Program

Traces of Presence. A Conversation with Beata Chomątowska

What does it mean to live in a place built on the ruins of a former world? What remains of a vanished city and its inhabitants when material traces disappear, and memory becomes part of everyday life?

Muranów is a unique space - built on the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, yet for decades functioning as an ordinary residential district where everyday life continues. It is this place that Beata Chomątowska - writer, reporter, memory researcher, and author of Muranów Station - has been exploring for years.

Moderated by: Zofia Hartman

A guided walk exploring the traces of Jewish life in Praga, led by Aleksandra Karkowska-Rogińska. Event organized in cooperation with the Museum of Warsaw's Praga.

“Warsaw’s Praga district has preserved, in a particularly remarkable way, layers of the historic city - surviving urban fragments where the past remains legible in Warsaw’s physical landscape. Owing to the different course of history on the eastern bank of the Vistula, Praga retains numerous examples of its pre-war urban fabric, where traces of former residents endure in the architecture, the thresholds of tenement houses, and the understated details of courtyards.

This walking tour follows the traces of Jewish Praga, offering an opportunity to uncover the histories and micro-narratives embedded in the urban landscape. The route includes, among other sites, the former location of the Praga Synagogue, the historic mikveh, the former Jewish Academic House, and the area of the historic Brukowa Street.

The story of Praga’s former Jewish residents is enriched by excerpts from memoirs - including the Sefer Praga - which evoke the everyday life of a community that helped shape this part of Warsaw for decades.

The tour concludes with a visit to former prayer houses, now incorporated into the Museum of Praga in Warsaw.”

(Aleksandra Karkowska-Rogińska)

A guided walk exploring the soundscape and music of the Warsaw Ghetto, led by Masza Makarowa. The event is organized in collaboration with the Warsaw Ghetto Museum.

Program Premiere - the sonification of the Gold Brothers’ tenement house for solo clarinet, voice, and a living courtyard.

Paweł Szamburski will present an original reperotoire that draws inspiration from a wide range of musical cultures and traditions - from the ancient Hymn to Nikkal, through the medieval motets of Peter of Grudziądz, Renaissance litanies by Costanzo Festa and Cristóbal de Morales, to Hasidic nigunim of the Shapiro dynasty, Polish Advent songs, and contemporary street songs about Warsaw reimagined through his own musical language.

Szamburski’s artistic practice is always part of a broader story: one about being present in the here and now, and about listening closely to what has not yet been given a name. For years, he has moved effortlessly between early music, various musical traditions, and contemporary expression, developing a distinctive musical language at the intersection of these worlds. For him, the archive material is never simply a quotation - it is a point of departure. The contemporary, in turn, never strives to be novel for its own sake. It is in the meeting of these seemingly distant traditions that something unique emerges: a deeply personal musical statement that resists being confined to any single time or place.

After the concert, we warmly invite you to continue the evening with us at Bar Studio, where we will raise a birthday toast together and celebrate WarszeMuzik's 10th anniversary.

A guided walk dedicated to the women of the Oneg Shabbat, led by Monika Iwanicka. Event organized in cooperation with the Jewish Historical Institute.

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