Janusz Wawrowski, acclaimed Polish violinist and professor at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, is using an extraordinary instrument — the Stradivarius Polonia — to record violin works by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz. In his latest project, Wawrowski explores Bacewicz’s dynamic violin works, bringing attention to one of Poland’s most important composers of the…Continue Reading Wawrowski records Bacewicz on a Stradivarius
The LA Phil’s upcoming program shines a spotlight on the groundbreaking work of Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz, an iconic composer in 20th-century Polish music. Bacewicz is not only important to Polish music, as a groundbreaking female composer and polymathic artist, but also to the PMC since we have several of her original scores in our…Continue Reading Bacewicz’s “Concerto for String Orchestra” at LA Phil
by Marek Zebrowski The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra presented two concerts last weekend that opened with Overture for Orchestra, a brief and brilliant 1943 composition by Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969). Bacewicz—a virtuoso violinist and excellent pianist—showed her very best neo-classical side in this compact, six-minute-long work. Effective and challenging string writing coupled with bright woodwinds and…Continue Reading New Bacewicz: On Record and On Stage