On June 17, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR), a beneficiary of EU funds, will participate in the 5th Open Days of European Funds at their home base in Katowice. Open Days is an initiative implemented by the Polish Ministry of Investment and Development to showcase the various projects that utilize EU funds. The…Continue Reading Open Days at NOSPR & Wojciechowski Premiere
A piano recital by Yukio Yokoyama celebrating the 77th anniversary of the death of Ignacy Jan Paderewski will be held on June 23 at the I. J. Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz. Yukio Yokoyama was born in Tokyo in 1971. At the age of 12, he started learning piano and composition under Jun Date and…Continue Reading Yukio Yokoyama Celebrates Paderewski
The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic celebrated the centennial anniversary of Poland’s independence with a concert on June 15 in Bydgoszcz. The program featured Wojciech Kilar‘s vocal-instrumental works, starting with Angelus (1984), a musical version of the “Angelic Greeting.” The piece was written for the opening ceremony of the renovated altar in the Jasna Góra…Continue Reading 100 Years of Independence in Bydgoszcz
The 18th Franciszek Wybrańczyk “Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City” Festival is taking place from 16–23 June 2018 in Warsaw. This year, the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra will present four extraordinary concerts of symphonic music, intentionally arranged to showcase different dimensions of classical music. The Festival begins and concludes in the newly-built Concert Pavilion in the Praga-Południe…Continue Reading 2018 “Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City” Festival
The 4th Kwadrofonik Festival will take place between June 11 – July 2, 2018 in Warsaw, with performances and events centered around the theme of tradition. Among the Festival performers are the ElettroVoce Duo (singer Agata Zubel and composer/electronic artist Cezary Duchnowski) and Kwadrofonik (pianists Emilia Sitarz and Bartek Wąsik and percussionists Magdalena Kordylasińska-Pękala and Miłosz Pękala…Continue Reading 4th Kwadrofonik Festival in Warsaw
The latest concert from the “Polish Music Too Little Known” series was held on June 14 in the Chamber Hall of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Quartets by Władysław Żeleński and Krzysztof Penderecki were performed by Lucyna Fiedukiewicz – violin, Nikola Gajownik – violin, Elżbieta Mrożek-Loska – viola, and Łukasz Frant – cello. Władysław…Continue Reading “Polish Music Too Little Known” in Katowice
Works by Wojciech Kilar were performed in modern electronic arrangements by Szymon Padoła, a Katowice-based DJ, composer and producer known as 5cet, and musicians of the AUKSO Orchestra conducted by Marek Moś, at the Concert Hall of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) in Katowice on June 14. Wojciech Kilar was born in Lviv,…Continue Reading ElectroKilar in Katowice
The Witold Lutosławski Society has announced its 2018 competition for a scholarship granted by the Composer’s Family. A scholarship of $10,000 USD for master’s education abroad will be awarded to one Polish student or graduate of a national music school or college. Polish composition and performance students interested in the works of the 20th and…Continue Reading 2018 Witold Lutosławski Society Stipend
Former president of the Chopin Music University in Warsaw, Professor Stanisław Moryto died on June 5 after a long illness. He was 71. One of the most active personalities on the musical scene in Warsaw, Stanisław Moryto headed the Warsaw Music Academy from 2005 until 2012 and, thanks to his efforts, this venerable institution gained…Continue Reading Obituary: Prof. Stanisław Moryto
Young, resourceful, ambitious, unconventional, surprising and courageous—these epithets accompanied the selection of Andrzej Kwieciński (b.1984) as Composer of the Month, named by Poland’s largest music publishers, PWM Editions. At the age of 21 in 2005, he had already won the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Prize and followed it with scholarship prizes from the…Continue Reading PWM’s May Composer of the Month: Andrzej Kwieciński