Morzaika: koncert dla rodzin z dziećmi
We invite you to the next musical event in the ĄsąBąble series: a concert for children aged 3–7 and their families!
What does the sea dream of? Can the sea sing? Can the pebbles washed up on the shore be the Sea’s Alphabet? Or simply an ordinary morzaika? The October ĄsąBąble heads for Buenos Aires, city of favourable winds. We will hear their whistling and rustling, and clap out the colourful rhythms that have sailed here from every corner of the world.
We will stay close to the harbour district, because it was there — in the San Telmo neighbourhood — that the most famous milongas took place; it is there we will meet the little fisherwoman from a poem by Gabriela Mistral, and it is there that the piece Opowieści starego fortepianu, recently written by Aitana Kasulin, leads us. The programme will be complemented by works by other outstanding Argentine composers: Alberto Ginastera and Astor Piazzolla. Along the way we will find pebbles washed up on the shore which, coloured with felt-tip pens, will form a sounding morzaika.
Performers:
Anna Karpowicz flute
Krzysztof Kozłowski piano
Anna Szawiel actress
Before and after the concerts, parents and carers with children are welcome to enjoy treats at our café.
About the series:
ĄsąBąble are performative concerts featuring new music for families with children aged 0–7. Each one is based on an original scenario in which listening to music, interactive games and educational value are equally important. In a space friendly to the very youngest, one can listen to the music of leading contemporary composers in a version and proportion adapted for small ears. The theatrical format of the concerts encourages focus and allows one to be enchanted by the sounds, while the invitation to join in collective improvisations releases the natural need for expression in little people. In the spirit of Janusz Korczak’s words “There are no children, there are people,” all participants are treated with respect and have a share in how the event unfolds. The series presents exclusively music of the 20th and 21st centuries. A regular feature is the presentation of a recording of a symphonic work or a piece from the field of sound design and electronics.
While each edition of ĄsąBąble takes musical material as its point of departure, it also abounds in extra-musical contexts close to the practice of Hashtag Ensemble: literary, visual, social. The events are interdisciplinary in character: also taking part are invited artists who have long worked in close proximity to children’s imagination — dancers, performers, illustrators and writers. Theatre is a natural arena for new music, and so the educational character of the ĄsąBąble series also incorporates actor training for the musicians.
The curator and host of the series is Anna Szawiel — an actress and narrator who specialises in interdisciplinary cultural and educational events. She likes to work at the boundaries: between concert and performance, education and play, the physical and the abstract, always in connection with children’s imagination. The concert programmes are co-created by musicians of Hashtag Ensemble.
The ĄsąBąble project creatively develops the concept of the “Smykowizje” series by the foundation “Muzyka jest dla wszystkich”, within which in 2016–2022 Hashtag Ensemble and Anna Szawiel gave over 130 concerts and mini-performances together, seeking the most compelling forms for presenting new music. The concept and curatorial direction of Smykowizje was by Anna Kierkosz. It was the first series of events in Poland aimed at the very youngest children, in which contemporary music played the leading role.
Przestrzeń Muzyki Współczesnej Hashtag Lab is co-financed by the Capital City of Warsaw. The media patron of Przestrzeń Muzyki Współczesnej Hashtag Lab is POLMIC.PL.