The Polish Institute in Brussels, in collaboration with the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, has the pleasure to invite young and virtuosic pianists to participate in the Preparatory Workshop, devoted to the music of Chopin and his era, on the occasion of the first edition of the International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments organized by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw on September 2-14, 2018 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
>>> Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles and Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (Regentschapsstraat 30, 1000 Brussels) – see map
>>> Conferences and concerts – free entrance as long as places are available
>>> Masterclasses – obligatory registration via this link

         Sunday 4 March       
Opening night:
>>> Concert of Chopin’s music on historical piano, by Piet KUIJKEN, Ewa POBŁOCKA and Dina YOFFE.
>>> 19h – Concert Hall of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels


Programme:

• Dina Yoffe:
  Frédéric Chopin, Scherzo in B flat minor, Op. 31
                           Scherzo in E major, Op. 54 
• Piet Kuijken:
  John Field, no. 5 B Flat Major Andantino
                  no. 4 A Major Poco Adagio
  Frédéric Chopin, Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61
• Ewa Pobłocka:
  Frédéric Chopin, Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55
                           Mazurkas (in G minor, C minor, A flat major, B flat minor)
                           Ballade in A flat major, Op. 47

The event on facebook

         Monday 5 March       
Masterclasses:
>>> Masterclasses by Claire CHEVALLIER, Piet KUIJKEN, Ewa POBŁOCKA, Dina YOFFE
>>> 10h > 16h – Auditoria of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels

Lectures:
>>> Lectures by Jean-Jacques DÜNKI, Claire CHEVALLIER, John RINK
>>> 18h > 20h30 – Concert Hall of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels

         Tuesday 6 March       
Masterclasses:
>>> Masterclasses by Claire CHEVALLIER, Piet KUIJKEN, Ewa POBŁOCKA, Dina YOFFE
>>> 10h > 15h30 – Auditoria of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels

Concert:
>>> Concert by the students to conclude the masterclasses
>>> 16h > 17h30 – Concert Hall of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels