Tag: Awards

2020 Kosciuszko Fdn Wieniawski Competition Winners

Among many cultural programs that the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City carries out, competitions promoting Polish music and commemorating Poland’s most important artists are especially notable. These competitions are held bi-annually or periodically, and below is a list of the most recent. In 2018, the Foundation organized the Marcella Sembrich Voice Competition, commemorating the…Continue Reading 2020 Kosciuszko Fdn Wieniawski Competition Winners

Winner of the 2020 Ochlewski Competition for Composers

On November 27, 2020, the winner of the 17th Tadeusz Ochlewski Competition was announced by the jury. The theme of this year’s Competition was to compose a piece for a string quartet. This theme was not accidental: in the year of the 75th anniversary of the Competition’s organizer—Polish Music Editions, or PWM—it was decided to…Continue Reading Winner of the 2020 Ochlewski Competition for Composers

2020 Paderewski Festival Youth Piano Competition

Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles logo

The Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles announces the winners of the 2020 Youth Piano Competition. Due to the pandemic, this year’s Youth Competition auditions were held virtually and participants were invited to submit their performance by video. The jurors—Cal Poly professors India D’Avignon and Paul Woodring, and Paderewski Festival Artistic Director and USC Polish Music…Continue Reading 2020 Paderewski Festival Youth Piano Competition

Weinberg Takes Gramophone Recording of the Year

The 2020 Gramophone Classical Music Awards—presented in collaboration with Apple Music, E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers and Help Musicians UK—held an outdoor and virtual ceremony on the evening of October 6. The ceremony can still be viewed online at  Youtube.  During the ceremony, recipients of the Recording of the Year Award, Artist and Young Artist…Continue Reading Weinberg Takes Gramophone Recording of the Year

IMIT 2020/2021 Research Awards

Poland’s Institute of Music and Dance [IMIT] selected 15 projects for financial support awards under its “Białe plamy—muzyka i taniec” [Blind spots—music and dance] program. During a July 14 videoconference meeting, the jury of experts selected by the Musicology Institute at Poznań Music Academy reviewed 35 submissions and chose the following finalists: Miłosz Aleksandrowicz for…Continue Reading IMIT 2020/2021 Research Awards

POLMIC Announced as a Scientific Library

The Music Library of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP)—known as the Polish Music Information Center POLMIC, a sister organization of the USC Polish Music Center—has received the status of a scientific library. The determination was made by the Vice President of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, and Professor Piotr…Continue Reading POLMIC Announced as a Scientific Library

6th Int’l Composition Competition “Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta: Hommage à Krzysztof Penderecki”

The 6th International Composition Competition “Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta: Hommage à Krzysztof Penderecki” has been settled and winners have been selected. Sinfonietta Cracovia—the Orchestra of the Royal Capital City of Krakow—announced its 6th International Composition Competition as dedicated to the memory of Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki, who has been associated with the ensemble since the very beginning. The Competition…Continue Reading 6th Int’l Composition Competition “Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta: Hommage à Krzysztof Penderecki”

Polaczyk Wins in NYC

The 2019-2020 American Prize in Composition – Instrumental Chamber Music Division, was announced on June 9. The laureate is young Polish composer Jakub Polaczyk for OJIBBEWAY—American Images in Memory of George Castlin (2019). Scored for flute, accordion, and piano, the work was written for a trio of Italian performers, Andrea Biagini, Cesare Chiacciaretta, and Fausto…Continue Reading Polaczyk Wins in NYC

Zygmunt Krauze Award & Performances

Krauze’s Virtual Salon On alternate Fridays, beginning in July and running until September, the YouTube and Facebook channels of PWM Editions will feature pianist and composer Zygmunt Krauze’s live improvisations on works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Paderewski. All of the broadcasts will be carried live from Maestro Krauze’s studio on the upper floor of…Continue Reading Zygmunt Krauze Award & Performances

Winners of the 61st Tadeusz Baird Young Composers Competition

The final concert of the 61st Tadeusz Baird Young Composers Competition and the announcement of the winners took place on 19 June 2020 in the Concert Hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the concert took place without an audience. The seven works that qualified for the…Continue Reading Winners of the 61st Tadeusz Baird Young Composers Competition