Marcin Błażewicz Obituary
Professor Marcin Błażewicz, composer, lecturer at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, and member of the Polish Composers’ Union died on 5 April 2021 in… Read more »
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2021 Kraków International Festival of Composers
The Kraków International Festival of Composers has been part the cultural life of the city since 1989 (formerly known as the Days of Music by… Read more »
PMC GIFTS: Feb-March 2021
POLMIC’s Easter Surprise Together with the director Mieczysław Kominek, our friends at the Polish Music Information Centre in Warsaw (POLMIC) once again came through for… Read more »
Book Chats—”Awangarda: Tradition and Modernity in Postwar Polish Music”
Lisa Cooper Vest—assistant professor of musicology in the Thornton School of Music, and presenter at the recent PMC Spring Górecki event—has recently published a book… Read more »
Jan Węcowski Obituary
Composer and musicologist Jan Węcowski died in Warsaw on 11 February 2021, at the age of 89. Since 1964, he was a member of the… Read more »
9th Festival of Premieres “Polish Modern Music” Program
“Usually hidden behind their sounds, giving the floor to the performers of their works, during the Festival of Premieres composers are in the center… Read more »
Michał Balas has received the title of “Cello Individuality 2021”
Michał Balas, a student of the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź, is the winner of the 1st Polish National Dominik Połoński Cello Competition,… Read more »
“Trombone in the 20th and 21st Century Polish Music” Conference
The International Conference “Trombone in the 20th and 21st Century Polish Music – Inspirations and Perspectives“ will take place at the Academy of Music in Łódź… Read more »
Jazztopad ‘Great Improvisation’ Series Livestream Continues
The Jazztopad Festival, in partnership with Polish Cultural Institute New York, continues The Great Improvisation series online live-streamed from the National Forum of Music (NFM)… Read more »
Easter Chamber Festival & Płonka Premiere
The Easter Chamber Music Festival is a new initiative which will be included in the artistic calendar of Zielona Góra, Poland. Since the festival was… Read more »
“The Seducer. A thing about Karol Szymanowski” by Danuta Gwizdalanka
The latest book published by PWM Edition—Danuta Gwizdalanka’s Uwodziciel – Rzecz o Karolu Szymanowskim [The Seducer – A thing about Karol Szymanowski] —will appear in bookstores on… Read more »
Concert on the First Anniversary of Penderecki’s Death
A concert to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Prof. Krzysztof Penderecki will take place under the honorary patronage of Prof. Piotr Gliński – Deputy… Read more »
ISCM World Music Days 2021 – results of the Polish national stage
This year’s World Music Days festival, organized by the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), will take place over the course of eight days in… Read more »
PCINY presents ‘Krzysztof Penderecki in Memoriam Worldwide’
Throughout the spring of 2021, the Polish Cultural Institute New York (PCINY) will curate “Krzysztof Penderecki in Memoriam,” honoring the life and legacy of Poland’s… Read more »
Mieczysław Karłowicz International Composers’ Competition: Premieres & Winners
The final concert of the 1st Mieczysław Karłowicz International Composers’ Competition was held on Friday, 19 March 2021 at 7.00 p.m. CET, and broadcast via… Read more »
2nd Moniuszko Int’l Competition of Polish Music
The second edition of the Stanisław Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music will be held between 11 and 18 September 2021. The juries will be… Read more »
Hieronim Feicht Competition 2020 Results
On 18 March 2021, the Jury of the Professor Hieronim Feicht Competition for the Best Doctoral Dissertation awarded the authors of works in the field… Read more »
Stuttgart Composition Prize for Laskowski
In 2021, Mikołaj Laskowski received the 66th Composition Prize of the City of Stuttgart, which is a joint initiative of SWR radio, the ECLAT festival,… Read more »
2021 Fryderyk Award Nominations
America has had its Grammy Awards since 1959, when the first gala ceremony was held and, in 1995, Poland followed this fine example by instituting… Read more »
Agnieszka Duczmal and Anna Duczmal-Mróz Lead Laks Recording
Although Szymon Laks (1901-1983) wrote five string quartets, the first two, composed before World War II, are now lost. Laks survived the Holocaust and his… Read more »