Celebrating their 40th Anniversary Season (1977 – 2017), the Chopin Foundation of the United States and Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits will present the final Chopin for All Free Concert of the season, featuring young American pianist Reed Tetzloff in a solo piano recital. Tetzloff, an outstanding young artist, will perform a concert of music by Schumann and Chopin. Born and…Continue Reading Final Chopin for All of the Season
On May 6 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, pianist Jane Park will present a brief discussion of Mazurkas and will perform select pieces by Polish composers Maria Szymanowska, Frédéric Chopin, and Karol Szymanowski, and Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. This lecture-recital is in partial fulfillment of a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance at the USC Thornton…Continue Reading Mazurkas Lecture-Recital at USC
The Sopot Chamber Philharmonic (PFK) will present a May 6 concert with works by Tadeusz Kassern and Aleksander Tansman. Featured on the program are two young female conductors, Paulina Dołęgowska and Izabela Burda representing the new generation of orchestral leaders; they will take up the baton in Kassern’s Concertino for Oboe and Stringsand Variations on the Theme by Frescobaldi by Tansman. Dołęgowska…Continue Reading “Filharmonia Kobiet” Sopot
On May 25, Seattle-based French hornist Josiah Boothby and soprano Maria Männistö will perform Ewa Trębacz’s Errai at the Good Shepherd Center in Seattle, as part of the Wayward Music Series. The program consists of two consecutive evenings of electroacoustic music, video and performances by alumni, composers and friends of the University of Washington, including Trębacz and others (Linda Antas, Tom…Continue Reading Trębacz in Seattle
“Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.” Although one may think of this quote as an appropriate and incisive comment on a recent concert at the Poznańska Wiosna Muzyczna [Poznań Musical Spring] Festival, these words were actually set…Continue Reading Stop the Music!
From April 23-30, numerous world premieres were presented in Kraków during the 29th International Festival of Kraków Composers (formerly known as Days of Music by Kraków Composers). The annual Festival aims to promote and present contemporary works by Kraków composers of all ages, through concerts, meetings with composers, and lectures by music theorists of the Academy of Music…Continue Reading World Premieres Festival of Kraków Composers
Poland’s Constitution Day, May 3, will be celebrated in Opole with a “Day Of Polish Music” concert commemorating the 226th anniversary of this historically important document as well as the 96th anniversary of the Silesian Uprising. The Opole Philharmonic will perform Bolesław Szabelski’s Toccata (from his Suite, Op. 10), with works by Chopin (Fantasia on Polish Airs, Op. 13)…Continue Reading Constitution Day Concert in Opole
Also on April, a concert of contemporary music organized by the Ensemblage Foundation took place in the Austrian Forum of Culture in Warsaw. The concert was part of the “Perspectives” series, which aims to promote contemporary music and performers specializing in it. The “Perspectives” series is the outcome of the international friendship of members of the young generation…Continue Reading ‘Perspectives’: Austrian/Mexican/Polish/Italian Premieres
The Wrocław Opera will celebrate May 3 Constitution Day with a premiere of Włodek Pawlik’s cantata Myśląc “Ojczyzna” [Thinking “Homeland”], a kind of musical travel through the history of Polish music. According to the composer, “My vocal works describe such historical figures as Mieszko I and Dobrawa, Queen Hedwig, Zawisza Czarny, King Jan III Sobieski and his consort, Marysieńka. But…Continue Reading Pawlik’s Cantata in Wrocław
On April 27, the premiere of Wings Concerto for two flutes and chamber orchestra by Paweł Łukaszewski took place at the Polish Baltic Philharmonic. Performers included the Fryderyk Chopin Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra in Gdańsk, under the baton of Vladimir Kiradijev, with renowned flute soloists Agata Kielar-Długosz and Łukasz Długosz. The Premiere was part of the gala ceremony celebrating the Pomeranian Artistic Awards, during…Continue Reading Łukaszewski World Premiere