The annual FRIV festival begins this week in Poznan, Poland and will run from December 10th-13th at Centrum Amarant. FRIV festival is an improvised music festival that features musicians from Poznan itself and one or two other cities. This year, participants will come from Wieden, Austria. Artists will draw lots on the 10th to decide the groups that will perform.
The following musicians will represent Widen at the festival: Christina Ruf, Ahoo Maher, Agnes Hvizdalek, Matija Schellander, Klaus Filip, Arnold Haberl, Daniel Lercher, and Sara Zlanabitnig.
The following musicians represent will represent Poznan at the festival: Tomek Misiak, Paweł Doskocz, Borys Słowikowski, Robert Gogol, Barbara Wilińska, Patryk Lichota, Joanna Wabik, Maciej Janasik. You can see a schedule for the festival below.
FRIV festival will also host a screening of the film Poglos, which you can see the trailer for here. There will be a panel discussion as well featuring director Radek Sirko, Tomasz Misiak, Patryk Lichota, and Piotr Tkacz. You can find out more about the FRIV festival at their website or on the Facebook event page.
December 11th:
8pm-10pm:
duet –(Poz/Wien)
trio – (Poz/Wien/Wien)
quartet (Poz/Pozn/Wien/Wien)
duet – (Poz/Wien)
December 12th:
8pm-10pm:
trio – (Poz/Pozn/Wien)
duet –(Poz/Wien)
quartet(Poz/Pozn/Wien/Wien)
trio – (Poz/Wien/Wien)
December 13th:
6pm-8pm: Poglos screening and panel discussion
8pm-10pm:
quartet (Poz/Pozn/Wien/Wien)
trio – (Poz/Pozn/Wien)
duet –(Poz/Wien)
Visit the FRIV festival website for a more comprehensive schedule.