Bruzdowicz Birthday!
Polish composer Joanna Bruzdowicz celebrated her 75th birthday this month. A longtime friend of the Polish Music Center and one of the first distinguished lecturers… Read more »
News
New Publication on Lutosławski
The U.K. based Boydell & Brewer just announced the publication of Lutoslawski’s Worlds, a collection of English-language essays about Witold Lutosławski and his music. The… Read more »
Warsaw Phil Honors Polish Independence
Under the title “Powstało w wolnej Polsce” [Created in Independent Poland], the Warsaw National Philharmonic’s April 27-28 concerts featured Paderewski’s Overture for Symphony Orchestra and… Read more »
Kinga Augustyn Explores her Career as a Violinist
In her extensive May 8 interview for the Nowy Dziennik, a Polish language newspaper in New York, violinist Kinga Augustyn shared her insights on studying… Read more »
Sembrich Competition at Kosciuszko
The Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City announced the names of jurors for the 2018 Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition. They are: Joshua Winograde, Associate… Read more »
New Production of Moniuszko’s Haunted Manor
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of regaining independence by Poland, the Cleveland Opera will create a new production of The Haunted Manor [Straszny dwór]… Read more »
Włodek Pawlik in NYC
The first Polish jazz musician to receive a Grammy Award, pianist Włodek Pawlik, and his Trio will be featured at New York’s venerable Blue Note… Read more »
Young Chopinists at the Kosciuszko Foundation
Winners of the first Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition for Young Pianists, held in Washington DC in early March, will be presented in a recital at… Read more »
A Magnificat Concert!
Under the title “Music of Warsaw and Dresden,” the Exsultemus vocal ensemble of Cambridge and the instrumentalists of Newton Baroque will jointly present works by… Read more »
Sądej Interviewed by James Strecker
Polish mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Sądej, now living in Los Angeles, was recently interviewed by a well-known Canadian journalist James Strecker. Published on his blog, which has… Read more »
‘Chopin for All’ Free Concert Series presents Drew Petersen
Presented by the Chopin Foundation of the U.S. and Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the ‘Chopin for All’ Free Concert Series concludes its current season… Read more »
New Contemporary Music Platform for Scores & Recordings
BabelScores is a new, French-based website that grew out of the need to diffuse and promote contemporary music from the last 40 years, rendering information… Read more »
E4TT Concert feat. Czesław Miłosz & Aleksandra Kaca
The Bay Area’s Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) will present the centerpiece concert of its Tenth Anniversary Season, entitled Once/Memory/Night: Paul Celan, on April 15… Read more »
“Polish Libraries Abroad” Conference in Paris – Call for Proposals
The Société Historique et Littéraire Polonaise, also known as the Polish Library in Paris, will host this year’s Fortieth Annual “Conference of Museums, Archives and… Read more »
PWM Composer of the Month: Zygmunt Krauze
PWM Editions’s April “Composer of the Month” campaign will familiarize music lovers with the œuvre of Zygmunt Krauze. He is an extraordinary figure in the… Read more »
Premiere of “Afterglow” by Opałka
On April 22, the premiere of Violin Concerto No. 2 “Afterglow” by Tomasz J. Opałka will be held at NOSPR Hall in Katowice. It will… Read more »
This Month at LAMOTH
As institutions of public history, museums play a vital role in presenting difficult histories. With recent efforts in Poland to dictate how the history of… Read more »
Contrasts Concert
The Witold Lutosławski Society presents the “Contrasts” Concert on April 16, the next event in the “New Music Scene” series of concerts at Warsaw’s Nowy… Read more »
III Festival de Música Polonesa
From 11-13 April 2018, the Institute of Arts at São Paulo State University in Campinas, Brazil (UNICAMP) is hosting the 3rd annual Festival de Música Polonesa… Read more »
Chopin Competition on Period Instruments 2018
On the anniversary of Poland’s regaining of independence, the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in collaboration with Polish Television and Polish Radio, is organizing an event of… Read more »