Polish flutist Alicia Molitorys speaks with us today about how she got interested in new music despite the lack of early support, the amazing and unique perspective of growing up in Poland and then studying in the West as a young adult, and fills us in a little bit on one of her latest projects, “Dark Sky” with composer Allison Ogden. We got interested in Alicja’s work after she applied to perform at FNMC’s New Music Festival, a long, long trip for her which will be generously supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute through their "Polish culture worldwide" fund (thank you Mr. Mickiewicz!).

Alicja: https://contemporaryartmusicproject.org/alicja-molitorys/

Wissam Boustany: https://www.wissamboustany.com/

Brian Ferneyhough, Cassandra’s Dream Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IKVMdH60-A

Agata Zubel "Not I":

https://open.spotify.com/track/1mPQCAuI9ZnOuLrikm6UD9?si=607f4fac6a674eb5

Sławomir Kupczak "Halny" for electronics and improvising flutist (2017): https://soundcloud.com/user-395603716/s-awomir-kupczak-halny-for?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Nikolet Burzyńska "Green Mazurka" for flute, cello and piano:

https://youtu.be/XBKLEh0_XnA?si=bkVlYgg78pUFn07I

KIOLOIK with the score and recording:

Kioloik (hendrich.pl)