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In honor of the first democratic constitution in Europe and second in the world only to the United States Constitution, Poles and Polonia all over the world celebrate Polish Constitution Day on or near May 3. Several musical activities that are open to the public are happening across the US. The festivities began on April…Continue Reading May 3 Constitution Day in the US

Polish guitarist Tomasz Fechner, who is currently at the USC Thornton School of Music on a Fulbright Scholarship, will perform a program of all Polish music on May 25 for the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society. For this event, Fechner will perform solo guitar works by Aleksander Tansman and Roman Ryterband. The concert is free however donations are encouraged—all money…Continue Reading Fechner Plays Tansman and Ryterband in LA

“Kalinowski and Szlezer, friends since childhood, have a wonderfully natural rapport and there is an arresting quality to their playing that gives life to the music”—The Strad  From April 27-29, the Universidade Estadual de Campinas in São Paulo, Brazil hosted the first annual Festival de Musica Polonesa [Polish Music Festival], this year honoring composer Aleksander Tansman…Continue Reading Cracow Duo in South America

Polish pianist Magdalena Baczewska, violinist Sandy Cameron and cellist Zhao Jing will serve as soloists for two concerts in China featuring the music of Chinese composer Tan Dun. The composer will lead the Macau Orchestra in works from his scores for three martial arts movies—Crouching Tiger Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, The Triple Resurrection for Violin, Violoncello, Piano…Continue Reading Baczewska and Tan Dun in China

The 30th anniversary edition of the Musica Polonica Nova Festival was held between April 8-16, 2016 at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław. The 2016 theme was taken from The Romantic by Adam Mickiewicz: “Faith and love are more discerning than lenses or learning.” The Festival consisted of 11 concerts as well as meetings with composers, journalists and music critics….Continue Reading World Premieres Musica Polonica Nova

On Friday May 6th, 2016 the Department of Education at the Academy of Arts in Szczecin will host ‘Nowa Muzyka’ [New Music], a multidimensional music meeting combining live performance with music-related art and lecture at the Pałac pod Globusem. This interdisciplinary and interdepartmental project will feature an exhibition of posters compiled under the topic of “New Music” by Professor…Continue Reading World Premieres at ‘New Music’ in Szczeczin

This year’s “KODY” [Codes] Festival of Traditional and Avant-garde Music (May 11-14, 2016) in Lublin, Poland will feature the world premiere performances of two new works by Polish composers who were commissioned by the Festival. First, on May 11, RÊVE RAVE will be performed by the Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet, Halina Przebinda and Kuba Mikurda. This cross-genre performance in three acts…Continue Reading Premieres at Kody Festival

Warsaw Music Encounters (May 7-13, 2016) is an annual festival of early and new music founded and directed by composer Władysław Słowiński since 1986. In accordance with the program formula contained in the Festival’s subheading—”Early Music – New Music”—the Festival presents important early and new music compositions andpromotes the most recent works by contemporary composers, written for the…Continue Reading World Premieres at Warsaw Music Encounters