On September 9, Polish conductor Marta Gardolińska will lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in her Hollywood Bowl debut. The program will open with Grażyna Bacewicz‘s Overture (1943), which packs the power of a larger symphonic work into a compact six minutes structure. It continues with Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto performed by soloist Hélène Grimaud, who…Continue Reading Gardolińska Hollywood Bowl Debut
On Saturdays in July and August, audiences will have the opportunity to listen to live classical music in the relaxation zone of the Nowa Stacja Shopping Center in Pruszków, Poland, outside of Warsaw. Entitled Stacja Klasyka, the concert series is organized by Nowa Stacja and the Rzeka E N Foundation. On 10 July, the Veloce…Continue Reading ‘Stacja Klasyka’ – Live Concerts in Pruszków
Following successful performances in June and early July, Fever will present an intimate concert featuring L.A.-based Polish pianist Klaudia Kudelko in late August and September. As a part of her post-pandemic “Dream USA” tour, on August 26-27 Kudelko will present “Chopin’s Best Works” with two showings at 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The concerts will…Continue Reading Candlelight: Chopin’s Best Works
The Silesian Philharmonic’s concert on July 9, 2021 is dedicated to two professors, extremely important figures for the Silesian Philharmonic and for the Silesian and Polish composers’ schools – Eugeniusz Knapik and Jan Wincenty Hawel, who celebrates their birthday in July. The Silesian Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Maciej Tomasiewicz and soprano Sylwia Olszyńska…Continue Reading Anniversaries of Great Composers: Eugeniusz Knapik and Jan Wincenty Hawel
The Chopin Foundation of the United States has had its headquarters in Miami since 1977. Founded by Blanka A. Rosenstiel as a non-profit organization with national and international reach, the Chopin Foundation’s mission is to help young, talented American pianists develop their careers as international concert artists, and to make classical music, and above all…Continue Reading Chopin Foundation: Chopin All July Long
The Elżbieta Chojnacka Centre for Contemporary Harpsichord Music in Tarnowskie Góry will launch a new concert series with a concert “Music in dialogue” on July 11, 2021 at the Palace in Rybna. The concerts will feature works that take up the musical dialogue on several levels: instrumental (in terms of timbre, technical and expressive possibilities),…Continue Reading Premieres at the “Music in dialogue” Inaugural Concert
The Lutosławski Quartet performed at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław on 24 June 2021. Their program included works that have entered the canon of contemporary classical music, as well as premieres of two pieces by Polish artists. The concert featured the premieres of works by the musicians of the Lutosławski Quartet: String Quartet…Continue Reading Premieres by Lutosławski Quartet at NFM
The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań held their last concert on June 23, 2021 as the final concert of this year’s “Music of our times” program, dedicated to Krzysztof Penderecki. Krzysztof Penderecki, an outstanding Polish composer, greatly supported the nationwide project “Music of Our Times,” seeing it as a source of opportunities…Continue Reading Final Concert of the “Music of our times” Program
The 8th edition of the Mikołaj Kopernik International Choir Festival PER MUSICAM AD ASTRA will be held on June 26-30 in Toruń. It is presented by the Association of Choral Music Lovers “Astrolabium” based in Toruń, in cooperation with the German agency meeting music, and with support from the Toruń City Commune and Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship….Continue Reading 2021 ‘Per Musicam Ad Astra’ International Copernicus Choir Festival
Given the good news regarding vaccination levels and statewide opening in California, the Board of Directors of the Paderewski Festival has decided to plan for an in-person Festival this year. Please save the following dates for your visit in Paso Robles: Friday, November 5 – Sunday, November 7. The Festival will begin with a Chamber…Continue Reading 2021 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles: Save the Date