Halina Łukomska (1929-2016) Polish soprano Halina Łukomska died on August 30, 2016 at the age of 87. The artist studied voice with Stanisława Zawadzka and Maria Halfterowa at the Higher State Music School in Warsaw, where she received her diploma in 1954. She continued her studies with Giorgio Favaretto in Siena (1958) and Toti Dal…Continue Reading Obituaries – September 2016
Internationally award-winning Polish guitarist and composer Marek Pasieczny is one of the most respected contemporary composers writing for the guitar today. As a composer, guitarist, lecturer and adjudicator, Pasieczny has appeared regularly at festivals in Europe (Poland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK, and Italy), Asia (China, Japan), Australia, New Zealand and…Continue Reading New Recordings of Pasieczny
Penderecki conducts Penderecki/Warsaw Philharmonic – VOL. I Krzysztof Penderecki: Dies Illa – for 3 soloists, the choir, and the orchestra (2014); Hymn do św. Daniiła – for the mixed choir and the orchestra (1997); Psalmy Dawida – for a mixed choir and percussion (1958) Choir and Orchestra of the Warsaw National Philharmonic; Krzysztof Penderecki – conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski – choir director; Johanna Rusanen – soprano;…Continue Reading New Penderecki Album
Musica in forma di rosa Dariusz Przybylski: Concerto for Accordion, Concerto for Cello, Musica in forma di rosa for violin and orchestra, and Katabasis for orchestra Patrycja Piekutowska – violin; Magdalena Bojanowicz – cello, Maciej Frąckiewicz – accordion; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra DUX 1293 DUX has just issued a new album featuring the National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR)…Continue Reading New Album for Przybylski
Concerts, plays, meetings of literature, movie, and cooking fans and workshops for children – these are only a few events planned for the XIII edition of the “Singer’s Warsaw” Festival of Jewish Culture, which will take a place through August 27 – September 4, 2016 in Warsaw. Around 65-70 thousand people come to the festival every…Continue Reading ‘Warszawa Singera’ 2016
The 54 edition of Bydgoszcz Music Festival will take a place from September 9-30, 2016. This year, the festival’s main theme is “Contrasts-Freedom.” In the program, there are 10 concerts in the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic Hall. The festival will start with the stage version of the opera Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by Pomeranian Philharmonic Symphony…Continue Reading Bydgoszcz Music Festival
Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, a series of nine concerts will be presented by Ignacy Jan Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz. Entitled “Crazy Music Days,” the festival aims to promote classical music and garner a larger audience. To further encourage listeners of all ages to come, special concerts for expecting mothers, infants…Continue Reading ‘Crazy Music Days’ in Bydgoszcz
During the first weekend of September, Warsaw will host its citywide event, Warszawa jest trendy![Warsaw is Trendy!], for the fourth consecutive year to extend the end of summer holidays. A wide variety of festivities will be made open to the public or available at discounted prices for (Young) Varsovian Card holders. The main program will include…Continue Reading Warsaw is Trendy! Festival
Organized by the Mazovia Institute of Culture, the 14th edition of Chopin Days entitled “Chopiniana” will be held in Płock over the span of five days starting on Friday, September 2. The concert series will be devoted to etudes composed by Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Schumann, Szymanowski, Szymanowska, Hiller, Cramer, Clementi, and Czerny. Proceeding the…Continue Reading Chopin Days in Płock
In cooperation with over thirty partners of the Lesser Poland province, the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music presents a set of 40 performances for the 4th International Emanations [EMANACJE] Music Festival. From September 3-10, 2016, audiences will hear concerts and recitals in not only the Lesser Poland region, but in venues in Krosno as well….Continue Reading Emanations Festival