Welcome at the new website of Arsenal Nights, the Chamber Music Festival, which has been continuously organized since 1997 in the beautiful courtyard of one of the most interesting monuments of architecture in Wrocław (Breslau). Arsenal Nights is an open-air festival, with concerts taking place in magical surroundings, green and full of spirit of Arsenal’s unique monuments. This June and July this will be for the 15^th time that Arsenal will be conquered by our faithful Audience as well as a gathering of exquisite stars of chamber music, who will give their performances from 24 June till 10 July.

All concerts commence at 8 p.m., and the musical host of the Festival will be as always the Wratislavia Chamber Orchestra performing under the direction of the eminent violinist and conductor Jan Stanienda.

This year’s 15^th Festival is subtitled as Nations Nights. It is our intention to present a series of eight concerts devoted to the beauty of musical culture of various European nations, and illustrate it with a range of musical pieces of various styles and époques. This is why masterpieces of classical music will be performed alongside challenging modern compositions, pieces of flaming Spanish flamenco, and soothing beauty of Polish quality pop songs. In the series, we shall listen to music of Germany, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Spain, France, Poland and Estonia. And we shall admire many stars amongst the performers.

We invited to the French Night Pascal Rogé, one of most appreciated pianists of his country, who will play together with Polish musicians pieces of Franck, Fauré and Tailleferre. The concert devoted to the music of Spain will be refined by guitarist Rafael Cortés, a master of flamenco, performing together with his ensemble. The German Night will give us an opportunity to hear Alexandra Conunova, a young Moldavian violinist and a laureate of a number of violinist competitions, who will perform the solo part of Concerto in D Minor by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. The Austrian Night will be filled with music of the ensemble Duo Granat made up by two pianists, Daniel Propper of Austria and Tamara Granat of Wrocław, Poland – they will play Mozart, Czerny and Schubert). The Stenhammar Quartet will introduce us to the world of Swedish chamber music. And for the Polish Night on 8 July we invited the popular and appreciated band Raz, Dwa, Trzy (One, Two, Three). The Festival will end on 10 July with the Estonian Night, at which we will listen, amongst other pieces, to music of far-famed Arvo Pärt.

Please feel invited!