, she graduated from the piano department at the Academy of Music in Voronezh, where she had studied under Professor T. Gaponienko. In 1988 – 1994 she was accompanist and jazz lecturer at the Yanka Kupala University in Belarus. Since 1994 she has been residing in Poland. Also in 1994 she claimed the Grand Prix of the International Modern Choreography Festival in Vitebsk for her music to Dimitri Kurakulov's ballet. In 2000 she set up the Lena Ledoff Trio, who has been performing in Poland and abroad ever since. Currently, Lena Ledoff is focusing on her solo projects, mostly the Komeda – Chopin – Komeda programme.
Lena Ledoff has recorded 4 albums: "Wish" (reworkings of compositions by Chopin, Szymanowski and Piazzolli for jazz trio), "Pocałunek na mrozie" (reworkings of Russian film songs for jazz quartet and soloists), "Lena Ledoff solo" (jazz arrangements of F. Chopin's compositions) and "Komeda – Chopin – Komeda". Ms Ledoff has performed at numerous music festivals at home and abroad, including in Bratislava, Lviv, Berlin, Kharkiv, Gdańsk, Poznań, Olsztyn or Szczecin), and has worked with a range of Warsaw's theatres, including Rozmaitości and Studio, to create the musical setting for their stage plays. In 2010 she was awarded an artistic fellowship from the Mayor of Warsaw.
SZCZEPAN KOŃCZAL PLAYS CHOPIN – AUGUST 12, 6:30
On August 12th, Szczepan Kończał will give a Chopin concert at Kordegarda Chopin 2010 as part of the Musical Thursdays series.
The programme:
Fantasy in F minor Op. 49
4 Mazurkas Op. 24 (G minor, C major, A-flat major, B-flat minor)
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise in E-flat major Op. 22
Szczepan Kończal graduated last year from the Józef Stompel Academy of Music in Katowice with the top result in his class and was awarded the Primus Inter Pares medal.
He may boast many successes at prestigious international piano competitions, including Tbilisi (3rd prize, 2009), Pretoria (6th prize, 2008), being the first Polish prize-winner in the history of either of the competitions, the Vianna da Motta Competition in Lisbon (5th prize and the special prize, 2007), Milan (1st prize and the special prize, 2010), Campillos (3rd prize, 2009), the Grieg Competition in Oslo (2nd prize and two special prizes, 2008), Takasaki (2nd prize, 2001). Mr Kończal was also finalist of the 2006 Tallinn Competition and semi-finalist at the 2005 Chopin Competition in Warsaw. He has been thrice prize-winner of the Polish National Chopin Competition. Preceding that, he had won a number of piano competitions for young pianists (Antonin, Zabrze, Siedlce, Poznań, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Stalowa Wola).
Mr Kończał has performed with Sinfonia Varsovia, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Gulbenkian, and cooperated with Antoni Wit, Tadeusz Strugała, Jerzy Swoboda, Michał Klauza, Andres Mustonen, Arjan Tien, or Peter Csaba.
He received six scholarships from Poland's culture minister, has been beneficiary of the scholarship programme "Młoda Polska" [Young Poland], and won scholarships from Poland's Prima Minister, The Kołłątaj Foundation, and the Polish Children's Fund.
Michał Pietrzak plays Chopin – August 5th, 6:30 p.m.
This week's Musical Thursday concert at Kordegarda Chopin 2010 (on August 5th) will feature pianist Michał Pietrzak playing:
Polonaise-Fantasy in A-flat major Op. 61
Etude in C minor Op. 10 No. 12 "Revolutionary"
Prelude in D-flat major "Raindrop" Op. 28 No. 15
Scherzo in B minor Op. 20
Michał Pietrzak was educated at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw and L'École Normal de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris. He studied with Paweł Kamiński, Professor Maja Nosowska, Professor Piotr Paleczny, Professor Jacques Lagarde and Professor Monique Mercier. In 1999-2004 he completed master classes run by Alicja Paleta-Bugaj, Ewa Pobłocka, Peter Eicher, Vladimir Krainev and John O'Conor.
