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Ryterband in Łódź: Independence Day Premiere & Beyond

On Friday November 11, the Łódź Philharmonic hosted a very special, all-Polish Independence Day concert. The program began with the world premiere of three movements… Read more »

Tagged November 2022, Performances, PMC News, Premieres

World Premiere of Psalm No. 5 by Roman Palester

On October 28 at the Youth Palace in Tarnów, a concert inaugurating the 11th edition of the Beethoven Academy Orchestra‘s original cycle entitled ‘Jeszcze Polska… Read more »

Tagged November 2022, Performances, Premieres

Fabiańska-Jelińska Premiere in Zielona Góra

On October 7, 2022, the Zielona Góra Philharmonic performed the premiere of Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska‘s Suite for trombone quartet and symphony orchestra. This piece was created… Read more »

Tagged October 2022, Performances, Premieres

Save the Date: 2022 Paderewski Lecture-Recital

Hanna Kulenty

The 2022 Paderewski Lecture-Recital celebrates Hanna Kulenty (b. 1961), a brilliant contemporary composer who divides time between her native Poland, the Netherlands and France. With… Read more »

Tagged August 2022, Contemporary Music, October 2022, PMC News, Premieres

5th Royal Opera Polish Music Festival & Krauze Premiere

This year the Polish Royal Opera hosted its 5th Festival featuring a plethora of Polish music from July 2nd to July 24th. The Festival included… Read more »

Tagged Contemporary Music, July 2022, News, Premieres

The Final Veil: World Premiere

The Final Veil is a movement opera co-created by composer JL Marlor and dancer/director Cassandra Rosebeetle. Through the mediums of opera and dance, The Final… Read more »

Tagged July 2022, Performances, Premieres

Mykietyn & Błażejczyk World Premieres in London

On Wednesday, April 27 in Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, the London Sinfonietta celebrated contemporary musical life in Poland. Entitled “Leaning East: The New Polish… Read more »

Tagged april 2022, June 2022, Performances, Premieres

Goldenthal in Kraków

By Marek Zebrowski Born in 1954, Elliot Goldenthal is primarily known as a very successful film composer with a long list of scores for such… Read more »

Tagged april 2022, Contemporary Music, Premieres

2022: California Dreamin’ – Celebrating Dianne & Tad Taube’s Transformational Gift

Event Details Saturday, March 26 | 4:00 p.m. Concert; 5:30 p.m. Reception California Dreamin’: Celebrating Dianne & Tad Taube’s Transformational Gift feat. Cracow Duo &… Read more »

Tagged Concerts, March 2022, Performances, Premieres

Sikora Premiere at the Szczecin Philharmonic

The world premiere of Elżbieta Sikora’s The Sixth Commandment will take place at the Szczecin Philharmonic on March 27. The piece will be performed together with Quando stanno morendo. Diario polacco No.2 by Luigi Nono. This… Read more »

Tagged Contemporary Music, March 2022, Premieres

Opałka Opera Premiere

Tomasz Jakub Opalka

The premiere performance of the opera Ars Moriendi. Requiem Giocoso by Tomasz J. Opałka will take place on March 17 at the Polish Radio Witold… Read more »

Tagged Contemporary Music, March 2022, Premieres

Cracow Duo Back in California

Cracow Duo_fot. Anita Wasik-Plocinska

During the second half of March, the celebrated Cracow Duo—comprised of cellist Jan Kalinowski and pianist Marek Szlezer—returns for a tour of California. The Strad magazine… Read more »

Tagged Contemporary Music, February 2022, March 2022, PMC News, Premieres

Dariusz Swoszowski Premiere

Dariusz Swoszowski’s new work–Dźwięki historii Tarnowa–premiered during a concert at the Music School Complex in Tarnów. The concert, entitled “In the World of Rhythm,” was… Read more »

Tagged Contemporary Music, February 2022, Premieres

20 Years of Cracow Duo

fot. Piotr_Markowski

A concert celebrating twenty years of performance by the Cracow Duo was held on 4 December 2021, at the elegant Florianka Hall in Kraków. Cellist… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, December 2021, February 2022, Performances, Premieres

Chopin & Friends Finale – Polaczyk & Jabri Premieres

The 23rd Chopin & Friends Festival concluded in New York City with a November 19 finale concert at the Consulate General of the Republic of… Read more »

Tagged December 2021, Festivals, Performances, Premieres

New Music Premieres in Katowice

The National Symphony Polish Radio Orchestra Hall (NOSPR) will host the Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej [New Music Orchestra] in a December 19 concert of world premieres… Read more »

Tagged Contemporary Music, December 2021, Performances, Premieres

Krauze’s Diamond Anniversary & Premiere

The Polish Radio Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio in Warsaw will be the site of celebrations for Zygmunt Krauze’s 60th anniversary of work as a composer.… Read more »

Tagged Contemporary Music, December 2021, Performances, Premieres

Kulenty World Premiere by Sinfonia Iuventus

The fundamental mission of the Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra is to promote Polish historical and contemporary music. The ensemble finds great joy and… Read more »

Tagged Contemporary, October 2021, Performances, Premieres

Ptaszyńska World Premiere

Bassem Akiki & Klaudiusz Baran

The latest opus by the distinguished Polish composer, Marta Ptaszyńska, will be world-premiered on Sunday, October 17. The concert will be held at the Witold Lutosławski… Read more »

Tagged Contemporary Music, October 2021, Premieres

Premieres by Wojciech Ziemowit Zych and Maciej Jabłoński

A concert of flautists Łukasz Długosz and Agata Kielar-Długosz took place on 24 September 2021 at the Paderewski Centre in Kąśna Dolna (pictured below). The… Read more »

Tagged Performances, Premieres, September 2021

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