The 2016 nominations for the 22nd edition of the Fryderyk Awards were announced on March 9 by the organizers at ZPAV, the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Similar to the Grammys in the US, the Fryderyk is the highest award for success in the recording industry in Poland. For a full listing of all 2016…Continue Reading 2016 Fryderyk Nominations
The Mieczysław Karłowicz Society in Zakopane, organizer of the Muzyka na Szczytach [Music at the Summits] Festival, celebrated the anniversary of Mieczysław Karłowicz’s death in by organizing a hike to a spot where he died in an avalanche on February 8, 1909. Braving a strong chinook wind, the group managed to reach the memorial stone and their trek…Continue Reading Karłowicz Remembered in Zakophone
Cantores Minores, the men’s choir from the archdiocesan cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Warsaw, gives a free concert of Lenten music on Sunday, March 6, 2016. The concert is held at the Holy Cross Basilica on Krakowskie Pzedmieście Street in Warsaw, where the choir is accompanied by the Basilica’s organist, Michał Dąbrowski. Among the dozen works…Continue Reading Cantores Minores Lentin Concert
Commissioned by the Chopin Foundation of the United States, the third recital of the Chopin Salon Series will take place on March 13. The evening will consist of a delightful concert featuring internationally acclaimed American pianist and 1990 National and International Chopin Competition laureate, Kevin Kenner, followed by a wine reception and dinner.The program will include…Continue Reading Kenner Featured at Chopin Recital
Application submissions for the 7th International Flute Competition Kraków 2017 will be open from March 1 to October 31. The Competition is open to international participants who were born after April 2, 1984. Prize winners will be expected to perform in 3 different stages of competition held from April 2-8, 2017, in addition to a…Continue Reading International Flute Competition
On March 13, Polish cellist Marek Szpakiewicz will join the partially-deaf legendary pianist Fuzjko Hemming who returns to Los Angeles for a special concert commemorating the 5th anniversary of earthquake & tsunami in Japan. The program will encompass many favorite works for cello and piano, including Chopin’s Introduction et Polonaise Brillante, Op.3, as well as solo works for each…Continue Reading Szpakiewicz Performs Benefit Concert
For their third tour of the US, the Meccore String Quartet is going coast to coast – starting in California then immediately going across the country to play in Florida. Audiences will also hear them in Alabama and Idaho, where Meccore String Quartet will present their colorful repertoire, including works by Szymanowski, Beethoven, Haydn, Ligeti and Sibelius….Continue Reading Meccore String Quartet in US
Polish baritone Artur Ruciński made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in February on the opening night of a new production of Puccini’s famous opera, Madame Butterfly. Ruciński shares his role with American baritone Dwayne Croft as Sharpless, the American consulate at Nagasaki. Though he only has two more performances at the Met in March, there is no…Continue Reading Ruciński at the Met
On March 11, the Podlaskie Philharmonic Orchestra will present a concert featuring Maestra Ewa Strusińska and pianist Piotr Sałajczyk. On the program will be Karol Szymanowski’s Etude in b minor Op. 4 No. 3 and his Symphony No. 4‘Symphonie Concertante’ Op. 60 for piano and orchestra, as well as Sergei Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances Op. 45. March 11, 2016 |…Continue Reading Szymanowski, Strusińska and Sałaczyk in Białystok
Founded in 1945 on the heels of postwar Polish independence, the Polish Baltic Philharmonic [Filharmonia Bałtycka] is the largest music institution in northern Poland. Finishing their extensive tour of the US in the West, the Baltic Philharmonic will be in California for most of March. On March 9, the musicians from Gdańsk are scheduled to…Continue Reading Baltic Philharmonic in California