“Under the white and red flag” with Herdzin
On June 8, the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra and the Krakow Reed Trio were led by Krzysztof Herdzin, as pianist and conductor, during the 15th “Polityka”… Read more »
Festivals
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 »
2018 Kraków Film Music Festival & Awards
The new decade of the Film Music Festival’s history will start with a combination of apparently distant music genres, not only the ones composed specifically… Read more »
Music Festival “Trzy-Czte-Ry. Contexts. Contrasts. Confrontations.”
Held from 22 May – 12 June 2018 in Warsaw, the program of the 3rd annual “Trzy-Czte-Ry. Contexts. Contrasts. Confrontations” Music Festival will feature works… Read more »
Warsaw Music Encounters 2018 – Premieres, Conferences and more
The 32nd edition of the “Warsaw Music Encounters” Festival will take place from May 12-19, 2018. Founded in 1986 by composer Władysław Słowiński, the Festival… Read more »
2018 Musica Polonica Nova – Paweł Hendrich, Artistic Dir. & Marcin Stańczyk, Resident Composer
Next to the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Musica Polonica Nova in Wrocław is the oldest festival dedicated to new music in Poland. This year’s 31st edition… Read more »
Premiere of “Afterglow” by Opałka
On April 22, the premiere of Violin Concerto No. 2 “Afterglow” by Tomasz J. Opałka will be held at NOSPR Hall in Katowice. It will… Read more »
Premieres at 2018 Int’l Festival of Kraków Composers
The International Festival of Kraków Composers (formerly known as the “Days of Music by Kraków Composers”) has been present among the cultural events in Kraków… Read more »
Beethoven Eastertide Festival
The 22nd annual Beethoven Festival will take place March 16-30 at the National Philharmonicin Warsaw and will feature a number of distinguished musicians and ensembles in thirteen orchestral… Read more »
Festivals February 2018
2018 Chopin In The City The Chopin IN the City Festival celebrates the birthday of Fryderyk Chopin from February 22-March 1, 2018 in Chicago, IL. “We are celebrating… Read more »
January Festivals
A-Ż FESTIVAL IN ŁÓDŹ The fifth A-Ż Festival in Łódź was held Nov. 24-Dec. 9, 2017. All nine concerts were presented at the Concert Hall of the… Read more »
Kwadrofonik Festival
The 3rd edition of the Kwadrofonik Festival will be held on December 14-15, 2017 at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews (POLIN)… Read more »
Paderewski Festival in Warsaw
The Fourth International Paderewski Festival will take place from November 4-11 in several venues across Warsaw, including the Royal Castle, Philharmonic Hall, Lutosławski Radio Studio, and in… Read more »
Paderewski Festival in Warsaw
The Fourth International Paderewski Festival will take place from November 4-11 in several venues across Warsaw, including the Royal Castle, Philharmonic Hall, Lutosławski Radio Studio, and in… Read more »
Music in Lower Silesia
The Fifth Music Festival in Lower Silesia continues with concerts from September through December 2017, held in historical venues, such as palaces, manors and churches in the… Read more »
“Contrasts” – Poland and Her Neighbors
The 55th annual festival, “Kontrasty—Polska i sąsiedzi” [Contrasts—Poland and her neighbors] was held in Bydgoszcz September 11—October 6. Planned as the prelude to the celebrations… Read more »
Organs of Central Warsaw
The 18th annual Festival “Organy Środmieścia” [City Center’s Organs] began in Warsaw on September 3 and will continue through October 22. Launched in 2000 by… Read more »
Beethoven in Silesia?
Yes! The little Silesian town of Głogówek has big musical ambitions and, for well over a dozen years now, it has hosted world class musicians… Read more »
‘Muzkya Na Szczytach’ 2017
The 9th International Festival ‘Muzyka na szczytach‘ [Music on the Heights] closes on September 16 with a concert presented by the Kwadrofonik ensemble and vocalist, ethnomusicologist and… Read more »
Łódż Four Cultures Festival
The city of Łódź is located in the heart of Poland at a crossing point of many important European routes. At the beginning of the… Read more »