The 32nd edition of the “Warsaw Music Encounters” Festival will take place from May 12-19, 2018. Founded in 1986 by composer Władysław Słowiński, the Festival is organized by the Warsaw Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union and co-organized by Polish Radio Program 2. Since 2017 the Festival’s director is Jarosław Siwiński – composer, pianist, coordinator…Continue Reading Warsaw Music Encounters 2018 – Premieres, Conferences and more
The concert series “100 songs for 100 years of Independence”—in which the leading soloists of the Łódź Opera Theater seek to convey what the most beautiful songs of Polish poets and composers say about the homeland and what it is to be Polish—continues in May. There will be plenty of reflection on seemingly trivial matters:…Continue Reading 100 songs for 100 years of Independence
Wanda Wiłkomirska, the great Polish violinist associated for decades with the Warsaw Philharmonic died on May 1. She was 89 years old. Born on 11 January 1929, Wiłkomirska came from a large musical family—her brother Kazimierz was a cellist and sister Maria was a pianist, and they often performed chamber music as the Wiłkomirski Trio….Continue Reading Wanda Wiłkomirska Obituary
Winners of the first Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition for Young Pianists, held in Washington DC in early March, will be presented in a recital at the Foundation’s New York City headquarters on Saturday, May 19. Pianists competed in three age categories: 12 and younger, 13-15 and 16-18 years old. The goal of this Competition is…Continue Reading Young Chopinists at the Kosciuszko Foundation
Under the title “Music of Warsaw and Dresden,” the Exsultemus vocal ensemble of Cambridge and the instrumentalists of Newton Baroque will jointly present works by Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, Bartłomiej Pękiel and Marcin Józef Żebrowski on May 19 and 20 in Massachusetts. Works by Johann David Heinichen, Jan Dismas Zelenka and Gottfried August Homilius are also…Continue Reading A Magnificat Concert!
Polish mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Sądej, now living in Los Angeles, was recently interviewed by a well-known Canadian journalist James Strecker. Published on his blog, which has thousands of readers, the interview teases out many central themes to Sądej’s musical philosophy and experience, such as art as an expression of humanity, and the need for education in…Continue Reading Sądej Interviewed by James Strecker
Presented by the Chopin Foundation of the U.S. and Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the ‘Chopin for All’ Free Concert Series concludes its current season with featured young award winning American pianist, Drew Petersen. 2017 was a banner year for Petersen, who won the 2017 American Pianists Awards and was chosen as the Christel DeHaan…Continue Reading ‘Chopin for All’ Free Concert Series presents Drew Petersen
BabelScores is a new, French-based website that grew out of the need to diffuse and promote contemporary music from the last 40 years, rendering information more easily available to everyone worldwide. It is a showcase for contemporary music and a powerful tool for present-day composers to promote their work and to receive a fair benefit…Continue Reading New Contemporary Music Platform for Scores & Recordings
Next to the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Musica Polonica Nova in Wrocław is the oldest festival dedicated to new music in Poland. This year’s 31st edition will be held from April 20-28, 2018 in the National Forum of Music in Wrocław under the direction of composer Paweł Hendrich. In his first year as Artistic Director, one…Continue Reading 2018 Musica Polonica Nova – Paweł Hendrich, Artistic Dir. & Marcin Stańczyk, Resident Composer
The Bay Area’s Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) will present the centerpiece concert of its Tenth Anniversary Season, entitled Once/Memory/Night: Paul Celan, on April 15 in San Francisco. E4TT is comprised of Nanette McGuinness – soprano, Dale Tsang – piano, and Anne Lerner-Wright – cello, and they will be joined by Laura Reynolds – English…Continue Reading E4TT Concert feat. Czesław Miłosz & Aleksandra Kaca