Mr Pietrzak has achieved many successes at competitions and festivals, including the 1st prize at the 6th International Piano Competition "Arthur Rubinstein in memoriam" (Bydgoszcz, Poland 2004); twice the 1st prize at Concorso Internazionale di Musica Pietro Argento (Italy) in 2006 as soloist and in 2009 performing in duo with singer Małgorzata Szymańska. Mr Pietrzak was also finalist of the 2nd International SEILER Piano Competition in Kitzingen, Germany (2001) and semifinalist at the 2001 International Piano Competition in San Sebastian, Spain. He gave solo performances at music festivals in Poland, Ukraine, Tunisia, France and Austria.
ALEKSANDRA SOBOŃ AND JAN STOKŁOSA PLAY CHOPIN – July 29th, 2010, 6:30 p.m.
This week's Musical Thursday concert on July 29th at Kordegarda Chopin 2010 will feature the duo of Aleksandra Soboń (piano) and Jan Stokłosa (cello).
Aleksandra Soboń and Jan Stokłosa will play:
Nocturne in C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 1
Mazurkas in G minor Op. 24 No. 1
Mazurka in C major Op. 24 No. 2
Prelude in E minor Op. 28 No. 4
Prelude in A minor Op. 28 No. 2
F. Chopin inspires F. Poulenc – Sonata in A major for cello and piano
Aleksandra Soboń is a pianist and chamber music player educated at the Fryderyk Chopin University in Warsaw, Poland, where she studied piano with Professor Jerzy Romaniuk and Ramiro Sanjines, and piano chamber music with Professor Krystyna Borucińska and Joanna Maklakiewicz, which she completed with honours. Together with her trio, Ms Soboń has won the second prize at the 13th International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music in Kraków, Poland, and honourable mentions at the Mazovia Chopin Auditions.
Ms Soboń's greatest passion is piano chamber music. In 2005 she made a debut in the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall. She completed a number of master classes, studying with such prominent artists as Jan Krzysztof Broja, Edward Auer, or Anne Queffélec. She performed the world premiere of Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska's Znaki Magiczne (Magic Signs). Ms Soboń is currently begining a postgraduate piano programme with Professor Einar Steen-Nøkleberg at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
Jan Stokłosa is a cellist and final year student at the Fryderyk Chopin University in Warsaw, where he studies cello with Piotr Hausenplas. Before going to university, he had completed 12 years of music education at the Karol Szymanowski School of Music in Warsaw, which he finished with a diploma in the cello under the direction of Professor Kazimierz Michalik.
Mr Stokłosa has many times participated in the International Music Classes in Łańcut, Poland, and the Summer String Academies in Goch, Germany, where he worked with such professors as Claus Reichard or Andrzej Orkisz. He has also claimed a number of prizes, both as solo performer and as part of chamber ensembles, including first prize at the District Cello Competition in Warsaw (2000), a honourable mention at the Polish National Auditions of Chamber Ensembles in Łódź (2000), the third prize in the Polish National Auditions of Cello and Double Bass Students of Primary and Secondary Schools of Music in Łódź (2004), and the second prize in the 13th International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music in Kraków (2009) together with the Loco Trio. Since 2007, Mr Stokłosa has been member of the Fair Play quartet, which focuses on studio recording. The quartet has performed the music to Michał Kwieciński's film Jutro pojdziemy do kina (Tomorrow we'll go to the movies). In September 2008 Jan Stokłosa joined the Polish Orchestra Sinfonia Varsovia.
Michał Jacek Kozłowski plays Chopin – July 22nd, 6:30 p.m.
Kordegarda Chopin 2010 is presenting Michał Jacek Kozłowski's Chopin concert on July 22nd, 2010. The event is part of the concert series Musical Thursdays at Kordegarda Chopin.
Michał Jacek Kozłowski (piano) will play:
Impromptu in G-flat major Op. 51
Waltz in C-sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2
Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise in E-flat major Op. 22
Lullaby in D-flat major Op. 57
Michał Jacek Kozłowski is studying the piano at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw under Professor Piotr Paleczny. He has claimed a range of top prizes in different Polish and international competitions, such as the 9th Darmstadt International Chopin Piano Competition (Germany, 2009), Polish National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (Poland, 2008), 5th Polish National Piano Competition "The Young Interpret Chopin" in Konin (Poland, 2008), 6th International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Narva (Estonia, 2006). In 2008 Mr Kozłowski qualified to the national heat of the Eurovision Young Musicians.
