On December 6-7 in the Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury in Warsaw, the 26th edition of the “Composers’ Portraits” concert series, organized by the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP), will take place. The star of the first concert will be Jakub Sarwas – composer, conductor and instrumentalist. Sarwas is an alum of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice…Continue Reading Premieres at 26th “Composers’ Portraits”
Organized in cooperation of this year’s Tansman Festival, the orchestra, ballet, choir and soloists of the Grand Theater in Łódź will give the world premiere of The Golden Fleece [La Toison d’Or] by Aleksander Tansman, conducted by Łukasz Borowicz, on December 2. The opera is acknowledged by Opera magazine and Radio Poland as one of the most anticipated opera productions of the season after its rediscovery….Continue Reading Tasman World Premiere
On November 3 during a concert held in conjunction with the 10th edition of the International Composers’ Forum, Sepia Ensemble performed the world premieres of Agnieszka Zdrojek-Suchodolska’s Refleksje for cello solo (2016) and Katarzyna Taborowska’s Arpeggio for 4G violin and clarinet (2016). The concert was held in the New Hall of the Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań. Members of the Sepia Ensemble who performed on this concert…Continue Reading Premieres in November
From Janusz Sporek, a well-known choral conductor active in the New York City, we received two books: Rajcza-Rybnik-Poland—20 Years of Artistic and Promotional Work in the USA and G…., czyli grzeczne felietony Skandalisty [S…, or Polite Polemics by the Scandalist]. These items were delivered to the PMC by pianist Tadeusz Domanowski, who performed a Gala Recital at the 2016 Paderewski…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC December 2016
The 40th anniversary of the Accordion Department at the Gdańsk Music Academy was celebrated November 25-26 with a scholarly conference and a series of concerts at the Academy’s attractive and acoustically-satisfying concert hall. The Nov. 25 concert opened with Krzysztof Olczak’s Chanson for Accordion and Electronic Sounds, a solo work performed by the composer. Olczak (below), who is…Continue Reading Concert Review: Accordions of Gdańsk Music Academy
Immediately after completing his work with the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles and the Paderewski Youth Cultural Exchange, both co-organized by the Polish Music Center, PMC Director Marek Zebrowski left the states for work in Poland in November and December. During this visit, Dir. Zebrowski will perform concerts, give lectures, and meet with critical PMC…Continue Reading PMC Director Honored by Governor of Greater Poland
On December 4, the GENERATIONS XX concert will be held in the Polish Radio’s Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio. This year’s edition of the GENERATIONS series cultivates the ideas of “Founding-fathers” with a program representing artists from different generations – the difference in age reaches almost 50 years! Among this group there are already well-known, established composers as…Continue Reading Premieres and Other Gems at Generations XX
The 6th edition of the Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Contemporary Music Festival was held in Kraków on October 29-30, 2016. The festival commemorates Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, whose work has been and continues to be inspiring to many composers. Concerts provide audiences with an opportunity to hear and get to know the latest trends in contemporary classical music presented…Continue Reading HMG Festival
The 2016 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles celebrates the legacy of Paso Robles’ most famous resident, Ignacy Jan Paderewski – virtuoso pianist, composer, international politician, local landowner, grower and winemaker – with five days of concerts and special events featuring internationally-renowned performers. Held in venues throughout Paso Robles, California from November 2-6, 2016, this year’s Festival line-up…Continue Reading 2016 Paderewski Festival: Schedule of Events
Polish composer and sound engineer Eugeniusz Rudnik died on October 24, 2016 at the age of 83. He was a member of the Polish Composers’ Union since 2008. Next to Andrzej Rakowski, Janusz Piechurski and Krzysztof Szlifirski, Rudnik was one of the first producers of electroacoustic music in Poland, and the co-creator of the so-called…Continue Reading Eugeniusz Rudnik