62nd National Festival of Polish Song Opole NCPP

Schedule of the 62nd KFPP in Opole.

Thursday, 12.06.2025

Concert “Debut” A four-day entry to the concert “Debuts”. It will begin with scientific hits by the band Breakout: “When I was a little boy”, “I would go for you” and “Gdybyś kochał, hej!”. The songs will be performed by Kuba Badach, Miuosh, Kasia Kowalska, Natalia Przybysz, Piotr Nalepa and Stanisław Słowiński. In the competition part, the following will participate:

1. Błażej Latos – “Głośniej” 2. Monika Kowalczyk – “Mam coś” 3. Cieniu – “Ona” 4. Siostry Kafar – “Oh, poor thing” 5. Daniel Godson – “Jest jak jest” 6. Daria Adamczewska – “Pamiętaj” 7. Soulish – “Kosmos” 8. Maks Tachasiuk – “Psy” (representative of the City of Opole) 9. Stasiek Kukulski – “Dla Ciebiebym być” (winner of the “Szansa na sukces. Opole 2025” programme, autumn edition) 10. Julia Tkacz – “To, co teraz” (winner of the “Szansa na sukces. Opole 2025” programme, spring edition) The debutants will compete for two main prizes: the Anna Jantar (the winner will be selected by a jury) and the Audience Award (the winner will be selected by SMS voting). While waiting for the verdict, viewers will hear songs by Tadeusz Woźniak performed by Bovska, Zalia, Tribbs, Piotr Cugowski, Mela Koteluk and Zazula. The song “Someone Between Us”, performed in 1979 by Anna Jantar and Zbigniew Hołdys, will be sung by Natalia Kukulska and Kuba Badach. The artists will be accompanied by the Kukla Band and the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw conducted by Jan Stokłosa.

The concert will be hosted by Bovska, Zalia and Tribbs. Directed by Halina Przebinda. “Hip-hop. One courtyard” The concert will recreate the atmosphere of an authentic hip-hop event – full of energy, rhythm, truth and an uncompromising message. Three generations of Polish rap will meet on stage: oldschool, new wave and young artists. Oldschool will be represented by: Paktofonika, AbradAb, Molesta Ewenement, O.S.T.R, and new wave by: GrubSon, Ten Typ Mes, JWP/BC. Among the young artists will be: Miły ATZ, WCK, Kukon, asthma. The concert will be enriched by visualizations of urban landscapes and housing estates. The narrative of the event will bring the audience closer to the history and idea of ​​hip-hop in Poland – as a lifestyle expressing freedom and authenticity. The musical setting will be provided by DJ Eprom (world champion DJ) and the Torres Brothers band. We will also see graffiti by Merd, Eros and Isok. The concert will be hosted by CNE (Tomasz Kleyff). The concert director is Miłosz Bidziński, and the artistic director is Vienio, i.e. Piotr Więcławski.

Friday, 13.06.2025 “Premiery” Concert The second day will open with the “Premiery” concert. Last year’s winners will appear on stage: Zabłocki Osoby & Czesław Mozil (Karol Musioł Award) and Józefina & Skubas (jury award). The competition part will feature: 1. Bovska – “You’re Calling” 2. Dominik Dudek – “We’ll Be Missing Too” 3. Patrycja Markowska – “Love, Faith, Hope” 4. Paulla – “Forever” 5. Pectus – “Barraquito” 6. Poparzeni Kawą Trzy – “You Live Once” 7. Sound’n’Grace – “First Step” 8. Mateusz Ziółko – “A Simple Song About Love” 9. Katarzyna Żak – “Because If Love Has an End” 10. Ania Iwanek – “Not for Us” (winner of “The Voice of Poland”). After all the presentations, while the viewers’ votes are being counted, Andrzej Piaseczny and Robert Chojnacki will perform on stage. The artists will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the cult album “Sax & Sex”. They will be accompanied by the Kukla Band and the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw conducted by Zygmunt Kukla. The concert will be hosted by Paulina Chylewska and Łukasz Nowicki. The concert director is Beata Szymańska-Masny.

