KOCHANOWSKI Wika / Strug / Monodia Polska

About the event

KOCHANOWSKI Wika / Strug / Monodia Polska 📍 Saski Garden, Warsaw 📅 September 6, 2025, 2:30 PM, after National Reading ⏳ Duration: 1 hour 🎟️ Free admission What does Jan Kochanowski's poetry sound like? You can find out by staying in Saski Garden after the finale of National Reading. We invite you to the concert KOCHANOWSKI Wika / Strug / Monodia Polska – compositions by Filip Wika to the poems of Jan Kochanowski performed by the Monodia Polska ensemble under the musical direction of Adam Strug. - Music: Filip Wika - Music production: Adam Strug - Performance: Monodia Polska The concert will feature compositions by Filip Wika to the poems of Jan Kochanowski. The pieces are written in such a way that the audience – regardless of their vocal proficiency – can sing along after the first stanza. We will hear songs familiar from school readings as well as those less explored by contemporary audiences. Filip Wika – poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer of the Monodia Polska ensemble, student of MISH at the University of Warsaw. Monodia Polska – an ensemble practicing songs passed down through oral tradition, as well as (contrary to its name) polyphonic scores of Polish medieval and Renaissance music. Monodia Polska lineup: - Filip Wika – compositions, vocals, harmonium - Szczepan Pospieszalski – vocals, trumpet - Tomasz Stawiecki – vocals, clarinet - Michał Żak – vocals, shawm, soprano saxophone - Karol Pospieszalski – vocals, tuba - Hipolit Woźniak – vocals, double bass - Tomasz Skrętkowski – vocals, percussion instruments - Sonia Wronkowska – vocals - Jacek Zembrowski – vocals - Henryk Mazur – vocals - Jakub Kukla – vocals - Mateusz Kowalski – vocals - Tymoteusz Woźniak – vocals - Tomasz Pakowski – vocals - Adam Strug – music production, vocals Join us and sing Kochanowski in Saski Garden! The event is part of NPRCz 2.0, whose booth inspired by Jan Kochanowski's works will be available to participants. The central point of the program will be literary collage workshops led by Maryna Siliakova – artist, illustrator, and visual educator. Funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the National Reading Development Program 2.0 for 2021-2025.