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
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 the Polish Radio, happened on November 5 in the Agnieszka Osiecka Music Studio at the Polish Radio in Warsaw. Masterpieces of contemporary music were performed by the winners of the…Continue Reading 20th and 21st Century Music Competition for Young Performers
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, since 1982 the Competition has belonged to the World Federation of International Music Competitions based in Geneva. It is intended for artists under the age of 39. Application deadline: 15…Continue Reading Fitelberg Conductors’ Competition
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 35 are invited to send no more than two works for a chamber ensemble of flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, violin, viola and cello that is between 9-14 minutes long. The…Continue Reading COMPETITION FOR YOUNG COMPOSERS
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.” The concert will take place on September 7 at 6:00 p.m. CEST at the Bazar Hotel in Poznań, and will be broadcast via the Wieniawski Society’s YouTube channel. The event…Continue Reading Concert, Recording & Wieniawski Festival Kickoff
The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami is once again partnering with the Chopin Foundation to present the 4th annual Frost Chopin Academy and Festival with the generous support of the M. Lee Pearce Foundation, the Patrick Park Foundation, and Olga and David Melin. This year’s live in-person Academy and Festival offers…Continue Reading 4th Frost Chopin Festival in Miami: June 19-26
The semi-final and final rounds of the Third American International Paderewski Piano Competition in Los Angeles are taking place at Loyola Marymount Universityv in Los Angeles from March 21-26, 2022. Seventy-two contestants between the ages of 16 and 30 from the US, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam applied…Continue Reading Perspectives on the Paderewski Competition in LA
The results for the First Composer’s Competition for an Instrumental Duo with Harp, have been announced. Organized by the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, this competition consisted of submitting an original compositional work for two instruments, with one of them being harp. Sixteen works were submitted and judged by high profile members of…Continue Reading Winners of 1st Composers’ Competition for an Instrumental Duo with Harp
On December 10, winners of the 12th International Competition for Young Pianists—Artur Rubinstein in Memoriam in Bydgoszcz were announced. The First Prize and 30,000 PLN (about $7500) award went to Polish pianist Mateusz Krzyżański. Serbian pianist Vladimir Arcimovic was the Second Prize Winner, with the Third Prize given to Hyo Lee from Korea. Other finalists…Continue Reading ‘Rubinstein in Memoriam’ Competition Winners
Canadian pianist Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu has been named the First Prize winner of the 18th Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Held every five years, the 2020 Competition was rescheduled to this year because of the pandemic. Liu’s win comes with 40,000 Euro ($47,000) cash prize as well as lucrative performance and recording contracts in years to…Continue Reading Liu Triumphs at Chopin Competition in Warsaw