The 11th New Town Summer Festival is a series of chamber concerts that will be held from 20 July to 5 August in churches in Warsaw’s New Town. The festival will begin with Sonorus Quartet performing compositions by Radziwiłł, Elsner and Moniuszko. On 27 July, soprano Anna Mikołajczyk and pianist Robert Morawski will perform songs…Continue Reading 11th New Town Summer Festival
On July 19 at the Sinfonia Varsovia Concert Pavilion, the Orchestra of the Americas will perform under the direction of Hobart Earle. An orchestra of 100 musicians from 25 countries across North, Central and South America, will perform in Poland as part of their European tour. The program includes works Sinfonia India by Carlos Chavez …Continue Reading The Orchestra of the Americas in Warsaw
On July 2nd, at the age of 86, Kazimierz Rozbicki passed away. He was a composer, conductor, journalist (for “Ruch Muzyczny”, among others), teacher. He had an immense impact on Polish culture, receiving such honors as the Bronze Medal “Gloria Arits” and the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He had been a…Continue Reading Kazimierz Rozbicki Has Passed Away
The Festival of the Polish Royal Opera takes place from July 5 to July 27. Fifteen musical evenings and sixteen artistic events across Warsaw – including the Royal Łazienki Park and the temples at Krakowskie Przedmiescie. Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart directed by Ryszard Peryta will premiere in the Royal Theater. The Opera has…Continue Reading Festival of the Polish Royal Opera
On June 30, the first concert of the Guests of the Polish Chamber Choir series – “Polish Music in the Gazebo” – will take place in the Oliwski Park (Opata Jacka Rybińskiego St., Gdańsk). During the following Saturdays, gems of Polish music will be presented during one-hour concerts. The first ensemble to perform will be…Continue Reading Polish Music in the Gazebo
The 18th edition of the Music Gardens Festival will take place from June 30 – July 31 in Warsaw. The Music Gardens Festival, often referred to as the Warsaw Summer Music Salon, has been held since 2001. It features 30 artistic events each year, including concerts, film screenings and opera and ballet performances. The festival takes…Continue Reading 18th Music Gardens Festival
On 29 July, Marcel Chyrzyński’s latest installment in the Ukiyo-e cycle of compositions will premiere at the 41st edition of the Dni Muzyki Karola Szymanowskiego [Days of Music by Karol Szymanowski] Festival in Zakopane. The concert takes place at the Holy Cross Church in Zakopane, and the program will include additional works by Karol Szymanowski,…Continue Reading Chyrzyński Premiere
Every weekend from June 30 to July 29, the 6th Sphere of Silence festival will take place in Royal Łazienki Park. Music from various parts of the world will be performed at over 100 outdoor concerts. Each weekend is dedicated to different music and culture. The first weekend is Polish rhythms. Chamber Orchestra N-Harmonia, and…Continue Reading 6th Sphere of Silence Royal Łazienki Music Festival
Paris-based Polish composer Elżbieta Sikora is currently hard at work on a new violin concerto as well as edition of the piano-vocal score for her Lamento—a long and dramatic soliloquy from her opera, Madame Curie. And, speaking of that opera, we to invite all of our readers to this fall’s Wratislavia Cantans Festival, where Madame…Continue Reading Sikora’s Upcoming Performances
Almost exactly one year ago, the PMC heard from a dear old friend (and a fabulous conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra), Piotr Gajewski. Piotr alerted us and our audience to the cause of Szymon Rywalski, a young Polish horn player who received a huge merit scholarship from Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, but…Continue Reading The Musical Adventures of Szymon Rywalski