Obituaries – September 2016
Halina Łukomska (1929-2016) Polish soprano Halina Łukomska died on August 30, 2016 at the age of 87. The artist studied voice with Stanisława Zawadzka and… Read more »
Halina Łukomska (1929-2016) Polish soprano Halina Łukomska died on August 30, 2016 at the age of 87. The artist studied voice with Stanisława Zawadzka and… Read more »
Internationally award-winning Polish guitarist and composer Marek Pasieczny is one of the most respected contemporary composers writing for the guitar today. As a composer, guitarist, lecturer and… Read more »
Penderecki conducts Penderecki/Warsaw Philharmonic – VOL. I Krzysztof Penderecki: Dies Illa – for 3 soloists, the choir, and the orchestra (2014); Hymn do św. Daniiła – for the mixed choir… Read more »
Musica in forma di rosa Dariusz Przybylski: Concerto for Accordion, Concerto for Cello, Musica in forma di rosa for violin and orchestra, and Katabasis for orchestra Patrycja Piekutowska –… Read more »
Concerts, plays, meetings of literature, movie, and cooking fans and workshops for children – these are only a few events planned for the XIII edition… Read more »
The 54 edition of Bydgoszcz Music Festival will take a place from September 9-30, 2016. This year, the festival’s main theme is “Contrasts-Freedom.” In the program, there… Read more »
Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, a series of nine concerts will be presented by Ignacy Jan Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz. Entitled… Read more »
During the first weekend of September, Warsaw will host its citywide event, Warszawa jest trendy![Warsaw is Trendy!], for the fourth consecutive year to extend the end… Read more »
Organized by the Mazovia Institute of Culture, the 14th edition of Chopin Days entitled “Chopiniana” will be held in Płock over the span of five days… Read more »
In cooperation with over thirty partners of the Lesser Poland province, the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music presents a set of 40 performances for… Read more »
The 2nd Festival of Baroque Operas “Dramma per Musica” will begin with the premiere of Sognando La Morte (Dreaming of Death) on September 2 at the Royal Theatre in… Read more »
From September 3-10, 2016, the 8th edition of the “Music on the Heights” International Chamber Music Festival will take place in Zakopane. The theme of this year’s… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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,… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »