PMC Director Talks Paderewski in “Stories from the Eastern West”
“Stories From The Eastern West” is a new podcast series that reveals hidden history from Central and Eastern Europe in telling little-known stories that changed… Read more »
Independence Centenary
2018 Paderewski Festival in Paso
By Marek Zebrowski Held November 1-4, the 2018 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles celebrated this year the centenary of Poland’s regained independence with concerts, a… Read more »
PMC Celebrated Poland’s Centenary of Independence in Poland and France
In Poland Held under the title “Kontrasty-Niepodległa” [Contrasts-Independence], the 56th Bydgoszcz Music Festival celebrated the centenary of Poland’s regained independence with a wide-ranging presentation of… Read more »
Manru at Kraków Opera
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Polish independence, the Kraków Opera presented the premiere of a new production of Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s only opera,… Read more »
Project “100 for 100. Musical decades of freedom”
PWM’s “100 for 100. Musical decades of freedom” was an undertaking of an unprecedented scale in the country. 100 masterpieces of Polish music from 1918… Read more »
Polonia in Calgary Celebrates!
The centenary of Poland’s regained independence was celebrated in Calgary, Canada, with a weekend of concerts, lectures, film screenings, historical and art exhibits, folk dancing,… Read more »
“Paderewski: Piano Works” by Sobczak
Paderewski: Piano Works Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Minuet in G major, Op. 14 No. 1 (1886); Nocturne in B flat major, Op. 16 No. 4 (1890–1891);… Read more »
Jonathan Plowright Celebrates Poland’s Independence Centenary
“Polish music, [Plowright] has it in his heart, in his soul…” Ruch Muzyczny British pianist Jonathan Plowright—a champion of Polish Romantic repertoire for the piano—has… Read more »
100 Years of Independence in Bydgoszcz
The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic celebrated the centennial anniversary of Poland’s independence with a concert on June 15 in Bydgoszcz. The program featured Wojciech… Read more »
“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 »
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 »
Warsaw Phil Honors Polish Independence
Under the title “Powstało w wolnej Polsce” [Created in Independent Poland], the Warsaw National Philharmonic’s April 27-28 concerts featured Paderewski’s Overture for Symphony Orchestra and… Read more »
New Production of Moniuszko’s Haunted Manor
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of regaining independence by Poland, the Cleveland Opera will create a new production of The Haunted Manor [Straszny dwór]… 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 »
100 songs for 100 years of Independence
The concert series “100 songs for 100 years of Independence”—in which the leading soloists of the Łódź Opera Theater seek to convey what the most… Read more »
Chopin Competition on Period Instruments 2018
On the anniversary of Poland’s regaining of independence, the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in collaboration with Polish Television and Polish Radio, is organizing an event of… Read more »
100 Songs for 100 Years of Independence
Starting on April 16, the Grand Theater in Łódź will host a series of concerts entitled “100 songs for 100 years of Independence.” During the… Read more »
PWM’s ‘100 for 100’
Polish Music Publishers (PWM) is planning to publish and record one hundred works by over eighty Polish composers, written between 1918 and 2018. This project… Read more »
Independence Centenary
Paderewski at the National Museum A few weeks ago, the National Museum in Warsaw officially opened its Paderewski Exhibit, drawing on the extensive collection of papers, artwork, personal… Read more »