For over half a century, the Music Festival in Bydgoszcz has closely adhered to its stated aim of promoting Polish music and featuring the greatest artists of the present day. Throughout its existence, the Festival’s concerts presented a wide spectrum of repertoire from the early music to contemporary works. This year, the Festival will be…Continue Reading The 53rd Music Festival In Bydgoszcz
Fryderyk Chopin: Complete Études Fryderyk Chopin: Etudes, opus 10, opus 25 and “Trois nouvelles etudes” (without opus numbers) Mehmet Okonsar, piano okonsar.com David Ezra Okonsar, pianist, composer, conductor and musicologist is the First Prize Winner at the International Young Virtuosos Competition, Antwerp, Belgium, 1982 and laureate of other prestigious international piano competitions. Okonsar has made…Continue Reading Complete Chopin Études
In honor of Paderewski, the four-day Festival will be held this year from November 5-8, 2015 at various venues around Paso Robles. Audiences will hear historical works by Paderewski, Karol Szymanowski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko, as well as contemporary masterpieces by Witold Lutosławski, Wojciech Kilar, Krzysztof Penderecki and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, reinterpreted. The Festival’s history, as…Continue Reading 2015 Paderewski Festival
The 58th International ‘Warsaw Autumn’ Festival of Contemporary Music [Warszawska Jesień] will be held in various venues throughout Warsaw from September 18-26, 2015. Created in 1956 and running annually with only two exceptions since its beginning, Warsaw Autumn is a festival with a long tradition and is a true witness to music history. It is the only…Continue Reading Premieres At Warsaw Autumn
For half a century the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans has been the most important festival of classical music in this part of Europe. From September 6-19, 2015, the festival will celebrate its 50th anniversary in the of chilly pews of Wrocław churches. An extraordinary attraction of the 50th Wratislavia Cantans will be revivals of some…Continue Reading Wratislavia Cantans 2015
Magdalena Filipczak: Essence of Violin Saint-Saën (arr: Eugene Ysaÿe): Caprice d’après l’Etude en forme de valse, Op 52/6; Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Op 15/2; Salut d’Amour, Op 12; Piazzolla: Bordel 1900 from History of the Tango; Café 1930 from History of the Tango; Wieniawski: Fantaisie Brillante sur ‘Faust’ de Charles Gounod, Op 20; Britten: Reveille: Concert Study for Violin and Piano; Lullaby from…Continue Reading Magdalena Filipczak Debut CD
After 10 years of working together, the Kwadrofonik Ensemble—comprised of pianists Emilia Sitarz and Bartłomiej Wąsik and percussionists Magdalena Kordylasińska and Miłosz Pękala—is organizing the first edition of the Kwadrofonik Festival. Held from September 4 – 6, 2015 in various studios of Polish Radio in Warsaw, this contemporary chamber music marathon will present works created…Continue Reading Kwadrofonik Festival
La Folle Journée is an international festival held annually since 1995, founded by René Martin – organizer of numerous festivals and concerts of classical music around the world. He is also the founder of the Centre de Realisations et d’Etudes Artistiques à Nantes (C.R.E.A.). The La Folle Journée Festival presents classical music at the highest possible…Continue Reading La Folle Journée – Szalone Dni Muzyki
The 49th Jan Kiepura Festival was held in Krynica-Zdrój on August 8-16, 2015. The program included the performances of The Gypsy Baron by the Kraków Opera artists, I have a dream by the Gliwice Music Theatre, vocalists Beata Rybotycka and Jacek Wojcicki, Małgorzata Walewska with Motion Trio, and many more. During the 8-day festival, more…Continue Reading Jan Kiepura Festival
The Fifteenth International Festival of Music in Catalonia was held in the small but artistically significant town of Céret in southern France, from August 20-23. Organized annually since its inception with heartfelt dedication by Polish composer and resident of the area, Joanna Bruzdowicz, who also serves as the Festival’s Artistic Director, this year’s program spotlighted…Continue Reading August Premieres In France