SOKÓŁ Malopolska Culture Centre

Welcome to the website of the SOKÓŁ Malopolska Culture Centre in Nowy Sącz. Please note that our English-language site is currently under development. In the meantime, should you have any enquiries regarding our festivals or events, please do not hesitate to contact us at kontakt@mcksokol.pl

Online broadcasts from the 32nd FESTIVAL OF THE CHILDREN OF MOUNTAINS

Can’t be in Nowy Sącz for the 32nd International Festival of Children's Folk Ensembles FESTIVAL OF THE CHILDREN OF MOUNTAINS? Join us online and watch the concerts live from anywhere in the world!

The 21st Ada Sari Competition is now history

The 21st Ada Sari International Vocal Artistry Competition concluded on Saturday, 24 May, with the Winners Gala Concert. This was the final chord of a week-long celebration of singing in Nowy Sącz. In the performance hall of the SOKÓŁ Małopolska Culture Centre, the organiser of the Competition, music lovers gathered to applaud the young artists who will soon grace the world’s greatest stages and concert halls. The concert, like all stages of the Competition, was streamed online and remains available there for the next thirty days.

Mariana Poltorak won the Ada Sari Competition

Mariana POLTORAK, a Ukrainian soprano of Polish heritage and graduate of the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków, has won the first prize (43,000 PLN) at the 21ˢᵗ Ada Sari International Vocal Artistry Competition. The decision was made by an international jury chaired by Małgorzata Walewska, the competition’s Artistic Director. The soprano also received an award for the outstanding performance of a Polish piece – specifically for "Ha! Dzieciątko nam umiera" (Halka’s scene and aria from Act IV of Stanisław Moniuszko’s opera Halka).

In Memory of Ada Sari and Prof. Helena Łazarska

As tradition dictates, Thursday is a day free from auditions during the 21ˢᵗ Ada Sari International Vocal Artistry Competition, as it is usually reserved for the finalists’ rehearsals with the orchestra. This year was no exception. The eight finalists prepared for their Friday performance with the Kraków Opera Orchestra under the baton of Marta Kluczyńska.

Maciej Linttner "What has happended is still happening"

Jan Kucz (1936-2021) - sculpture