The 16th International Sfogato Music & Arts Festival
15th anniversary of the Sfogato Music & Arts Society
Honorary Patronage:
Minister of Culture and National Heritage Marta Cienkowska
Marshal of the Małopolska Region Łukasz Smółka
Mayor of the City of Krakow Aleksander Miszalski
Metropolitan Archbishop of Krakow Marek Jędraszewski
Inauguration of the 16th International Sfogato Music & Arts Festival
Chopin Soirée
In the Salon of Princess Marcelina Czartoryska and Prince Antoni Radziwiłł
October 17, 2025, 18:00 – Villa Decius Ballroom, 28 Lipca 1943 17a, Krakow
on the 250th anniversary of the birth of Prince Antoni Radziwiłł, on the 176th anniversary of the death of Fryderyk Chopin and on the 131st anniversary of the death of Princess Marcelina Czartoryska
Program: Fryderyk Chopin and the music of composers from the Romantic period
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The Sfogato Music & Arts Society and Villa Decius Institute of Culture are pleased to invite you to a traditional Chopin Soirée entitled “In the Salon of Princess Marcelina Czartoryska and Prince Antoni Radziwiłł”, which repertoire, both verbal and musical, draws inspiration from the 19th-century artistic salons hosted by aristocrats and friends of Fryderyk Chopin.
The evening’s program will feature works by Fryderyk Chopin in versions for violin and piano, including the Mazurka in A minor, Op. 67, No. 4, dedicated to Princess Marcelina Czartoryska; the Chorale from Faust by Prince Antoni Radziwiłł, arranged for solo piano, complementing Chopin’s Preludes, which the composer used to perform on the organ in the Visitationist Church in Warsaw, as well as compositions referencing the history of Villa Decius, where Chopin’s last student, Princess Marcelina Czartoryska, lived.
The repertoire of musical works will be complemented by a lecture presenting the history of the activities of the Artistic Salon of Princess Marcelina Czartoryska and Prince Antoni Radziwiłł.
Artists of the Sfogato Music & Arts Society:
Marek Polański – violin
Tomasz Jarosz – baritone
Marta Polańska – piano / lecture
Kazuko Narumi – painting (Japan)
Media Patronage: TVP Info, TVP 3 Kraków, Radio Kraków, Kraków.pl
Admission free
Information: www.sfogatofestival.com, www.sfogato.org, www.willadecjusza.pl