The selection of songs by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Fryderyk Chopin, Mieczysław Karłowicz, and Grażyna Bacewicz reveals a rich variety of moods and themes. Their diverse topics are based on Polish Romantic and Young Poland poetry (Adam Mickiewicz, Adam Asnyk, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer), folk motifs, and French Parnassianism (Catulle Mendès). Bacewicz’s final song is an autoironic musical joke. The songs to words by Asnyk will be presented in German. This is the form in which Paderewski introduced them to the world, publishing the cycle through the Berlin publishing house Bote & Bock. The album Complete Songs of Paderewski was released in October 2024 by Polish Radio and the Bona Fide Wielkopolan Association, organizers of the Paderewski Festival in Poznań. In March 2025, it was nominated for the prestigious Polish Fryderyk music award.

The work Paderewski Postscriptum for piano by Artur Żuchowski commemorates the 80th anniversary of Paderewski's death. The composition is directly inspired by the contents and compositional techniques of the Master. In it, one can find echoes of highland melodies from the Tatrzańskie album op. 12, the dance-like quality of the Krakowiak Fantastique op. 14, and the grandeur of the Polonaise in B-flat Major op. 9.

The presence of Chopin's piano works in the program alludes to Paderewski's rich concert career, as he was a brilliant interpreter and promoter of Chopin’s music during thousands of concerts worldwide. His edition of The Complete Works of Fryderyk Chopin is still used by pianists around the globe.

Chopin’s strong patriotic sentiment expressed the spirit of Poland, which at the time was absent from the maps of Europe. During concerts in Europe and the USA, Paderewski delivered passionate speeches in favor of Poland’s independence. He was a genius in many fields: a pianist adored like a celebrity, a composer, a polyglot, a diplomat, and the first Polish Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs after Poland regained independence (1919).

Paderewski's speech delivered on December 26, 1918, from the window of the Bazar Hotel in Poznań inspired the outbreak of the victorious Greater Poland Uprising. It remains one of the key moments in Poznań's recent history, where he is an honorary citizen. The Paderewski Festival organized here focuses mainly on Polish music repertoire. This year’s edition will feature, among others, the winners of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw and the Wieniawski Competition in Poznań. The 2025 Festival will be held from November 7-12. There will also be a session dedicated to Paderewski's activities in Switzerland, with the participation of, among others, Antonin Scherrer, the curator of the Paderewski Museum in Morges.