The 48th Karol Szymanowski Music Festival will take place in Zakopane, Poland, from July 25 to August 3, 2025, with this year’s edition centered around the theme of the fugue. The program, curated by Artistic Director Piotr Sałajczyk, highlights Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 2, featuring a final fugue movement to be performed by the Beethoven Academy…Continue Reading 2025 Karol Szymanowski Music Festival
Our friend Dr. Andrzej Brylak from the USC Dornsife Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures shared with us a great video introducing the Polish language program at USC. Polish classes at USC are small, engaging, and packed with opportunities. From your very first day, students start speaking and exploring Poland’s literature, film, and history. Watch…Continue Reading Polish Classes at USC
We’re excited to share the recordings from the 2025 Polish Music Center Spring Concert, which are now available on YouTube. This year’s concert, held on March 29 in USC’s Newman Recital Hall, featured the internationally acclaimed AKA Duo—violinist Seina Matsuoka and pianist Yuto Kiguchi. Dedicated to exploring Polish repertoire, the AKA Duo has built a…Continue Reading 2025 PMC Spring Concert Recordings with AKA Duo
On Saturday, June 21, the Jerzy Semkow Polish ‘Sinfonia Iuventus’ Orchestra performed the world premiere of Aleksander Tansman‘s He, she and I ballet music, which was composed in 1946. Entitled “Three Landscapes of Polish Émigré Music – Maciejewski, Tansman, and Wars,” the concert was part of the 3rd edition of the “Sztuka Źle Obecna” [Mis-present…Continue Reading Sinfonia Iuventus Performs Wars, Maciejewski and Tansman World Premiere
On May 10, 2025, San Diego’s Balboa Park became the stage for a truly unconventional opera experience with a new staging of Park Opera by Polish composer Wojtek Blecharz. Set entirely outdoors, the performance invited audiences to explore the park with a map in hand, discovering live music, movement, and visual art installations. First commissioned…Continue Reading Wojtek Blecharz’s “Park Opera” in San Diego
The 42nd General Assembly of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP), held on June 13–14, 2025, concluded with the election of new leadership and the conferral of honorary memberships. Four distinguished figures of Polish music—Zbigniew Bargielski, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Teresa Malecka, and Marta Ptaszyńska—have been named Honorary Members of ZKP, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to…Continue Reading Polish Composer’s Union (ZKP) Elects New Leadership
From June 13–18 in New York City, the 2025 Jazztopad Festival will present a lineup including: Immanuel Wilkins with the Lutosławski Quartet (World Premiere – watch live here), Michiyo Yagi with Hamid Drake, Patricia Brennan & Maciej Obara, Maciej Obara NYC Quartet with John Patitucci & Nasheet Waits, Wacław Zimpel with Brooklyn Raga Massive with…Continue Reading 2025 Jazztopad NYC Festival
The 2025 season finale of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic on May 30 will mark a significant artistic moment with the world premiere of the Non-Academic Overture by Agata Zubel. Born in Wrocław, composer Agata Zubel returns to her hometown with a new composition commissioned by the National Forum of Music as part of the “Composers’…Continue Reading Zubel’s “Non-Academic Overture” Premieres in Wroclaw
The 35th edition of the International Music Course in Opole, held in conjunction with the 18th Silesian Summer of Music Festival, will take place from August 5 to 16, 2025. Supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage through the Culture Promotion Fund, this special anniversary year welcomes both solo performers and chamber ensembles….Continue Reading 35th Int’l Music Course in Opole
The Polish Chamber Musicians’ Association (SPMK), publisher of Notatnik Pianistyczny, invites composers to participate in the “Chopin Inspirations” composition competition. Celebrating the enduring legacy of Fryderyk Chopin, the competition seeks original piano miniatures inspired by Chopin’s iconic waltzes or mazurkas. Submissions are open until June 30, 2025, with two competition categories: While there is no…Continue Reading “Chopin Inspirations” Composition Competition