Aleksander Nowak’s Drach The world premiere of Aleksander Nowak’s Drach. Dramma per musica was performed on October 4-6 at the Auksodrone Festival in Tychy, Poland. Set to a libretto by Szczepan Twardoch, each act of this three-act work was performed on a different night of the festival, and on October 5, audiences were treated to a panel with…Continue Reading Premieres of Works by Nowak & Sikora, Album of Twardowski
The year, the Musicology Institute at the Polish Academy of Sciences [PAN] held the Third Annual Conference on the topic of “Polish Music Abroad.” A number of researchers from Poland and the United States gathered to present papers on the subject of “American Dream: Polish Artists on the Other Shore.” Conference Sessions & Speakers The…Continue Reading PMC at the PAN Conference
The 3rd Rzeszów Musical Autumn Festival was held from 5-27 October and featured six chamber concerts. The festival’s repertoire featured rarely performed music of Polish artists, including Władysław Żeleński and Zygmunt Noskowski, as well as chamber music of the creator of Polish national opera in the Year of Stanisław Moniuszko. The concerts featured violinist Kaja…Continue Reading 3rd Rzeszów Musical Autumn Festival
The Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra paid tribute to Witold Lutosławski on the 25th anniversary of his death with a concert on 10 October in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio. Witold Lutosławski was born in 1913 on Moniuszki Street (next to the Philharmonic). A graduate of the Conservatory, he performed at…Continue Reading Concert on the 25th Anniversary of Witold Lutosławski’s Death
The concert marking the 25th anniversary of the Erdődy Chamber Orchestra was devoted to Hungarian and Polish music of the 20th and 21st centuries. The event took place on 10 October at the National Philharmonic as part of the “Orchestras of the World” series. Miklós Rózsa, representing the generation that came after Bartók and Kodály,…Continue Reading Erdödy Chamber Orchestra Anniversary Concert
A concert of “Generations XXII” took place on 6 October at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio. The first edition of this event organized by the Polish Composers’ Union, Polish Radio Program 2, and the ZAiKS Association of Authors took place in 2003 to present trends in new Polish music and the creative attitudes of…Continue Reading Generations XXII
Music lovers experienced the unusual combination of mass mysticism and modern jazz music on 4 October at the Silesian Philharmonic. The Silesian Philharmonic Choir with Michał Schoppa, Paweł Tomaszewski, Bartek Pieszka, Krzysztof Nowakowski and Tomasz Kałwak under the baton of Jarosław Wolanin performed Missa Gratiatoria by the most famous Polish jazzman Leszek Możdżer. The concert…Continue Reading Leszek Możdżer’s “Missa Gratiatoria” at the Silesian Philharmonic
The Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Krakow opened the anniversary season of 2019/2020 with concerts on 4 October and on 5 October at the Nowa Huta Cultural Center. The concerts featured all of the institution’s ensembles, the Philharmonic Orchestra, Mixed Choir, and Boys’ Choir, under the baton of the institution’s artistic director Charles Olivieri-Munroe. The Kraków…Continue Reading Inauguration of the 75th anniversary season of the Kraków Philharmonic
The premiere of Zygmunt Krauze’s opera Yemaya – Queen of the Seas directed by Hanna Marasz took place on 1 October at the Wrocław Opera. The performance, full of the magic of a fairy-tale world, targets a family audience and was created as part of the ‘Composing Commissions’ program, implemented by the Institute of Music and…Continue Reading Premiere of Zygmunt Krauze’s Opera
Hailed by the New York Times as “an excellent young Polish pianist,” Anna Kijanowska returns to New York to the Kosciuszko Foundation‘s recital hall to delight audience with “Searching for light” recital celebrating the artistic legacy of Polish-Jewish composer Roman Ryterband. The recital features performances of guest artists: Bulgarian lyric soprano Adriana Velinova and Polish…Continue Reading Searching for Light: Anna Kijanowska celebrates Roman Ryterband