Another Great Review for Messages Quartet’s Laks Album
Szymon Laks: String Quartets Szymon Laks: String Quartet No. 3 “On Polish Folk Themes” (1945); String Quartet No. 4 (1962); String Quartet No. 5 (1963)… Read more »
2017
Paderewski Festival in Warsaw
The Fourth International Paderewski Festival will take place from November 4-11 in several venues across Warsaw, including the Royal Castle, Philharmonic Hall, Lutosławski Radio Studio, and in… Read more »
Chopin in Florida
Elzbieta Bilicka, prize winner, 2016 International Paderewski Competition, will perform in the “Chopin For All” series organized by the Chopin Foundation of the US in Florida.… Read more »
Kosciuszko FDN Concerts in November
Great virtuoso of the piano – Krzysztof Penderecki The golden age of pianism comes to mind when I hear Konrad Skolarski play – Prof. Peter… Read more »
Polonia: From Chopin to Paderewski
November 11, 2017 marks 99 years since Poland regained its independence after 123 years of foreign domination. At the Teatr Wielki–Polish National Opera, which had been… Read more »
Composers’ Forum in Poznań
The 11th International Composers’ Forum takes place at the Poznań Music Academy from November 8-9, 2017, and this year is focused on the voice in contemporary music.… Read more »
Penderecki Young Composers’ Competition
The Krakow Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union [ZKP] has announced the 1st Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers. Composers from any country who will… Read more »
KF Piano Competition Returns
After a few years’ hiatus, the Kosciuszko Foundation has announced the 2018 Chopin Competition for Young Pianists. The age categories for young pianists include: Under 12, 13-15 and… Read more »
Aukso Fosters Young Talent
The fifth annual series of master classes “Young AUKSO Philharmonic” will take place December 10-15, 2017 under the auspices of the AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of… Read more »
Premieres at Young Composers’ Concert
The Chopin Music University in Warsaw featured several world premieres during a November 5 concert of works by students and recent graduates of the composition department. The… Read more »
Porębski Premiere at Conrad Festival
The “Obrazy z Conrada” [Images from Conrad] Festival celebrates the anniversary year of the great Polish author Józef Konrad Korzeniowski (1857-1924), known as Joseph Conrad and celebrated… Read more »
Knittel Premiere
On November 8, 2017, the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk presents the premiere of a new opera entitled Sad Ostateczny [The Last Judgement] by composer Krzysztof Knittel with a libretto by… Read more »
Gifts to PMC November 2017
Sławomir Dobrzański, piano professor at Kansas State University and author of Polish Music History Series vol. 9—recently sent us the CD Antoni Stolpe – Piano Works(AP0203), performed… Read more »
2017 Paderewski Festival Recap
For well over a decade now, the first week of November in Paso Robles on California’s Central Coast has been dedicated to the annual Paderewski Festival.… Read more »
War Horns
War Horns – Paweł Pudło Paweł Pudło: War Horns – a Concerto for 10 French Horns Czesław Czopka, Gabriel Czopka, Stefan de Leval Jezierski, Mateusz… Read more »
Paderewski Monument in Ciężkowice
Patrons and concertgoers who attend the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles may know of Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s former estate in Kąśna Dolna, which he owned between 1897 and… Read more »
2017: Marcel Chyrzyński
Sunday, October 15, 2017 | 7:00 p.m. Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA Reception following the… Read more »
Recent Works by Paweł Hendrich
Metaforma Emergon αβ for chamber ensemble and computer (2011) • Sedimetron for chamber ensemble (2012) • Ertytre for eight cellos (2013-14) • Pteropetros for wind quintet, accordion and string quartet (2015) • Alopopulo for… Read more »
Opałka’s ‘Emerge’ Reviewed in Gramophone
EMERGE Tomasz J. Opałka (b. 1983): Collisions of the Matter; Symphony No 2 “Emerge”; DNA – Concerto for Bass Clarinet; Quadra Sinfonia Iuventus, Krzysztof Słowiński – cond.; Polish Radio… Read more »
New Releases from Sinfonia Iuventus
Paderewski & Stojowski – Polish Music for Piano and Orchestra Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A Minor Op.17; Stojowski: Symphony Rhapsody for piano and orchestra Op.… Read more »