The Association of Culture and Art Enthusiasts (Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Kultury i Sztuki) was established in 2001 as a result of the founders’ scholarly, artistic and research efforts. Since the beginning of its activity, it has focused on cultivating and discovering the lost musical traditions of Poland. At the centre of interest of members and colleagues lie numerous lost musical works, literary and theoretical texts, and performance traditions. Outstanding scholars collaborating with the Association have made musicological discoveries important to Polish culture, among which it is worth highlighting the work of Benedykt Cichoszewski, or the reconstruction of the first Polish opera "Heca, or the hunt for the hare".
Musicians
associated with the Culture and Art Enthusiasts have performed hundreds of
concerts bringing lost works to a wide audience. Several phonographic
recordings have also been made, among which the Musica Restituta series
is the most distinguished, devoted to the 18th-century musical monuments of the
Wielkopolska region. The albums created in cooperation with the Association
have been repeatedly presented on the Polish Radio, received many excellent
reviews, been awarded and nominated for international phonographic prizes. The
Association's activities are regularly supported by the Ministry of Culture and
National Heritage, provincial governments, city and commune offices, and
private sponsors. The Enthusiasts organize festivals and concerts in Poland and
abroad, it is worth mentioning the long-term series Music in Old Wielkopolska,
the Handel Festival in Poznań, Uckermärkische Musik Festwochen, and Giżycko
Baroque Festival. The association organizes workshops, conferences and research
sessions. Among them, it is worth highlighting substantive collaboration with
the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań thanks to which research into
the work of Józef Elsner has been developed, as well as a series of research
and performance sessions devoted to the activities of the Pohlnische Capelle.
The members of the Association are also active in publishing, popularizing and
research, and among these activities the first Polish translation of the
Leopold Mozart Violin School should be highlighted.
Organization of cultural and artistic events such as concerts, theatre performances, evening meetings, exhibitions, vernissages
Organization of trainings, workshops and other didactic activities related directly to culture in a broad sense
Research into the European cultural heritage in a broad aspect
Publishing all
kinds of releases bound up with training, research and educational activities
Full name | Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Kultury i Sztuki |
Legal form | Stowarzyszenie |
KRS | 0000048216 |
NIP | 9721021422 |
REGON | 634233940 |
Head office address | Krośnieńska 1, 60-162 Poznań, Polska |
Mikołaj Zgółka | Chairman |
Jan Gałązka | Vice-chairman |