Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II
Two concerts commemorating the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II took place on 1 September. At Warsaw’s New Theater, Lidia Zielińska’s composition… Read more »
Performances
Premiere of Polish Landscape by Les Femmes
The premiere of the new album Polish Landscape by the ensemble Les Femmes took place on 8 September at the St. I. Witkiewicz Theatre in… Read more »
Two Great Artists, Two Ages, Two Musical Sensitivities
On May 10, the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic – European Art Centre in Białystok presented “Two Great Artists, Two Ages, Two Musical Sensitivities”—a Pawlik/Moniuszko Polish… Read more »
Elżbieta Sikora Premiere
After the well received premiere of Elżbieta Sikora’s Violin Concerto performed by violinist Linus Roth at the Festival of World Premieres in Katowice, the artists… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
L.A. premiere of ‘Farewell, Auschwitz’
On Tuesday, April 23 in Newman Hall, vocal and instrumental students of the USC Thornton School of Music will perform the Los Angeles premiere of… Read more »
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 »
Daniel Wnukowski Carnegie Hall Debut
Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Wnukowski makes his Carnegie Hall debut showcasing the work of Karol Rathaus, a Polish exiled composer who settled in New York soon after his… Read more »
Chemistry of Love Warsaw Premiere
The Warsaw premiere of “Chemistry of Love“ (Requiem Records – Opus Series), the latest album by Marzena Majcher, will take place on 4 April at… Read more »
Stanisław Barańczak re-imagines Schubert’s ‘Winterreise’
When Polish bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny and his pianist Lech Napierała step before their audience at New York’s Kosciuszko Foundation to perform perhaps the most famous… Read more »
Ewa Trębacz Premieres
“Over a decade of my Ambisonic recordings sessions will culminate in two very different premieres in Seattle – on Feb.22 at Cornish College of the Arts… Read more »
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 »
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 »
Resounds: New Polish Music
On January 17, the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio will host a second concert in the “Resounds: New Polish Music” series. The Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra… Read more »
100th Birth Anniversary of Mieczysław Weinberg
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 »
Grażyna Bacewicz Year
2019 marks a double anniversary for Grażyna Bacewicz, who was born 110 years ago on February 5, 1909 in Łódź and died in 50 years ago,… Read more »
Dancing Chopin
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 »
20th Century Polish Symphonic Music
The Jerzy Semkow Sinfonia Iuventus Polish Orchestra, under the direction of Marek Wroniszewski, will perform the works of Bacewicz, Szymanowski, Różycki and Karłowicz on January… Read more »