One word: Complex. Also inaccessible, elitist and hard to understand. And that is not all that can be said. What about a different point of view? How about getting intrigued, learning more, understanding and... liking it? This idea led Spółdzielnia Muzyczna, an ensemble balancing between the 20th-century classics and audio experiments, has prepared the Interakcje (Interactions) series - a way to enter the seemingly alien world of new music. “During our Interactions, we freely explore the territories of 20th-century music, break free from its traditional understanding, delve into electronic and ambient sounds, confront textual and visual materials and search for new identities in the chaotic present,” claim the artists.

• Interactions #1 22 February, 7pm (National Museum in Krakow, Main Building)

Piotr Peszat – Untitled folder #4
Piotr Peszat – Real life proof
Daniel Glaus – «співай проти ночі, яка заступає» (Sing against the breaking night)
Performers: Christina Daletska – mezzosoprano | Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble 

• Interactions #2 / Playground 14 March, 7pm (Cricoteka)

Adrianna Kubica-Cypek – Sacred Noise
Eneko Lacalle Berasategi – Fremdsprache
Eloain Lovis Hübner – New Piece
Paweł Malinowski – [title unknown]
Performers: Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble

• Interactions #3 3 April (Radio Kraków)

• Interactions #4 15 May (Radio Kraków)

• Interactions #5 12 June (Alchemia)

Alex Paxton - Spit Crystal Yeast-rack, dripping in Orange
Anthony Braxton - Composition 136

• Interactions #6 17 September, 7pm (Cricoteka) 

Inauguration of the 2025/2026 artistic season
Anna Sowa Nach dem Foto feiern wir weiter! (2023)
Rafał Ryterski Disco Bloodbath (Got to be real) (2018)
Alex Vaughan Idol Factory (2022)

• Interactions #7 11 October, 7pm (Cricoteka)

Zygmunt Krauze (1938) Listen and Think (Polish premiere)
Monika Szpyrka (1993) self-(un)winding (2021)
Krzysztof Penderecki Zwei frühe Lieder (1955–60)
Juan Allende-Blin (1928) Zwei Lieder aus: Fünf jiddische Lieder aus dem Ghetto (1979)
Eres Holz (1977) Waisengarten (premiera polska)
Karol Szymanowski Masques, Op. 34, reinstrumentation: Paweł Malinowski (Polish premiere)

• Interactions #8 5 November, 7pm (KTO Theatre)

Luciano Berio Naturale
Luciano Berio Folk Songs
Hommage a Luciano Berio – collective composition
Soloist: Anna Zawisza

• Interactions #9 4 November, 7pm (Cricoteka) 

Hans Kraus-Hübner Liebesfluch – Opernskizze über Georg Trakl
Text: Michaela Moritz

• Interactions #10 2 December, 7pm (Cricoteka) 

Dominik Strycharski ReHuman
Piotr Peszat Digital Environments
Paweł Hendrich Djentle // Bruthall