L.A. premiere of ‘Farewell, Auschwitz’
On Tuesday, April 23 in Newman Hall, vocal and instrumental students of the USC Thornton School of Music will perform the Los Angeles premiere of… Read more »
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Concert to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
On 18 April 2019, on the eve of the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra under the… Read more »
Moniuszko Bicentenary Gala at Carnegie Hall
The Polish Government has declared 2019 the Year of Stanisław Moniuszko, who is known as the father of Polish Opera. Celebrations of this bicentennial will… Read more »
New Work by Piotr Grella-Mozejko
Throughout February, Piotr Grella-Możejko‘s new work, Nature morte avec noir (à la memoire de Piotr de Peslin Lachert) for piano and saxophone, was performed in Canada… Read more »
Bruzdowicz Interview
In late January 2019 Joanna Bruzdowicz was featured in a live TVP3 program, Mistrzowie [The Masters], led by the journalist Miłka Skalska.… Read more »
Karlowicz in Memoriam
by Marek Zebrowski One hundred and ten years ago, on February 8, 1909, an avalanche took the life of great Polish composer, Mieczysław Karłowicz. Although… Read more »
Composers’ Anniversaries
by Marek Zebrowski The year 2019 will mark several important anniversaries for Polish musicians. The most prominent of them, Stanisław Moniuszko, was born 200 years… Read more »
Support Chamber Music!
by Marek Zebrowski The Society of Polish Chamber Musicians (SPMK) was recently recognized as an “institution working for the public good “for their multifaceted activities… Read more »
100th Birth Anniversary of Mieczysław Weinberg
A total of 22 symphonies, including seven for voice and orchestra, eight operas, 17 string quartets, concertos, sonatas, cantatas, and songs… One cannot stop marvelling… Read more »
Dancing Chopin
A review by Marek Zebrowski Commemorating the centenary of regaining Poland’s independence, during the second half of November the Polish National Opera Theatre in Warsaw… Read more »
2nd Penderecki Int’l Competition for Young Composers
The Krakow Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union has announced the 2nd Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers. This year’s competition is a 9- to… Read more »
2018 ‘Festival of Song’ in Warsaw
Held during the first half of December, the 15th Festival of Song [XV Festiwal Pieśni] concluded on Saturday, Dec. 15 with a concert at the historic… 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 »
Winners of the 2018 Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition
The finalists of the Kosciuszko Foundation’s 2018 Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition took the stage of Ida K. Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College on 4… Read more »
Polish Organ Music in LA
The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles will present a Polish Organ Music Concert on the occasion of the Centenary of… Read more »
Krakow Philharmonic 74th Season Opening Concert
During the season opening concerts of their 74th season on October 5 and 6, the Orchestra and Choir of the Krakow Philharmonic will perform under… Read more »
Gatonska premiere at “Bujarski and Penderecki: Masters and Their Students”
On 8 October, a series of concerts will showcase the creative capacities of teachers and students. Works by Zbigniew Bujarski, Krzysztof Penderecki, and their former… Read more »
National Philharmonic season opens with Knapik premiere
On October 5, the Warsaw Philharmonic will inaugurate the 2018/2019 season celebrating the centenary of Poland’s regained independence with Witold Lutosławski’s one-minute Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic… Read more »
Polish Composers at Electroacoustic Bienniale in São Paulo
Several Polish composers were featured at the 2018 International Bienniale for Electroacoustic Music at Studio PANorama in São Paulo, Brazil. In particular, Elżbieta Sikora–who celebrates her 75th birthday this year–and… Read more »