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Premieres at Young Composers’ Concert

The Chopin Music University in Warsaw featured several world premieres during a November 5 concert of works by students and recent graduates of the composition department. The program featured Paweł Lasota’s work კვარტეტი for clarinet, violin, viola and cello that was inspired by Georgian culture, Robert Prokopowicz’s Wariacje na temat następstwa siedmiu dźwięków[Variations on a succession of seven tones] for piano, and Notturnofor harp…Continue Reading Premieres at Young Composers’ Concert

Porębski Premiere at Conrad Festival

The “Obrazy z Conrada” [Images from Conrad] Festival celebrates the anniversary year of the great Polish author Józef Konrad Korzeniowski (1857-1924), known as Joseph Conrad and celebrated as one of the greatest writers in the English Language. On November 9 the Polish Society for Contemporary Music presented world premiere of Adam Porębski’s composition, Pierwsze dowództwo[The First Command], which was performed alongside…Continue Reading Porębski Premiere at Conrad Festival

Knittel Premiere

On November 8, 2017, the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk presents the premiere of a new opera entitled Sad Ostateczny [The Last Judgement] by composer Krzysztof Knittel with a libretto by Mirosław Bujko. The main roles are as follows: Memling (baritone) – Robert Gierlach; Arago (bass) – Piotr Lempa; Portinari (counter-tenor) – Jan Jakub Monowid; Katarzyna Tanagli (soprano) – Anna Mikolajczyk….Continue Reading Knittel Premiere

Paderewski Monument in Ciężkowice

Patrons and concertgoers who attend the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles may know of Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s former estate in Kąśna Dolna, which he owned between 1897 and 1903. Lovingly preserved, today this manor house and grounds are the only residence of this great pianist, politician and humanitarian that is still left standing. Paderewski left a generous legacy…Continue Reading Paderewski Monument in Ciężkowice

Malawski Honored in Rzeszów

The 60th death anniversary of Artur Malawski was observed in Rzeszów with the October 2 conference and concert at the Chamber Auditorium of the Malawski Philharmonic Hall. Artists and authors as well as music faculty from Warsaw, Bydgoszcz, Kraków, Przemyśl and Sanok participated in the event. The festivities were also accompanied by an exhibit dedicated to Malawski…Continue Reading Malawski Honored in Rzeszów

Moniuszko in Chicago

Stanisław Moniuszko’s iconic opera, Straszny dwór [The Haunted Manor] will be presented at the Copernicus Centre in Chicago on October 28 and 29. The soloists of Warsaw’s Grand Theatre and choirs of the National Orchestra and Chopin Music University in Warsaw will be heard with the Paderewski Symphony Orchestra led by Wojciech Niewrzoł. [Source: pwm.com.pl]…Continue Reading Moniuszko in Chicago

Music at the 18th Polish Film Festival in LA

The 18th Annual Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles will be held in various venues around town from October 18-26, 2017. The Opening Gala at the Egyptian Theatre takes place Oct. 18 at 6 p.m., featuring a screening of THE ART OF LOVING. STORY OF MICHALINA WISLOCKA [Sztuka kochania. Historia Michaliny Wislockiej] by Maria Sadowska. In addition, the following…Continue Reading Music at the 18th Polish Film Festival in LA

Music and the City

From October 12-14, the Łódź Music Academy hosted the ZKP conference entitled “Muzyka i Miasto,” dedicated to the relationship of creativity and musical life to the institutions and functioning of cities. Musicologists, sociologists and ethnographers gathered to participate in a variety of discussions and attend concerts. Among the latter was performance of Artur Zagajewski’s blockhaus D, a continuation of a…Continue Reading Music and the City

Nowowiejski Anniversary

The Płock Symphony Orchestra celebrated Feliks Nowowiejski’s 140th birthday with an anniversary concert on October 12. The program consisted of the overture to the opera Legenda Bałtyku as well as the Fantasy of the themes from this opera, symphonic poem Pożegnanie Ellenai, Polish Fantasy for solo organ, and overture Swaty Polskie [Polish Nuptials]. Nowowiejski’s Legenda Bałtyku was world premiered in Poznań in 1924 and since then became a popular work in the canon of…Continue Reading Nowowiejski Anniversary

Penderecki Competition for Young Composers

The Polish Composers’ Union [ZKP], Kraków branch, announced the First International Krzysztof Penderecki Competition for Young Composers. The assignment is to write a work for flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello that is 9-14 minutes long. Composers of all nationalities under the age of 35 are invited to compete; each composer can send no more than two…Continue Reading Penderecki Competition for Young Composers