A concert dedicated to the 150th birth anniversary of Zygmunt Stojowski will be held on 23 August 2020 at the Palace on the Isle in Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw. The concert is part of the series “Jubilees of Polish composers in Royal Łazienki Park” and is organized by the Institute of Music and Dance, with…Continue Reading Concert on the 150th birth anniversary of Zygmunt Stojowski
The 16th edition of the “Chopin and his Europe” International Music Festival will run from 15 August to 1 September 2020 in Warsaw. Apart from Polish music, this year’s program will present works by Ludwig van Beethoven in masterful interpretations, as part of the celebration of the composer’s 250th birth anniversary. Despite these difficult times, audiences…Continue Reading “Chopin and His Europe” Int’l Music Festival 2020
The New Town Summer Festival is a periodic event devoted to Polish music, presenting works from various historical periods, in different styles and various performances. This year’s edition will be held on 7-23 August 2020 in Warsaw. The inaugural concert will feature rediscovered pieces for violin and piano by Piotr Maszyński, Feliks Nowowiejski, Adam Wieniawski,…Continue Reading 13th New Town Summer Festival & Kisiel Premiere
During the fourth edition of the WarszeMuzik Festival, held from 1-29 August 2020, chamber music will return to Warsaw Ghetto’s remaining buildings—a tenement house at 20 Chłodna Street (the Clock House), the house of Mieczysław Weinberg at 66 Żelazna Street, and an old tenement house at 41 Chłodna Street. In 2020, the Festival’s repertoire will expand…Continue Reading 4th WarszeMuzik
On 3 August 2020, the concert “Dedications to the Sopot Trio” will be held in St. Andrew Bobola Church in Sopot premiering works by Gdańsk-related composers Zbigniew Pniewski and Kamil Cieślik. The Sopot Trio consists of graduates from the Academy of Music in Gdańsk who remain associated with their home university and music institutions of…Continue Reading Dedications to the Sopot Trio
The upcoming concert on 30 July 2020 at 6:00 p.m. will be held at the Karol Szymanowski Museum in the villa “Atma” in Zakopane, organized as part of the “Karol from Atma. Music Unites” series, premiering the latest works of Polish composers. Admission to the concert is free. The program will include works by Léo…Continue Reading Premieres by Polish composers at “Karol from Atma. Music Unites”
Contemporary chamber group Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) proudly announces the second program in “Ensemble for These (Summer) Times,” E4TT’s summertime listening series. These free biweekly, topical online concerts of relevant new music from the group’s performance archives are paired with an interview with a creative artist who has collaborated with E4TT. Program #2 of…Continue Reading E4TT summer listening series #2: Giving Voice to the Voiceless
A cycle of classical music concerts across Poland—Z klasyką przez Polskę—resumed on July 17 after an extended break caused by the pandemic. This project of Polski Impresariat Muzyczny [Polish Music Agency] is carried out by Poland’s Music and Dance Institute (IMIT) thanks to the support and under the leadership of Prof. Piotr Gliński, Minister of…Continue Reading Classics Across Poland
The celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Paderewski Centre in Kąśna Dolna on 24-26 July 2020 will feature special events to sum up the achievements of the institution. On 28 February 1990, the Provincial National Council in Tarnów passed a resolution on the creation of an institution for the promotion of musical culture under…Continue Reading 30 Years of the Paderewski Centre in Kąśna Dolna
The 20th edition of the Franciszek Wybrańczyk ‘Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City Festival’ will be held between 2 August and 3 September 2020. The Festival will feature 23 concerts and events over the course of a month. Four days a week, the Concert Pavilion at 272 Grochowska Street will host music of many styles and…Continue Reading 20th Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City Festival