The 7th Wojciech Kilar Contemporary Music Festival will be held from 11-25 October in Gorzów. This year’s theme is “Polish sequences.” During the inaugural concert, Polish pianist Marek Żebrowski and the Gorzów Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Monika Wolińska will perform a one-part Piano Concerto by Henryk Wars, whose 40th death anniversary falls this…Continue Reading 7th Wojciech Kilar Contemporary Music Festival
On 11 October, the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin hosted a concert to celebrate composer Piotr Moss’s 70th birthday and 50th anniversary of his creative work. Although his studies (with Grażyna Bacewicz, Piotr Perkowski and Nadia Boulanger) were influenced by the neoclassical trend, Moss himself is referred to as a neo-romantic. A versatile composer, he…Continue Reading Concert Marking Piotr Moss’s 70th Birthday and 50th Anniversary of His Creative Work
October 1 Nantes (France): Zygmunt Noskowski’s Morskie Oko performed by National Orchestra of the Pays de la Loire, conducted by Marzena Diakun Kiev (Ukraine): Witold Lutosławski’s Funeral Music performed by Kiev Camerata, conducted by Valery Matiuchin; Marcel Chyrzyński’s Ukiyo-e No. 4 performed by Kiev Camerata, Joanna Domańska (pf), Roman Widaszek (cl), Tadeusz Tomaszewski (cr); Mikołaj Górecki’s Concerto…Continue Reading Polish Music Around the World in October