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Zygmunt Krauze's Listen and Think Premiered in Germany and Poland

Oct. 19, 2025

Zygmunt Krauze's collaboration with the Spółdzielnia Muzyczna contemporary ensemble resulted in a new piece entitled Listen and Think for baritone, flute, clarinet, saxophone, piano, percussion, violin, viola and cello. Spółdzielnia invited the internationally renowned E-MEX Ensemble from Germany to collaborate on this premiere.

Listen and Think is another work, alongside Krauze's Children's Requiem and Listen, in which the composer draws attention to the most serious problems of the modern world. He confronts current events, taken from press reports on wars and armed conflicts of the 21st century, with the reflections of great thinkers such as Seneca, Voltaire, Pascal and Nietzsche. Through texts and music, Krauze emphasises strong emotions such as anger, pain, amazement and fear.

Listen and Think was premired on October 4 in Cologne, and performed again the following day in Düsseldorf. In Poland, the work was heard for the first time on October 11 at Cricoteka in Krakow. That program also included a conversation with Zygmunt Krauze and a performance of Karol Szymanowski's Masks in a new arrangement by Paweł Malinowski.

To learn more about Zygmunt Krauze, visit pwm.com.pl.

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