PCMA/SPMK Autumn Offerings
Women in Music The Polish Chamber Musicians’ Association [PCMA, or SPMK in Polish] organized their first international festival promoting women composers and their work. It… Read more »
Contemporary Music
Ptaszyńska World Premiere
The latest opus by the distinguished Polish composer, Marta Ptaszyńska, will be world-premiered on Sunday, October 17. The concert will be held at the Witold Lutosławski… Read more »
2021 “Music on the Heights” Int’l Festival
On 11-18 September 2021, the Mieczysław Karłowicz Association in Zakopane presents the 13th “Muzyka na szczytach” [Music on the Heights] International Festival. This year’s edition… Read more »
Ewa Trębacz: Composing in a Pandemic
Long a friend of the PMC, Polish-American composer Ewa Trębacz is based at the DXARTS Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media in Seattle, Washington.… Read more »
2021 ‘Warsaw Autumn’ Full Program Revealed
The 64th International Festival of Contemporary Music ‘Warsaw Autumn’ [Warszawska Jesień] will run from September 17-25, 2021. This year’s edition will be immersed in space… Read more »
Three Unusual Additions to the PMC Sound Library
By Marek Zebrowski Another batch of gifts from this summer’s travel to Poland includes a fascinating two-CD set of music by Polish composers from the… Read more »
Premieres at the “Music in dialogue” Inaugural Concert
The Elżbieta Chojnacka Centre for Contemporary Harpsichord Music in Tarnowskie Góry will launch a new concert series with a concert “Music in dialogue” on July… Read more »
New on ANAKLASIS Records
PWM Edition’s 75th anniversary album ‘Great Encounters’ The ‘Great Encounters’ album, marking 75 years of PWM Edition, highlights performers’ meetings with excellent music and the… Read more »
Premieres by Lutosławski Quartet at NFM
The Lutosławski Quartet performed at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław on 24 June 2021. Their program included works that have entered the canon… Read more »
Final Concert of the “Music of our times” Program
The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań held their last concert on June 23, 2021 as the final concert of this year’s “Music… Read more »
New Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries’ Online Concert
The Music School Complex [Zespół Szkół Muzycznych] in Poznań will end the school year with a panache concert of Poland’s largest cultural institutions. This unique… Read more »
Chyrzyński Around the World
Marcel Chyrzyński—a noted composer and member of the Polish Composers’ Union [ZKP] – Kraków branch—has also been closely associated with the Polish Music Center since… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »