The 12th Wawel at Dusk festival was held from 6 July to 31 August in the Arcade and Batory courtyards of Wawel Royal Castle. In honor of this year’s theme of “Preserving Chopin,” music by Fryderyk Chopin, Stanisław Moniuszko, Karol Szymanowski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Witold Lutosławski will be presented. Polish music will be portrayed…Continue Reading 2019 Wawel at Dusk Festival
The 38th International Festival of Chopin in the Colors of Autumn will take place in Ostrów Wielkopolski and Antonin between 19 and 22 September. The inauguration concert will take place at the Ostrów Cultural Center, featuring the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Łukasz Borowicz. The 200th anniversary of the birth of Stanisław Moniuszko will be…Continue Reading 38th International Chopin in the Colors of Autumn
by Marek Zebrowski Wednesday, June 26. Warsaw-Kraków I wake up early to check if the (habitually late) non-stop LOT flight from LAX will actually land on time. Relief! LO22 is only two hours late today—it will touch down around 3 pm. Rush to breakfast and then to Warsaw Central train station to buy tickets for…Continue Reading 2019 Paderewski Festival Cultural Exchange Diary