This year’s edition of the prestigious iPalpiti Festival (July 5-20, 2019) will feature Agnieszka Podłucka, a young superstar violist from Łódź, Poland, performing at venues throughout Southern California. On July 10, Podłucka will share the stage with Hungarian violinist Samuel Nebyu and Trio Zadig from France, performing Rachmaninoff’s Trio elegiaque, Bernstein’s Candide, and more. On…Continue Reading Agnieszka Podlucka with iPalpiti in L.A.
On May 10, the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic – European Art Centre in Białystok presented “Two Great Artists, Two Ages, Two Musical Sensitivities”—a Pawlik/Moniuszko Polish Jazz Concert. Pianist and arranger Włodek Pawlik is the only Pole to win a Grammy for jazz. His newest CD is the first in the world to feature works by…Continue Reading Two Great Artists, Two Ages, Two Musical Sensitivities
After the well received premiere of Elżbieta Sikora’s Violin Concerto performed by violinist Linus Roth at the Festival of World Premieres in Katowice, the artists will meet again—this time in Augsburg, Germany. The new composition by Elżbieta Sikora, Soleos for violin and electronics, will have its premiere on June 1 this year, as a compulsory…Continue Reading Elżbieta Sikora Premiere
The Jerzy Semkow Polish ‘Sinfonia Iuventus’ Orchestra invites you to the Royal Castle in Warsaw on May 24, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The musicians will perform under the baton of Anna Duczmal-Mróz, who was hailed as a “sensational conductor” by the German press. The program of the concert will be composed of 20th-century Polish music…Continue Reading Sinfonia Iuventus & Anna Duczmal-Mróz
On May 25, 2019 the Silesian Quartet will premiere Eugeniusz Knapik’s 2nd String Quartet at the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Katowice. This concert will also feature the AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the city of Tychy, performing a program of works by British composer Edward Elgar, German artist Werner Egek and Eugeniusz…Continue Reading Silesian Quartet Premieres Knapik’s 2nd String Quartet
For four years in a row, cellist Lars Hoefs has organized and led as the artistic director a festival devoted to Polish music in Campinas, Brazil. Held April 3-5, 2019 at the Institute de Artes UNICAMP—part of the São Paulo State University in Campinas—the IV Festival de Música Polonesa presented several interesting concerts and lectures…Continue Reading Polish Music Festival in Brazil
A concert to commemorate the 85th birthday of Krzysztof Penderecki was held on April 17 at the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic – European Art Center in Białystok. Three oratorios written for mixed choir a cappella—Song of Cherubim, Missa brevis and O gloriosa virginum—were performed. One of the most renowned works of sacred music, Mozart’s Great…Continue Reading Concert for Krzysztof Penderecki’s 85th Birthday
Vivid Reveries Held on May 25, the concert ‘Vivid Reveries’ will cap the 2018/2019 Jacaranda Music Series season. ‘Vivid Reveries’ will feature highly acclaimed former LA Phil principal clarinetist, Michele Zukovsky, and Los Angeles contemporary music scene favorite, pianist Gloria Cheng, for a classic pair of 20th century duos: Alban Berg’s expressionist Four Pieces, and…Continue Reading Polish Music at Jacaranda
On Tuesday, April 23 in Newman Hall, vocal and instrumental students of the USC Thornton School of Music will perform the Los Angeles premiere of Farewell, Auschwitz—a musical setting of the poetry of Polish resistance member Krystyna Zywulska. The work will be featured on the second half of a Vocal Chamber Music concert, under the…Continue Reading L.A. premiere of ‘Farewell, Auschwitz’
On 18 April 2019, on the eve of the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra under the baton of Gabriel Chmura will perform a sold out concert in the auditorium of the the POLIN Museum in Warsaw. They will pay tribute to the musicians of the Warsaw…Continue Reading Concert to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising