{"id":8898,"date":"2017-05-17T16:19:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T16:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecliffedge.com\/?p=8898"},"modified":"2017-06-20T13:24:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:24:48","slug":"krakow-film-music-festival-celebrates-first-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecliffedge.com\/?p=8898","title":{"rendered":"Krakow Film Music Festival celebrates first decade"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ray Bennett<\/p>\n

KRAKOW \u2013 The 10th annual Krakow Film Music Festival (KFMF) kicked off today and as organisers looked back on the domestic and international success of the Polish event, there was one key element: \u201cThe magic word is passion,\u201d said Jan A.P. Kaczmarek.<\/p>\n

The Polish composer, whose Oscar-winning score for \u201cFinding Neverland\u201d will feature in the All is Film Music anniversary gala on Saturday, said at the opening media conference, \u201cPassion has accompanied the festival as it has grown. I have always admired the style of the festival.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Krakow\u2019s own Abel Korzeniowski, whose scores for films such as \u201cA Single Man\u201d, \u201cRomeo & Juliet\u201d and \u201cNocturnal Animals\u201d have made him much in demand in Hollywood, said that all the film composers in the film capital knew about KFMF: \u201cThey all want to come here. The atmosphere is wonderful and the performances are excellent. It\u2019s not easy to perform film music. You need large orchestras, a big choir and a lot of work to make it successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Korzeniowski said that for the first time he will conduct a concert of his film music that he has prepared especially for Krakow. The concert is at the ICE Krakow tonight.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles-based Canadian composer Trevor Morris, whose music from the TV series \u201cEmerald City\u201d will be performed during Saturday night’s gala, said: \u201cThis is my third time here. I\u2019ve been to other film music festivals around the world and there\u2019s nothing like this place.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s events also will feature Howard Shore\u2019s music for \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d, John Williams\u2019s \u201cStar Wars\u201d and<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kaczmarek\u2019s \u201cDreamer\u201d. There are chamber film music concerts, a dance party dee-jayed by Italian composer Giorgio Moroder, the Polish premiere of Matt Schrader\u2019s \u201cScore: A Film Music Documentary\u201d, and two films with live music from Wolfgang Petersen\u2019s \u201cThe Neverending Story\u201d, score by Klaus Doldinger, and James Cameron\u2019s \u201cTitanic\u201d, score by James Horner.<\/p>\n

At the media event, Deputy Mayor Andrzej Kulig had words of praise for the annual event: “We don’t need to persuade anyone that the 10 years of the festival have been 10 years of success.”<\/p>\n

Festival artistic director and organiser Robert Piaskowski said, \u201cWe started from scratch 10 years ago and we have always wanted a wide variety of film music. We want to show that this festival gives people joy. Our plans for the future are big because film music keeps expanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Varese Sarabande\u2019s Robert Townson, who has produced the commemorative festival CD, said, \u201cI love the gathering together of film composers who genuinely pleased to see their names along with others they admire. Film music is an international art form and we should light a cauldron outside in Krakow as it is an Olympic-sized event. The real FMF flame burns in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Top photo (l-r): RMF Classic radio presenter and festival host Magda Mi\u015bka-Jackowska, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Trevor Morris, Abel Korzeniowski, Deputy Mayor Andrzej Kulig, Robert Townson, Robert Piaskowski and RMF Classic Deputy Program Director Pawel Pawlik.<\/p>\n

(Photo: Ray Bennett)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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