This summer at the opening of the International Montreal Jazz Festival on June 26, former members of the “12 piece orchestra” and other colleagues and friends from Montreal and Toronto will play a tribute for pianist and composer Jan Jarczyk (at right), who passed away on August 3, 2014. Jarczyk used to call this group…Continue Reading Jarczyk Tributes at Montreal & Kraków Festivals
The Enter Music Festival—held on June 2-3, 2015—promotes individual research in music and presents a panorama of musical energy oscillating around jazz stylistics and sounding well in the open air. Art Director Leszek Możdżer invites artists he has already met on the worldwide music scene or those he would like to hear live himself, both the…Continue Reading Enter Music Festival
Milwaukee Polish Fest Where Art, Heritage, and Entertainment come Together Polish Fest is America’s largest Polish festival and it continues to grow each year. Main attractions for 2015 include five stages of entertainment and much more. This year, the featured exhibit in the Cultural Village will be “The United States in Polish Historiography and Periodicals…Continue Reading Polish Festivals Around The US
Held on May 27-31, 2015, the Film Music Festival in Kraków (FMF) was a captivating showcase of the highest quality musical interpretations of the moving image performed by leading musicians and orchestras in Europe and the world. Organized by the Kraków Festival Office and RMF Classic, the festival provides a unique concert experience by setting…Continue Reading Festival of Film Music
The 7th annual Leo Festiwal will be held from May 30 – June 6, 2015 in Wrocław. The festival presents a dialogue between music and other arts: architecture, poetry, dance, film, visual arts, theater. With the support of the Academy of Music in Wrocław, the Festival is organized by the National Forum of Music (NFM),…Continue Reading Leo Festival In Wrocław
The 6th Musica Electronica Nova – International Festival of Electroacoustic Music took place from May 15 to 23, 2015 in Wrocław. The fusion of electronic music and cinema was one of the leading motifs of this year’s edition. The audience heard electronic music in a traditional concert setting, as an element of multimedia installations, on…Continue Reading Musica Electronica Nova Festival
Penderecki: Magnificat / Kadisz Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933): Magnificat (1973/74); Kadisz (2009) Wojtek Gierlach, Bass; Male vocal ensemble; Olga Pasichnyk, soprano; Alberto Mizrahi, tenor; Daniel Olbrychski, speaker; Warsaw Boys’ Choir; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir; Warsaw Philharmonic Men’s Choir; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Antoni Wit, cond. Naxos 8.572697 Called “a sonic broom” that “sweep all before them,” Polish…Continue Reading New Penderecki On NAXOS
Celebration of Peace Through Music Wojciech Kilar: Bogurodzica; Henryk Mikołaj Górecki: Totus Tuus, Op. 60; plus works by Verdi, Copland, Bernstein and Brahms Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Gilbert Levine – cond.; Kraków Philharmonic Chorus; Washington Choral Arts Society Delos Records DE3487 A Celebration of Peace Through Music was a special two-hour televised concert created by…Continue Reading Polish Composers Celebrate Peace
Stefan Łabanowski: Chopin Recital Fryderyk Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major op. 60; Scherzo no. 1 in B minor op. 20; Scherzo no. 3 in C-sharp minor op. 39; Grande valse brillante in E flat major op. 18; Ballade no. 4 in F minor op. 52; 4 Mazurkas op. 17; Polonaise in A-flat major op. 53…Continue Reading Łabanowski Performs Chopin
A Polish Kaleidoscope Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński: Rondo alla polacca op. 6; Juliusz Zarębski: Deux morceaux en forme de Mazurka op. 5; Moritz Moszkowski: Kaleidoskop. Miniaturbilder für das Pianoforte zu 4 Händen op. 74; Roman Palester: Sonatina for piano four hands (1940). Ravel Piano Duo: Agnieszka Kozło and Katarzyna Ewa Sokołowska DUX 1174 Choralis Passeris |…Continue Reading New Polish Music on DUX