Cordoba City Hall and the Frédéric Chopin Institute of Warsaw have just signed a protocol of intent by which the two parties undertake to collaborate in the promotion and promotion of piano-related activities carried out both by the Polish institution and by the Consistory, mainly through the Warsaw Festival. Piano Rafael Orozco.
The mayor of Cordoba, Jose Maria Bellidoand the general director of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, Artur Szklener, signed this Thursday this protocol, which recognizes the mutual interest in establishing a collaborative framework contributing to the dissemination of both the Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition of Warsaw and the Piano Festival Rafael Orozco of Córdoba and the activities they carry out.
The National Fryderyk Chopin Institute is a widely recognized musical institution throughout the world and its International Piano Competition, founded in 1927, is among the most famous events internationally, having projected numerous pianists onto the international stage. maximum level.
On the occasion of the next centenary of the said International Competition, which will take place in 2027, the Chopin Institute aims to redouble its efforts to projection. In this context, there is the initiative to carry out various international presentations of what will be the nineteenth edition of the Competition, which will be held in Warsaw between October 1 and 23, 2025, and the city of Cordoba and the Festival of Piano Rafael Orozco will be present. . during presentation events.
Along the same lines, the Chopin Institute will host the presentation of the Rafael Orozco International Piano Festival in 2025. For the Cordoba competition, in a scenario of growth of the event given its growth fame In the Spanish musical world, the intention is to strengthen its international dimension with musical institutions from other countries that have among their main objectives the dissemination of the piano and pianists, as well as classical music in general.
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The signing of this collaboration protocol coincides with the celebration of the 22nd edition of the Rafael Orozco Piano Festival and as a preamble to the concert scheduled for this Friday in which the Cordoba Orchestra and, with the kind permission of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, will participate. the pianist Martín García, winner of the last edition of his competition and the only Spaniard to have benefited from such consideration throughout the history of the competition.
The Córdoba City Council will study the possibility of including each year, starting from 2025 and within the framework of the Rafael Orozco Festival, one of the winners of the last edition of the International Chopin Piano Competition.
Along the same lines, the Chopin Institute will study the possibility of inviting each year to its summer course a young pianist Cordoba designated by the Cordoba City Hall, in accordance with the quality criteria required for participation in a course in this artistic category.
