The LA Phil’s upcoming program shines a spotlight on the groundbreaking work of Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz, an iconic composer in 20th-century Polish music. Bacewicz is not only important to Polish music, as a groundbreaking female composer and polymathic artist, but also to the PMC since we have several of her original scores in our…Continue Reading Bacewicz’s “Concerto for String Orchestra” at LA Phil
The Paderewski Music Society in Bydgoszcz, Poland, has just announced the 13th edition of the Paderewski International Piano Competition. Co-organized by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, City of Bydgoszcz, Governor of the Kuyavia-Pomerania Region and several notable music industry organizers and sponsors, the Competition will take place in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on November 9-23,…Continue Reading Paderewski Center Stage!
Szymon Morus, Artistic Director of the NDI Sopot Classic International Music Festival and the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Sopot, invites young composers to take part in the 8th Krzysztof Penderecki Composition Competition, held in conjunction with the 15th edition of the NDI Sopot Classic International Music Festival. The competition is open to participants born on or…Continue Reading 2025 K. Penderecki Composition Competition
The Museum of the City of Łódź just sent us a great publication, Paweł Klecki i Muzyka Łodzi/Paweł Klecki and the Music of Łódź. This compact and richly illustrated book presents one of the city’s prominent musicians—the world-famous conductor and recently rediscovered composer, Paweł Klecki (1900-1973) —and serves as a companion to an exhibit at…Continue Reading PMC Gifts: January 2025
By: Marek Zebrowski Artistic creativity, boundless imagination, indomitable courage to explore topics and worlds unknown, and infinite fascination with almost everything that surrounded him throughout his life does not even come close to describing David Lynch, my dear friend of some twenty-five years. Looking back to a dark and chilly December evening in Łódź, just…Continue Reading Polish Night Music: Remembering David Lynch