The 16th edition of the “Chopin and his Europe” International Music Festival will run from 15 August to 1 September 2020 in Warsaw. Apart from Polish music, this year’s program will present works by Ludwig van Beethoven in masterful interpretations, as part of the celebration of the composer’s 250th birth anniversary. Despite these difficult times, audiences…Continue Reading “Chopin and His Europe” Int’l Music Festival 2020
The New Town Summer Festival is a periodic event devoted to Polish music, presenting works from various historical periods, in different styles and various performances. This year’s edition will be held on 7-23 August 2020 in Warsaw. The inaugural concert will feature rediscovered pieces for violin and piano by Piotr Maszyński, Feliks Nowowiejski, Adam Wieniawski,…Continue Reading 13th New Town Summer Festival & Kisiel Premiere
Great works by Krzysztof Penderecki and Józef Kozłowski, Mikołaj Gomółka’s psalms, piano music of Chopin’s time and the first performance of the original version of Karol Kurpiński’s opera Jadwiga, the Polish Queen – this is, in a nutshell, the 16th edition of the Festival of Polish Music, which will run from 6 to 9 August 2020 in Kraków. Live…Continue Reading 16th Festival of Polish Music: Triumph of Live Music
The 20th edition of the Franciszek Wybrańczyk ‘Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City Festival’ will be held between 2 August and 3 September 2020. The Festival will feature 23 concerts and events over the course of a month. Four days a week, the Concert Pavilion at 272 Grochowska Street will host music of many styles and…Continue Reading 20th Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City Festival
Billed as “Miejsca wspólne” [Gathering places], this virtual festival of Polish contemporary music has been launched by its organizers with a press release on July 1. The main idea for this project was to create a virtual equivalent of a music festival that one can participate in without leaving one’s home. The organizers sought to…Continue Reading “Gathering Places” Virtual Music Festival
The online premiere of the multimedia composition by Aldona Nawrocka and Andrzej Kopeć, entitled Mr. Chopin. Someone Loves You!, will take place on 14 July 2020 at 7:00 p.m. as part of the Chopin-Górecki Open Festival 2020 at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Inspired by the work of Fryderyk Chopin, whose 210th birth anniversary…Continue Reading Chopin-Górecki Open Festival 2020
The eighth edition of the Emanacje Music Festival will be held in Lusławice from 5 July to 30 August 2020. The inaugural concert will include works by composer Krzysztof Penderecki to be performed by Jurek Dybał and chamber musicians of the Sinfonietta Cracovia. Audiences will have the opportunity to rediscover Lusławice, in virtual space, and…Continue Reading 8th Emanacje Music Festival
The Sounds and Notes Foundation is delighted to present the 4th Annual Chopin IN the City Festival. The Festival takes place from February 21 to March 1, and will feature a wide range of exciting multicultural performances by musicians, vocalists, visual and spoken word artists. This unique Festival bring together arts, cultural and community organizations…Continue Reading 2020 Chopin IN the City Festival
The “Chain XVII” Festival ran from 25 January to 8 February 2020 at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw. The Festival’s program revolved around the work of Lutosławski and the circle of artists associated with the composer. For Lutosławski, color and harmony are interconnected elements. Lutosławski’s Chain II and Double Concerto expose…Continue Reading “Chain XVII” – Witold Lutosławski’s Festival
The Singer’s Warsaw Festival of Jewish Culture—one of the most celebrated arts festivals in Poland—returns to New York City, November 17-19, 2019 for the second year. The most highly anticipated event on Warsaw’s cultural calendar, this year’s NY program features a cantorial concert by Yaakov Lemmer and Frank London, film screenings, readings of short stories…Continue Reading The Singer’s Warsaw Festival of Jewish Culture