The 30th anniversary edition of the Musica Polonica Nova Festival was held between April 8-16, 2016 at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław. The 2016 theme was taken from The Romantic by Adam Mickiewicz: “Faith and love are more discerning than lenses or learning.” The Festival consisted of 11 concerts as well as meetings with composers, journalists and music critics….Continue Reading World Premieres Musica Polonica Nova
On Friday May 6th, 2016 the Department of Education at the Academy of Arts in Szczecin will host ‘Nowa Muzyka’ [New Music], a multidimensional music meeting combining live performance with music-related art and lecture at the Pałac pod Globusem. This interdisciplinary and interdepartmental project will feature an exhibition of posters compiled under the topic of “New Music” by Professor…Continue Reading World Premieres at ‘New Music’ in Szczeczin
This year’s “KODY” [Codes] Festival of Traditional and Avant-garde Music (May 11-14, 2016) in Lublin, Poland will feature the world premiere performances of two new works by Polish composers who were commissioned by the Festival. First, on May 11, RÊVE RAVE will be performed by the Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet, Halina Przebinda and Kuba Mikurda. This cross-genre performance in three acts…Continue Reading Premieres at Kody Festival
Warsaw Music Encounters (May 7-13, 2016) is an annual festival of early and new music founded and directed by composer Władysław Słowiński since 1986. In accordance with the program formula contained in the Festival’s subheading—”Early Music – New Music”—the Festival presents important early and new music compositions andpromotes the most recent works by contemporary composers, written for the…Continue Reading World Premieres at Warsaw Music Encounters
Pianist Adam Golka has a busy and exciting performance schedule around the US during the month of April. Several concerts will feature other Polish musicians as well, and the month will end on a high note with a performance in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. See details below. Polish-American pianist Adam Golka was recently selected by Sir…Continue Reading Adam Golka in Concert
On April 13, the Austrian Cultural Forum will host a program dedicated to Karol Mikuli, a student of Frederic Chopin. The concert, entitled Karol Mikuli – Forgotten Student of Chopin, a Deserving Citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, will feature Mikuli’s own compositions, including Op. 16, 17 and 27, and Serenade in A flat major, Op….Continue Reading In Memory of Karol Mikuli
In the next installment in the “Muzyka pod Liberatorem” concert series at the Warsaw Rising Museum, soprano Olga Pasiecznik and her sister, pianist Natalia Pasiecznik, will perform compositions for children by Witold Lutosławski on April 14, 2016. The event will again be hosted by Polish Radio 2’s Barbara Schabowska, who will sit down with Elżbieta Markowska,…Continue Reading Muzyka Pod Liberatorem – Lutosławski
The Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and violinist Kamil Skicki conducted by Mateusz Czech will perform a concert Though the Mirror of Music – Kaleidoscope of Folklore which will be held on April 14 and 15, 2016 at the Krakow Philharmonic as a part of the “Musica – Ars Amanda” cycle. “Musica – Ars Amanda” is a series of symphony concerts directed…Continue Reading Polish Folklore at Kraków Phil
After the huge success of the Polish cultural program in China organized last year by Culture.pl and the Polish Institute in Beijing, in 2016 the groups are focused on presenting Polish theatre, dance and opera productions as well as early, classical and contemporary music. This time the Chinese audiences will have a chance to see…Continue Reading Polish Music Season in China Continues
The extraordinary stories and accomplishments of 170 Polish musicians whose presence in Philadelphia influenced music in America have been published in a new book From Paderewski to Penderecki: The Polish Musician in Philadelphia by Paul Krzywicki. Paul Krzywicki, a native of Philadelphia, was a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra for thirty-three years, performing in over four thousand…Continue Reading From Paderewski to Penderecki