The Festival of the Polish Royal Opera takes place from July 5 to July 27. Fifteen musical evenings and sixteen artistic events across Warsaw – including the Royal Łazienki Park and the temples at Krakowskie Przedmiescie. Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart directed by Ryszard Peryta will premiere in the Royal Theater. The Opera has…Continue Reading Festival of the Polish Royal Opera
On June 30, the first concert of the Guests of the Polish Chamber Choir series – “Polish Music in the Gazebo” – will take place in the Oliwski Park (Opata Jacka Rybińskiego St., Gdańsk). During the following Saturdays, gems of Polish music will be presented during one-hour concerts. The first ensemble to perform will be…Continue Reading Polish Music in the Gazebo
The 18th edition of the Music Gardens Festival will take place from June 30 – July 31 in Warsaw. The Music Gardens Festival, often referred to as the Warsaw Summer Music Salon, has been held since 2001. It features 30 artistic events each year, including concerts, film screenings and opera and ballet performances. The festival takes…Continue Reading 18th Music Gardens Festival
On 29 July, Marcel Chyrzyński’s latest installment in the Ukiyo-e cycle of compositions will premiere at the 41st edition of the Dni Muzyki Karola Szymanowskiego [Days of Music by Karol Szymanowski] Festival in Zakopane. The concert takes place at the Holy Cross Church in Zakopane, and the program will include additional works by Karol Szymanowski,…Continue Reading Chyrzyński Premiere
Pop CD Collection Darek Swiatkowski, Program Director for the Polish American Performing Arts Club, recently donated to us another batch of music CDs and a DVD. Here’s the list: Two CDs by Panny Wyklęte—the first is the group’s 2013 album and the second a 2014 release, “Wygnane” [Expelled], Vol. 1; A 2 CD set, Dorzecze…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC June 2018
Every weekend from June 30 to July 29, the 6th Sphere of Silence festival will take place in Royal Łazienki Park. Music from various parts of the world will be performed at over 100 outdoor concerts. Each weekend is dedicated to different music and culture. The first weekend is Polish rhythms. Chamber Orchestra N-Harmonia, and…Continue Reading 6th Sphere of Silence Royal Łazienki Music Festival
Paris-based Polish composer Elżbieta Sikora is currently hard at work on a new violin concerto as well as edition of the piano-vocal score for her Lamento—a long and dramatic soliloquy from her opera, Madame Curie. And, speaking of that opera, we to invite all of our readers to this fall’s Wratislavia Cantans Festival, where Madame…Continue Reading Sikora’s Upcoming Performances
Almost exactly one year ago, the PMC heard from a dear old friend (and a fabulous conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra), Piotr Gajewski. Piotr alerted us and our audience to the cause of Szymon Rywalski, a young Polish horn player who received a huge merit scholarship from Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, but…Continue Reading The Musical Adventures of Szymon Rywalski
On July 29, pianist Daniel Wnukowski will perform an all-Polish program of Mazurkas in Los Angeles. The program includes works by inter-war composers Karol Szymanowski, Zygmunt Stojowski, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Alexandre Tansman, and Karol Rathaus, as well as Fryderyk Chopin. This concert is a part of the Sundays Live series, held at the Los Angeles County…Continue Reading July 29: Pianist Daniel Wnukowski Live at LACMA
The Kupinski Guitar Duo—Ewa Jablczynska and Dariusz Kupinski— will perform a program of music for two guitars during the Sundays Live series at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on July 22. Their program will include Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra overture, Chopin’s Two Mazurkas and a Waltz, Rachmaninov’s Prelude Opus 23 No. 5,” and…Continue Reading July 22: Kupinski Guitar Duo Live at LACMA