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Anniversaries

Sikora & Mykietyn Premieres in Gdańsk

September 2, 2020

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Solidarność, or Solidarity, and the signing of the Gdańsk August Agreements. Founded in 1980 as… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, Performances, Premieres, Publications, September 2020

Silesian Uprisings in Memoriam

August 26, 2020

On 23 August 2020, the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship, Jakub Chełstowski, and the Silesian Philharmonic commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of the… Read more »

Tagged #stayathome, Anniversaries, August 2020, Performances

Concert on the 150th birth anniversary of Zygmunt Stojowski

August 21, 2020

A concert dedicated to the 150th birth anniversary of Zygmunt Stojowski will be held on 23 August 2020 at the Palace on the Isle in Royal… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, August 2020, Performances

30 Years of the Paderewski Centre in Kąśna Dolna

July 21, 2020

The celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Paderewski Centre in Kąśna Dolna on 24-26 July 2020 will feature special events to sum up the… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, July 2020, Performances

80th Birthday Recital of Krzysztof Jakowicz

February 24, 2020

A master recital by violinist Krzysztof Jakowicz on the occasion of his 80th birthday took place on 28 January at the National Philharmonic. Accompanied by… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, January 2020, Performances

Composers’ Anniversaries

February 25, 2019

by Marek Zebrowski The year 2019 will mark several important anniversaries for Polish musicians. The most prominent of them, Stanisław Moniuszko, was born 200 years… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, February 2019

Resounds: New Polish Music

January 30, 2019

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 »

Tagged Anniversaries, January 2019, Performances

100th Birth Anniversary of Mieczysław Weinberg

January 30, 2019

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 »

Tagged Anniversaries, Festivals, January 2019, Performances

Grażyna Bacewicz Year 

January 30, 2019

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 »

Tagged Anniversaries, January 2019, Performances

Seven Gates Of Jerusalem – Lublin

February 1, 2018

Over 200 artists gathered on the stage situated in the Centre for the Meeting of Cultures [Spotkania Kultur] in Lublin to perform Seven Gates of Jerusalem — the monumental… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, February 2018, Performances

2017 In Review Part 2

February 1, 2018

June – December   Anniversaries The iconic festival of contemporary music, Warszawska Jesień [Warsaw Autumn], celebrated its 60th anniversary this year. Held in various venues around Warsaw… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, February 2018, Year in Review

December Anniversaries

December 1, 2017

Born This Month 3 December 1896 – Bolesław SZABELSKI, composer (d. 1979) 5 December 1899 – Bolesław WOYTOWICZ, composer (d. 1980) 6 December 1933 –… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, December 2019

November Anniversaries

November 1, 2017

Born This Month 1 November 1901 – Szymon LAKS , composer, violinist (d. 1986) 2 November 1876 – Eugeniusz MORAWSKI, composer, conductor (d. 1948) 3 November 1915… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, November 2019

October Anniversaries

October 1, 2017

Born This Month 3 October 1882 – Karol SZYMANOWSKI, composer, pianist, (d. 29 March 1937) 3 October 1923 – Stanislaw SKROWACZEWSKI, composer and conductor 4 October 1910 – Eugenia… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, October 2019

September Anniversaries

September 1, 2017

Born This Month 1 September 1900 – Kazimierz WIŁKOMIRSKI, cellist, conductor, teacher (died in 1990) 5 September 1924 – Krystyna MOSZUMAŃSKA-NAZAR, composer 5 September 1938 –… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, September 2019

August Anniversaries

August 1, 2017

Born This Month August 4, 1879 – Józef REISS, musicologist, Polish music expert (d. 1956) August 7, 1935 – Monika (Izabela) GORCZYCKA, musicologist (d. 1962)… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, August 2019

July Anniversaries

July 11, 2017

Born This Month July 04, 1904 – Artur MALAWSKI, composer (d. 1957) July 06, 1837 – Władysław ŻELEŃSKI, composer (also a doctor of philosophy, d.1921) July… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, July 2019

June Anniversaries

June 1, 2017

Born This Month June 1, 1909 – Maria DZIEWULSKA, composer and theoretician (d. 2006) June 4, 1845 – Aleksander POLIŃSKI, music historian (d. 1916) June… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, June 2019

May Anniversaries

May 1, 2017

Born This Month 2 May 1846: Zygmunt NOSKOWSKI (d. 23 July 1909), composer 2 May 1913: Florian DABROWSKI, composer and teacher 5 May 1819: Stanislaw MONIUSZKO (d.… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, May 2019

April Anniversaries

April 1, 2017

Born This Month 1 April 1872 – Tadeusz JOTEYKO, composer (d. 20 August 1932) 3 April 1904 – Maria WILKOMIRSKA, pianist professor of piano in… Read more »

Tagged Anniversaries, April 2019

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