The tenth edition of the ‘Chopin and His Europe’ Festival will be held in Warsaw from August 15-31, 2014, under the motto “From Chopin to Grieg and Panufnik.” Over the course of the 17 days of the Festival, masterpieces of nineteenth-century repertoire will resonate with those of twentieth-century composers. A highlight of this year’s Festival…Continue Reading Chopin And His Europe
The 4th annual Transatlantyk International Film and Music Festival will be held in Poznań from August 8-14, 2014. The Festival features outstanding films and music from all around the world, hundreds of screenings and numerous concerts, as well as legendary and young artists, representatives from all film and music professions. Transatlantyk is intended to be…Continue Reading Transatlantyk Festival
The fifteenth edition of the “Summer Philharmonic” concerts is scheduled in two installments this year. The first was held in Wigry—the picturesque lakeside resort in the northeast of Poland—from July 25 until August 2. The second, scheduled for August 8-10, will take place in Pieniny, the mountainside resort in southern Poland. The honorary guest of…Continue Reading ‘Letnia Filharmonia’ Festival
The 7th edition of the Letni Festiwal Nowego Miasta [New Town Summer Festival] is taking place around Warsaw from July 26 – August 10. Works by Polish composers such as A. Panufnik, M. Małecki, F. Chopin, S. Madelka, K. Szymanowski, K. Kurpiński, and Wł. Słowiński are featured. Performers include the Festival’s organizers, Warsaw Camerata and…Continue Reading Summer Festival In New Town Warsaw
This year’s Solidarity of Arts Festival will be held in Gdańsk from August 8-30, 2014. Although comprised of several events celebrating various artistic mediums, the main musical event of the Festival is always the “+” concert, which features one major international jazz superstar plus a lineup of their favorite musical colleagues. Considered Poland’s biggest jazz…Continue Reading Solidarity Of Arts
The 10th edition of the Warszawa Singera [Singers’ Warsaw] Festival of Jewish Culture is just around the corner. This annual celebration of music, theatre, film, literature and visual arts will be held from August 24 – September 1. The Yiddish culture will be back in cantors’ songs, klezmer sounds, outdoor concerts, Jewish paper-cutting workshops and…Continue Reading Warszawa Singera
By popular demand, two of the Astoria Music Festival’s most popular shows will combine for a night of New Media Futuristic Art and Modern Dance, featuring Academy-Award winning technical wizard J-WALT and Portland’s award-winning Agnieszka Laska Dancers, whose RITE OF SPRING was a highlight last summer. Astorians had a chance to see the glimpse of…Continue Reading The Chopin Project In Astoria, OR
To be held from August 8-14, 2014, the Transatlantyk Festival Poznań is a festival of ideas. Perhaps the most important of them is to give young talents an entrée into an international career. Therefore, for the fourth time, the Festival announces two prestigious composition competitions: the Transatlantyk Film Music Competition and Transatlantyk Instant Composition Contest. The Transatlantyk Film Music Competition is intended…Continue Reading Transatlantyk Calls All Young Composers
Paderewski Festival Youth Piano Competition – Paso Robles, CA The Board of Directors of the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles invites piano teachers in California’s Central Coast counties of San Luis Obispo, Monterey and Santa Barbara to encourage their talented young pianists to submit applications for the Festival’s 2014 Youth Piano Competition. The competition is…Continue Reading 2014 US Piano Competition Applications: Due October 3
The 10th edition of the Festival of Polish Music will be held from July 4-20, 2014, in Kraków. The essence of the festival is not only to present valuable works by Polish composers, written from the Middle Ages to the present day, but also to contrast them with the world’s music and display them in…Continue Reading Festival Of Polish Music