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”A Festival of Music in Flowers” |
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The Powsin International Piano Festival is held in the Botanical Gardens, Powsin on the outskirts of Warsaw. This has come about as a result of joint efforts by the 'Homo et Planta Foundation", Powsin, the 'Archway Trust (London), and the Chopin Foundation (Warsaw). The Homo et Planta Foundation was established by the Polish Academy of Sciences to cultivate an appreciation and understanding of nature, while the Archway Trust does the same for music. |
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The Powsin International Piano Festival |
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The Festival combines the best in piano music and the natural surroundings of the botanical gardens. Each month from May to September, an open air concert is held in the beautiful setting of the gardens associated with the particular flower of the month for instance, Azaleas - Rhododendrons - Lilies. The first concert takes place in May, the Azalea concert, and follows through until September. |
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During the Festival season student pianists drawn from Polish Conservatories, play concerts on Sundays when the main Festival Concert is not taking place. |
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This complete programme of music from May through to September, has attracted large audiences to the Powsin Gardens. Now in its Sixth Year some 200,000 people have attended during the Festival seasons. |
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The festival has attracted pianists from around the world - The United Kingdom, Japan, Belgium, Albania, Greece, France and USA with pianists from the host country Poland. |
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Anna Maria Stanczyk playing at the inaugural concert of the 5th Festival |
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Halina Czerny-Stefanska |
