14th Chopin and His Europe International Music Festival
One of the musical highlights of summer in Warsaw is the Chopin and His Europe Festival. Organized since 2005 by the National Chopin Institute in… Read more »
Premieres
Premiere of Agata Zubel’s “Fireworks”
On 13 August, Agata Zubel’s “Fireworks” will premiere at the Chopin and His Europe Festival. The piece will be performed by the European Union Youth… Read more »
In Homage to Elżbieta Chojnacka
Three concerts in tribute to Elżbieta Chojnacka will be held at the Palace in Rybna, featuring harpsichordists Małgorzata Klajn and Aleksandra Gajecka-Antosiewicz. On 8 July,… Read more »
Górecki Premiere at the 11th Music Festival of Southern Greater Poland
On 15 July, Baltic Neopolis Virtuos will premiere Overture for string octet by Mikołaj Górecki as part of the 11th Music Festival of Southern Greater… Read more »
11th New Town Summer Festival
The 11th New Town Summer Festival is a series of chamber concerts that will be held from 20 July to 5 August in churches in… Read more »
Festival of the Polish Royal Opera
The Festival of the Polish Royal Opera takes place from July 5 to July 27. Fifteen musical evenings and sixteen artistic events across Warsaw –… Read more »
Chyrzyński Premiere
On 29 July, Marcel Chyrzyński’s latest installment in the Ukiyo-e cycle of compositions will premiere at the 41st edition of the Dni Muzyki Karola… Read more »
Open Days at NOSPR & Wojciechowski Premiere
On June 17, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR), a beneficiary of EU funds, will participate in the 5th Open Days of European Funds… Read more »
Piotr Grella-Mozejko – World Premiere
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… Read more »
Olga Tokarczuk wins 2018 Man Booker Prize
Award-winning and bestselling Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, and her translator, Jennifer Croft, won the Man Booker International Prize for the novel Flights, which was published… Read more »
Józef Świder World Premiere
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… Read more »
Warsaw Music Encounters 2018 – Premieres, Conferences and more
The 32nd edition of the “Warsaw Music Encounters” Festival will take place from May 12-19, 2018. Founded in 1986 by composer Władysław Słowiński, the Festival… Read more »
2018 Musica Polonica Nova – Paweł Hendrich, Artistic Dir. & Marcin Stańczyk, Resident Composer
Next to the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Musica Polonica Nova in Wrocław is the oldest festival dedicated to new music in Poland. This year’s 31st edition… Read more »
Premiere of Zubel’s “Cleopatra Songs” in Germany
Agata Zubel’s Cleopatra Songs will receive its world premiere on April 27 in Witten, Germany, during the Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik Festival. The composer will… Read more »
Premiere of “Afterglow” by Opałka
On April 22, the premiere of Violin Concerto No. 2 “Afterglow” by Tomasz J. Opałka will be held at NOSPR Hall in Katowice. It will… Read more »
Premieres at 2018 Int’l Festival of Kraków Composers
The International Festival of Kraków Composers (formerly known as the “Days of Music by Kraków Composers”) has been present among the cultural events in Kraków… Read more »
Panufnik premiered in Spain
The Spanish premiere of Andrzej Panufnik’s Lullaby [Cación de cuna] will be performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia and conducted by Maestro Antoni Wit in Santiago de… Read more »
January 2016 Premieres
PENDERECKI PREMIERE IN GDAŃSK The project “Penderecki – a cappella” was initiated by the Polish Chamber Choir in 2011, when they began their exploration of the wonderful… Read more »
Lutosławski Premiere at ‘Chain VIII’ Festival
The Witold Lutosławski Festival “Chain XIII” will be held from January 31 – February 13, 2016 in the concert halls of the National Philharmonic and Polish Radio Lutosławski Studioin Warsaw.… Read more »
2015 Year in Review – Premieres
The late Henryk Mikołaj Górecki’s Symphony No. 4 “Tansman Episody”— the final version was orchestrated by Górecki’s son, Mikolaj Górecki—had its US Premiere on Jan 16-18, 2015… Read more »