Polish Music Publishers [PWM] just came out with a delightful coloring book for children entitled Ignacy Jan i jego plan [Ignacy Jan and how it’s done]. The approach is to awaken the interest of all kinds of young readers (not only those studying piano, for example) in Paderewski’s many talents, accomplishments, and lifelong adventures. Thus,…Continue Reading Paderewski in Full Color
Poland’s Institute of Music and Dance [IMIT] selected 15 projects for financial support awards under its “Białe plamy—muzyka i taniec” [Blind spots—music and dance] program. During a July 14 videoconference meeting, the jury of experts selected by the Musicology Institute at Poznań Music Academy reviewed 35 submissions and chose the following finalists: Miłosz Aleksandrowicz for…Continue Reading IMIT 2020/2021 Research Awards
A thought doesn’t cause friction. A sound doesn’t cause friction Time doesn’t cause friction. Speed causes friction. Stopping causes friction… Coexistence causes friction! Three related instruments carry on joint thoughts and sounds. Had they kept to their typical functions, they would have created an ideal texture. Just because they can. However… Friction. During the last…Continue Reading Premiere of ‘Friction’ By Zubel
The celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Paderewski Centre in Kąśna Dolna on 24-26 July 2020 will feature special events to sum up the achievements of the institution. On 28 February 1990, the Provincial National Council in Tarnów passed a resolution on the creation of an institution for the promotion of musical culture under…Continue Reading 30 Years of the Paderewski Centre in Kąśna Dolna
The 20th edition of the Franciszek Wybrańczyk ‘Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City Festival’ will be held between 2 August and 3 September 2020. The Festival will feature 23 concerts and events over the course of a month. Four days a week, the Concert Pavilion at 272 Grochowska Street will host music of many styles and…Continue Reading 20th Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City Festival
From 19-25 October 2020, the Gdynia Film School presents the 4th edition of the film scoring workshop with the Oscar-winning composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. The workshops are intended for music school students and graduates of music academies interested in film scoring, as well as people who do not have formal music education but compose film music….Continue Reading 4th Film Scoring Workshops with Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
The Institute of Music and Dance [IMiT] has announced the 2nd edition of the Stanisław Moniuszko International Polish Music Competition in Rzeszów. This Competition promotes the achievements of Polish music in the 19th and 20th centuries, which have been forgotten or are less popular in concert practice, and highlights newly discovered works and the unjustly…Continue Reading 2020 Int’l Moniuszko Competition of Polish Music
Billed as “Miejsca wspólne” [Gathering places], this virtual festival of Polish contemporary music has been launched by its organizers with a press release on July 1. The main idea for this project was to create a virtual equivalent of a music festival that one can participate in without leaving one’s home. The organizers sought to…Continue Reading “Gathering Places” Virtual Music Festival
A concert dedicated to the 150th birth anniversary of Emil Młynarski will take place on 20 July 2020 as part of the “Polish Composers’ Jubilees in Royal Łazienki” series at the Palace on the Isle in Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw. The Budzyńska–Ogryzek Duo, composed of Zuzanna Budzyńska (violin) and Szymon Ogryzek (piano), will perform…Continue Reading Emil Młynarski 150th Birth Anniversary Concert
“Music in the image. Image in the sound” is a series of concerts, workshops and lectures promoting contemporary music, organized by the Elżbieta Chojnacka Centre for Contemporary Harpsichord Music. The events will be held from 12 July to 22 November 2020 at the Palace in Rybna. Musical works inspired by painting, literature, mathematics, architecture, industry,…Continue Reading Tarnowskie Góry’s Interdisciplinary series “Music in the image. Image in the sound”