2015 in Review – Festivals
The UK premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Seven Gates of Jerusalem inspired a four-day festival of Polish culture held at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. The Seven Gates:… Read more »
February 2016
February Anniversaries
Born This Month 2 February 1909 – Grazyna BACEWICZ , composer, violinist, pianist (d. 1969) 7 February 1877 – Feliks NOWOWIEJSKI, composer, organist 8 February 1953 –… Read more »
Boguslaw Kaczynski Obituary
Boguslaw Kaczynski passed away in Warsaw on January 21. He was 73. Not only was he a journalist, music theorist, popularizer of opera and operetta,… Read more »
Performances February 2016
Contemporary Poland Under The Green Umbrella The Green Umbrella series featuring concerts of contemporary music is one of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s most attractive calling cards. John… Read more »
Festivals – February 2016
2nd International Violin Festival The 2nd International Violin Festival, organized by the Toruń Symphony Orchestra, will begin on February 14 this year and will continue until the… Read more »
Awards – February 2016
Swiatkiewicz Receives Passport Award The 2015 “Passport” Awards were announced on January 12, 2016. This year’s nominees for the coveted award—given annually to scores of… Read more »
Unusual Polish Folk Instruments
Culture.pl, the website of Poland’s Adam Mickiewicz Institute, recently published an interesting article about the 8 most unusual instruments used in Polish folk music dating back to… Read more »
Paderewski International Competition Deadline
Pianists of all nationalities born between 1984-2000 are invited to participate in the Paderewski International Piano Competition (Nov. 6-20, 2016) in Bydgoszcz, the most prestigious piano competition… Read more »
Różewska US Debut in Sacramento Area
Outstanding Polish pianist and laureate Joanna Różewska will perform for the very first time in the US. The concert is organized by the Polish American Club of… Read more »
4th International Composers Competition
The Centre of Artistic Education at the Gorzów Philharmonic announces the 4th International Composers Competition. The idea of Competition is to promote artistic creation and to… Read more »
Krakow Phil – Weinberg Trumpet Concerto
Conducted by Charles Olivieri-Munroe, the Kraków Philharmonic will presents a concert featuring Russian trumpeter Sergei Nakariakov on February 12-13. Known as the “Paganini of the trumpet” after an exceptional… Read more »
mUltimate Chopin
mUltimate Chopin is a modern Internet platform presenting all the available sources of the works of Fryderyk Chopin. Developed by Paweł Kamiński, editor of the Chopin National Edition,… Read more »
Nowak News
Maestro Grzegorz Nowak continues his busy concert schedule this winter. On February 6-7 Nowak presented three concerts at the Festival La Folle Journée in Nantes, France with… Read more »
New YouTube Channel for Kulenty
Polish composer Hanna Kulenty has a new official YouTube channel. Here visitors will find full versions of nearly all of her compositions, performed by such excellent ensembles as:… Read more »
Panufnik Premiered in Spain
The Spanish premiere of Andrzej Panufnik’s Lullaby [Cación de cuna] will be performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia and conducted by Maestro Antoni Wit in Santiago de… Read more »
Baltic Philharmonic in California
The Filharmonia Bałtycka [Baltic Philharmonic] is making an extensive tour of the United States this winter, beginning with an appearance in Florence, Alabama on January 14 on… Read more »
Kropka Music Critic Competition
The general opinion is that anyone can criticize others. A deeper reflection and careful assessment reveals that the phenomenon of musical critique is a rare… Read more »
Premieres – January 2016
Penderecki Premiere In Gdańsk The project “Penderecki – a cappella” was initiated by the Polish Chamber Choir in 2011, when they began their exploration of the wonderful… Read more »
Paderewski Festival Board Member Honoured as Arts Philanthropist
From the Paso Robles Daily News (January 2, 2016): Paso Artsfest has announced its honoree for the 2016 event. Steve Cass, owner of Cass Winery and the driving force behind the Paderewski… Read more »
PWM at PMC
From the time Polish Music Center was launched in the mid-1980s, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne [PWM Editions]—Poland’s largest music publisher—was on our side as one of our great… Read more »