The Musikfestspiele Saar is one of Europe’s leading music festivals, held every 2 years in Saarbrucken, Germany. The 2015 edition of this Festival, which has been taking place since February and ends on July 22, is dedicated to the “rarities and stars” of Polish music. On June 27 and 29, Krzysztof Penderecki’s opera Ubu Rex…Continue Reading Polish Music Highlighted in Saarbruken
The ‘Ogrody Muzyczne’ [Musical Gardens] Festival has been organized annually since year 2001 during the month of July. Each edition’s program consists of over 30 artistic events: concerts, film and opera screenings, and ballet performances. Since the beginning, a large tent located at the Courtyard of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, suitable for gathering 1000…Continue Reading Ogrody Muzyczne
DREAM LAKE Witold Lutosławski: Chantefleurs et Chantefables (arr. E. Knapik for soprano and piano); Andrzej Czajkowski: 7 Shakespeare Sonnets (Dream Lake) Agata Zubel, soprano ; Joonas Ahonen, piano CDAccord ACD216 ‘Dream Lake’ (CDAccord ACD216) is a recording project by Polish soprano Agata Zubel and Finnish pianist Joonas Ahonen. The disc includes Andrzej Czajkowski’s Seven Shakespeare Sonnets…Continue Reading Zubel Performs Lutosławski & Czajkowski
The 2006 recipient of the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award, Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter has focused intensely on the music of Fryderyk Chopin during her prodigious career. She has produced several excellent and highly praised recordings that showcase different aspects of his oeuvre. The most recent is her recording of his 24 Preludes for Linn Records—…Continue Reading Ingrid Fliter: A Passion For Chopin
Polish pianist Maciej Grzybowski performed in the main Concert Hall of the National Museum of Korea on June 24, 2015. The concert is one of the highlights of the series of events accompanying the exhibition “Polish Art: An Enduring Spirit”. Other events planned by the museum include two more recitals of young Korean pianists, lectures…Continue Reading Grzybowski In S. Korea
On June 6, the Dolnośląski Festiwal Muzyczny [Lower Silesian Festival of Music] hosted a concert of the music of Wojciech Kilar performed by Kuba Stankiewicz, an outstanding Polish jazz pianist. Stankiewicz imbues every note he plays with such meticulous thoughtfulness and sensitivity, based not only on his keyboard skills and musicality but also on his…Continue Reading Stankiewicz Performs Kilar
The generous founders of the Polish Music Center, Dr. Stefan and Wanda Wilk, were not only crucial supporters of Polish culture and the arts in Los Angeles—their philanthropy also extended to Dr. Wilk’s medical profession, in particular, medical care for children and the training of doctors in that field back in his native Poland. It…Continue Reading CMCF ‘Day At The Races’
Twardowski 85th Birthday June 17, 2015 is the 85th birthday of Romuald Twardowski—composer, teacher and author of orchestral, choral and theatre music. Encompassing almost all genres, his oeuvre is a boundless source of varied repertoire, from religious music, through song cycles to great orchestra forms. Below is an excerpt from “Romuald Twardowski. The Master of…Continue Reading 2015 Jubilees
The International Festival of Kraków Composers (formerly known as Days of Music by Kraków Composers) was held from April 18-26, 2015. A fixture in the cultural life of Kraków since 1989, the main purpose of the Festival is the promotion and presentation of contemporary works by the city’s composers—from well-established professionals and professors, through the…Continue Reading World Premieres At The Festival Of Kraków Composers
On May 19, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw presented the concert “Zygmunt Krauze – A Composer Portrait,” highlighting the oeuvre of one of the most original Polish modern composers. The audience heard works typical of various periods of his composition output, including those coming the 1980s (Rivière souterraine, Tableau vivant) next to works created in the…Continue Reading Krauze Monographic Concert & Premieres Of His Students