Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak is a recipient of one of this year’s Readers’ Awards for opera singers of the year at the 2015 International Opera Awards. The awards were presented on April 26, 2015 during a gala at the London Savoy theatre. According to Filip Lech of Culture.pl: The International Opera Awards are presented by Opera…Continue Reading Kurzak Wins International Opera Award
The International Competition for Young Composers “Generance” has been organized by the Janaček in May Festival in Ostrava, Czech Republic for 37 years already. The competition is aimed at young composers from four countries: the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. The subject of this year’s compositions was: for a solo instrument with accompaniment, for…Continue Reading Young Polish Composers Honored In Ostrava
Organized by the Warsaw branch of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP), the 29th edition of the Warszawskie Spotkania Muzyczne [Warsaw Music Encounters] will be held from May 9-15, 2015. WSM is one of the most important festivals of early and new music, but also the first and the only one that has made it a…Continue Reading Premieres At The Warsaw Music Encounters
The third presentation of the hottest young Polish creators in the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera’s Project ‘P’ series will have its world premiere on May 22, 2015. The latest composers commissioned in this series are Katarzyna Głowicka (Requiem for an Icon) and Sławomir Kupczak (Voyager). These chamber operas will be performed in the original Polish with English surtitles. Sławomir…Continue Reading Latest Installment of Project ‘P’
A new work by Canadian-Polish Piotr Grella-Mozejko entitled …only Midnight… per due pianoforti (2009) will be given its world premiere in Edmonton, Canada on May 22. The piece is dedicated to the husband-wife piano duo of Mikolaj Warszynski and Zuzana Simurdova, who will perform the premiere at Muttart Hall at the Alberta Conservatory of Music,…Continue Reading Grella-Mozejko Premiere & Warszynski CD Release
The 66th edition of Musica Moderna Festival in Łódź was launched on April 20, 2015. This year’s program will present several interesting concerts featuring works by composers associated with the Łódź Music Academy. The opening concert was given by the Computer Studio of Electronic Music and it was accompanied by the exhibit of works produced…Continue Reading Stańczyk Premiere At Musica Moderna
Held in Kielce April 10-24, the Świętokrzyskie Music Days Festival was dedicated to new and rediscovered music. Two world premieres of works commissioned by the Kielce Philharmonic were also scheduled. They included Figury na piasku [Figures Drawn on Sand] for flute quartet by Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil and Ideograms for Orchestra by Rafał Zapała, who is also…Continue Reading Premieres In Kielce
Starting May 1, the Royal Opera House will present a new staging of Karol Szymanowski’s sumptuously scored opera, Król Roger [King Roger]. According to the ROH website, “Kasper Holten’s new production (The Royal Opera’s first) finds in Roger’s indecision an expression of the struggle we all face – the struggle between intelligence and instinct in…Continue Reading Król Roger In London
The oeuvres of Witold Lutosławski and Arne Nordheim are of the utmost significance for the musical culture of Poland and Norway respectively. Among the most outstanding composers of the twentieth century, they both raised the contemporary music of their country to a global level. Interestingly, Lutosławski and Nordheim were friends. They met most often in…Continue Reading ‘Lutosławski & Nordheim’ Conference In Oslo
Centre for Dialogue and Analysis THINKTANK and Orange Poland have organized a music-related debate on the theme of “Nowe dźwięki, Nowe trendy, Nowe możliwości” [New sounds, new trends, new opportunities], which will be held on May 15, 2015 in Warsaw’s Miasteczku Orange. Music has always developed using new technologies. This revolution has picked up significantly…Continue Reading Debate: New Sounds, New Trends, New Opportunities