Mr Kozłowski has also furthered his skills participating in master classes by such renowned professors as Dang Thai Son, Andrzej Jasiński, Oleg Meisenberg, Matti Reakallio, Joaquin Soriano, Tamas Ungar, Olga Rusina, Irena Kutin, Anne Queffelec and others. His achievements have been honoured with scholarships from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the governor of Poland's Pomerania province and the Mayor of the city of Gdańsk. During 2004–2008 he was also beneficiary of the Polish Children's Fund scholarship programme.
PRZEMYSŁAW LECHOWSKI PLAYS CHOPIN – JULY 15, 6:30 p.m.
On July 15th, Kordegarda Chopin 2010 is presenting a Chopin concert from Przemysław Lechowski. The recital is a part of the Music Thursdays concert series.
Przemysław Lechowski (piano) will play:
Mazurka in C-sharp minor Op. 6 No. 2
Mazurka in B minor Op. 33 No. 4
Mazurka in E minor Op. 17 No. 2
Mazurka in A minor Op. 17 No. 4
Nocturne H-major Op. 32 No. 1
Etude in E-flat minor Op. 10 No. 6
Nocturne in E major Op. 62 No. 2
Przemysław Lechowski was educated at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, following which he completed a postgraduate piano programme at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw.
His awards and distinctions include: Gold Medal in the Chopin category at the 13th Brest Piano Competition (Brest, France, 2008), First Prize in Concours Musical de France (Paris, France, 2006), Honourable Mention at the 5th International Karol Szymanowski Competition (Łódź, Poland, 2001), Second Prize in the Polish National I. J. Paderewski Competition (Wodziasław, Poland, 1995).
Mr Lechowski has been performing in Poland and France. In March 2009 he was the first Polish artist to perform at Paris' new cultural centre Collège des Bernardins, opened on September 12th, 2008 by pope Benedict XVI.
In 2010 he was among the organisers and performers of The Longest Birthday piano marathon in Warsaw.
Przemysław Lechowski also sits on juries of Polish and international piano competitions. In 2010 he was the deputy chairman of the First Siberian International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Tomsk, Russia, which he opened with his recital.
– Wojciech Świętoński plays Chopin – July 8th
Each Thursday from July 8th to September 9th, at 6:30 p.m., Kordegarda Chopin 2010 presents Chopin concerts. The first to come is a recital from Wojciech Świętoński.
Wojciech Świętoński was educated at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy in Warsaw, where he studied the piano under Professor Bronisława Kawalla and piano chamber music under Professor Jerzy Marchwiński. He went on to further develop his knowledge and skills completing an artistic traineeship in piano chamber music with Professor Krystyna Borucińska. He claimed top awards at the international piano competitions in Kiev and Rome and gave performances in Lithuania, Ukraine and Italy, along with numerous Polish towns and cities. He worked together with such superb conductors as Monika Wolińska, Grzegorz Mielimąka, or Szymon Kawalla. Already in the third year of his studies, he joined the Polish Musicians Association (SPAM) and the Artists Association (STOART). During 2006–2008 he was holding a scholarship from the Lions Club Warszawa NIKE.
Mr Świętoński has cooperated with the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Polish radio Orchestra, the Polish National Opera and the Embassy of Finland to Poland. His concert opened Warsaw's Schuman Parade, while the release of an album on which he cooperated concluded the celebrations of the Zbigniew Herbert Year. He was among the three Poles chosen to participate in Ivo Pogorelic's Piano Master Classes.
On July 8th, Wojciech Świętoński will play:
Nocturne in F-sharp major Op. 15 No. 2,
Etudes in A minor Op. 10 No. 2 and C major Op. 10 No. 7,
4 Mazurkas Op. 17: in B-flat major Vivo e risoluto, in E minor Lento ma non troppo, in A-flat major Legato assai and in A minor Lento ma non troppo,
Grande Valse Brilante in F major Op. 34 No. 3,
Scherzo in B-flat minor No. 2 Op. 31 .
NOCTURNES. IWO ZANIEWSKI AND PIANISTS
From June 11th to 13th, 2010, Kordegarda Chopin 2010 is presenting Iwo Zaniewski's painting "Nokturn" (Nocturne) drawing inspiration from the atmospheric music of Fryderyk Chopin.
