Year: 2022

10th ‘Emanacje’ Festival: Wieniawski Cycle and Pianohooligan

Recognized jazz musicians and all Polish participants of the 16th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poznań took part in this year’s jubilee edition of the Emanacje Music Festival. This year’s Wieniawski Cycle began on the 9th of July at 7:00 p.m. with a recital by Judyta Kluza-Sporniak (violin) and Grzegorz Skrobiński (piano). Additionally, Pianohooligan…Continue Reading 10th ‘Emanacje’ Festival: Wieniawski Cycle and Pianohooligan

5th Royal Opera Polish Music Festival & Krauze Premiere

This year the Polish Royal Opera hosted its 5th Festival featuring a plethora of Polish music from July 2nd to July 24th. The Festival included twelve performances and concerts. One of the festival’s biggest highlight events was the premiere of Zygmunt Krauze’s The Night of Ravens that took place on the first day of the…Continue Reading 5th Royal Opera Polish Music Festival & Krauze Premiere

NIMiT on Streaming Platforms

The National Institute of Music and Dance (NIMiT) now has recordings available on major streaming platforms such as Spotify. As streaming has become an increasingly popular way to discover music and push artists’ work out to the public, there is no doubt that the presence of the NIMiT on these platforms will contribute to the…Continue Reading NIMiT on Streaming Platforms

Celebration of Wojciech Kilar’s 90th Birthday

Wojciech Kilar was one of Poland’s greatest twentieth century symphonic composers. He studied piano with Władysława Markiewiczówna and composition with Bolesław Szabelski at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice. His compositions range from orchestral pieces and film scores to chamber vocal-piano and instrumental scores and he had great influence on modern classical music….Continue Reading Celebration of Wojciech Kilar’s 90th Birthday

The Final Veil: World Premiere

The Final Veil is a movement opera co-created by composer JL Marlor and dancer/director Cassandra Rosebeetle. Through the mediums of opera and dance, The Final Veil tells the true story of Polish-Jewish dancer Franceska Mann, living through horrific WWII events. This opera demonstrates her strength, resilience, and bravery through her time at the Auschwitz concentration…Continue Reading The Final Veil: World Premiere

Music & Migration: The story of Felix Yaniewicz in Scotland

From the end of June to October there will be a new exhibition at the Georgian House in Edinburgh, Scotland which will tell the story of Polish-Lithuanian composer Felix Yaniewicz. With the exhibition there will also be lecture-recitals, musical performances, and a program of talks about Yaniewicz’s life and history in Scotland.  The planned events…Continue Reading Music & Migration: The story of Felix Yaniewicz in Scotland

Upcoming Concerts at the Jazz Café POSK

Jazz Cafe Posk

There are over 3500 pubs and bars in the bustling city of London, and among those is the Jazz Café POSK. Known as one of London’s top jazz clubs, Café POSK is run by volunteers who share a passion for live music and love to make space for new and upcoming musicians. Café POSK is…Continue Reading Upcoming Concerts at the Jazz Café POSK

PMC Gifts: Marcel Chyrzyński

Spring has sprung (as it annually does) and this time around it also brought a shower of fine gifts to the Polish Music Center. There was much excitement around the PMC’s Spring Concert at the end of March, mainly because of the long-delayed world premiere of Mojave—an atmospherically beguiling and deeply musically satisfying work for…Continue Reading PMC Gifts: Marcel Chyrzyński

4th Frost Chopin Festival in Miami: June 19-26

The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami is once again partnering with the Chopin Foundation to present the 4th annual Frost Chopin Academy and Festival with the generous support of the M. Lee Pearce Foundation, the Patrick Park Foundation, and Olga and David Melin. This year’s live in-person Academy and Festival offers…Continue Reading 4th Frost Chopin Festival in Miami: June 19-26

Mykietyn & Błażejczyk World Premieres in London

On Wednesday, April 27 in Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, the London Sinfonietta celebrated contemporary musical life in Poland. Entitled “Leaning East: The New Polish School,” the program included two new pieces by Polish composers Wojciech Błażejczyk and Paweł Mykietyn, commissioned by the International Centre for Contemporary Music (ICCM). The Sinfonietta was led by conductor…Continue Reading Mykietyn & Błażejczyk World Premieres in London