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POCKET PHILHARMONIC 2026

Exciting musical adventures and sonic contemplations beyond anything cultural managers have ever dreamed of.

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Pocket Philharmonic 2026

“If the mountain will not come to Muhammad…”. Philharmonies around the world are wondering how to reach new audiences—people who are not necessarily drawn to the idea of a two-hour concert consisting solely of music composed two hundred years ago. What if, instead, we brought fresh music to places where audiences already engage with live culture? Galleries, theatres, cinemas. A short format, emotions entering into dialogue with a specific film, performance, or exhibition, and the atmosphere of intimate, acoustic, at-home music-making.
That is the Pocket Philharmonic.

Over 80 mini-concerts at the Dramatic Theatre, Muranów Cinema, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and Centrum Jasna 10. Without leaving Chopin’s city, we will visit five continents and nearly 20 countries, while reflecting on whether the heart of new music truly beats in the North today. We invite you to exciting musical adventures and sonic contemplations beyond what cultural managers have ever imagined.

Organizer: Automatophone Foundation

Co-organizers: Gustaw Holoubek Dramatic Theatre, Muranów Cinema, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Centrum Jasna 10, Warsaw Autumn

Co-financed by the funds of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund under the “Music” programme, implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

The project is co-financed by the City of Warsaw.

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June 23, 2026, at 7:30 PM

Before the screening of "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" as part of the Sisterhood Cinema series

Venue: Kino Muranów, screening room (before the film)

Wojtek Blecharz - Map of Tenderness

Performed by Mikołaj Pałosz – cello

Franz Schubert - Winterreise

Performed by Joanna "Halszka" Sokołowska – voice

How do we know which gaze is permissible? Are our eyes allowed to touch the hands, the torso, or perhaps only the head? Is it only a brush that is acceptable, or also rubbing, tugging, striking? And are we certain we know where tenderness ends and violence begins? Perhaps the lonely heroine is condemned to an eternal, solitary journey. Unless she finds solace in the embrace of music... So many questions, so few answers.