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Dr Roman Luboradzki About the Hero of the Opera "Madame Curie"
2011-11-29
Maria Skłodowska-Curie was an active and avid cyclist, who also held a driving license and organised mobile x-ray laboratories during World War I, but first and foremost she was a female scientist, who was not afraid of hard, backbreaking work – says Dr. Roman Luboradzki from the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences about the Polish nobel prize winner, heroine of Elżbieta Sikora’s opera, in an interview for PWM.Concert of Polish Lyrical Choral Works
2011-11-29
Tomorrow, 30 November, a choral concert will be held in the Kraków Philharmonic at which pieces by composers such as Juliusz Łuciuk, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Feliks Nowowiejski will be heard.I International String Quartet Competition
2011-11-29
Between 01-04.12.2011the I International String Quartet Competition in Radom will be held. During the first day of the competition we can hear works by Glazunov, Błażewicz and Mendelssohn at the inaugural concert.The Warrior From the Turtle. Elżbieta Sikora's Opera "Madame Curie"
2011-11-23
On November 25 the long-awaited Polish premiere of Elżbieta Sikora’s "Madame Curie" will take place on the stage of the Baltic Opera. The success of world premiere which took place on 15 November in Paris has whetted the appetite of music lovers in Poland.The director of "Madame Curie" Marek Weiss about his work
2011-11-22
On 25 November the premiere of the opera "Madame Curie" will take place in the Baltic Opera. Marek Weiss, director, talks specially to PWM about the project.Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział about the opera "Madame Curie"
2011-11-21
We invite you to listen to interesting observations of the lead actress in Elżbieta Sikora’s opera "Madame Curie" – Anna Mikolajczyk-Niewiedział. The accomplished soprano tells about her preparations for the role, her perception of the great scholar and her feelings associated with the performance of this part.Wojciech Kilar's Piano Concerto II in the Lublin Philharmonic
2011-11-18
Wojciech Kilar's latest composition, Piano Concerto II will sound again, this time in the Lublin Philharmonic during the "November National Concert", 27 November 2011 at 8pm.Elżbieta Sikora about the opera "Madame Curie"
2011-11-18
We invite you to listen to Elżbieta Sikora's comments about her latest opera, "Madame Curie". The composer speaks about the creation of the opera, about a meeting with Hélène Langevin-Joliot, among other things, and also her perception of the famous scholar.NOSPR Concert on the Occasion of Eugeniusz Knapik's 60th Birthday
2011-11-16
The National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gabriel Chmura, will commemorate Eugeniusz Knapik’s 60th Birthday by performing his Introduction to Mystery. Eugeniusz Knapik is an eminent composer strongly associated with the musical scene in Katowice.Success of the Opera "Madame Curie" in Paris
2011-11-16
We are delighted to announce that Elżbieta Sikora’s new opera "Madame Curie" was received by the Parisian public with great enthusiasm. The audience gave a particularly warm welcome to the composer and the excellent actress in the lead role - Anna Mikołajczyk - Niewiedział. The audience was captivated by the interesting design of the work, particularly highlighted by the director, Marek Weiss and the great music.Most popular:
The theme of the 37th Krakow International Festival of Composers is music in music. Already in the 1970s, this issue was studied by the outstanding founder of the Krakow Theoretical School, Professor Mieczysław Tomaszewski. He reflected on the subject in an article entitled “At the Opening: why ‘music in music’”, which was published before one of the famous Music Meetings in Baranów.
The theme of Krzysztof Knittel’s work is refuge and the uncertainty and anxiety about the unknown associated with it, as well as the other side of this topic, i.e. the need to provide help and shelter. The text of the oratorio is based on a poem by Tadeusz Sławek. The piece features singing, recitations, choral parts and improvisations based on the traditions of the Middle East. The album was premiered on 15 March during the 11th Festival of Premieres in Katowice.
Musicologists commonly call it “Kras 52” – after the former reference number it was given in the Krasiński Library. It is the most valuable Polish source of medieval polyphonic music, which shaped the soundscape of the court of the first Jagiellons and Kraków at that time. The manuscript is gaining new life now, thanks to a performance edition by Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett and Marc Lewon. “Krasiński Codex” has just been published by PWM Edition with the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
Frequent guest of the world’s most famous music venues (New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Royal Albert Hall and BBC Proms, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus), in February 2021 Bomsori signed an exclusive contract with the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label. As of this year, she also bears the honourable title of ambassador of Grażyna Bacewicz’s music, which she performs worldwide, promoting the legacy of Poland’s most important woman composer.
The 4CD album featuring songs and instrumental works by the Silesian master goes on sale as of 8 November. Released by the ANAKLASIS music label, it will be premiered on 3 December during a special PWM Edition concert held as part of the 12th International Days of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki at the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice.
The esteemed American-Canadian jazz musician Michael Bates, his Acrobat Ensemble and the Lutosławski Quartet will perform three concerts in Poland in November. The repertoire will include material recorded by the musicians on the album METAMORPHOSES: VARIATIONS ON LUTOSŁAWSKI, released by ANAKLASIS in the REVISIONS series.
The artists have already successfully presented it at Lincoln Center and Barbès Jazz Club in New York. In autumn 2024 we will have the opportunity to hear them live for the first time in Poland: 14.11 - Krakow, 15.11 - Lublin, 17.11 - Wroclaw.
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw invites to the inaugural session of the biennial International Digital Musicology Conference, which will be held 23–25 October 2024, at the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, Poland. The conference focuses on the integration of digital technologies into musicological research, with a special emphasis on introducing digital tools and methods to the Polish academic community, where digital musicology has not yet been widely adopted.
Although Ludomir Różycki - one of the most important representatives of Young Poland - enjoyed spectacular success as a composer during his lifetime, his works are rarely included in concert programmes today. It is therefore worth remembering his exceptional art.
Aleksander Nowak continues his original cycle of compositions that enter into a dialogue with most recent Polish literary works. The album premiere of his opera based on Marcin Wicha’s Nike-awarded book Things I Didn’t Throw Out will take place during the AUKSODRONE festival in Tychy.
Musical themes from Coppola’s cult movie, as deconstructed and reinterpreted by this wayward duo, will be performed at a live concert accompanied by the premiere of THEMES OF DRACULA from ANAKLASIS on vinyl records.
