The 35th-anniversary edition of the Warsaw Music Encounters will be held on 7-12 May 2021. All concerts combining early and new music will be available online for free via Facebook and YouTube. The Warsaw Music Encounters have been organized since 1986 by the Warsaw Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP). It is the only…Continue Reading 35th Warsaw Music Encounters
Maestro Antoni Wit is one of the most valued conductors of his generation, admired on stages worldwide and a devoted promoter of Polish music. The music of his motherland, represented by compositions by a single composer and rendered in a neo-romantic expressive spirit, will fill the entire program of a monographic concert on 8 May…Continue Reading Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra online: Zygmunt Stojowski
The distinguished conductor Kazimierz Kord died on 29 April 2021 at the age of 90. His artistic biography is a great chapter of Polish culture. In 1969-1973 he was director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television, from 1977 to 2001 he was director of the Warsaw Philharmonic, in 2005-2006 he was…Continue Reading In Memoriam: Kazimierz Kord
Due to the ongoing pandemic situation and the attendant restrictions, the organizers have decided to meet the candidates’ expectations and extend the deadline for submissions to the 2nd Stanisław Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music until 31 May 2021. – We are in touch with the potential competition participants. In response to their feedback, we…Continue Reading Extended Submission Deadline for the 2nd International Competition of Polish Music
On 27 April 2021 at 12.00 p.m., the Polish Society for Music Analysis (PTAM) will host an open online meeting presenting the results of current research on the works of Feliks Nowowiejski and Fryderyk Chopin. PTAM aims to integrate the community of musicologists, theorists, composers, and performers, around the broadly understood understanding and scientific interpretation…Continue Reading Open Session of the Polish Society for Music Analysis: Feliks Nowowiejski and Fryderyk Chopin
New episodes of the third series of educational films about female Polish composers, “Polskie Muzyczki” [Polish Women Musicians], will be posted every Saturday from 24 April 2021 on the project’s YouTube channel. The project idea was born before the pandemic. Joint concerts of clarinet player Barbara Borowicz and pianist Anna Miernik were preceded by lectures aimed at…Continue Reading “Polskie Muzyczki” – season 3: educational films about female composers
Almost 300 people involved, over 9 years of work, dozens of instruments made of rubbish…this is just the beginning of a long list that enabled the implementation of one idea: demonstrating human impact on the environment. On 22 April 2021, International Earth Day, the album Elements—Polish composer Paweł Pudło‘s modern story about humanity and different elements of nature—was…Continue Reading Symphony for the planet – Paweł Pudło’s “Elements”
On 17 March 2021 the Presidium of the Main Board of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZPK) awarded the Award of the Polish Composers’ Union for merits in the field of music education, as well as this year’s Honorary Award of the Polish Composers’ Union for contribution to the promotion of Polish music. This year’s Honorary…Continue Reading 2021 Polish Composers’ Union Awards
On 16 April 2021, a debate on “Art / Violence / Gender” and a concert “Art and Violence” comprised an online social and artistic event that was organized and hosted by the 2Act Foundation, Villa Decius Association, and Villa Decius Institute for Culture. The Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble premiered the winning works of the 1st…Continue Reading Art / Violence / Gender – debate and concert
Book Review by Marek Zebrowski For over two centuries, Polish music has been inextricably linked to history and politics. A multitude of turbulent events (including the loss of independence, uprisings, revolutions and worldwide conflicts, with Poland’s territory being invaded and pillaged and its citizenry suffering unimaginable tragedies) inevitably turned the arts, literature and music into…Continue Reading Under the Awangarda Banner