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Apparition Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade; Samuel Barber – 4 Songs op. 13; George Crumb – Apparition; Karol Szymanowski – Songs of the Fairytale Princess op.… Read more »
Awards
Fryderyk Awards 2020
The annual Fryderyk Awards—Poland’s equivalent of the Grammy Awards in the US—were given in ten classical music categories at a gala evening held at the… Read more »
Int’l Opera Awards Recognizes Poles
Several Polish artists from all over there opera world have been honored with nominations for the 2020 International Opera Award. The nominated artists represented the… Read more »
27th Polityka’s Passport Awards: Jakub Józef Orliński, classical music winner
The 27th annual Polish awards of the weekly magazine Polityka were presented on 14 January at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw. For this coveted award,… Read more »
Ministry of Culture Prize For Agata Zubel
The Annual Music Prize funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage was awarded to composer and singer Agata Zubel on June 12, 2019… Read more »
Winners of the 2019 Int’l Moniuszko Vocal Competition
Organized by Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, the International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition is the biggest competition of singers in Poland. Maria Fołtyn—Polish soprano,… Read more »
“$100k for the 100th” Committee gifts piano, receives Amicus Poloniae Awards
On March 22, the Residence of the Ambassador of Poland in Washington, D.C.— His Excellency Piotr Wilczek—hosted a gala to celebrate the gifting of a… Read more »
Poland at the Prestigious International Opera Awards
Two Polish or Polish-related directors, a composer and an opera manager were nominated for the 2019 International Opera Awards. The winners were announced on April… Read more »
Winners of the 2nd Krzysztof Penderecki Int’l Competition for Young Composers
On March 11, 2019, the Jury of the Second Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers in Kraków selected the winners of the competition. 37… Read more »
2019 ZKP Award Winners
The Presidium of the Main Board of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP) has chosen the 2019 ZKP Honorary Award winner for contributions to the promotion… Read more »
ICMA Awards for NFM
The prestigious International Classical Music Awards, or ICMA, have been awarded for 2019 and Polish artists were honored in four of the categories. See below… Read more »
Fryderyk Music Awards
This year, the Fryderyk Music Awards (the Polish equivalent of the Grammys in the US) have changed the formula by opening up the the Awards… Read more »
2018 PAHA Awards
At its 76th Annual Meeting at the Hilton Chicago, held from January 3-6, 2019, the Polish American Historical Association (PAHA) announced the recipients of its… Read more »
Agata Zubel receives 2018 European Composer Award
The European Composer Award is presented annually during the Young Euro Classic Festival in Berlin. Polish composer Agata Zubel received the accolade for her latest… Read more »
Winners of the 2018 Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition
The finalists of the Kosciuszko Foundation’s 2018 Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition took the stage of Ida K. Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College on 4… Read more »
European Composers Award for Agata Zubel, World Premiere of “Bildbeschreibung”
Agata Zubel has been honored with the European Composers Award 2018 for the premiere of her newest composition “Fireworks” in Berlin during the Young Euro… Read more »
ZaiKs and Transatlantyk 2018 Best Young Polish Composer Winner
Every year, the Transatlantyk Festival awards filmmakers and musicians for creating new and challenging works in film, music and art. This year’s Transatlantyk Best Polish Young… Read more »
Winners of the 59th Tadeusz Baird Young Composers Competition
The final concert of ZKP’s 59th Tadeusz Baird Young Composers’ Competition was held on June 14 at the Warsaw headquarters of Polish Music Editions (PWM). The… Read more »
Olga Tokarczuk wins 2018 Man Booker Prize
Award-winning and bestselling Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, and her translator, Jennifer Croft, won the Man Booker International Prize for the novel Flights, which was published… Read more »
Young Chopinists at the Kosciuszko Foundation
Winners of the first Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition for Young Pianists, held in Washington DC in early March, will be presented in a recital at… Read more »