Znaniewski's paintings are representative pieces adopting a special approach to composition. Any change to the formal arrangement would break down the structural coherency and unbalance the composition. The key to the paintings' reception are their visual attributes.
Every day from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. during the time the painting is exhibited you may listen to Polish and foreign pianist play Chopin at Kordegarda. Each of the concerts features nocturnes – the project's central theme.
3 p.m. – Katarzyna Hajduk (Poland)
4 p.m. – Yasuhiro Natsume (Japan)
5 p.m. – Aleksandra Soboń (Poland)
7 p.m. – Rihwa Cho (Japan)
3 p.m. – Anna Hajduk (Poland)
4 p.m. – Piotr Podemski (Poland)
6 p.m. – Krzysztof Moskalewicz (Poland)
7 p.m. – PAWEŁ WAKARECY (Poland)
Poland's representative at the 16th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw
3 p.m. – Yuka Susono (Japan)
4 p.m. – Su Yeon Son (Korea)
5 p.m. – Przemysław Lechowski (Poland)
6 p.m. – Joanna Maklakiewicz (Poland)
7 p.m. – MICHAŁ JACEK KOZŁOWSKI (Poland)
Iwo Zaniewski is a painter, photographer, screen writer and film director. He is artistic director with advertising agency Przybora. Zaniewski. Ltd. (PZL). In 1976 – 1981 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Up until mid-1980s, the main focus of his work was painting, then he also embraced advertising and photography. His exhibitions and awards received include: The Grand Prix of the Joan Miro Foundation – Barcelona 1984, Art Basel – Basel 1985, SARP Gallery – Warsaw 1989, Inny Świat Gallery – Kraków 1990, National Museum in Kraków, Czartoryski Museum (individual retrospective under the auspices of Poland's Culture Minister) – Kraków 2005, National Geographic Photography Competition ( 1st Prize) – Warsaw 2005, Today Art Museum – Beijing 2008, International Art Fair Shanghai – 2008, Wison Art Center – Shanghai 2008, Levant Gallery – Shanghai 2008, Sunshine Museum Beijing – Beijing 2008, CANART– Institute of Contemporary Art – Shanghai 2008.
The project NOCTURNES. IWO ZNIEWSKI AND PIANISTS is held in collaboration with the advertising agency PZL and the Smolna Street Residents' Association (Stowarzyszenie Mieszkańców Ulicy Smolnej).
Download a detailed programme (in Polish)

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Why Prince Harry's interview on mental health is a game-changer for men
Boys who are told not to cry become men who can't talk about their feelings. The famously repressed royals are trying to change that.
By Rachel Giese Updated April 19, 2017
Photo, REX/Shutterstock/Canadian Press.
The Millennial Royals, while often seen, are rarely heard from. The telegenic trio of William, Kate and Harry may gamely wave, plant trees and run for charity but giving long, freewheeling interviews is not the Windsor family's M.O. Which is why Prince Harry's recent intimate chat on the British podcast Mad World was so unexpected and its subject matter — his struggles with grief, anger and anxiety — so unprecedented.
Harry told host Bryony Gordon that after losing his mother when he was 12, he "shut down all of his emotions" for nearly 20 years, resulting in a crisis in his late 20s. (You may recall that before Harry was hanging with Michelle Obama and defending his girlfriend Meghan Markle from racist and sexist trolls, he was pretty much your basic hard-partying, bro-y, entitled white boy.)
What followed was two years of "total chaos," he said, in which he experienced a panicky, fight-or-flight reaction during public appearances, so much so that he took up boxing to channel his impulse to punch people. He also sought professional counselling to address his suppressed feelings of loss. As the 20th anniversary of his mother's death approaches, Harry told Gordon that he wants to "smash the stigma" of mental illness.
But in talking so candidly and plainly about his own experience — he admitted, off the top, that he was "a little bit nervous, a little bit tight in the chest" — Harry's greatest service wasn't speaking out as a prince, but rather in speaking out as a man.
