On Sunday September 13, the newly re-branded Holocaust Museum LA (formerly the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust) will present a livestream broadcast of Cracow Duo: Live From Krakow’s Jewish Quarter. This special live performance by cellist Jan Kalinowski and pianist Marek Szlezer—known collectively as the Cracow Duo—will be streamed from the Center for Jewish…Continue Reading Cracow Duo: Live From Krakow’s Jewish Quarter
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Solidarność, or Solidarity, and the signing of the Gdańsk August Agreements. Founded in 1980 as a trade union in the Gdańsk Shipyard, Solidarity became a leading political force in the defeat of the Communist regime in Poland. Eventually the Polish government was forced to negotiate…Continue Reading Sikora & Mykietyn Premieres in Gdańsk
On 23 August 2020, the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship, Jakub Chełstowski, and the Silesian Philharmonic commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of the Second Silesian Uprising with the music of the orchestra’s patron, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki—one of the most important Polish composers of the 20th century, who was also a Silesian. This significant…Continue Reading Silesian Uprisings in Memoriam
Some of today’s best contemporary music ensembles performed premieres of new Polish works on the stage at Grochowska 272—home of Sinfonia Varsovia—during the first three Tuesdays in August,. This new series, called “Experimental Tuesdays,” were a part of the 20th edition of the Sinfonia Varsovia ‘To Its City’ Festival. The featured ensembles, famous for their unconventional…Continue Reading Premieres at Experimental Tuesdays
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”