Rules

Rules for Participation in the Events of the
8th International Music Festival of Central and Eastern Europe Eufonie

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. These Rules define the rules governing participation in the events (hereinafter referred to as
   the ‘Events’) of the 8th International Music Festival of Central and Eastern
   Europe Eufonie (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Festival’), which will take place from 12
   November to 6 December 2026 in Warsaw.

2. The organiser of the Festival is the National Centre for Culture Poland (hereinafter referred
   to as ‘NCK’), with its registered office in Warsaw (01-231), at 13 Płocka Street.

3. The concerts indicated in sec. 5 points 6 to 18 as partner concerts and co-organised events
   are covered by the rules of their respective organisers.

4. The Festival programme is available online at www.eufonie.pl.

5. Wydarzenia odbywać się będą w następujących lokalizacjach: 
   1. Warsaw Philharmonic (5 Jasna Street, Warsaw)
   2. Nowa Miodowa (21 Rakowiecka Street, Warsaw
   3. Planetarium of the Copernicus Science Centre (20 Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie Street,
      Warsaw)
   4. Polish Radio, Władysław Szpilman Polish Radio Concert Studio (81 Niepodległości
      Avenue, Warsaw)
   5. Royal Łazienki Museum, Palace on the Isle, Ballroom (1 Agrykola Street, Warsaw)
   6. Nowy Teatr (10/16 Madalińskiego Street, Warsaw
   7. Palace of the Commonwealth (3/5 Krasińskich Square, Warsaw)
   8. Chopin University of Music (2 Okólnik Street/Unit 123, Warsaw
   9. SPATiF Club (45 Ujazdowskie Avenue, Warsaw)
   10. Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw (59 Zygmunta
       Modzelewskiego Street, Warsaw
       
       Partner concerts and co-organised events:
       
   11. Baltic Cultural Port (1/3 Tadeusza Apolinarego Wendy Street, Szczecin
   12. Grand Theatre in Łódź (Gen. Henryka Dąbrowskiego Square, Łódź)
   13. Zbigniew Herbert Regional Cultural Centre (1 Solna Street, Kołobrzeg
   14. Silesian Philharmonic (2 Sokolska Street, Katowice)
   15. Kraków Philharmonic (1 Zwierzyniecka Street, Kraków)
   16. Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music (Lusławice 250, 32-840 Zakliczyn)
   17. Collegium Novum Aula at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (24 Gołębia Street,
       Kraków)
   18. Mors Cultural Centre (28 Sportowa Street, Dębica)

Partner concerts and co-organised events:

6. The Rules are addressed to all persons who will be staying on the premises of the venues
   listed in sec. 5 points 1–10 above from 12 November to 6 December 2026. Each person
   staying on the premises where the Events are organised during the aforementioned period is
   obliged to comply with the provisions of these Rules.

7. These Rules are available online at www.eufonie.pl and in hard copy at the entrance to each
   Event at the venues listed in sec. 5 points 1–10 above.

II. ADMISSION TO THE EVENT PREMISES

1. Admission to the Event premises is possible upon presentation of a valid ticket, pass or
   personal invitation to the Event staff (excluding the concert listed in sec. 5 point 6, admission
   to which is free).

2. Tickets for all Events, excluding those indicated in sec. 3 below, can be purchased online
   at www.nck.bilety24.pl. Tickets purchased online are non-refundable. The rules governing
   online sales are available at: https://nck.bilety24.pl/regulamin/.

3. Tickets for the events indicated in I. sec. 5 point 6 and points 6–17 can be purchased directly
   from their organisers or via the sales channels designated by them.

4. Tickets purchased from the organisers of the other concerts are subject to the rules of sale
   and returns specified by those organisers and are not subject to the provisions of these Rules.
   

5. The number of tickets sold per Event is limited.

6. Ticket prices may change during the sales period. The Organiser also reserves the right to
   organise temporary promotions and to offer tickets at promotional prices under the terms
   and conditions determined by the Organiser. Information about current ticket prices and
   applicable promotions will be published on the Festival website and through the ticket sales
   channels.

7. The Organiser provides the option of purchasing reduced-price tickets for selected events
   organised by the National Centre for Culture Poland.
   The following persons are entitled to purchase reduced-price tickets:
   – children and students up to the age of 26 – on the basis of a valid school or student ID card;
   – pensioners and disability pensioners – on the basis of a document confirming their status as
   a pensioner or disability pensioner;
   – persons aged 65 and over – on the basis of a document confirming their age.
   A person using a reduced-price ticket is obliged to present a valid document confirming their
   entitlement to the discount at the request of the Organiser or the Event staff.
   In the absence of a document confirming entitlement to a discount, the Organiser reserves
   the right to request an additional payment to cover the difference between the reduced
   ticket price and the regular ticket price.
   The Organiser reserves the right to establish separate rules for granting discounts for
   individual Events. Information on the availability of reduced-price tickets and their prices will
   be included in the information materials for each Event
   

8. NCK is obliged to refuse admission to the Event premises to:
   1. A person under the apparent influence of alcohol, intoxicants, psychoactive drugs or other similarly acting agents,
   2. A person in possession of weapons or other dangerous objects, explosives, pyrotechnics, fire hazardous materials, narcotics or psychoactive substances,
   3. a person behaving aggressively or provocatively, or otherwise posing a threat to
      public safety or order.

III. INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS

1. Participants of the Events are obliged to follow all instructions of the NCK and security services.

2. Event Participants and all other persons present on the Event premises are obliged to behave
   in a manner that does not jeopardise the safety of other Event Participants and, in particular,
   to comply with the provisions of these Rules.

3. Minors may participate in the Concerts only under the responsibility of adult natural persons
   who are their legal guardians or persons designated by their legal guardians to take care of
   them.

4. NCK does not assume responsibility for the care of minors and is not responsible for their
   safety, except for the obligations arising directly from the provisions of law concerning the
   organisation of events and the provision of general safety conditions.

5. NCK is not responsible for participants’ belongings left unattended.

6. Recording sound or taking photographs or videos by Participants during the concerts is
   prohibited.

7. Smoking is strictly prohibited in the Events area.

8. NCK informs Participants that latecomers will not be admitted to the Events. In such cases,
   admission to an Event will be possible only during an intermission.

9. Participants who violate these Rules or pose a threat to other participants and fail to comply
   with the instructions of the Event staff will be asked to leave the Event venue. Such persons
   shall not be entitled to a refund of the ticket price.

10. NCK informs Participants that selected Events will be recorded. NCK records the course of
    Events for documentation purposes and to promote NCK and the Events, both now and in
    future years. The images of persons present on the Event premises may be captured as part
    of these recordings and subsequently disseminated for the purposes specified in this point.

11. NCK informs that photographic documentation of the Festival will be kept during the Festival for documentation purposes, promotion of NCK and the Festival now and in future years.

12. The recordings and photographic documentation referred to in sec. 10 and 11 above may be
    used and disseminated in all forms and using all techniques, including through the mass
    media, on NCK’s websites and social media profiles, in the following fields of use: producing
    copies of materials in which images have been recorded using any technique, including
    printing, reprographic, magnetic recording and digital techniques; marketing; public
    performance; exhibiting; displaying; playing; broadcasting and rebroadcasting; making
    materials in which images have been recorded publicly available in such a way that everyone
    can access them at a place and time of their choosing.
    

13. By entering the Event premises under the terms and conditions set out in these Rules,
    Participants accept the provisions of these Rules and acknowledge the possibility of their
    images being recorded and published in the manner described in this paragraph.

IV. FINAL PROVISIONS:

1. NCK has the right to amend these Rules, in particular, where necessary to ensure the proper
   conduct of the Event and safety of Event Participants. Participants do not need to be
   informed in advance of any changes introduced to the Rules. Once the changes have been
   introduced, an up-to-date version of the Rules will be published on the Festival website
   at: www.eufonie.pl.

2. The Rules enter into force upon publication.

3. In matters not covered by these Rules, the provisions of the Act of 23 April 1964 – the Civil
   Code and other generally applicable provisions of law shall apply.

4. An information clause is attached to these Rules.

Annex No. 1 to the Rules of Participation in the 8th International Music Festival of Central and Eastern
Europe Eufonie

INFORMATION CLAUSE

The National Cultural Center informs you about the rules of processing your personal data in connection with participation in Events organized by the aforementioned. Institution.

Pursuant to Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation of 27 April 2016 (OJ EU L 119 of 4 May
2016), we would like to inform you that:

1. The administrator of your personal data is the National Cultural Center based in Warsaw at ul. Plocka 13.

2. You can contact the person responsible for the protection of personal data at the following
   email address: iod@nck.pl

3. Your personal data in the form of:

• names and surnames on the lists of guests invited to participate in the Events and on
  invitations, pursuant to the provisions of the Rules, will be processed pursuant to Art.
  6 (1)(e) GDPR – in order to enable your participation in the Event

• a possible registered image, in accordance with the provisions of the Rules, will be
  processed pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – in order to enable your participation in the
  Event.

4. The recipients of your personal data will be exclusively entities providing services to the Data
   Controller, including services related to the maintenance of the Data Controller’s systems and
   IT software; in the case of disclosing data in the form of an image on the Internet, TV or in the
   resulting publications, the recipients of the data will also include an indefinite circle of people
   with access to the Internet, TV and the publications.

5. Your personal data in the form of:

• names and surnames entered on the list of persons participating in the Events on the
  basis of invitations will be processed for the duration of the Festival’s implementation
  and settlement and will then be subject to mandatory archiving pursuant to separate
  regulations

• a possible registered image in video recordings will be processed for as long as the
  recordings are used on the Internet and by television stations and will then be
  subject to mandatory archiving pursuant to separate regulations

• a possible registered image in photographs will be processed throughout the entire
  period of NCK’s activities promoting the Institution and the Festival and will then be
  subject to mandatory archiving pursuant to separate regulations.

6. You have the right to access, rectify and delete your personal data, to restrict their
   processing, to object to their processing and to data portability, in the cases specified in the
   provisions of the GDPR.

7. You have the right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority, i.e. President of the Office for Personal Data Protection.

8. Providing personal data to participate under the Regulations is a condition for participation in the Festival.