Award-winning Polish violinist Magdalena Filipczak makes her Carnegie Hall debut on Tuesday, May 30 at 8pm in Weill Recital Hall. The program is inspired by the fantasy motif, including Phantasies by Schubert, Wieniawski and Schönberg. Filipczak showcases selections from her debut album Essence of Violin –including works by Lutosławski, Britten, and Saint-Saëns/Ysaÿe. Filipczak will also…Continue Reading Magdelena Fillipczak Carnegie Hall Debut
The 48th edition of the International Festival of Contemporary Music ‘Poznań Music Spring’ will take place from May 24-28, 2023. Over the course of five festival days, many recognized artists will perform on the stages of Poznań, presenting works by both Polish and foreign composers. This year, Festival events were preceded in March by a…Continue Reading 2023 ‘Poznań Music Spring’ Contemporary Music Festival
The final concert of the 64th Tadeusz Baird Young Composers Competition and the announcement of the winners took place on April 16th, 2023 as part of the 7th International Festival of Piano Duos ‘Duettissimo!’. The Main Prize and a distinction were awarded. Works for this year’s competition were performed by Novi Piano Duo and Sanami…Continue Reading Winners of the 2023 Baird Young Composers Competition
This Sunday at St. Faustina’s Sanctuary in Warsaw, Polish composer Marta Ptaszyńska will present a lecture on Hildegarde von Bingen, entitled “The First Woman Composer.” In her many years of creative and teaching work—as the endowed Helen B. & Frank L. Sulzberger Professor of Composition at the University of Chicago since 2005, among other universities—Ptaszyńska…Continue Reading Marta Ptaszyńska – ‘First Woman Composer’ Lecture
The Paderewski Festival is pleased to announce the return to four days of music, wine, and world class musicians from November 2nd to November 5th. Paderewski Patrons and Friends of Paderewski passes as well as general public tickets will go on sale this summer. Schedule of Events Thursday, November 2nd: Opening Concert featuring the Darek Oleszkiewicz Jazz Trio7:00 p.m. | Libretto,…Continue Reading Save The Date – Paderewski Festival 2023
In collaboration with the Holocaust Museum LA, two young virtuosos, violinist Mateusz Strzelecki and pianist Andrzej Ślązak, will present an exciting program of music by Polish-Jewish composers. This chamber music program will open with Roman Padlewski’s Berceuse and Aleksander Tansman’s Cinq pieces for violin and piano with two of Henryk Wieniawski’s romantic salon charmers, Gigue…Continue Reading Polish Music for Violin and Piano at HMLA
By Marek Zebrowski Warsaw Autumn Sounds Mieczysław Kominek, President of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP) and Director of the Polish Music Information Centre in Warsaw (POLMIC), recently sent us the sound chronicles of the 2020 Warsaw Autumn Festival. This time around it is a set of three CDs, featuring the highlights of concerts that took…Continue Reading PMC Gifts: Spring 2023
The high level of education is not the only reason to be proud of the University of Warsaw. One of its ensembles, the Academic Choir of the Warsaw University, is one of the best and oldest choirs of this kind in Poland. At 7pm on April 27th, the ensemble will celebrate its centenary with a…Continue Reading Centenary of the Warsaw University Academic Choir
A new edition of Andrzej Panufnik’s Composing Myself was published by Toccata Press on March 28th, in their Musicians on Music series. This new volume includes the composer’s autobiography written in 1985 comes complete with new detailed annotations, a new preface by Simon Callow, and a new final chapter by his wife Camilla Panufnik featuring…Continue Reading New Edition of Panufnik’s Autobiography
April 19 marked the 80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. To honor this anniversary, the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw has curated a robust program under the umbrella title of “Thou Shalt Not Be Indifferent” and spanning the entire year of 2023. This worldwide program includes such events as…Continue Reading 80th Anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising