The concert, dedicated to the Jagiellonian University on its 650 Anniversary will be organised by the Center for Jewish Culture as part of the 9th edition of Felix Mendelssohn Music Days.

Musicians:
Elena Braslavsky – piano,
The Cordes Classiques Quartet: Piotr Marciak (violin), Marcin Kmiecik (violin), Aneta Dumanowska (viola), Tomasz Wyroba (cello).

Programme:
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847), Song without Words in F major Op. 85 No. 14,
Mieczysław Weiniberg (1919–1996), Piano quintet in F minor Op. 18 (1944),
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847), Song without Words in G minor Op. 102 No. 4,
Dymitr Szostakowicz (1906–1975), Piano quintet in G minor Op. 57 (1940).

Elena Braslavsky was born in Moscow. She studied at the Gnesin School of Music and later, after she emigrated to the United States, she received her PhD degree at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Awarded with a Fullbright and DAAD scholarships, she also studied at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne and at the European Mozart Academy in Prague under the supervision of Sandor Vegh. She has given concerts in renown concert halls of North and South America, Europe, Japan and Korea, where she performed alongside such artists as Steven Isserlis, Nibuko Imai and Mstislav Rostropovich. She was a tutor in the Juilliard School of Music and the Mannes College in New York, and currently teaches at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.

The Cordes Classiques Quartet is composed of Kraków chamber musicians working closely with the Orchestra Sinfonietta Cracovia. The main field of interest of the group is the music of classical masters: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, whose works helped to crystallise the form of string quartet and paved the way for the development of chamber music.
The Cordes Classiques Quartet, though rooted in classic beauty and elegance, also performs romantic and contemporary music. In addition, the extensive repertoire of the group includes “salon music” of the Strausses and Kreissler as well as transcriptions of dance and film music.
The Quartet has performed in many successful concerts and is widely appreciated by the audience.