Works by Wojciech Kilar were performed in modern electronic arrangements by Szymon Padoła, a Katowice-based DJ, composer and producer known as 5cet, and musicians of the AUKSO Orchestra conducted by Marek Moś, at the Concert Hall of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) in Katowice on June 14. Wojciech Kilar was born in Lviv,…Continue Reading ElectroKilar in Katowice
The premiere of The Hands of Sulawesi II (in memory of Alfred Joel Fisher) for piano solo (2018) by Polish-Canadian composer Piotr Grella-Możejko was held on 27 May 2018 at MaisonMuziek in Edmonton, Canada. The work, commissioned by and dedicated to Viktoria Reiswich-Dapp, was performed during a saxophone and piano recital featuring William H. Street…Continue Reading Piotr Grella-Mozejko – World Premiere
On June 8, the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra and the Krakow Reed Trio were led by Krzysztof Herdzin, as pianist and conductor, during the 15th “Polityka” Summer Gardens. This event took place in the main hall of the Cyprian Norwid Elbląg Library. Entitled “Under the white and red flag,” the program included: Three Crowns (a poem…Continue Reading “Under the white and red flag” with Herdzin
The new decade of the Film Music Festival’s history will start with a combination of apparently distant music genres, not only the ones composed specifically for the screen. There has been a lot of autonomous music that perfectly passed the test of film, even if it was not composed for film. One can hardly imagine…Continue Reading 2018 Kraków Film Music Festival & Awards
Held from 22 May – 12 June 2018 in Warsaw, the program of the 3rd annual “Trzy-Czte-Ry. Contexts. Contrasts. Confrontations” Music Festival will feature works by Fryderyk Chopin, Karol Szymanowski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Roman Maciejewski, Krzysztof Meyer, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Zygmunt Krauze. Some of the world class artists featured at this year’s Festival include pianists…Continue Reading Music Festival “Trzy-Czte-Ry. Contexts. Contrasts. Confrontations.”
At the invitation of the “Silesia” Institution for the Promotion and Dissemination of Music, counter-tenor Jakub Józef Orliński (above) and pianist Michał Biel performed their program entitled “Beauty and Perfection” twice in Poland as part of the “Opera Academy Invites” series: on June 3, 2018 at the Polish Radio Concert Studio in Katowice, and on June…Continue Reading Orliński and Biel perform “Beauty and Perfection”
The Polish Music Council and the Polish Composers’ Union held a concert to commemorate harpsichord virtuosa Elżbieta Chojnacka on the first anniversary of her death. The event took place on June 6 at the Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw. Recognized by Chojnacka as her artistic successor, Aleksandra Gajecka-Antosiewicz was the performer of…Continue Reading Concert: Elżbieta Chojnacka in memoriam
Thirty years after the Polonaise for oboe, clarinet and bassoon was composed by Józef Świder (1930-2014), it is finally being published by PWM Edition, Poland’s largest music publisher. Świder’s Polonaise will also have its world premiere on 23 May 2018 at the Polish Library in Paris, where it will be performed by the Cracow Reed…Continue Reading Józef Świder World Premiere
Under the title “Powstało w wolnej Polsce” [Created in Independent Poland], the Warsaw National Philharmonic’s April 27-28 concerts featured Paderewski’s Overture for Symphony Orchestra and a Piano Concerto in D-flat Major by now largely forgotten Kraków based composer, Jerzy Gablenz (1888-1937). Although the work was completed in 1926, this lushly neoromantic work received its world…Continue Reading Warsaw Phil Honors Polish Independence
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of regaining independence by Poland, the Cleveland Opera will create a new production of The Haunted Manor [Straszny dwór] by Stanisław Moniuszko, to be presented in on June 16 at the Ohio Theater at Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland. This original production will be fully staged, sung in Polish…Continue Reading New Production of Moniuszko’s Haunted Manor