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2022

Ryszard Gabryś 80th Birthday Celebration & Premieres

On November 26, the Polish Composers Union (ZKP) held a concert in celebration of the 80th birthday of former vice president of the Katowice branch… Read more »

Tagged Anniversary, December 2022, Performances, Premieres

Elżebieta Sikora Honored in Wrocław

On December 2 in Wrocław, a plaque was unveiled in honor of composer Elżbieta Sikora and her work with Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music… Read more »

Tagged Awards, December 2022, Performances

Support the PMC into 2023!

Dear Friends of Polish Music,  We hope that 2022 proved to be a much better year for you, as it certainly was for us. During… Read more »

Tagged December 2022, PMC Events, PMC News

All-Polish Programs for Independence Day

Jakub Kuszlik in LA On November 6, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles presented a program performed by pianist Jakub… Read more »

Tagged Anniversary, November 2022, Performances

Ryterband in Łódź: Independence Day Premiere & Beyond

On Friday November 11, the Łódź Philharmonic hosted a very special, all-Polish Independence Day concert. The program began with the world premiere of three movements… Read more »

Tagged November 2022, Performances, PMC News, Premieres

World Premiere of Psalm No. 5 by Roman Palester

On October 28 at the Youth Palace in Tarnów, a concert inaugurating the 11th edition of the Beethoven Academy Orchestra‘s original cycle entitled ‘Jeszcze Polska… Read more »

Tagged November 2022, Performances, Premieres

20th and 21st Century Music Competition for Young Performers

The concert of the Laureates of the 14th edition of the 20th and 21st Century Music Competition for Young Performers, co-organized with Program 2 of… Read more »

Tagged Competitions, Newsletter, November 2022, Performances

5th Anniversary Concert: Polish Music School in London

On November 5 in the Theater of the Polish Social and Cultural Center in London, a concert celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Polish Music… Read more »

Tagged 2022, Anniversaries, November 2022

Cate Blanchett on Górecki in Gramophone

Composer Henryk Górecki and soprano Elizabeth Hynes on the stage of USC's Bovard Auditorium, 3 October 1997. Photo courtesy of USC Daily Trojan.

After playing the role of a conductor in upcoming film Tar, Cate Blanchett discusses how music has informed her life and her work in a… Read more »

Tagged 2022, Interviews, November 2022

Fabiańska-Jelińska Premiere in Zielona Góra

On October 7, 2022, the Zielona Góra Philharmonic performed the premiere of Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska‘s Suite for trombone quartet and symphony orchestra. This piece was created… Read more »

Tagged October 2022, Performances, Premieres

Fitelberg Conductors’ Competition

The application period for the Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors, one of the most prestigious Polish performance competitions, is now open. Started in 1979,… Read more »

Tagged Competitions, October 2022

‘The Last Recital’: Concert of Zygmunt Krauze

A concert paying homage to Zygmunt Krauze’s 60 years of piano experience was given on October 4 at the Nowy Teatr in Warsaw. This concert… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, October 2022, Performance

Szymanowska on Spotify

Maria Szymanowska

Los Angeles based pianist Nancy Fierro, known for her championship of women composers, has recorded and performed in concert a number of works by Polish… Read more »

Tagged Discography, October 2022

COMPETITION FOR YOUNG COMPOSERS

The Kraków branch of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP) just announced the Sixth International Krzysztof Penderecki Competition for Young Composers. Composers under the age of… Read more »

Tagged Competitions, Festivals, October 2022

Kosciuszko Fdn x Blues Alley Jazz Club in D.C.

Poland has long and rich jazz traditions. Jazz has been a very popular and cultivated genre since the end of the Second World War. Under communism, jazz was tied… Read more »

Tagged Jazz, October 2022, Performances, September 2022

On Wanda Landowska

  The Library of Congress has posted a very interesting video of a lecture and concert held at the Library’s Coolidge Auditorium on 25 May… Read more »

Tagged Musicology, Performances, September 2022

Concert, Recording & Wieniawski Festival Kickoff

Together with Polish Music Publishers (PWM Edition) and ANAKLASIS Records, the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society of Poznań will present the online concert “The Legend Anew.”… Read more »

Tagged #stayathome, Competitions, Discography, Performances, September 2022

PMC Gifts: August 2022

Augustyn Plays Bacewicz The month of August began with a parcel that arrived at the Polish Music Center from our friend and collaborator Kinga Augustyn,… Read more »

Tagged August 2022, Discography, PMC Gifts, PMC News

2nd ArteFonie Music Festival

The Association of Young Artists of the Wejherowo Region and the Vocal Group Art’n’Voices are hosting the second edition of the ArteFonie Music Festival, which… Read more »

Tagged August 2022, Festivals, Jazz, September 2022

Noskowski Concert with Maestro Antoni Wit

An important element of the mission of the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra is the restitution of forgotten masterpieces of Polish music in concert practice. A… Read more »

Tagged August 2022, July 2022, Performances

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