On October 27, the Kalisz Philharmonic under the baton of Natalia Ponomarczuk will present the world premiere of Marta Ptaszyńska’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, with Clare Hammond as soloist. This is what the composer said about her work: I finished the Concerto at the beginning of July 2017. Before starting to work on it, I considered at length its form…Continue Reading Ptaszyńska’s Piano Concerto Premiere
On Wednesday, October 18, 2017, the Gala Opening of the 18th Annual Polish Film Festival Los Angeles will take place in Hollywood. At this star-studded gala, both Polish and American moviemakers, actors and industry professionals will walk the red carpet at Hollywood’s legendary Egyptian Theatre and view a screening of The Art of Loving. Story of Michalina Wislocka [Sztuka…Continue Reading Preview: 2017 Polish Film Festival LA
The Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra opens its 2017/2018 Season with a September 16 concert at the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw. Maestro Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk will lead the ensemble in two large works that are also warhorses of the concert repertoire: Brahms’s Violin Concerto Op. 77 with violin soloist Jakub Jakowicz and Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra. Since 2008…Continue Reading Iuventus in Play: Brahms and Lutosławski
The first September Concert was held in New York City in 2002 as a small-scale, local event. Its scope and influence had steadily risen since that time, and now this project encompasses almost the entire globe. Concerts under the “September Concert” rubric are meant to promote peace and humanitarian activism through music. The September Concert…Continue Reading The September Concerts in Poland
2017 marks the 140th anniversary of the birth of Feliks Nowowiejski, a Polish composer, conductor, organist, teacher and choirmaster, and “Co mi w duszy gra?” [What plays in my soul?] is a cycle of concerts dedicated to works by Nowowiejski. Held on September 16 at the Franciscan basilica in Katowice, the next concert in this cycle…Continue Reading Music of the Soul: Nowowiejski 2017
The iconic festival of contemporary music, Warszawska Jesień [Warsaw Autumn], celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Held in various venues around Warsaw from September 15-23, 2017 during several concerts per day, this year’s programs will examine and illustrate the phenomenon of the avant-garde. Works by the composers who were part of the original avant-garde will be juxtaposed with…Continue Reading Warsaw Autumn 2017: Premieres
Have you ever been interested in supporting talented Polish musicians directly? Szymon Rywalski is a young Polish student from Wejherowo, Poland who has been accepted to study horn at the prestigious Peabody Institute in Baltimore. He would be part of the studio of Ms. Denise Tryon, a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and one of…Continue Reading Rywalski Kickstarter Campaign
The Gdynia Film School organizes film scoring workshops for music school students and graduates of music academies interested in composing film music. The program will be held October 9-15, 2017 and applications must be submitted by September 10 to info@gsf.pl. All studio facilities of Gdynia Film School will be open to the participants, who will attend group lectures and individual coaching sessions…Continue Reading Film Scoring Workshops in Gdynia
On Wednesday, August 23, Polish violinist Kinga Augustyn will perform a recital at the Chicago Cultural Center, as part of the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series featuring emerging artists from around the world. At 12:15 PM CST, this recital will be broadcast live online by classical music station WFMT. Together with Macedonian pianist Kalina Mrmevska, Augustyn will…Continue Reading Polish Musicians Perform at Chicago Cultural Center
“That he is no mere flashy wunderkind of the baton was shown by the freshly invigorated playing he drew from the CSO … [Urbanski’s] keen musical instincts and vigorous way of translating his ideas into orchestral sound that has both shape and meaning.” —Chicago Tribune On Tuesday, August 15, 2017, Polish conductor Krzysztof Urbański will take the…Continue Reading Urbański at the Bowl