Moniuszko’s Halka Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872): Halka [Opera] Dominik Sutowicz, Magdalena Molendowska, Łukasz Goliński, Poznań State Moniuszko Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Gabriel Chmura – cond. NAXOS 8.660485-86 From the website Naxos.com: Polish composer, conductor and teacher Stanisław Moniuszko is widely known as ‘the father of Polish national opera’. Halka tells the tragic story of its…Continue Reading New at Naxos
On Saturdays in July and August, audiences will have the opportunity to listen to live classical music in the relaxation zone of the Nowa Stacja Shopping Center in Pruszków, Poland, outside of Warsaw. Entitled Stacja Klasyka, the concert series is organized by Nowa Stacja and the Rzeka E N Foundation. On 10 July, the Veloce…Continue Reading ‘Stacja Klasyka’ – Live Concerts in Pruszków
The music of composers from Warmia and Masuria arranged for trombone will be performed at the Feliks Nowowiejski Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic in Olsztyn on July 16, 2021. The concert will premiere Tango with variations for trombone and string quartet by Tomasz Szymuś. In 2020, Philharmonic trombonist Rafał Krauze received the Artistic Scholarship of the Marshal of…Continue Reading Premiere of “Tango with variations” by Tomasz Szymuś
Following successful performances in June and early July, Fever will present an intimate concert featuring L.A.-based Polish pianist Klaudia Kudelko in late August and September. As a part of her post-pandemic “Dream USA” tour, on August 26-27 Kudelko will present “Chopin’s Best Works” with two showings at 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The concerts will…Continue Reading Candlelight: Chopin’s Best Works
The Silesian Philharmonic’s concert on July 9, 2021 is dedicated to two professors, extremely important figures for the Silesian Philharmonic and for the Silesian and Polish composers’ schools – Eugeniusz Knapik and Jan Wincenty Hawel, who celebrates their birthday in July. The Silesian Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Maciej Tomasiewicz and soprano Sylwia Olszyńska…Continue Reading Anniversaries of Great Composers: Eugeniusz Knapik and Jan Wincenty Hawel
The Chopin Foundation of the United States has had its headquarters in Miami since 1977. Founded by Blanka A. Rosenstiel as a non-profit organization with national and international reach, the Chopin Foundation’s mission is to help young, talented American pianists develop their careers as international concert artists, and to make classical music, and above all…Continue Reading Chopin Foundation: Chopin All July Long
On summer evenings between July 7- August 18, the National Forum of Music in Wrocław will host Summer Organ Recitals performed by Józef Serafin, Elżbieta Karolak, Julian Gembalski and Roman Perucki. The concerts will be an opportunity to get to know a very wide spectrum of organ literature written over the centuries (from Baroque, through…Continue Reading Organ Summer at NFM
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 11, 2021 at the Palace in Rybna. The concerts will feature works that take up the musical dialogue on several levels: instrumental (in terms of timbre, technical and expressive possibilities),…Continue Reading Premieres at the “Music in dialogue” Inaugural Concert
A concert version of the opera Hagith by Karol Szymanowski, the best Polish chamber music, songs by Witold Lutosławski, forgotten works by Konstanty Gorski and gems of the Polish Baroque – this is the 17th edition of the Festival of Polish Music in Krakow, which will take place on 8-18 July 2021. The opening concert…Continue Reading 2021 Festival of Polish Music in Kraków
The 2nd edition of the Wigrosfera Festival was held on July 2-3, 2021 in the Wigry National Park and in Suwałki, as a musical response to the natural human need to commune with nature and culture. This is an extraordinary event, one of a kind, combining high culture with the beauty and tourist value of…Continue Reading 2021 WigroSfera Festival