Amazingly enough, Józef Beer (1908-1987), a very successful composer of operas, operettas and other stage works, is still largely unknown in Poland. Born near Lwów (now Lviv), he came from a well-to-do family of bankers and, at his father’s insistence, first studied law at the University of Lwów. After getting a law degree, Beer entered…Continue Reading Polish Operetta Premiere by Józef Beer
The Broward County Main Library is graciously presenting a special live broadcast featuring a conversation with 2020 Competition laureate, Chelsea Guo and Executive Director, Barbara Muze. Following the conversation, Chelsea’s performance from the 2nd round of the competition in an exclusive video broadcast. Be sure to register now and tune in on Saturday, November 14…Continue Reading Chopin For All & Give Miami Day
On October 30, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra plays Jukka Tiensuu’s nemo and Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 with conductor Tarmo Peltokoski and Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski. The concert will be held at the Helsinki Music Centre, but will be live-streamed via the venue’s website at areena.yle.fi and will continue to be viewable following the live…Continue Reading Anderszewski in Finland
The premiere of Krzysztof Herdzin’s Te Deum in memory of St. John Paul II will take place on 16 October 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz. The concert will also be broadcast on the Philharmonic’s YouTube channel. Te Deum by Krzysztof Herdzin was commissioned by the Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship…Continue Reading Premiere of Herdzin’s “Te Deum” in Bydgoszcz
The Kraków branch of the Association of Polish Chamber Musicians (SPMK) is presenting a unique concert series. The “Intergenerational Academy of Music: Kraków / Dobczyce” will be held from 13 September – 14 December 2020 at the Villa Decius in Kraków and the Mayor M. Pawlak Regional Educational and Sports Centre in Dobczyce. The project involves a…Continue Reading Multigenerational musical meetings are back!
Presentations of new works in the series “Contemporary Chamber Miniature in the Times of Pandemic. Premieres” continued in September and ended on October 1, International Music Day. Organized by the Academy of Music in Poznań, the premieres in this series were presented by outstanding professors of the Academy and broadcast via the Academy’s website, Facebook page and YouTube channel….Continue Reading Premieres of Contemporary Chamber Miniatures
This Sunday, October 4, 2020, violinist Kinga Augustyn will serenade virtual audiences with music by Wieniawski, Massenet and Beethoven, with Dmitri Glivinskiy at the piano. The short Livestream recital is available to watch from the comfort of one’s home and accessible on phone or computer. Born in Poland and based in New York City, Kinga…Continue Reading Kinga Augustyn in Livestream Performance
The 12th edition of the ‘Muzyka na Szczytach’ [Music on the Heights] International Chamber Music Festival, organized by the Mieczysław Karłowicz Association in Zakopane, ran from 12 to 19 September 2020. The “Music on the Heights” Festival has been held every year in Zakopane, southern Poland, since 2009. The festival’s name refers both to the…Continue Reading 2020 “Music on the Heights” Festival
The 55th International Andrzej Markowski Festival ‘Wratislavia Cantans’ was held on 11-13 September 2020 in Wrocław under the theme ‘Lights to the World’. Events were held at the National Forum of Music and the Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St Bartholomew. Sound and light are waves, differing in length. Sound waves need air…Continue Reading 2020 ‘Wratislavia Cantans’ Festival
English piano virtuoso, Jonathan Plowright, has devoted much of his life and career to championing works by a number of lesser-known Polish composers, including Friedman, Melcer, Różycki, Stojowski, Zarzycki, Zarębski, and Żeleński, among others. Many recordings—especially of the piano concertos by many of these composers—and Maestro Plowright’s numerous concert appearances testify to his great and…Continue Reading Piano Concerto Discovery