He didn't acknowledge gender directly in the podcast, but he did allude to social forces that will sound familiar to many men: the demands of "duty," the expectations of his family, the cultural imperative to have a stiff upper lip and the shaming that makes opening up to others seem "uncool."
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And he also gave a separate interview to CALMzine, a publication put out by the UK men's suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably. In it, he said, "We will all go through tough times in our lives, but men especially feel the need to pretend that everything is OK, and that admitting this to their friends will make them appear weak. I can assure you this is actually a sign of strength."
Harry's brother William also spoke to CALMzine, saying that he learned about men's difficulties talking about mental illness from his work with as an air ambulance pilot. His first call was to a male suicide victim. (CALM points out on its website that suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK.)
One of feminism's big victories was the creation of women-centred health care — reproductive and psychological services (everything from breast cancer support groups to abortion clinics to rape crisis centres) that are sensitive to women's specific needs and experiences.
Men, on the other hand, have been reluctant to advocate for themselves on this front. Admitting to feeling pain, being vulnerable and asking for help goes against the rules of traditional masculinity. Boys who are told not to cry, become men who can't talk about their emotions, and who won't seek support when they need it.
There's a great deal of science to back this up. In 2016, researchers from Indiana University Bloomington reviewed multiple studies on men and mental health involving close to 20,000 people. They found that men who most conformed to traditionally manly traits like self-reliance, emotional control, dominance, risk-taking and power over women were more likely to have psychological troubles and were also less apt to seek help for them.
Harry's interview is cause for hope, though. He's one of a growing number of men bringing attention to the issue. The Movember Foundation, for instance, which started out as a fundraiser for prostate cancer, has expanded its focus to men's emotional and psychological health research and treatment.
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Unequivocally macho guys have begun to speak openly about the mental distress that's come about because of their work: Football and hockey players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) from repeated head injuries suffer from serious psychiatric problems, like memory loss, dementia, mood disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Post-traumatic stress disorder is common among soldiers and first responders resulting in issues like anxiety, panic attacks and depression.
And these conditions don't just affect the immediate sufferers. All too often, men's struggles with mental illness and trauma dovetail with violent behaviour, towards themselves and others. Both CTE and PTSD have been linked to aggression and domestic abuse. Earlier this year, Canadian Forces veteran Lionel Desmond shot and killed his wife, mother, daughter and himself at their home in Nova Scotia. He had been struggling with symptoms of trauma, as well as a head injury, since he returned home from a tour in Afghanistan in 2007. (To be clear, this isn't to suggest that all mentally ill people are a threat. In fact, research shows they are far more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of it.)
When men get the help they need, not just treatment but encouragement in overcoming tough-guy stereotypes, they aren't the only ones who benefit. They become stronger and more capable friends, partners and parents. They also become better campaigners for the well-being of other men and boys.
One of the reasons Prince Harry became involved in this cause was his work with fellow veterans. Although he says he doesn't suffer himself from PTSD after his own service in Afghanistan, he's witnessed the war's affect on other lads, as he calls them. Men whose invisible injuries and scars are still often overlooked and not talked about nearly enough.
"Conversation has to be the beginning," Harry said in the podcast. "If you stay silent, it's more likely to kill you." And it's admirable that Harry — an erstwhile bad boy, a former soldier, the embodiment of a certain kind stoic masculinity — has broken his own silence with the aim of helping others. As a British veteran with PTSD explained to the press, "Speaking about war used to be a taboo and Harry is changing that. He is definitely a torch in the darkness."
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Fyi: cleaning with light is a technology used for industrial cleaning and coating removal. In this video they're removing rubber residue. And this is 1000W laser cleaning.
The noise is like a Jedi light saber.


