Category: 2019

48th Polish Composers’ Union Musicological Conference: Borders of Freedom

The 48th Musicological Conference of the Polish Composers’ Union “Borders of Freedom” will take place from 5-7 September at the Leśnik Recreation Centre in Łagów, Poland. In 1949, the infamous congress of composers and music critics met to impose socialist realism doctrine on Polish artists. It was not the first meeting of communist authorities and…Continue Reading 48th Polish Composers’ Union Musicological Conference: Borders of Freedom

Witkacy Premiere & 53rd Polish Piano Festival

The 53rd Polish Piano Festival in Słupsk will take place from 7-13 September. The festival has been organized since 1967 under the honorary patronage of the Minister of Culture. Since 1974, the main program has been accompanied by the “Youth Stage” Competition which features talented young pianists. Since 1975, the festival has also hosted the…Continue Reading Witkacy Premiere & 53rd Polish Piano Festival

Premiere of Polish Landscape by Les Femmes

The premiere of the new album Polish Landscape by the ensemble Les Femmes took place on 8 September at the St. I. Witkiewicz Theatre in Zakopane as part of the Music on the Heights Festival.The album is an anthology of Polish vocal lyrics from the last 150 years that speak to the experiences and emotions…Continue Reading Premiere of Polish Landscape by Les Femmes

19th Music Gardens Festival

The 19th Music Gardens Festival was held from 30 June – 28 July in the Grand Courtyard of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, under a huge, air-conditioned tent that accommodated 1000 spectators. Every year since 2001, the Festival program rebroadcasts the best opera and ballet productions, live symphonic and chamber concerts, music films and film…Continue Reading 19th Music Gardens Festival

15th Fe­sti­val of Po­lish Mu­sic

The 15th Fe­sti­val of Po­lish Mu­sic was held from 5-20 July in Kraków. Founded in 2005 by the Po­lish Mu­sic As­so­cia­tion – a gro­up of mu­si­co­lo­gi­sts, cul­tu­re ma­na­gers and music lovers – the es­sen­ce of the festival is not on­ly to present valuable works by Po­lish com­po­sers writ­ten from the Middle Ages to the present…Continue Reading 15th Fe­sti­val of Po­lish Mu­sic

2019 Wawel at Dusk Festival

The 12th Wawel at Dusk festival was held from 6 July to 31 August in the Arcade and Batory courtyards of Wawel Royal Castle. In honor of this year’s theme of “Preserving Chopin,” music by Fryderyk Chopin, Stanisław Moniuszko, Karol Szymanowski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Witold Lutosławski will be presented. Polish music will be portrayed…Continue Reading 2019 Wawel at Dusk Festival

38th International Chopin in the Colors of Autumn

The 38th International Festival of Chopin in the Colors of Autumn will take place in Ostrów Wielkopolski and Antonin between 19 and 22 September. The inauguration concert will take place at the Ostrów Cultural Center, featuring the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Łukasz Borowicz. The 200th anniversary of the birth of Stanisław Moniuszko will be…Continue Reading 38th International Chopin in the Colors of Autumn

2019 Paderewski Festival Cultural Exchange Diary

by Marek Zebrowski Wednesday, June 26. Warsaw-Kraków I wake up early to check if the (habitually late) non-stop LOT flight from LAX will actually land on time. Relief! LO22 is only two hours late today—it will touch down around 3 pm. Rush to breakfast and then to Warsaw Central train station to buy tickets for…Continue Reading 2019 Paderewski Festival Cultural Exchange Diary

Ministry of Culture Prize For Agata Zubel

The Annual Music Prize funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage was awarded to composer and singer Agata Zubel on June 12, 2019 at the event at Teatr Wielki—Opera Narodowa in Warsaw. Given by Minister of Culture Piotr Gliński, the award was received on behalf of the laureate by Dr. Daniel Cichy, director…Continue Reading Ministry of Culture Prize For Agata Zubel

World premiere and anniversary of Piotr Moss

The 6th International Cello Academy celebrated composer Piotr Moss‘s 70th birthday and 50th anniversary of artistic work with a concert at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław on 21 July. The International Cello Academy [Międzynarodowa Akademia Wiolonczelowa] features concerts and workshops by and for cellists from around the world, covering a wide repertoire from…Continue Reading World premiere and anniversary of Piotr Moss