Month: April 2021

Open Session of the Polish Society for Music Analysis: Feliks Nowowiejski and Fryderyk Chopin

On 27 April 2021 at 12.00 p.m., the Polish Society for Music Analysis (PTAM) will host an open online meeting presenting the results of current research on the works of Feliks Nowowiejski and Fryderyk Chopin. PTAM aims to integrate the community of musicologists, theorists, composers, and performers, around the broadly understood understanding and scientific interpretation…Continue Reading Open Session of the Polish Society for Music Analysis: Feliks Nowowiejski and Fryderyk Chopin

“Polskie Muzyczki” – season 3: educational films about female composers

New episodes of the third series of educational films about female Polish composers, “Polskie Muzyczki” [Polish Women Musicians], will be posted every Saturday from 24 April 2021 on the project’s YouTube channel. The project idea was born before the pandemic. Joint concerts of clarinet player Barbara Borowicz and pianist Anna Miernik were preceded by lectures aimed at…Continue Reading “Polskie Muzyczki” – season 3: educational films about female composers

Symphony for the planet – Paweł Pudło’s “Elements”

Almost 300 people involved, over 9 years of work, dozens of instruments made of rubbish…this is just the beginning of a long list that enabled the implementation of one idea: demonstrating human impact on the environment. On 22 April 2021, International Earth Day, the album Elements—Polish composer Paweł Pudło‘s modern story about humanity and different elements of nature—was…Continue Reading Symphony for the planet – Paweł Pudło’s “Elements”

2021 Polish Composers’ Union Awards

zwiazek kompozytorow polskich ZKP

On 17 March 2021 the Presidium of the Main Board of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZPK) awarded the Award of the Polish Composers’ Union for merits in the field of music education, as well as this year’s Honorary Award of the Polish Composers’ Union for contribution to the promotion of Polish music. This year’s Honorary…Continue Reading 2021 Polish Composers’ Union Awards

Art / Violence / Gender – debate and concert

On 16 April 2021, a debate on “Art / Violence / Gender” and a concert “Art and Violence” comprised an online social and artistic event that was organized and hosted by the 2Act Foundation, Villa Decius Association, and Villa Decius Institute for Culture. The Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble premiered the winning works of the 1st…Continue Reading Art / Violence / Gender – debate and concert

Under the Awangarda Banner

Book Review by Marek Zebrowski For over two centuries, Polish music has been inextricably linked to history and politics. A multitude of turbulent events (including the loss of independence, uprisings, revolutions and worldwide conflicts, with Poland’s territory being invaded and pillaged and its citizenry suffering unimaginable tragedies) inevitably turned the arts, literature and music into…Continue Reading Under the Awangarda Banner

Marcin Błażewicz Obituary

Professor Marcin Błażewicz, composer, lecturer at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, and member of the Polish Composers’ Union died on 5 April 2021 in Podkowa Leśna at the age of 68. He studied philosophy at the Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw (now the Cardinal Wyszyński University), and later composition with Marian Borkowski at…Continue Reading Marcin Błażewicz Obituary

2021 Kraków International Festival of Composers

The Kraków International Festival of Composers has been part the cultural life of the city since 1989 (formerly known as the Days of Music by Kraków Composers and, from 2014-2019, the International Festival of Kraków Composers). The main purpose of the Festival is the promotion and presentation of contemporary professional work of Kraków composers—classics and…Continue Reading 2021 Kraków International Festival of Composers

PMC GIFTS: Feb-March 2021

POLMIC’s Easter Surprise  Together with the director Mieczysław Kominek, our friends at the Polish Music Information Centre in Warsaw (POLMIC) once again came through for us with a most thoughtful and timely gift. For many years already, we have been on the receiving end of POLMIC’s largesse and have happily accepted sets of unique recordings…Continue Reading PMC GIFTS: Feb-March 2021

Book Chats—”Awangarda: Tradition and Modernity in Postwar Polish Music”

Lisa Cooper Vest—assistant professor of musicology in the Thornton School of Music, and presenter at the recent PMC Spring Górecki event—has recently published a book entitled Awangarda: Tradition and Modernity in Postwar Polish Music (University of California Press, 2020). Dr. Vest will explore this new publication at an online discussion hosted by the USC Levan…Continue Reading Book Chats—”Awangarda: Tradition and Modernity in Postwar Polish Music”