In this study, two stereocomplementary ω-transaminases from Arthrobacter sp. (AsR-ωTA) and Chromobacterium violaceum (Cv-ωTA) were immobilized via iron cation affinity binding onto polymer-coated controlled porosity glass beads (EziG™). The immobilization procedure was studied with different types of carrier materials and immobilization buffers of varying compositions, concentrations, pHs and cofactor (PLP) concentrations. Notably, concentrations of PLP above 0.1 mM were correlated with a dramatic decrease of the immobilization yield. The highest catalytic activity, along with quantitative immobilization, was obtained in MOPS buffer (100 mM, pH 8.0, PLP 0.1 mM, incubation time 2 h). Leaching of the immobilized enzyme was not observed within 3 days of incubation. EziG-immobilized AsR-ωTA and Cv-ωTA retained elevated activity when tested for the kinetic resolution of rac-α-methylbenzylamine (rac-α-MBA) in single batch experiments. Recycling studies demonstrated that immobilized EziG3-AsR-ωTA could be recycled for at least 16 consecutive cycles (15 min per cycle) and always affording quantitative conversion (TON ca. 14,400). Finally, the kinetic resolution of rac-α-MBA with EziG3-AsR-ωTA was tested in a continuous flow packed-bed reactor (157 μL reactor volume), which produced more than 5 g of (S)-α-MBA (>49% conversion, >99% ee) in 96 h with no detectable loss of catalytic activity. The calculated TON was more than 110,000 along with a space-time yield of 335 g L−1 h−1.


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Kang Mei Yee FCIArb
Corporate Litigation & Risk Management
Boardroom Risk & Reputation
Construction, Engineering, Infrastructure & Projects
Corporate Governance & Compliance
Employment, Benefits and Incentives & Industrial Relations
Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), United Kingdom
LL.B (Hons), University of Malaya
English, Malay, Mandarin
Mei Yee is active in corporate, civil and construction dispute resolution. She appears and assists in proceedings before the courts of Malaysia and in arbitration.
She focuses on handling boardroom and shareholder disputes. She has experience in litigating actions on behalf of companies, shareholders and directors in various types of corporate disputes, including derivative proceedings, minority oppression suits, breach of directors' duties, breach of shareholders' agreements and joint venture disputes. As corporate disputes are often complex and prolonged, she ensures that the clients are properly guided throughout the litigation process.
Aside from corporate disputes, Mei Yee also handles contractual and investment disputes. She acts for both investors and financial advisors in disputes relating to various types of investment arrangements. Her experience includes defending financial advisors in professional negligence suits.
Mei Yee also manages, in both litigation and arbitration, contractual and construction disputes for various industry players, including the engineering, procurement and construction industries. Notably, she formed part of the defence team of an arbitral institution in an action which challenges the constitutionality of the adjudication regime in Malaysia.
She is also well-versed in industrial relations practices and regulatory compliance. Her clients include multinational oil and gas corporations, banking institutions, private companies and associations.
Mei Yee is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), United Kingdom. She holds a Diploma in International Arbitration by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), United Kingdom. She has co-authored the Malaysian chapter on International Arbitration in Global Legal Insights 2020. She is also an active contributing author to the publications by International Law Office (ILO). She is proficient in Mandarin and works closely with our clients in their collaborations with business partners based in Mandarin-speaking jurisdictions.
Some significant matters which Mei Yee was involved in:
Corporate/ Civil Disputes
Acted for an arbitration institution in the first constitutional challenge on statutory adjudication regime reported as Mega Sasa Sdn Bhd v Kinta Bakti Sdn Bhd & Ors [2020] 4 CLJ 201.
Acted in multiple actions arising from complex disputes between directors and shareholders of a company operating in the nature of a quasi-partnership, among others, reported as Ng Boon Teik v Chang Tong Lee [2020] 1 LNS 1135.
Acted for a quarry company in a dispute arising from a quarry agreement reported as Sunway Quarry Industries Sdn Bhd v Pearl Island Vista Sdn Bhd & Anor [2019] MLJU 400.
Acted for a company in an action against a former director for breach of fiduciary duties reported as Superplas Technology Sdn Bhd v See Chou Shon [2017] MLJU 980.
Acted for the former director of an arbitration institution in suits challenging his appointment to the office.
Acted for a telecommunication company in a claim brought by a shareholder in defiance of their arbitration agreement.
Acted for a company and its director in a corporate dispute arising from a profit-sharing arrangement involving novel legal questions concerning trust and fiduciary duty.
Defending one of the largest telecommunication providers in Malaysia in a suit involving fraudulent trading and discovery actions.
Acted for a financial advisory firm and a financial advisor in a professional negligence suit involving offshore investment.
Represented an elevator provider in a corporate dispute which involved a sum of approximately RM26 million arising from a joint venture arrangement.
