Coffee with Chopin at PKO Rotunda, 00-026 Warszawa

PKO Bank Polski, Strategic Partner of the 19th Chopin Competition, invites all lovers of music and good coffee to concerts by participants in this year's Chopin Competition. On 18 and 19 October, Zuzanna Sejbuk and Andrzej Wierciński will perform live at PKO Rotunda.

On Saturday and Sunday, from 6 p.m., you will be able to watch and listen to the broadcast of the final round of the Competition auditions. Admission is free.

PKO Bank Polski invites you to ‘Coffee with Chopin’ at PKO Rotunda. It will be an opportunity to listen to live concerts by participants of the ongoing Chopin Competition, the outstanding pianists Zuzanna Sejbuk and Andrzej Wierciński. From 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, the final rounds of the 19th Chopin Competition will be broadcast on screen at PKO Rotunda. Guests will be able to enjoy coffee, tea or a sweet surprise from Deseo Patisserie & Chocolaterie. Admission is free[1].

What have we prepared?

This weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, from 4 p.m. at PKO Rotunda, there will be concerts by Polish participants in this year's Chopin Competition:

• on Saturday, 18 October, Zuzanna Sejbuk, the only Polish woman in the competition, will perform.
• on Sunday, 19 October, Andrzej Wierciński will perform.

During short breaks in the concerts, Aleksandra Koczurko-Porzycka (IG: @blecanto) will talk about, among other things, the composer's four main loves and their influence on his work, his friendship with Delfina Potocka, and his relationship with George Sand and her daughter Solange.

Coffee and sweet treats from Deseo Patisserie & Chocolaterie will be waiting for guests.

From 6 p.m., there will be a joint viewing of the final round of the Competition auditions on a large screen.

The Rotunda will be transformed, both symbolically and literally, into a Chopin café, where every note of the piano will resonate even more fully.

[1] Due to safety requirements, no more than 100 people may be present in PKO Rotunda at any one time.