Treny Katyńskie highlights

Today, in the J. Elsner Philharmonic Hall in Opole, the concert Treny Katyńskie by Adam Tański, who composed this music piece to commemorate the victims of the crime committed by the NKVD on Polish prisoners of war in the spring of 1940, was played.

The guests, among whom were representatives of the authorities and various institutions, but above all members of the "Katyń Family" Association in Opole and students of Opole schools, were welcomed by Krystian Iwanow, director of the Office of Cultural Events of the Institute of National Remembrance in Warsaw. The concert was also preceded by speeches by: Dr. Iwona Demczyszak, Head of the IPN Branch in Opole, Tomasz Witkowski, Deputy Governor of Opole Province, and Dr. Violetta Rezler-Wasielewska , Director of the Central Museum of Prisoners-of-War.

Treny Katyńskie is a kind of musical mystery play, in which the solemn, mournful atmosphere is enhanced by sung and spoken poetry by Władysław Sebyła, victims of the Katyń massacre, a solo dance and a moving image - computer animation with a motif of Katyń pines.

The concert, which was received long applause from the audience, was conducted by Tomasz Chyla and performed by: Emilia Chyła (violin), Patryk Purzycki (viola), Katarzyna Kamińska (cello), Karolina Zorn (bassoon), Dawid Głowacki (clarinet), Marta Bagniewska (flute), Sławomir Bronk (countertenor), Paweł Kozłowski (dance) and Paula Jaszczyk (visuals).

After the concert, members of the University of the Third Age, operating at the Community Culture, Sports and Recreation Center in Łambinowice, who also took part in the event, visited the Opole seat of the Museum and, among others, the exhibition entitled On the inhuman land. Polish prisoners-of-war in the USSR which has been displayed for several days in the courtyard in front of the building.

Our Museum, which since 1990 has been researching, documenting and popularising the fate of Polish prisoners-of-war in the USSR, was a partner of the IPN in organising the event.

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