For half a century the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans has been the most important festival of classical music in this part of Europe. This year, Wroclaw has been named the 2016 European Capital of Culture, which will be celebrated by this year’s 51st edition of the Festival. Entitled “Europa Cantans,” the program will be richer and more…Continue Reading Wratislavia Cantans 2016
This year, more than 59 musicians from 13 different countries applied for the second edition of the International Seifert Jazz Violin Competition, however only 10 of them passed to the final round, held in the Krzysztof Penderecki European Music Center in Lutosławice. After the auditions, the jury of experienced musicians—Marek Feldman (USA), Janusza Stefański (Poland) and…Continue Reading Smoczyński Wins Seifert Award
Los Angeles area pianist Anna von Urbans and Kordian Góra, Senior Lecturer at the Academy of Music in Gdansk, will perform Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, and Lutoslawski: Paganini Variations at the Los Angeles County Art Museum (LACMA) on September 18. Sunday, September 25, 2016 | 6:00 pm Gershwin, Stravinsky and Lutoslawski Duo-Piano Recital LACMA, Bing…Continue Reading Lutosławski on Duo-Piano Recital in LA
On September 4, the Polish Chamber Choir will present a concert called “Nowowiejski, Pałłasz, Bloch” at the Polish Radio Witold Lutosławski Studio in Warsaw with conductor Jan Łukaszewski. The program includes choral works of notable Polish composers: Teka Białowieska by Feliks Nowowiejski, Anenaiki, Exaltabo te, Et by Augustyn Bloch and Two Songs by Edward Pałłasz with lyrics by Osip Mandelsztam. Established in 1978, the…Continue Reading Polish Chamber Choir All-Polish Program
The Baltic Sea Festival (August 28–September 4, 2016) was founded in 2003 by Michael Tydén, former director of Berwaldhallen in Stockholm, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor and composer, Valery Gergiev, conductor and director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. The Baltic Sea Festival operates in three main areas in order to create a better future for the Baltic Sea…Continue Reading Polish Music in Stockholm
To be held October 13-14, 2016, No End is a two-day special conference celebrating the continuing impact of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s film legacy while commemorating twenty years since his untimely death at the age of 54. It is co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Department of French and Italian at the University of…Continue Reading Kieslowski Call for Papers
The VI National Witold Lutosławski Competition for Young Composers will take place at the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic – European Art Centre in Białystok, Poland from September 4-8, 2016. Competition organizers say: “It is a unique musical event in the country, it is comparable only with the International G. Fitelberg Conducting Competition in Katowice.” Prize winners from…Continue Reading National Lutosławski Competition for Composers
The world premiere of Zygmunt Krauze’s Poem of Apollinaire for speaking pianist and 12 instruments took place in Warsaw on June 26, performed by Orkest de ereprijs with the composer at the piano under the baton of Wim Boerman. The piece was commissioned by the Association of Polish Composers [Związek Kompozytorów Polskich] and was staged during the Concert…Continue Reading Krauze Recent and Upcoming Premieres
On the evening of August 7, Wojtek Blecharz’s music for invisible places was given its world premiere by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) during their Free Micro-Concert: Young Composers Concert 3 in the Hearst Plaza of Lincoln Center in New York City. It was one of the 50 premieres that ICE performed over the course of two weeks, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of…Continue Reading Blecharz Premiere
The 59th International ‘Warsaw Autumn’ Festival of Contemporary Music [Warszawska Jesień] will be held in various venues throughout Warsaw from September 18-26, 2016. This year’s Warsaw Autumn will direct audiences’ eyes, ears and attention to the stage—understood both literally and symbolically. The starting point will be “opera,” associated with a specific theatrical space a musical work in…Continue Reading Premieres at Warsaw Autumn