On 29 July, Marcel Chyrzyński’s latest installment in the Ukiyo-e cycle of compositions will premiere at the 41st edition of the Dni Muzyki Karola Szymanowskiego [Days of Music by Karol Szymanowski] Festival in Zakopane. The concert takes place at the Holy Cross Church in Zakopane, and the program will include additional works by Karol Szymanowski,…Continue Reading Chyrzyński Premiere
Every weekend from June 30 to July 29, the 6th Sphere of Silence festival will take place in Royal Łazienki Park. Music from various parts of the world will be performed at over 100 outdoor concerts. Each weekend is dedicated to different music and culture. The first weekend is Polish rhythms. Chamber Orchestra N-Harmonia, and…Continue Reading 6th Sphere of Silence Royal Łazienki Music Festival
The 18th Franciszek Wybrańczyk “Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City” Festival is taking place from 16–23 June 2018 in Warsaw. This year, the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra will present four extraordinary concerts of symphonic music, intentionally arranged to showcase different dimensions of classical music. The Festival begins and concludes in the newly-built Concert Pavilion in the Praga-Południe…Continue Reading 2018 “Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City” Festival
The 4th Kwadrofonik Festival will take place between June 11 – July 2, 2018 in Warsaw, with performances and events centered around the theme of tradition. Among the Festival performers are the ElettroVoce Duo (singer Agata Zubel and composer/electronic artist Cezary Duchnowski) and Kwadrofonik (pianists Emilia Sitarz and Bartek Wąsik and percussionists Magdalena Kordylasińska-Pękala and Miłosz Pękala…Continue Reading 4th Kwadrofonik Festival in Warsaw
On June 8, the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra and the Krakow Reed Trio were led by Krzysztof Herdzin, as pianist and conductor, during the 15th “Polityka” Summer Gardens. This event took place in the main hall of the Cyprian Norwid Elbląg Library. Entitled “Under the white and red flag,” the program included: Three Crowns (a poem…Continue Reading “Under the white and red flag” with Herdzin
Award-winning and bestselling Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, and her translator, Jennifer Croft, won the Man Booker International Prize for the novel Flights, which was published in English by Riverhead Books. Originally published in Poland in 2007 and awarded that country’s highest literary prize, the Nike, the tales of travel and anatomy in this novel span…Continue Reading Olga Tokarczuk wins 2018 Man Booker Prize
The new decade of the Film Music Festival’s history will start with a combination of apparently distant music genres, not only the ones composed specifically for the screen. There has been a lot of autonomous music that perfectly passed the test of film, even if it was not composed for film. One can hardly imagine…Continue Reading 2018 Kraków Film Music Festival & Awards
Held from 22 May – 12 June 2018 in Warsaw, the program of the 3rd annual “Trzy-Czte-Ry. Contexts. Contrasts. Confrontations” Music Festival will feature works by Fryderyk Chopin, Karol Szymanowski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Roman Maciejewski, Krzysztof Meyer, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Zygmunt Krauze. Some of the world class artists featured at this year’s Festival include pianists…Continue Reading Music Festival “Trzy-Czte-Ry. Contexts. Contrasts. Confrontations.”
The 32nd edition of the “Warsaw Music Encounters” Festival will take place from May 12-19, 2018. Founded in 1986 by composer Władysław Słowiński, the Festival is organized by the Warsaw Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union and co-organized by Polish Radio Program 2. Since 2017 the Festival’s director is Jarosław Siwiński – composer, pianist, coordinator…Continue Reading Warsaw Music Encounters 2018 – Premieres, Conferences and more
Next to the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Musica Polonica Nova in Wrocław is the oldest festival dedicated to new music in Poland. This year’s 31st edition will be held from April 20-28, 2018 in the National Forum of Music in Wrocław under the direction of composer Paweł Hendrich. In his first year as Artistic Director, one…Continue Reading 2018 Musica Polonica Nova – Paweł Hendrich, Artistic Dir. & Marcin Stańczyk, Resident Composer