A quartet of young Polish musicians—Michał Niedbała (piano), Mikołaj Sikora (bass), Piotr Przewoźniak (drums) and Ola Przewoźniak (vocals)—launched a weekly series of original online concerts on June 1. Their project, jazzbaja, is a jazz reinterpretation of some well-known Polish songs traditionally sung for children at bedtime. Each new segment in the program will be released…Continue Reading Jazz Therapy with Niedbała
The iconic Sunday afternoon open-air summertime concerts at Łazienki Park in Warsaw, featuring music by Fryderyk Chopin, have been moved online due to the pandemic and restrictions on public gatherings. As of May 17, this longstanding tradition—a great favorite with tourists and locals alike—became a virtual experience. The first in the planned series of video…Continue Reading Chopin by Radziwonowicz
On May 22, 2020, the Berlin Philharmonic will live-stream a performance of Andrzej Panufnik’s Violin Concerto. Written in 1971 for violin and string orchestra, the composer said this of his Violin Concerto: When Yehudi Menuhin asked me to compose a violin concerto for him, I immediately had in mind his unique spiritual and poetic qualities…Continue Reading Live Stream of Panufnik Violin Concerto
The Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice and the MyWay Foundation have just completed recruiting students and graduates of Polish music academies through a prestigious new online competition to create MyOrchestra. This new orchestra will participate in the “Radzimir Dębski Hommage Krzysztof Penderecki” project. This project will include a residency and workshops in…Continue Reading MyOrchestra presents “Radzimir Dębski Hommage Krzysztof Penderecki”
On 30 March, the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic in Łódź hosted the online premiere of Piano Concerto No. 1 by Aleksander Tansman, performed by Julia Kociuban and the Łódź Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Paweł Przytocki. The recording will be available on SoundCloud. The recording comes from the album Bacewicz. Tansman. Piano Concertos (DUX 1612), which was nominated for a Fryderyk award. This recording…Continue Reading Online Premiere: Tansman’s Piano Concerto No. 1
The world premiere of According to Memling – a concert for flute, organ and orchestra by Piotr Moss -will take place on 28 February at the Polish Baltic Frédéric Chopin Philharmonic in Gdańsk during the concert entitled “Program and Absolute Music”. Inspired by the Last Judgment triptych created by the Dutch painter Hans Memling and…Continue Reading Premiere of the new work by Piotr Moss
Atom String Quartet performed at the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice on 1 February with the Silesian Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Robert Kabara. The concert program included Eugeniusz Knapik’s Islands, Leszek Możdżer’s Prelude and Fugue for string orchestra, Witold Lutosławski’s Two Etudes (arr. by Krzysztof Lenczowski), and Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Goldberg Variations, BWV…Continue Reading Atom SQ at the Silesian Philharmonic
A master recital by violinist Krzysztof Jakowicz on the occasion of his 80th birthday took place on 28 January at the National Philharmonic. Accompanied by pianist Robert Morawski, Jakowicz performed works by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Witold Lutosławski, Henri Vieuxtemps, Aleksander Zarzycki and Henryk Wieniawski. For over 200 years, Polish composers have written sonatas for violin…Continue Reading 80th Birthday Recital of Krzysztof Jakowicz
The ballets Song of the Earth by Roman Palester and On the Billet by Stanisław Moniuszko were presented on 25-26 January at the Opera in the Castle in Szczecin as part of “The Evening of Polish Ballets“. The choreography for Song of the Earth is the work of Italian artist Paolo Mangioli, director of the…Continue Reading The Evening of Polish Ballets
Olsztyn The “Stage for Polish Music” project—implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance (IMiT) in partnership with the National Philharmonic in Warsaw and other Polish arts institutions—continued into February with a performance of 20th-century vocal works by the proMODERN vocal sextet at the Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic on 6 February in Olsztyn. Three Sonnets by Stanisław…Continue Reading Stage for Polish Music: February 2020