The tenth edition of the ‘Chopin and His Europe’ Festival will be held in Warsaw from August 15-31, 2014, under the motto “From Chopin to Grieg and Panufnik.” Over the course of the 17 days of the Festival, masterpieces of nineteenth-century repertoire will resonate with those of twentieth-century composers. A highlight of this year’s Festival…Continue Reading Chopin And His Europe
The 4th annual Transatlantyk International Film and Music Festival will be held in Poznań from August 8-14, 2014. The Festival features outstanding films and music from all around the world, hundreds of screenings and numerous concerts, as well as legendary and young artists, representatives from all film and music professions. Transatlantyk is intended to be…Continue Reading Transatlantyk Festival
The fifteenth edition of the “Summer Philharmonic” concerts is scheduled in two installments this year. The first was held in Wigry—the picturesque lakeside resort in the northeast of Poland—from July 25 until August 2. The second, scheduled for August 8-10, will take place in Pieniny, the mountainside resort in southern Poland. The honorary guest of…Continue Reading ‘Letnia Filharmonia’ Festival
The 7th edition of the Letni Festiwal Nowego Miasta [New Town Summer Festival] is taking place around Warsaw from July 26 – August 10. Works by Polish composers such as A. Panufnik, M. Małecki, F. Chopin, S. Madelka, K. Szymanowski, K. Kurpiński, and Wł. Słowiński are featured. Performers include the Festival’s organizers, Warsaw Camerata and…Continue Reading Summer Festival In New Town Warsaw
This year’s Solidarity of Arts Festival will be held in Gdańsk from August 8-30, 2014. Although comprised of several events celebrating various artistic mediums, the main musical event of the Festival is always the “+” concert, which features one major international jazz superstar plus a lineup of their favorite musical colleagues. Considered Poland’s biggest jazz…Continue Reading Solidarity Of Arts
The 10th edition of the Warszawa Singera [Singers’ Warsaw] Festival of Jewish Culture is just around the corner. This annual celebration of music, theatre, film, literature and visual arts will be held from August 24 – September 1. The Yiddish culture will be back in cantors’ songs, klezmer sounds, outdoor concerts, Jewish paper-cutting workshops and…Continue Reading Warszawa Singera
By Cindy Bylander [Article originally published in Musical Opinion Quarterly, April-June 2014. Used by permission of the author] In May 2013, the Grand Theatre/National Opera in Warsaw presented the first installment of Projekt P [Project P], which brings together “the hottest young Polish creators” in order to develop genre-shattering new operas. In the case of…Continue Reading Opera Review: Transcryptum
Pianist Kuba Stankiewicz presented a recital of music by Wojciech Kilar on July 31 at the Świętokrzyska Philharmonic Chamber Auditorium Hall in Kielce. This great jazz pianist presented the audience with twelve of Kilar’s best-known tunes from his many film scores as well as some additional improvisations. Kilar’s film music CD, as interpreted by Kuba…Continue Reading Kilar Jazz In Kielce
Kuba Płużek – First Album Ciążownik; User Friendy / Tune; Cyra; Lunzyferion, part 1; Lunzyferion, part 2; Lunzyferion, part 3; Pewelka Kuba Płużek – piano, Dawid Fortuna – drums, Marek Pospieszalski – saxophone, Max Mucha – bass V Records / Universal 5903111377021 In April, the “First Album” of phenomenal young jazz pianist Kuba Płużek was…Continue Reading New Jazz From Płużek
CD 1: Antoni Szałowski – Overture, Witold Lutosławski – Symphonic Variations, Aleksander Tansman – Polish Rhapsody, Karol Rathaus – Music for Strings, Andrzej Panufnik – Tragic Overture. CD 2: Grażyna Bacewicz – Overture for Symphonic Orchestra, Tadeusz Zygrfyd Kassern – Concerto for String Orchestra, Stefan Kisielewski – Concerto for Chamber Orchestra, Ludomir Różycki – Pietà….Continue Reading Sinfonia Varsovia Anniversary Recording