Polish jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko has passed away
Tomasz Stanko, renowned Polish jazz musician, died on July 29 in a Warsaw hospital at the age of 76. He had been diagnosed with lung… Read more »
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II Vitis Music Sfera Festival
The 2nd Vitis Music Sfera Festival will take place 12-18 August at the vineyard in Janowice. The festival features different genres of music – from… Read more »
Chopin–Górecki: Sources and Inspirations Music Festival
The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw announced its 19th Intensive Music Course and Festival entitled “Chopin–Górecki. Sources and Inspirations,” which will take place… Read more »
8th NDI Sopot Classic International Music Festival
The NDI Sopot Classic International Music Festival, which will be held on 4-11 August, showcases a range of Polish and international music. Created in 2011… Read more »
Lutoslawski “Derwid” recordings
Katarzyna Sadej (mezzo-soprano) and Barbara Bochenek (pianist) are working on recording the 33 songs composed by Witold Lutoslawski under the pen name “Derwid.” These “pop”… Read more »
Premiere of Agata Zubel’s “Fireworks”
On 13 August, Agata Zubel’s “Fireworks” will premiere at the Chopin and His Europe Festival. The piece will be performed by the European Union Youth… Read more »
Concerts of the International Summer Course for Composers “Synthesis”
The Musical Gardens Foundation will host concerts of the International Composers’ Course “Synthetis” on 6 and 9 August in Radziejowice. This year’s International Composers’ Course… Read more »
Polish Independence Celebration in Santa Monica
Marek Zebrowski will be giving a lecture on 11 August titled “Through Music to Freedom: Paderewski and World Politics,” followed by a performance of Paderewski’s… Read more »
Finale of the 11th Music Festival of the Southern Greater Poland
The finale of the 11th Music Festival of Southern Wielkopolska entitled “Szczypiorno: At the Source of Independence” will take place on 5 August. The Kalisz… Read more »
ZaiKs and Transatlantyk 2018 Best Young Polish Composer Winner
Every year, the Transatlantyk Festival awards filmmakers and musicians for creating new and challenging works in film, music and art. This year’s Transatlantyk Best Polish Young… Read more »
The Orchestra of the Americas in Warsaw
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… Read more »
Kazimierz Rozbicki Has Passed Away
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… Read more »
Chyrzyński Premiere
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… Read more »
Sikora’s Upcoming Performances
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… Read more »
The Musical Adventures of Szymon Rywalski
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… Read more »
July 29: Pianist Daniel Wnukowski Live at LACMA
On July 29, pianist Daniel Wnukowski will perform an all-Polish program of Mazurkas in Los Angeles. The program includes works by inter-war composers Karol Szymanowski,… Read more »
July 22: Kupinski Guitar Duo Live at LACMA
The Kupinski Guitar Duo—Ewa Jablczynska and Dariusz Kupinski— will perform a program of music for two guitars during the Sundays Live series at the Los… 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… Read more »
Open Days at NOSPR & Wojciechowski Premiere
On June 17, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR), a beneficiary of EU funds, will participate in the 5th Open Days of European Funds… Read more »
Yukio Yokoyama Celebrates Paderewski
A piano recital by Yukio Yokoyama celebrating the 77th anniversary of the death of Ignacy Jan Paderewski will be held on June 23 at the… Read more »