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Ticket sales to the finale of the 10th Sacrum Profanum Festival, the first ever joint concert of Sigur Rós and the Kronos Quartet, begin this Thursday (1st March). Tickets will be available at: 
In the latest issue of Duży Format, in the regular Kulturalny Koszyk (Eng. Cultural Basket) column, rapper L.U.C answers the following question: If you had PLN 100 to spend on culture... We would like to remind you that the artist will appear on stage together with the múm group during the inauguration of the 8th edition of the Sacrum Profanum Festival. 
This will be a very special event: two remarkable concerts, two great stars, both on one stage, exclusively in Krakow. Sigur Rós and the Kronos Quartet will perform at the finale of the 10th jubilee edition of the Sacrum Profanum Festival. The concerts will take place on the 16th and 17th of September, traditionally on the main floor of the Tinning Plant of ArcelorMittal Poland. Ticket sales are scheduled to begin on March 1st.
“When I was first asked to collaborate on a joint project with Mr Greenwood, I hesitated. I didn’t say yes right away”, recalls Krzysztof Penderecki, “But then he came to Krakow to meet me and turned out to be a really normal guy. He was well-dressed and well-spoken. I was in shock! I listened to his songs and thought they were good. And then my granddaughter explained to me what Radiohead was” – this is how Krzysztof Penderecki describes the beginnings of his collaboration with Jonny Greenwood in today’s issue of the weekly Wprost.
Jazzarium.pl summed up 2011. Krakow-based artist Piotr Orzechowski, Pianohooligan, and his band High Definition emerged at the top of the ranking in the Debut of the Year category. The ranking selected the top five most important albums, musicians, events, places, debuts and CDs of 2011 from a list suggested by the website’s reviewers. One of the top five Albums of the Year was Leszek Możdżer’s Komeda. Both artists performed at the finale of last year’s American-focused edition of the Sacrum Profanum Festival.
The first joint album by two great artists – Krzysztof Penderecki, one of the most outstanding Polish composers, and Jonny Greenwood, the guitarist of Radiohead – is scheduled to appear in music stores all over the world on 13th March. The CD was produced by Filip Berkowicz, Artistic Director of the Sacrum Profanum Festival and Michał Merczyński, Director of the National Audiovisual Institute. The material will be released by the legendary American record label, Nonesuch Records.
Wisława Szymborska passed away in her sleep last night in her apartment in Krakow. The Noble Prize winner had been ill for several months and had undergone a serious operation in November. The sad news was confirmed by her personal secretary, Michał Rusinek.