The upcoming edition of Leo Festival 2019 sparkles with a large variety of themes. Of course, as usual, we try to build bridges between music and other arts, as well as addressing various social groups. We also try to explore new areas, stimulating and strengthening the fruitful exchange of energy between musicians and listeners. The art depends on communication.

The concert Hosting Leo introduces music to private homes. As part of this initiative, music lovers have the opportunity to invite an ensemble involving members of the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra to their home. Thanks to this, they treat their friends and guests to a chamber concert. It is a great experience of musical intimacy!

In the programme Choose and Listen, we offer the audience a rich and colourful list of compositions. During the evening, listeners can spontaneously choose what they want to hear. Works thus selected will be presented by the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra.

In the project Music and Painting, masters of the brush will translate the energy of live music into their own language – they will spontaneously paint during the concert! In a sense, we will establish an action painting like that from the 1950s. Do you remember Jackson Pollock?

At the end of the festival, a real delicacy awaits us – the concert entitled Sounds and Tastes. The NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra together with Robert Makłowicz will propose a great music programme combined with the art of cooking. It will be a real symphony of wonderful sounds and intriguing flavours and aromas. The menu will probably include tournedos à la Rossini as well as many tasty works, such as the Tafelmusik by Georg Philipp Telemann and La revue de cuisine by Bohuslav Martinů!

Come and enjoy the feast!

Ernst Kovacic
Artistic Director of Leo Festival