Since 2012 the International Festival ‘Sacrum Non Profanum’ has adhered to the mission of presenting music of the current times. Recent editions of the Festival brought retrospectives of music by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Krzysztof Penderecki, Wojciech Kilar, Karol Szymanowski and Witold Lutosławski. Works by these composers were presented alongside traditional concert repertoire in performance by…Continue Reading Summer Series of Sacrum Non Profanum
From August 14-30, 2017, the Solidarity of Arts Festival will take place in Gdańsk representing, as it has for the past nine years, the ideas of solidarity in many different ways—in art, for art and through art. The event is organized by the city of Gdańsk and the European Solidarity Centre. The five evenings and almost twenty hours…Continue Reading 2017 ‘Solidarity of Arts’ Festival
The 13th ‘Chopin and His Europe’ Festival will take place between August 12-30, 2017 at several of Warsaw’s premiere venues for classical music. This year’s edition, subtitled ‘Before the Great Jubilee – From Bach to Chopin’, is a peculiar prologue to the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Poland’s regaining of independence, which will fall…Continue Reading 2017 Chopin and his Europe Festival
The iconic festival of contemporary music, Warszawska Jesień [Warsaw Autumn], celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Held in various venues around Warsaw from September 15-23, 2017, its programs will examine and illustrate the phenomenon of the avant-garde. Works by the composers who were part of the original avant-garde will be juxtaposed with the composers whose works came about…Continue Reading ‘Warsaw Autumn’ 2017 Preview
Have you ever been interested in supporting talented Polish musicians directly? Szymon Rywalski is a young Polish student from Wejherowo, Poland who has been accepted to study horn at the prestigious Peabody Institute in Baltimore. He would be part of the studio of Ms. Denise Tryon, a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and one of…Continue Reading Rywalski Kickstarter Campaign
The Gdynia Film School organizes film scoring workshops for music school students and graduates of music academies interested in composing film music. The program will be held October 9-15, 2017 and applications must be submitted by September 10 to info@gsf.pl. All studio facilities of Gdynia Film School will be open to the participants, who will attend group lectures and individual coaching sessions…Continue Reading Film Scoring Workshops in Gdynia
On Wednesday, August 23, Polish violinist Kinga Augustyn will perform a recital at the Chicago Cultural Center, as part of the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series featuring emerging artists from around the world. At 12:15 PM CST, this recital will be broadcast live online by classical music station WFMT. Together with Macedonian pianist Kalina Mrmevska, Augustyn will…Continue Reading Polish Musicians Perform at Chicago Cultural Center
“That he is no mere flashy wunderkind of the baton was shown by the freshly invigorated playing he drew from the CSO … [Urbanski’s] keen musical instincts and vigorous way of translating his ideas into orchestral sound that has both shape and meaning.” —Chicago Tribune On Tuesday, August 15, 2017, Polish conductor Krzysztof Urbański will take the…Continue Reading Urbański at the Bowl
In late June, the Dallas Opera announced the participants in the Third Annual Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors, scheduled to run Nov. 5-19 in Dallas, Texas. There were 161 applicants from 33 countries who competed this year for admission to the program, and Polish maestra Monika Wolińska was one of the six selected for this exclusive…Continue Reading Wolińska Triumphant
The Second Piano Concerto of Raul Koczalski (1885-1948) was premiered on June 17, 2017 at Radziejowice Palace by the superb Polish pianist Joanna Ławrynowicz performing with the ‘Sinfonia Varsovia’ orchestra during the 9th Summer Festival of Jerzy Waldorff in Radziejowice. Along with Koczalski’s First Piano Concerto, these works were recently discovered by Jan A. Jarnicki of Acte Préalable records. The world premiere of the First…Continue Reading Koczalski: Premiere Performance and Recording