Employment & Industrial Relations Disputes
Acted in the highly publicised dispute involving Chinese educationist in Malaysia.
Advised an association and banking institutions in matters relating to the termination of their employees.
Acted for an oil and gas multinational company in a judicial review proceeding before the High Court relating to the Minister's reference for unjust dismissal claim reported as ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc. v Menteri Sumber Manusia & Ors [2019] MLJU 614.
Advised an oil and gas multinational company on employment issues, particularly on domestic inquiry process.
Mei Yee has authored/ co-authored various publications including:
Global Legal Insights, International Arbitration 2019 – Chapter on Malaysia
Court rules former director of AIAC's directorship is non-justiciable
Derivative proceedings: leave of court is substantive legal requirement
Competing claims in curial and arbitral proceedings: recent anti-arbitration injunction developments
Court rules on challenges to AIAC and statutory adjudication
Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Act 2020 on your contractual obligation to pay
COVID-19 – Legal Mechanisms for Companies and Individuals Facing Financial Distress
Embrace the storms of the Movement Control Order


European Languages Day on 26 September is devoted to the variety of languages spoken by EU citizens. However, not all people can speak, or hear others speaking. Some use sign languages, which policy-makers consider in the context of the rights of people with disabilities, or as a linguistic minority right. The United Nations has launched International Day of Sign Languages, to be celebrated for the first time on 23 September 2018.
Sign languages (SL) are not modelled on spoken languages, yet are languages in their own right, with equally complex rules, grammatical structures and vocabulary that evolve and vary by region, social and age groups; convey meanings and emotions; create social and family bonds; and meet artistic and identity needs.
There is no universal SL, and the EU has a large variety of SLs, including a French SL in France, (a different) French and Flemish SLs in Belgium, as well as, for example, Catalan and Galician ones besides the Spanish SL in Spain. The United Kingdom, the United States and Ireland do not use the same SL; Ireland uses its indigenous SL, while the US SL, having been introduced by the French, has a lot in common with the French SL.
Nevertheless, there is an international system called the International Sign, a sort of lingua franca used at international conferences and meetings where participants do not share a common SL. It does not have a fixed grammar or vocabulary and relies heavily on gestures and context.
One in a thousand persons in the EU (approximately half a million deaf or hard-of-hearing persons) communicates in one of 31 national or regional sign language as their first language. SLs have many more users, since people without hearing problems use them to communicate with deaf family members or friends.
Interpretation into and between SLs is necessary in communication between deaf and hard-of-hearing persons and other communities, or among themselves. Debates in the European Parliament are rendered in sign language for those Members who need it. Since the ratio of sign language users to interpreters varies among Member States, as does the quality of interpretation, in 2016 the EP adopted a resolution on professional SL interpreters, and backed the introduction of international sign language interpretation for all plenary debates.
The Erasmus+ programme has supported training sessions on SL interpreting and a course in quality in educational interpreting, co-organised by the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters. An Insign pilot project, 'Real-Time Sign Language Application and Service' (on communication between the deaf or hard-of-hearing and the EU institutions, funded by the Commission), and a research SignSpeak project have investigated the potential of ICT in providing real-time interpretation into sign languages.
A study for the Scientific Foresight Unit of EPRS – 'Language equality in the digital era. Human Language Project' – analysed language technologies applied to human languages and their contribution to language teaching, learning, translation and interpretation. It identified the lack of multilingual data on sign language as a significant barrier for researchers in sign language technologies and for progress in this area.
In September 2018, in a recital to an own initiative resolution, the EP recognised that sign languages, being an element of Europe's linguistic diversity, need to be supported by language technology. ICT solutions could be helpful in providing sign language interpretation. ICT is also seen as a factor for accessibility to audiovisual media services, in a recital of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive due to be adopted in plenary in October.
Download this at a glance note on 'Sign languages in the EU' in PDF.


500 local residents from Barking were given a free trip to Southend on c2c's "Santa Special" train on Saturday.
The group, all families who attend the Abbey and Gascoigne Children's Centre, were joined by Santa and treated to mince pies on the free trip, designed to give them a festive day out and the chance to do some Christmas shopping.