“SuperJedynki”

A concert with the participation of the most popular artists and their greatest hits. Performers: IRA, Myslovitz, Patrycja Markowska, Maciej Maleńczuk, Elektryczne Gitary, Urszula, Voo Voo, Feel, Golden Life, Varius Manx, Danuta Błażejczyk, Doda. The concert will feature songs that have won the hearts of listeners and have permanently entered the history of Polish popular music. Multi-instrumentalist Igor Falecki will also perform on the Opole stage, preparing percussion interpretations of songs performed by the participants of the “SuperJedynki” concert. The concert will be hosted by Gabi Drzewiecka and Artur Orzech, and directed by Cyprian Ziąbski. Saturday, 14.06.2025 “Let’s have a party…”

The concert, which will bring back the atmosphere of years gone by, will recall the sounds of youth and emotions that accompanied us with the greatest Polish hits. Among the songs, there will be: “Takie tango”, “Gdzie się tamte prywatki”, “Wszystko fajne dziś chcę”, “Nie liczę godziny i lata”, “Wszystko mi mi, że mnie kto miłość kocham”, “Chałupy welcome to” and many others. Featuring: Budka Suflera, Wojciech Gąssowski, Izabela Trojanowska, Andrzej Rybiński, Papa D, Olga Szomańska, Mateusz Ziółko, Anna Wyszkoni, Ania Rusowicz, Maciej Balcar, Filip Lato, Maciej Miecznikowski, Ania Iwanek, Sławek Uniatowski. The concert will be hosted by Michał Sikorski. Marcin Kołaczkowski, who together with Marek Sierocki created the concert script, is responsible for directing. The combined orchestras of the Kukla Band and the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw are conducted by Zygmunt Kukla. “KabareTYM”

On December 6, 2024, Stanisław Tym passed away – one of the giants of Polish entertainment, theater, stage, cabaret and television. This year’s “KabareTYM” will be dedicated to his memory, but it will not be a pathetic evening. Quite the opposite! This cabaret will be exactly what Staszek was: feisty, non-obvious, dynamic, surprising, ironic, satirical – and at the same time slightly lyrical, cheerful, full of depth. Stanisław’s friends and loved ones will appear on stage – those he valued, supported and inspired. Artists whom he promoted, raised, whom he supported. Stanisław Tym lived in two worlds at the same time: cabaret and acting. Both of these worlds will meet on one stage this evening. The following cabarets will perform on stage: Ani Mru Mru, Paranienormalni, Mumio, Jurki, Lubię, Rewers, Ciach and Katarzyna Pakosińska, Katarzyna Zielińska, Jacek Fedorowicz, Artur Andrus, Wiktor Zborowski, Tomasz Sapryk. On the screen in “street polls” in the style of those from Stanisław Tym’s programs: Filip Cembala, Maciej Stuhr, Jacek Braciak, Rafał Rutkowski, Mariusz Drężek. The musical setting will be provided by Marcin Partyka and his band. The Opole performance will be hosted by cabaret artists – “Jabbar”, i.e. Marcin Wójcik from Ani Mru Mru and “Guma”, i.e. Piotr Gumulec from the Chyba cabaret, and directed by Beata Harasimowicz.

Sunday, 15.06.2025 “THREE QUARTERS OF JACK CYGAN – BIRTHDAY” The hero of the first Sunday concert will be Jacek Cygan – poet, playwright, screenwriter, prose writer, translator and television personality. The Opole concert is primarily the presence of artists for whom Jacek wrote, with whom he was friends and with whom he remains friends to this day. It is also a personal story of Jacek Cygan himself – supported by archival materials – about six victories in Opole. Ryszard Rynkowski will sing two songs, even though Jacek Cygan wrote almost 70 songs for him. Famous film songs will appear – “Dumkę na dwa serca” will be sung by Edyta Górniak and Mietek Szcześniak, and one of Jacek’s greatest hits, “Jaka róża taki tierń”, will be performed by Ralph Kaminski. The concert narrative will be complemented by personal statements and performances by guests: a special piece by Magda and David Beucher or Monti’s “Czardasz” performed by Mariusz Patyra. There will be no shortage of singing together with the audience – with the participation of Andrzej Seweryn, Jacek Cygan himself and all the artists of the concert.

The host of the concert will be the Jubilarian himself, and the following will perform: Andrzej Seweryn, Grażyna Łobaszewska, Jerzy Filar, Stanisław Soyka, Ralph Kaminski, Mietek Szcześniak, Edyta Górniak, Ryszard Rynkowski, Anna Jurksztowicz, Majka Jeżowska, Piotr Cugowski, Marcin Januszkiewicz, Magda and David Beucher, Mariusz Patyra, Beata Rybotycka. The artists will be accompanied by the Opole Gospel Family choir under the direction of Katarzyna “Puma” Piasecka, as well as the Kukla Band and the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw under the baton of Zygmunt Kukla. The concert will be directed by Wojciech Iwański, who prepared the script together with Jacek Cygan.

