Year: 2021

Anniversaries of Great Composers: Eugeniusz Knapik and Jan Wincenty Hawel

The Silesian Philharmonic’s concert on July 9, 2021 is dedicated to two professors, extremely important figures for the Silesian Philharmonic and for the Silesian and Polish composers’ schools – Eugeniusz Knapik and Jan Wincenty Hawel, who celebrates their birthday in July. The Silesian Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Maciej Tomasiewicz and soprano Sylwia Olszyńska…Continue Reading Anniversaries of Great Composers: Eugeniusz Knapik and Jan Wincenty Hawel

Chopin Foundation: Chopin All July Long

The Chopin Foundation of the United States has had its headquarters in Miami since 1977. Founded by Blanka A. Rosenstiel as a non-profit organization with national and international reach, the Chopin Foundation’s mission is to help young, talented American pianists develop their careers as international concert artists, and to make classical music, and above all…Continue Reading Chopin Foundation: Chopin All July Long

Organ Summer at NFM

On summer evenings between July 7- August 18, the National Forum of Music in Wrocław will host Summer Organ Recitals performed by Józef Serafin, Elżbieta Karolak, Julian Gembalski and Roman Perucki. The concerts will be an opportunity to get to know a very wide spectrum of organ literature written over the centuries (from Baroque, through…Continue Reading Organ Summer at NFM

Premieres at the “Music in dialogue” Inaugural Concert

The Elżbieta Chojnacka Centre for Contemporary Harpsichord Music in Tarnowskie Góry will launch a new concert series with a concert “Music in dialogue” on July 11, 2021 at the Palace in Rybna. The concerts will feature works that take up the musical dialogue on several levels: instrumental (in terms of timbre, technical and expressive possibilities),…Continue Reading Premieres at the “Music in dialogue” Inaugural Concert

2021 Festival of Polish Music in Kraków

A concert version of the opera Hagith by Karol Szymanowski, the best Polish chamber music, songs by Witold Lutosławski, forgotten works by Konstanty Gorski and gems of the Polish Baroque – this is the 17th edition of the Festival of Polish Music in Krakow, which will take place on 8-18 July 2021. The opening concert…Continue Reading 2021 Festival of Polish Music in Kraków

New on ANAKLASIS Records

PWM Edition’s 75th anniversary album ‘Great Encounters’ The ‘Great Encounters’ album, marking 75 years of PWM Edition, highlights performers’ meetings with excellent music and the encounters of great personalities from the past with composers who enjoy successes in our own times. Fryderyk Chopin, Henryk Wieniawski, Stanisław Moniuszko, Karol Szymanowski,and Ignacy Jan Paderewski did for Polish…Continue Reading New on ANAKLASIS Records

Winners of the 2021 “Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta” Composition Competition

The results of the 7th International “Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta” Composers Competition have been announced. The subject of this year’s Competition was to compose a piece entitled “Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta” for string orchestra and theremin obbligato.  The Jury of the Competition consisted of: Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa – chairwoman, Eugeniusz Knapik, Marcel Chyrzyński and Jurek Dybał.This year, the…Continue Reading Winners of the 2021 “Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta” Composition Competition

“Let’s Sing Poland!”—New PWM Anthology of Patriotic Songs

‘Śpiewajmy Polskę!’ [Let’s sing Poland!] is a unique songbook containing a selection of the 100 most important patriotic songs in the history of the country. Published by PMW [Polish Music Publishers], these new arrangements for voice with piano accompaniment and guitar chords are available on the website www.spiewajmypolske.pl. The arrangements give unlimited possibilities for people…Continue Reading “Let’s Sing Poland!”—New PWM Anthology of Patriotic Songs

2021 Emanacje Festival

The 9th Emanacje Festival will be held on 4 July – 29 August, 2021 at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice. With works performed by outstanding artists, the three strands of this year’s edition will create extraordinary contexts and interesting repertoire compilations. The Polish Radio Amadeus Chamber Orchestra under the baton of…Continue Reading 2021 Emanacje Festival