Per Artem Ad Deum medal awarded to a notable person

 

Stanisław Rodziński

Stanisław Rodziński

The Chapter of the Medal of the Pontifical Council for Culture “Per Artem Ad Deum” after assessing the five leading candidates of this year’s edition decided to award the medal to Stanisław Rodziński – distinguished artist, painter and essayist. The Chapter justified it’s choice in a short but conclusive sentence, presenting the laurel to Stanisław Rodziński “for the shades of life which embody the quest for solace and reflection upon life’s transience”.

Stanisław Rodziński (born 1940) – painter and essayist. Dean of the Faculty of Painting of the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts (1993-1996) and Rector of this Academy (1996-2002). He has had several dozen individual exhibitions, and many collective exhibitions. He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Medal Komisji Edukacji Narodowej (Commission for National Education Medal) in 1993, and the Officers’ Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 1998. His work in painting, often landscape, is marked by dignity, monumentalism and muffled colours. He is the author of several volumes of essays, usually on subjects connected with the arts.

Other nominees of this year’s edition are:

  • Roman Berger – composer, Slovakia
  • Philip Gröning – director and documentary film maker, Germany
  • Antanas Kmieliauskas – fine artist, Lithuania
  • Józef Skrzek – multi-instrumentalist, Poland

 

World premiere of Ennio Morricone’s composition staged in Polish exhibition centre

Per Artem Ad Deum 2012

Ennio Morricone and Poznańskie Słowiki Choir were awarded by Per Artem ad Deum 2012 Medal

“Tra Cielo e Terra” – a cantata of a musical genius, Ennio Morricone performed in Targi Kielce (Poland) during the “Per Artem ad Deum” Medal presentation ceremony.

 

World premiere of a new version of Ennio Morricone’s “Tra Cielo e Terra” attended by the composer was held in Targi Kielce. The previous, Roman version of the cantata was altered. The composition staged during the presentation ceremony of the Pontifical Council for Culture Medal “Per Artem ad Deum” was a soundtracks selection from the two films which portrayed John Paul II and Karol Wojtyła. The composition premiere and the Medal presentation were held in front of the two-thousand audience.

 

– The music I write is associated with the religion and the Head of the Church John Paul II; owing to this fact I have been able to become familiar with this Great Pole. I came to realise that this man became the Pope and the Pope remained a man – said Morricone before his work was performed.

 

The artist appreciated the cantata performance of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Swietokrzyskie Philharmonic directed by Jacek Rogala and the Krakow Philharmonic Choir. The concert of the Poznan Nightingales Choir performing, inter alia, the compositions of Mikołaj Gomułka, Wacław of Szamotuły of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart brought the audience closer to the sacrum.

 

– Today’s programme is not a coincidence; as I was building the repertoire I reached for the works Professor Stuligrosz most liked to conduct – said the Poznan Nightingales Choir director Maciej Wieloch.


This is the concert of two dimensions. It represents the dialogue between religion and culture as well as the affiliations of the Holy See and Poland. This is the evening when the faith and music converge afresh in the name of John Paul II; this happens thanks to the fact that the music is dedicated to him – said the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture HE Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi during the ceremony.

 

The “Per Artem ad Deum” Medal is the accolade presented by Pontifical Council for Culture; the Council was created at the initiative of Pope John Paul II. The exceptional distinction is presented in Targi Kielce. This year’s Medal laureates are Ennio Morricone and † Stefan Stuligrosz.

 

The media sponsors of the Targi Kielce concert were RMF Classic, Interia.pl, TVP1 and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily.

“Tra Cielo e Terra” – a cantata of a musical genius, Ennio Morricone performed in Targi Kielce (Poland) during the “Per Artem ad Deum” Medal presentation ceremony.

 

World premiere of a new version of Ennio Morricone’s “Tra Cielo e Terra” attended by the composer was held in Targi Kielce. The previous, Roman version of the cantata was altered. The composition staged during the presentation ceremony of the Pontifical Council for Culture Medal “Per Artem ad Deum” was a soundtracks selection from the two films which portrayed John Paul II and Karol Wojtyła. The composition premiere and the Medal presentation were held in front of the two-thousand audience.

 

– The music I write is associated with the religion and the Head of the Church John Paul II; owing to this fact I have been able to become familiar with this Great Pole. I came to realise that this man became the Pope and the Pope remained a man – said Morricone before his work was performed.

 

The artist appreciated the cantata performance of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Swietokrzyskie Philharmonic directed by Jacek Rogala and the Krakow Philharmonic Choir. The concert of the Poznan Nightingales Choir performing, inter alia, the compositions of Mikołaj Gomułka, Wacław of Szamotuły of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart brought the audience closer to the sacrum.

 

– Today’s programme is not a coincidence; as I was building the repertoire I reached for the works Professor Stuligrosz most liked to conduct – said the Poznan Nightingales Choir director Maciej Wieloch.


This is the concert of two dimensions. It represents the dialogue between religion and culture as well as the affiliations of the Holy See and Poland. This is the evening when the faith and music converge afresh in the name of John Paul II; this happens thanks to the fact that the music is dedicated to him – said the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture HE Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi during the ceremony.

 

The “Per Artem ad Deum” Medal is the accolade presented by Pontifical Council for Culture; the Council was created at the initiative of Pope John Paul II. The exceptional distinction is presented in Targi Kielce. This year’s Medal laureates are Ennio Morricone and † Stefan Stuligrosz.

 

The media sponsors of the Targi Kielce concert were RMF Classic, Interia.pl, TVP1 and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily.

Through Arts to God

The Targi Kielce exhibition hall will soon resound with wonderful music… source: www.enniomorricone.it

Targi Kielce will resound with early choral music
A special concert which adds splendour to the Per Artem ad Deum presentation ceremony is to be held on 29th September. Owing to the works of art presented in the concert the public will experience a mystical dimension.

The Poznan Nightingales Choir will perform 11 pieces – six a capella works in the part of “Early Choral Music” and five accompanied by pipe organs with Maciej Bolewski as the organ player; this will be the first part of the concert. The Choir will be conducted by Maciej Wielocha.

The second concert part will be staged after HE Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi has presented the Medals. The Kielce Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jacek Rogala will play Ennio Morricone’s works “Tra cielo e terra – between the heaven and the earth”.

You are most welcome to join the event our country has never witnessed before.