Jan Ekier Obituary
Polish pianist, composer and pedagogue Jan Ekier passed away on August 15, 2014. Below is more information from the external news service of Polish Radio:… Read more »
09. September 2014
In Memoriam: Włodzimierz Kotoński
From the On Polish Music blog by Adrian Thomas: News has just come in of the death of the Polish composer and teacher, Włodzimierz Kotoński.… Read more »
‘Andrzej Panufnik And His Vision Of Music’: Art & Science Conference
On the occasion of the jubilee of Andrzej Panufnik’s 100th birthday anniversary, the Fryderyk Chopin Music University’s Chair of Music Theory is organizing the International… Read more »
Centenary Celebrations Continue
Last year, the entire world celebrated Witold Lutosławski’s centenary. As soon as the calendar had turned to 2014, the centennial celebrations shifted to another major… Read more »
Premieres At Warsaw Autumn
The 56th International ‘Warsaw Autumn’ Festival of Contemporary Music [Warszawska Jesień] will be held in various venues throughout Warsaw from September 19-27, 2014. Created in… Read more »
Zimerman Premieres Knapik Work at Opening of NOSPR Hall
Concerto of Song Offerings for piano solo, choir and orchestra is the title of Eugeniusz Knapik‘s new work, which the composer is preparing for the… Read more »
Ruciński Replaces Domingo At Salzburg Festival
Vienna’s Salzburg Festival—one of the world’s most prestigious festivals dedicated to classical vocal music—experienced quite a shock when, due to an acute infection of the… Read more »
Music In Wartime Warsaw
Comprised of three concerts organized by the Witold Lutosławski Society and the Warsaw National Philharmonic, the Music in Wartime Warsaw [Muzyka w okupowanej Warszawie] series… Read more »
Polish Music In Florida: 2014-2015
Miami-based Chopin Foundation of the U.S. announces the Ninth National Chopin Piano Competition and the 2014-15 Concert Season Schedule. Held in Miami every five years,… Read more »
Paderewski: Man Of Action… At Miami Doc Film Festival
Most recently seen in California at the 2013 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles, Wiesław Dabrowski’s film Paderewski: The Man of Action, Success and Fame has… Read more »
New Issue Of Quarta
The third 2014 issue of Quarta, PWM’s bi-lingual quarterly music magazine has been published at issuu.com. The entire edition is dedicated to a remembrance of… Read more »
First Chopin Garden Concert In Chicago
The Chicago Chopin Foundation and Grant Park Conservancy invite you to Chicago’s Grant Park on Saturday, September 13 at 11:30am, to become familiar with the… Read more »
MozART Group & Krosny Come To Chicago
“We exist despite the sober formality of great concert halls, despite the boredom of classical musicians’ life, despite fanatic lovers of classical music, despite fans… Read more »
Chopin Preludes At Sundays Live!
Sunday, September 14, 2014 at 6:00pm, the Sundays Live! series at LACMA will present Korean pianist Inyoung Huh. Her program will consist of Bach’s Toccata… Read more »
Transatlantyk Competition Winners
During the final concert of the Transatlantyk Festival in Poznań on August 14, 2014, once again the prestigious prizes in the Instant Composition Contest and… Read more »
Neske Wins Composition With Białoszewski Poetry
Mironczarnia, Jakub Neske’s choral composition based on Miron Białoszewski’s poem, ranked 3rd in the 1st International Competition of Choral Composition juried by legendary film music… Read more »
Wratislavia Cantans
From September 5-14, 2014, the 49th International Festival Wratislavia Cantans will draw the attention of the musical world, inviting to Wrocław and Lower Silesia artists… Read more »
Sacrum Profanum
The 12th edition of the Sacrum Profanum Festival will run from September 14-20, 2014 in Kraków. The father of American minimalism – Philip Glass, avant-garde… Read more »
Muzyka Na Szczytach
The International Chamber Music Festival “Music on the Heights” [Muzyka Na Szczytach] is a cyclical yearly event held in Zakopane since 2009. The “heights” included… Read more »
Per Musicam Ad Astra
The second annual International Copernicus Choral Festival “Per Musicam Ad Astra” will be held September 10-14 in Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Inowrocław and Lubicz. Choral ensembles… Read more »