The 46th International Festival of Music “Evenings with Telemann” takes place this October at Pszczyna Castle (Poland). Artistic director Martyna Pastuszka looks back on the Festival’s unusual history, and on the tumultuous story of the castle that hosts it. 
By Paolo Scarnecchia
Since 2023, violinist Martyna Pastuszka—who also directs the ensemble {oh!} Orkiestra—has led the International Festival “Evenings with Telemann” in Pszczyna. Created in 1979 as a tribute to the German composer, the festival found a home in the town’s castle, saved in extremis in 1945 by a Polish captain who refused to let the Soviet army enter. Turned into a museum the very next year, this preserved setting in Upper Silesia now hosts one of the rare Polish events dedicated to baroque music, where the memory of the place meets musical rediscovery. Interview.
Martyna Pastuszka, you have been the artistic director of “Wieczory u Telemanna (Evenings with Telemann) since 2023, a Polish festival that takes place in a venue with a special history…
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