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Sinfonia Iuventus & Anna Duczmal-Mróz

The Jerzy Semkow Polish ‘Sinfonia Iuventus’ Orchestra invites you to the Royal Castle in Warsaw on May 24, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The musicians will… Read more »

Tagged May 2019, News, Performances

Silesian Quartet Premieres Knapik’s 2nd String Quartet

On May 25, 2019 the Silesian Quartet will premiere Eugeniusz Knapik’s 2nd String Quartet at the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Katowice.… Read more »

Tagged May 2019, News, Performances, Premieres

Concert for Krzysztof Penderecki’s 85th Birthday

A concert to commemorate the 85th birthday of Krzysztof Penderecki was held on April 17 at the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic – European Art Center… Read more »

Tagged Concerts, May 2019, News

Stojowski Street in Warsaw

Finally, the time has come to recognize and commemorate a great Polish pianist and composer, Zygmunt Stojowski (1870-1946) with a street named after him in… Read more »

Tagged May 2019, News

Kosciuszko Foundation’s 2019 Chopin Piano Competition

2019 Kosciuszko Competition Jurors and Winners
2019 Kosciuszko Competition Jurors Jerome Rose and Magdalena Baczewska, with Hengyi Ye (3rd Prize) , Takeshi Nagayasu (1st Prize) and Seungjin Han (2nd Prize)

by Marek Zebrowski During the last weekend of March, the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City held their 66th Chopin Piano Competition. The preliminary auditions… Read more »

Tagged April 2019, Competitions, March 2019, News

Polish Music at Jacaranda

Vivid Reveries Held on May 25, the concert ‘Vivid Reveries’ will cap the 2018/2019 Jacaranda Music Series season. ‘Vivid Reveries’ will feature highly acclaimed former… Read more »

Tagged April 2019, Concerts, May 2019, News, Performances

Concert to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

On 18 April 2019, on the eve of the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra under the… Read more »

Tagged April 2019, News, Performances

Moniuszko Bicentenary Gala at Carnegie Hall

The Polish Government has declared 2019 the Year of Stanisław Moniuszko, who is known as the father of Polish Opera. Celebrations of this bicentennial will… Read more »

Tagged March 2019, News, Performances

Discography – March 2019

A Century of Polish Piano Miniatures – Anna Szałucka I.J. Paderewski: Humoresques de concert, Op. 14: Book 1, “À l’Antique”; K. Szymanowski: 20 Mazurkas, Op.… Read more »

Tagged Discography, March 2019, Recordings

New Work by Piotr Grella-Mozejko

Throughout February, Piotr Grella-Możejko‘s new work, Nature morte avec noir (à la memoire de Piotr de Peslin Lachert) for piano and saxophone, was performed in Canada… Read more »

Tagged February 2019, News, Performances, Premieres

Karlowicz in Memoriam

by Marek Zebrowski One hundred and ten years ago, on February 8, 1909, an avalanche took the life of great Polish composer, Mieczysław Karłowicz. Although… Read more »

Tagged Concerts, February 2019, News

Composers’ Anniversaries

by Marek Zebrowski The year 2019 will mark several important anniversaries for Polish musicians. The most prominent of them, Stanisław Moniuszko, was born 200 years… Read more »

Tagged 2019, Anniversaries, February 2019, News

Support Chamber Music!

by Marek Zebrowski The Society of Polish Chamber Musicians (SPMK) was recently recognized as an “institution working for the public good “for their multifaceted activities… Read more »

Tagged February 2019, News

100th Birth Anniversary of Mieczysław Weinberg

January 30, 2019

A total of 22 symphonies, including seven for voice and orchestra, eight operas, 17 string quartets, concertos, sonatas, cantatas, and songs… One cannot stop marvelling… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, Festivals, January 2019, News, Performances

Dancing Chopin

January 20, 2019

A review by Marek Zebrowski Commemorating the centenary of regaining Poland’s independence, during the second half of November the Polish National Opera Theatre in Warsaw… Read more »

Tagged January 2019, News, november 2018, Performances, Reviews

2nd Penderecki Int’l Competition for Young Composers

January 11, 2019

The Krakow Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union has announced the 2nd Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers. This year’s competition is a 9- to… Read more »

Tagged Competitions, January 2019, News

2018 ‘Festival of Song’ in Warsaw

December 12, 2018

Held during the first half of December, the 15th Festival of Song [XV Festiwal Pieśni] concluded on Saturday, Dec. 15 with a concert at the historic… Read more »

Tagged December 2018, Festivals, January 2019, News, Performances, Reviews

Mikołaj Górecki Premiere: Clarinet Concerto

On November 16, during the inauguration of the 2018 “Days of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki” Festival in Katowice, the premiere of Concerto for clarinet and orchestra… Read more »

Tagged December 2018, Festivals, Premieres

Manru at Kraków Opera

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Polish independence, the Kraków Opera presented the premiere of a new production of Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s only opera,… Read more »

Tagged December 2018, Independence Centenary, News, Premieres

Project “100 for 100. Musical decades of freedom”

PWM’s “100 for 100. Musical decades of freedom” was an undertaking of an unprecedented scale in the country. 100 masterpieces of Polish music from 1918… Read more »

Tagged December 2018, Independence Centenary, News, november 2018, Premieres

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Wednesday, December 4: Closed all day
Wednesday, December 11: Closed all day

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