In her extensive May 8 interview for the Nowy Dziennik, a Polish language newspaper in New York, violinist Kinga Augustyn shared her insights on studying violin, performing, repertoire choices and her latest professional accomplishments. Kinga’s latest recording—a solo album of compositions by Georg Philipp Teleman on the Centaur label—was officially launched on May 5. Her…Continue Reading Kinga Augustyn Explores her Career as a Violinist
PWM Editions’s April “Composer of the Month” campaign will familiarize music lovers with the œuvre of Zygmunt Krauze. He is an extraordinary figure in the music community: a composer, pianist, teacher and organizer of musical events. This year, the composer will be celebrating his 80th birthday. In order to encourage the study Zygmunt Krauze’s scores,…Continue Reading PWM Composer of the Month: Zygmunt Krauze
Polish Music Publishers (PWM) is planning to publish and record one hundred works by over eighty Polish composers, written between 1918 and 2018. This project will be capped by a cycle of concerts that will take place on November 11, 2018, in the most prestigious venues in Poland and all across the world. In his…Continue Reading PWM’s ‘100 for 100’
The Winter 2017 issue of Classical Guitar Magazine features the article “Lukasz Kuropaczewski Honors Poland’s Composers, Teaches Next Generation.” In it, author Steve Mann interviews Polish guitarist Dr. Łukasz Kuropaczewski and explores his quickly rising career. Although Kuropaczewski has studied and performed extensively abroad, his calling card in the crowded field of classical guitarists has been his dedication to…Continue Reading Kuropaczewski In Classical Guitar Magazine
The aim of the Frédéric Chopin Institute in Switzerland is to promote the work of the greatest Polish composer and to organize musical events focused mainly on a young audience. In October 2018, the Institute will organize the first edition of the “Jeune Chopin” International Piano Competition for Children & Youth, which will take place at the Waddilove…Continue Reading ‘Jeune Chopin’ International Competition for Children & Youth
Presented in partnership with the Chopin Foundation of the United States, the Frost Chopin Academy will be held for pianists up to the age of 28 from June 24-30, 2018. Accepted applicants will be given room and board for one week at the state-of-the-art facilities of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Participants will…Continue Reading 2018 Chopin FDN Opportunities For Young Pianists
Related to her recent performances as Prince Charming in Ottawa, Canada, mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Sądej gave an interview on February 16 that is available on www.youtube.com. Casual yet informative, her discussion of her career highlights is interspersed with excerpts of varied performances from around the world. She talks of her love of performing recitals of lesser know Polish song…Continue Reading Interview with Katarzyna Sądej
Marta Boberska, one of the soloists of Poland’s Royal Opera, and pianist Emilian Madey presented a recital of early romantic lieder at Warsaw’s Royal Castle on March 3. The program featured rarely performed repertoire for voice and piano by such composers as Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Józef Elsner, Jan Kleczyński, Ignacy Krzyżanowski, Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, Michał Kleofas Ogiński,…Continue Reading Early Romantic Songs At The Royal Castle
A symphonic concert commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the events of March 1968—during which an anti-semetic purge drove as many as 20,000 Jews from Poland—was held on March 6 at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall. The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra performed with Danish-Israeli violinist Nikolaj Znaider, under the baton of Artistic Director Jacek Kaspszyk. The program included Violin Concerto…Continue Reading 50th Anniversary Of March 1968
“Forbidden Songs: Lost Music of Midcentury Poland”—a two-day festival exploring the fraught artistic and personal decisions confronted under repressive regimes—will be held on March 17-18 at Cornell University and March 22-23 at Swarthmore College. This festival features the world premiere of the English-subtitled version of the film Forbidden Songs (1946), which narrates everyday life in Warsaw through…Continue Reading ‘Forbidden Songs’ – Palester Celebration