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
The Polish Government has declared 2019 the Year of Stanisław Moniuszko, who is known as the father of Polish Opera. Celebrations of this bicentennial will be inaugurated in the US with a concert at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City. The gala will showcase songs and opera arias by the composer as well as…Continue Reading Moniuszko Bicentenary Gala at Carnegie Hall
Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Wnukowski makes his Carnegie Hall debut showcasing the work of Karol Rathaus, a Polish exiled composer who settled in New York soon after his works were banned by the Nazis. Rathaus’s third piano sonata joins the works of two other émigré composers—Handel and Chopin. Wnukowski recently released a recording of solo piano works by…Continue Reading Daniel Wnukowski Carnegie Hall Debut