Year: 2017

Wartime Music by Sinfonia Varsovia

39’45 – Sinfonia Varsovia Witold Lutosławski: Wariacje symfoniczne na orkiestrę(1938). Aleksander Tansman: Rapsodia polska (1940). Karol Rathaus: Muzyka na smyczki (1941). Andrzej Panufnik: Uwertura tragiczna (1942) Sinfonia Varsovia with Renato Rivolta- cond. and Jerzy Maksymiuk – cond. Warner Music Classics 0190295917517 (17 Mar 2017) From the Warner Music Classics website: 39’45: breathtaking performances of the renowned Sinfonia Varsovia recorded under the baton of Jerzy Maksymiuk…Continue Reading Wartime Music by Sinfonia Varsovia

Ada Sari Vocal Artistry Festival and Competition

Co-financed by the Małopolska Region and the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, the Ada Sari International Vocal Artistry 19th Festival and 17th Competition will take place from May 12-21 at the SOKÓŁ Małopolska Culture Center in Nowy Sącz. Since 1985, the event has taken place every two years to propagate valuable music of various styles and genres by…Continue Reading Ada Sari Vocal Artistry Festival and Competition

Kilar Festival of Contemporary Music

The 5th edition of the Wojciech Kilar Festival of Contemporary Music will take place at the Gorzów Philharmonic – Center of Art Education from May 12-26. The event aims to promote contemporary music through various forms of artistic activities and the acquisition of works for the widest possible audience.  As part of the festival this year, there will be…Continue Reading Kilar Festival of Contemporary Music

Fryderyki 2017

On April 24, 2017 during the ceremony at the Polish Radio’s Lutosławski Concert Studio, the 23rd annual ‘Fryderyk’ Awards in the ‘Classical Music’ category were presented by Związek Producentów Audio Video (ZPAV). Representing Poland’s equivalent of the Grammy Awards, the ceremony for the ‘Classical Music’ section of the ‘Fryderyk’ Awards was opened and closed with…Continue Reading Fryderyki 2017

Final Chopin for All of the Season

Celebrating their 40th Anniversary Season (1977 – 2017), the Chopin Foundation of the United States and Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits will present the final Chopin for All Free Concert of the season, featuring young American pianist Reed Tetzloff in a solo piano recital. Tetzloff, an outstanding young artist, will perform a concert of music by Schumann and Chopin. Born and…Continue Reading Final Chopin for All of the Season

ZAiKS Awards

For almost half a century, the Polish Authors’ rights society (ZAiKS) has recognized many artists with prizes, based on the selections made by their artistic peers. There are eight categories, including literary translations, promotion of Polish contemporary music, a Warsaw-themed prize, promotion of Polish pop music, and achievements in choreography, visual arts, journalism, and art…Continue Reading ZAiKS Awards

Mazurkas Lecture-Recital at USC

On May 6 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, pianist Jane Park will present a brief discussion of Mazurkas and will perform select pieces by Polish composers Maria Szymanowska, Frédéric Chopin, and Karol Szymanowski, and Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. This lecture-recital is in partial fulfillment of a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance at the USC Thornton…Continue Reading Mazurkas Lecture-Recital at USC

“Filharmonia Kobiet” Sopot

The Sopot Chamber Philharmonic (PFK) will present a May 6 concert with works by Tadeusz Kassern and Aleksander Tansman. Featured on the program are two young female conductors, Paulina Dołęgowska and Izabela Burda representing the new generation of orchestral leaders; they will take up the baton in Kassern’s Concertino for Oboe and Stringsand Variations on the Theme by Frescobaldi by Tansman. Dołęgowska…Continue Reading “Filharmonia Kobiet” Sopot

Trębacz in Seattle

On May 25, Seattle-based French hornist Josiah Boothby and soprano Maria Männistö will perform Ewa Trębacz’s Errai at the Good Shepherd Center in Seattle, as part of the Wayward Music Series. The program consists of two consecutive evenings of electroacoustic music, video and performances by alumni, composers and friends of the University of Washington, including Trębacz and others (Linda Antas, Tom…Continue Reading Trębacz in Seattle

Stop the Music!

“Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.” Although one may think of this quote as an appropriate and incisive comment on a recent concert at the Poznańska Wiosna Muzyczna [Poznań Musical Spring] Festival, these words were actually set…Continue Reading Stop the Music!