Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II
Two concerts commemorating the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II took place on 1 September. At Warsaw’s New Theater, Lidia Zielińska’s composition… Read more »
Premieres
Premiere of Polish Landscape by Les Femmes
The premiere of the new album Polish Landscape by the ensemble Les Femmes took place on 8 September at the St. I. Witkiewicz Theatre in… Read more »
Premiere of Krzysztof Meyer’s “Quasi una Sonata” at Warsaw Phil
Krzysztof Meyer’s Quasi una Sonata for guitar and accordion was premiered on 28 May at the Warsaw Philharmonic. The Institute of Music and Dance commissioned the… Read more »
9th International Festival Musica Electronica Nova
The Musica Electronica Nova festival was held from May 17-25, 2019. As the festival’s artistic director Pierre Jodlowski explains, this year’s theme is “Signs:” Because… Read more »
Elżbieta Sikora Premiere
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… Read more »
Silesian Quartet Premieres Knapik’s 2nd String Quartet
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.… Read more »
Polish Music Festival in Brazil
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,… Read more »
31st International Festival of Kraków Composers
The 31st International Festival of Kraków Composers will take place from May 11-19, 2019. This year’s festival will present Polish composers, especially those from Kraków,… Read more »
L.A. premiere of ‘Farewell, Auschwitz’
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… Read more »
Chemistry of Love Warsaw Premiere
The Warsaw premiere of “Chemistry of Love“ (Requiem Records – Opus Series), the latest album by Marzena Majcher, will take place on 4 April at… Read more »
Premieres by Śmigasiewicz and USC Thornton’s Adams at POLIN Music Festival
The second edition of the POLIN Music Festival was held from 15-17 February 2019 in Warsaw. Organized by the POLIN Museum of the History of… Read more »
8th Festival of Premieres “Polish Modern Music”
The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) invites music lovers to a special event during the last weekend of March: the 8th Festival of Premieres: “Polish… Read more »
Ewa Trębacz Premieres
“Over a decade of my Ambisonic recordings sessions will culminate in two very different premieres in Seattle – on Feb.22 at Cornish College of the Arts… Read more »
New Work by Piotr Grella-Mozejko
Throughout February, Piotr Grella-Możejko‘s new work, Nature morte avec noir (à la memoire de Piotr de Peslin Lachert) for piano and saxophone, was performed in Canada… Read more »
Polish Music Spring: Celebrating Anniversaries
Saturday, 23 March 2019 | 4:00 P.M. Polish Music Spring: Celebrating Anniversaries Concert Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale… Read more »
Musical Epitaph in Memory of Paweł Adamowicz
The Polish premiere of Epitaph for Paweł Adamowicz composed by Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz will take place on January 18. Monika Kaźmierczak will perform the piece on the carillon of… Read more »
Mikołaj Górecki Premiere: Clarinet Concerto
On November 16, during the inauguration of the 2018 “Days of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki” Festival in Katowice, the premiere of Concerto for clarinet and orchestra… Read more »
Manru at Kraków Opera
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Polish independence, the Kraków Opera presented the premiere of a new production of Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s only opera,… Read more »
Project “100 for 100. Musical decades of freedom”
PWM’s “100 for 100. Musical decades of freedom” was an undertaking of an unprecedented scale in the country. 100 masterpieces of Polish music from 1918… Read more »
Gatonska premiere at “Bujarski and Penderecki: Masters and Their Students”
On 8 October, a series of concerts will showcase the creative capacities of teachers and students. Works by Zbigniew Bujarski, Krzysztof Penderecki, and their former… Read more »