“Small Longings – a Concert in Memory of Wojciech Trzciński”

At the end of the 62nd KFPP in Opole, we will see a concert dedicated to the memory and work of Wojciech Trzciński – an outstanding composer, arranger and music producer. Artists who have collaborated with Wojciech Trzciński for decades will appear on stage – including Magda Umer, Edyta Geppert, Krystyna Prońko, Ewa Bem, Urszula Dudziak, Wanda i Banda, Andrzej Rybiński, Jan Borysewicz, Halina Frąckowiak and Ewa Dębicka-Brzozowska from the band Alibabki. They will be joined by representatives of the contemporary music scene, who will pay tribute to the composer: Grzegorz Turnau, Kuba Badach, Natalia Przybysz, Natalia Szroeder, Rubens, Mitch&Mitch, Ania Karwan, Katarzyna Cerekwicka, Roxie Węgiel, Jan Młynarski, Natalia Kukulska, Kasia Moś, Sławek Uniatowski, Katarzyna Groniec and Bunio.

The artists will be accompanied by an orchestra conducted by Adam Sztaba, who will arrange Trzciński’s pieces, the TgD choir conducted by Piotr Nazaruk, as well as excellent instrumentalists: Henryk Miśkiewicz, Marek Napiórkowski, Andrzej Jagodziński, Wojciech Borkowski, Filip Siejka, Marek Stefankiewicz and Jacek Królik. There will be no shortage of the title “Małe tęsknot” by Krystyna Prońko, as well as songs such as: “Odpływ kaszarenki”, “Jak mibił dzień”, “Pamiętam Ciebie z tych lat”, “Dziewczyna z konwaliami”, “Nie być Julia”, “Hi-Fi”, “Staruszek świat”, “Dancing Queen”, “Uczymy się życie bez końca” and pieces from the oratorio “Kolęda Nocka”. The evening will be hosted by a duo that debuted on the Sopot stage in 1986 thanks to Trzciński – Grażyna Torbicka and Tomasz Raczek. The composer’s son, Stanisław Trzciński, is responsible for the concept and script of the event, and the concert director is Bolesław Pawica.

Festival-related Events 2025 Thursday, June 12

17:30 Castle Pond, Unveiling of the Ewa Demarczyk monument 18:30–19:30 Market Square, ,,Guessing the festival hits” – contest with audience participation 20:00–24:00 Market Square, Viewer Zone, Broadcast of the 62nd KFPP Friday, June 13 16:30 Unveiling of another element of the Festival Route “birdhouse” at Groszowy Bridge, sponsored by Orange Polska. 18:00–19:30 Market Square, Bryska Concert 20:00–24:00 Market Square, Viewer Zone, Broadcast of the 62nd KFPP Saturday, June 14, Market Square, Unveiling of Stars in the Alley of Stars of Polish Song: 11:00 Bohdan Łazuka 11:30 Doda (Dorota Rabczewska) 12:30 Daria Zawiałow 13:00 Urszula Dudziak 13:30 Danuta Błażejczyk 13:30–16:30 Market Square, Cafe with Stars 16:30–17:00 Market Square, Bohdan Łazuka Concert and Czesław Majewski ,,That was it’’ 18:30–19:30 Market Square, “RetrOpole” Concert Łukasz Szuba Quintet and Guests in Festival Tribute classics 20:00–24:00 Market Square, Viewer Zone, Broadcast of the 62nd KFPP

Sunday, June 15 Market Square, Unveiling of the Stars on the Alley of Stars of Polish Song: 11:00 Ewa Śnieżanka 12:00 Mietek Szcześniak 13:00 Homo-Homini 13:30–16:30 Market Square, Cafe with Stars 18:00–19:30 Market Square, Concert of Michał Bober, “Music Icons” 20:00–24:00 Market Square, Viewer Zone, Broadcast of the 62nd KFPP Friday-Sunday from 12:00 Festival Zone Fun – become a Festival Star 03-15 June, Mały Rynek 01-15 July, Market Square Outdoor exhibition “MUSIC NON STOP” (MEAKULTURA Foundation, ZAiKS Authors’ Association, Museum of Polish Song in Opole)