Louise Driscoll from Abbey Parents United said: "The c2c Santa Special trip allowed Abbey & Gascoigne families to enjoy a great family day out. This trip brought children, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and even a great-grandparent together! Fun was had by all and Santa told us how much he enjoyed the trip."
Rahat Ismail, who manages the two children's centres, said: "These are difficult times with parents suffering financially, so the fact c2c has donated this wonderful festive experience for free for the second year running is amazing. Some people had not even seen the sea before, while there were lots of activities in Southend town centre so everyone could have a great time."
c2c Station Manager Stephen Jessup-Peacock, who helped organise the train, said: "We're really delighted we could help make it a day out to remember for these families. We could see how much the kids were enjoying the ride, and it was a real pleasure to help the local community in this way."


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Lok Sabha Results in Punjab: Margin of votes of winners
Keep your word and quit: Tweeple to Sidhu on Rahul's Amethi loss
2019 Lok Sabha election results: India chooses Modi 2.0 in clean sweep
CAPT AMARINDER TO TAKE UP SIDHU ISSUE SOON WITH CONGRESS HIGH COMMAND
Modi wave could not shake Amarinder's ship
Amarinder Singh proved he is real captain of Punjab : Randhawa
China invoke past wars, patriotism as trade war with US intensifies
Kamala Harris invokes Indian heritage in response to Trump's immigration plan
Japan bans drones over Olympic, military sites
Saudi blame Iran for drone strikes; want US to launch 'surgical strike' on Tehran
ICC World Cup winners to earn four million dollars
-- 17 May,2019
Dubai: Winner of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 will earn a purse of USD 4 million, the highest prize money to date, along with the trophy that the victorious team will lift at the Lord's on July 16.
The total prize pot, which sits at USD 10 million, will see the runners-up assured of USD 2 million and the losing semi-finalists USD 800,000 each at the end of the 46-day tournament being played across 11 venues.
The tournament will run from May 30 to July 14. The semi-finals will be played at Old Trafford in Manchester and Edgbaston in Birmingham on July 9 and 11 respectively, while the Lord's will host the final on July 14.
The 10 teams in the tournament will play against each other in a single-league format, with the top four sides after 45 matches to qualify for the two semi-finals. There are prizes for each league match won, in what promises to be a competitive tournament with the world's best playing each other in a round-robin format.
England and Wales have previously staged the World Cup in 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999. Australia are the most successful side, having won in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015. The West Indies won the first two editions in 1975 and 1979, while India won in 1983 and 2011. Other winners are Pakistan in 1992 and Sri Lanka in 1996.


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Islam Just Like Other Religions—For Good and Ill
3/10/2011—In light of the hearings today by Rep. Peter King's House Homeland Security Committee concerning "The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and That Community's Response" comes new evidence that Islam is just like other religions, this time just as uncomfortable with science.
Here is the story, reported in the Guardian online that Imam Usama Hasan has been intimidated and threatened into retracting his statements that Islam must accept evolutionary theory. Hasan had pointed out that Muslim scholars in earlier periods, "including the 10th-century Persian philosopher Ibn Miskawayh who had supported a very similar theory to that of Darwin." (quoting the article). But religion is not what it used to be apparently.
The problem is very simple. The Qur'an, like the Bible, teaches about Adam as the first human being. If Adam, that is the first human, had parents, that is descended from earlier hominids, these accounts are not literally true. If these accounts are not literally true, what in the Bible or the Qur'an is literally true? Evolution really is a threat to revealed religion. That is why many Americans reject it. I'm not sure that believers who accept evolution have really come to terms with its implications.
Now for the good part. Islam is like other religions in another way. Muslims oppose violence and criminal activity but they don't want to be spies on their own community for the FBI. When they hear about real threats they contact the authorities. Otherwise, they tell the FBI to take a hike. Good for them.
I hope that is what some Muslims tell Peter King.
The Grappion March 10, 2011 at 11:39 AM
Hmmm. So if it can be shown that one thing in any sacred text can be shown to not be literally true, then nothing in that sacred text can be taken as the literal truth? Really? Aren't believers a little smarter and hard working than that? Can we not tolerate even the slightest inconsistency in a sacred text?
Interestingly, I think you will find some enlightenment in an essay by Borges in a collection called "Seven Nights," specifically the lecture "The Kabbalah."