Category: 2016

20th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival

Themed “Beethoven and New Directions,” the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival (March 12-25) celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. This momentous event, organized since 1997, included performances by several orchestras, ensembles, and soloists from Poland and abroad. The festival began on March 12, inaugurated by a concert featuring several soloists, like pianist Yeol Eum Son and tenor Michael Schade, along…Continue Reading 20th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival

Gdańsk Music Festival

The 9th Gdańsk Music Festival will be held between April 8 and 15, 2016. The theme of the 2016 edition is “Polish Concert,” reflecting the focus not only on Polish composers of all eras, but also Polish performers, both established and up-and-coming, and ensembles. This year, the festival’s artist-in-residence will be legendary Maxim Vengerov, who will give violin…Continue Reading Gdańsk Music Festival

Beethoven by the Baltic – A Review by Marek Zebrowski

The Philharmonic Society of Orange County presented the Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa on March 15. This concert marked one of the last stops on Baltic Phil’s extensive tour of the U.S. that began on the East Coast in early January. For the southern California program,…Continue Reading Beethoven by the Baltic – A Review by Marek Zebrowski

Musica Polonica Nova

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

Sadej Wins Vocal Competition

Polish-Canadian mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Sądej is the first prize winner in the Susan and Virginia Hawk Vocal Competition. The memorial scholarship was established in 1979 by Virginia Fletcher Hawk, in memory of her daughter Susan, and has been awarded annually to outstanding vocalists. Sądej will select two pieces from her extensive repertoire to perform during the Awards Concert on…Continue Reading Sadej Wins Vocal Competition

Adam Golka in Concert

Pianist Adam Golka has a busy and exciting performance schedule around the US during the month of April. Several concerts will feature other Polish musicians as well, and the month will end on a high note with a performance in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. See details below. Polish-American pianist Adam Golka was recently selected by Sir…Continue Reading Adam Golka in Concert

In Memory of Karol Mikuli

On April 13, the Austrian Cultural Forum will host a program dedicated to Karol Mikuli, a student of Frederic Chopin. The concert, entitled Karol Mikuli – Forgotten Student of Chopin, a Deserving Citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, will feature Mikuli’s own compositions, including Op. 16, 17 and 27, and Serenade in A flat major, Op….Continue Reading In Memory of Karol Mikuli

Prix Des Muses for Pawel Gancarczyk

On March 31, Pawel Gancarczyk received the 23rd edition of the Prix des Muses award in Paris. The honor is given annually by the Foundation Singer-Polignac, distinguishing the best French-language books on jazz, and classical and traditional music. His book, La musique et la révolution de l’imprimerie, was published in September 2015 and was translated…Continue Reading Prix Des Muses for Pawel Gancarczyk

Muzyka Pod Liberatorem – Lutosławski

In the next installment in the “Muzyka pod Liberatorem” concert series at the Warsaw Rising Museum, soprano Olga Pasiecznik and her sister, pianist Natalia Pasiecznik, will perform compositions for children by Witold Lutosławski on April 14, 2016.  The event will again be hosted by Polish Radio 2’s Barbara Schabowska, who will sit down with Elżbieta Markowska,…Continue Reading Muzyka Pod Liberatorem – Lutosławski

Polish Folklore at Kraków Phil

The Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and violinist Kamil Skicki conducted by Mateusz Czech will perform a concert Though the Mirror of Music – Kaleidoscope of Folklore which will be held on April 14 and 15, 2016 at the Krakow Philharmonic as a part of the “Musica – Ars Amanda” cycle. “Musica – Ars Amanda” is a series of symphony concerts directed…Continue Reading Polish Folklore at Kraków Phil