Polish flautist and new music champion Iwona Glinka will perform a recital during the National Flute Association conventionin San Diego, CA on August 12. Her program of international works was chosen for this prestigious honor from more than 500 proposals submitted by musicians from around the world. While in California, she will also perform in Los Angeles as…Continue Reading Glinka in California
The final three volumes of “The History of Music in Poland” have been published in collaboration with Sutkowski Edition and the Institute of Music and Dance, completing the monumental 15-volume series. The final volumes include “Between Romanticism and New Music” (by Zofia Helman), “Romanticism: part 1” (by Zofia Chechlińska) and “The Baroque: part 2” (by Alina Mądry),…Continue Reading ‘History of Music in Poland’ Series Complete
In his July 4 article for Dziennik Łódzki, Łukasz Kaczyński provided a highly critical review of the 2016 Transatlantyk Festival, which recently moved to Łódź together with its founder, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. Entitled “Wielka łódź na jałowym biegu” [The great boat on a course to nowhere], the article discusses how the Festival was lavishly supported by the…Continue Reading Transatlantyk on the Rocks
Director Henryk Martenka and Prof. Piotr Paleczny, the Artistic Director of the International Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland have just announced the final selection of contestants for this year’s auditions. Out of a total of 164 applications, 56 pianists from 19 countries were selected to participate in the 2016 Paderewski Competition. Poland will be represented by…Continue Reading Paderewski Piano Competition Lineup
It has been announced that the founder, artistic director and longtime conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra in Washington, DC, Piotr Gajewski will be feted at the Annual Gala Dinner by the Kosciuszko Foundation on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Born in Poland, Maestro Gajewski began to study piano there and continued at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston once…Continue Reading Kosciuszko FDN Honors Maestro Gajewski
The National Forum of Music presents two concerts of early Polish music around Wrocław in August. First, on August 20, Ars Cantusled by their artistic director Tomasz Dobrzański will perform “Cracovia civitas – music from the 15th-century Kraków manuscripts” in the Town Hall. On August 26, the Goldberg Baroque Ensemble from Gdańsk and their artistic director Andrzej Szadejko…Continue Reading NFM Hosts Early Music Concerts
On July 24 during the 9th Nowe Miasto Summer Festival, the Warsaw Camerata Orchestra led by Paweł Kos-Nowicki gave the world premiere of Concerto for Bassoon by Sebastian Zawadzki. Also on the program were Concerto for Oboe by Sebastian Krajewski and Antesy después by Jerzy Wołochowicz. Soloists for the concert were Marek Roszkowski – oboe and Leszek Wachnik – bassoon. The concert was…Continue Reading Zawadzki Premiere
On August 3, Polish clarinetist Barbara Borowicz will play a concert in the US dedicated exclusively to works by Polish composers, including world premieres of two new works commissioned by the performer: The Soul of Seul for clarinet and vibraphone by Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska and Haiku No. 2 for clarinet and piano by Marcel Chyrzyński. Also on the program are Fragment H for clarinet and piano by…Continue Reading Premieres for Fabiańska-Jelińska and Chyrzyński
On July 10, the Polish Radio Choir will host an evening with composer Paweł Mykietynand a performance of his music—Shakespeare Sonnets for voice and piano and for piano and tape—as well as Lutosławski’s Five Songs to the words of Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna. Soloists for the evening will be Anna Zawisza – soprano and Maciej Grzybowski – piano, and Tomasz Cyz. Born in…Continue Reading Polish Radio Choir Salon Series – Mykietyn
The 7th edition of the Tauron Musica Electronica Nova Festival (MEN) was held from May 19-22, 2016, for the first time in its new home at the National Forum of Music (NFM) in Wrocław. This year’s theme was “Growing,” which corresponded to the motto of Wrocław European Capital of Culture 2016: “Spaces for Beauty.” According to Festival…Continue Reading Roemer, Strzelec and Zubel Premieres at Men Festival