Chylińska Triumphant!
On June 20th of this year, Polish musicologist Teresa Chylińska celebrated her 90th birthday. This extraordinary individual and a dynamic force par excellence in the… Read more »
Publications
‘Chopin: The Perfect Virtuoso’
Celebrate the life, music and legacy of Frédéric Chopin with a special Collectors’ Edition of International Piano Magazine, entitled “Chopin: The Perfect Virtuoso.” The 100-page… Read more »
“Let’s Sing Poland!”—New PWM Anthology of Patriotic Songs
‘Śpiewajmy Polskę!’ [Let’s sing Poland!] is a unique songbook containing a selection of the 100 most important patriotic songs in the history of the country.… Read more »
Under the Awangarda Banner
Book Review by Marek Zebrowski For over two centuries, Polish music has been inextricably linked to history and politics. A multitude of turbulent events (including… Read more »
Book Chats—”Awangarda: Tradition and Modernity in Postwar Polish Music”
Lisa Cooper Vest—assistant professor of musicology in the Thornton School of Music, and presenter at the recent PMC Spring Górecki event—has recently published a book… Read more »
“The Seducer. A thing about Karol Szymanowski” by Danuta Gwizdalanka
The latest book published by PWM Edition—Danuta Gwizdalanka’s Uwodziciel – Rzecz o Karolu Szymanowskim [The Seducer – A thing about Karol Szymanowski] —will appear in bookstores on… Read more »
Augustyn’s Interview
Nowy Dziennik, the New York City based Polish weekly, featured an extensive interview in Polish with violinist Kinga Augustyn. Published on 14 February 2021, the… Read more »
First Complete Edition of Ballads by Jadwiga Sarnecka
The first complete edition of six Ballads for piano solo composed by Jadwiga Sarnecka (1873? -1913) has been published by the Eufonium publishing house. This… Read more »
Sikora & Mykietyn Premieres in Gdańsk
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Solidarność, or Solidarity, and the signing of the Gdańsk August Agreements. Founded in 1980 as… Read more »
New Publication on Lutosławski
The U.K. based Boydell & Brewer just announced the publication of Lutoslawski’s Worlds, a collection of English-language essays about Witold Lutosławski and his music. The… Read more »
2015 in Review – Publications
In collaboration with William Smialek, former PMC Director Maja Trochimczyk wrote the 2nd Edition of Frédéric Chopin: A Research and Information Guide for the Routledge Music Bibliographies… Read more »
Latest Issue of Glissando: Soundscape
Glissando magazine explores the creative, cultural and political space surrounding contemporary, alternative, and avant-garde music. Now in its tenth year, Glissando seeks to create an… Read more »
Helena Paderewska’s Memoirs Published In Polish
New and exciting light on Paderewski’s life is shed by the recent discovery of a typescript of Helena Paderewska’s Memoirs at the Hoover Institution. Covering… Read more »
New Issue of Quarta
According to PWM, the publishers of the quarterly bilingual music magazine, Quarta: Film music is the main topic of the latest issue of Quarta Magazine.… Read more »
Quarta – March 2015
The latest issue of Quarta (March 2015)—the periodical magazine published by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM Edition)—has been published on issuu.com. The topic of this quarter’s publication… Read more »
New Issue Of Quarta
The third 2014 issue of Quarta, PWM’s bi-lingual quarterly music magazine has been published at issuu.com. The entire edition is dedicated to a remembrance of… Read more »
New Edition Of PWM’s Quarta/Kwarta
PWM’s Polish contemporary music magazine Quarta publishes news, interviews, essays and reviews concerning Polish composers and music. Originally published as two separate language editions—Quarta and… Read more »
New Books From PWM
Górecki. Portrait in memory Author: Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska Publisher: PWM/Fundacja Universitatis Varsoviensis Language: Pol. Softcover, 480 pp. (2013) Górecki. Portrait in memory by Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska is a… Read more »
Stankiewicz At UCLA
A Review by Marek Żebrowski As the sun disappeared behind the western horizon on the evening of June 3, dark blue skies became the backdrop… Read more »
Maria Szymanowska Conference In Paris
A Report by Maja Trochimczyk On April 28-29 in the Paris Division of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), the Second International Conference “Maria Szymanowska… Read more »