The iconic festival of contemporary music, Warszawska Jesień [Warsaw Autumn], celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Held in various venues around Warsaw from September 15-23, 2017, its programs will examine and illustrate the phenomenon of the avant-garde. Works by the composers who were part of the original avant-garde will be juxtaposed with the composers whose works came about…Continue Reading ‘Warsaw Autumn’ 2017 Preview
Interested in summer music listening opportunities that are more off the beaten path? The Adam Mickiewicz Institute has taken a look at some lesser-known festivals in Poland that are definitely worth your while. Visit culture.pl/en/article/an-ultimate-guide-to-summer-music-festivals-in-poland to learn more. [Source: culture.pl]…Continue Reading Lesser Known Festivals
For 12 years the Tauron Nowa Muzyka Festival (July 6-9, 2017) has been combining post-industrial locations with futuristic sounds in Katowice. This Festival, which is considered to be one of the top musical events in Poland, presents the most interesting debuts and the greatest stars of modern electronic music, jazz, rock and hip hop every year. Since…Continue Reading 2017 Tauron Nowa Muzyka Festival
It is already the fifth edition of the Strefa Ciszy [Sphere of Silence] Festival, a special concert series organized in one of the most beautiful gardens of Warsaw. For five consecutive Saturdays in July, on five open-air stages, listeners will hear various genres of music, from classical music and jazz to folk. Concerts for the youngest…Continue Reading ‘Sphere of Silence’ Festival 2017
From June 30 – July 4, the 3rd edition of Sinfonietta Festival took place in Kraków. This year’s theme was “Sinfonietta is a woman.” This five day long musical marathon hosted by the Sinfonietta Cracovia was dedicated to female instrumentalists, composers and muses—not only the ones who are widely known and valued, but also the ones who…Continue Reading Sinfonietta Festival 2017
As in previous years, during the summer months, the Kraków Philharmonic organizes a series of Philharmonic Music Summer concerts. This year’s series of concerts will take place every Wednesday, from July 5 to August 30 at 6:30 pm, in a unique space—the Bishop Ciolek Palace, home of a branch of the National Museum in Kraków. Concerts will take…Continue Reading Kraków Philharmonic Music Summer Festival
An event with 17 years of tradition, the Ogrody Muzyczne [Music Gardens] Festival will be held this year from July 1-26, 2017 in Warsaw’s Royal Castle. For the last 10 years, the main guest of the festival has been the country that annually assumes the leadership of the Council of the European Union on July 1. This…Continue Reading XVII Music Gardens Festival
The 20th edition of the “Summer Concerts at Grochowska” series will take place from May 20 to August 27, 2017. Hosted by Sinfonia Varsovia at their hall on Grochowska St. in Warsaw, this festival is an intimate series of 28 free concerts featuring outstanding artists of the young generation. Performers include participants in the Sinfonia…Continue Reading Summer Concerts at Grochowska
The 13th edition of the Polish Music Festival will be held from July 7-16, 2017 in Kraków. Organized since 2005, the festival aims to present valuable works by Polish composers, written from the Middle Ages to the present day, and to contrast them with the world’s music and display them in various contexts. Audiences will hear both…Continue Reading Festival of Polish Music
by Marek Zebrowski In many ways the Gorzów Philharmonic is unique among the music institutions in Poland. Established in 2011, it is a very young orchestra and—in spite of its babyish age—already a very accomplished and artistically important ensemble. Located in a regional center of Gorzów Wielkopolski—a city of 125,000 inhabitants located in northwestern Poland—this…Continue Reading SPOTLIGHT: Gorzów Phil & Kilar Contemporary Music Festival