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12. December 2018

PMC Celebrated Poland’s Centenary of Independence in Poland and France

January 15, 2019
Marek Zebrowski performing with the Poznan Philharmonic, May 2010. Photo credit: Antoni Hoffman

In Poland Held under the title “Kontrasty-Niepodległa” [Contrasts-Independence], the 56th Bydgoszcz Music Festival celebrated the centenary of Poland’s regained independence with a wide-ranging presentation of… Read more »

Tagged December 2018, Festivals, Independence Centenary, Performances, PMC News

Augustyn Records Twardowski

December 14, 2018

Kinga Augustyn has released a new recording of music by Polish composer Romuald Twardowski, her second orchestral album on Naxos. Augustyn initiated this project two years ago to showcase… Read more »

Tagged December 2018, Discography

2018 ‘Festival of Song’ in Warsaw

December 12, 2018

Held during the first half of December, the 15th Festival of Song [XV Festiwal Pieśni] concluded on Saturday, Dec. 15 with a concert at the historic… Read more »

Tagged Festivals, January 2019, Performances, Reviews

Mikołaj Górecki Premiere: Clarinet Concerto

December 11, 2018

On November 16, during the inauguration of the 2018 “Days of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki” Festival in Katowice, the premiere of Concerto for clarinet and orchestra… Read more »

Tagged December 2018, Festivals, Premieres

Manru at Kraków Opera

December 11, 2018

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Polish independence, the Kraków Opera presented the premiere of a new production of Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s only opera,… Read more »

Tagged December 2018, Independence Centenary, Premieres

Project “100 for 100. Musical decades of freedom”

December 11, 2018

PWM’s “100 for 100. Musical decades of freedom” was an undertaking of an unprecedented scale in the country. 100 masterpieces of Polish music from 1918… Read more »

Tagged Independence Centenary, November 2018, Premieres

PMC 2018 Year in Review

December 5, 2018

Dear Friend of the Polish Music Center, Our annual ritual of sharing what we have accomplished at the PMC in 2018 and asking for your… Read more »

Tagged December 2018, Fundraisers, PMC News, Year in Review

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