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« December 2011
Gala Concert Called STRAŻNICY WOLNOŚCI
2011-12-20
A year full of important anniversaries related to the great Polish patriot, statesman, politician and philanthropist, precursor and co-founder of Polish independence, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, is coming to an end. The Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites (Rada Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa), the „AVE ARTE” Foundation and the Polish Cultural Foundation in London decided to celebrate this event with a theatrical-concert-media art event at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, a symbolic place where historical acts of our statehood were proclaimed.Agata Zubel's New Pieces
2011-12-19
Music lovers can expect three new piece from Agata Zubel in 2012. Two new pieces to words by Samuel Beckett will be premiered - "What is the Word" and "Not I" and also "Percussion Store."Premiere of Paweł Łukaszewski's "Trzech kolęd" (Three Carols) in the National Philharmonic
2011-12-14
The annual carol concert in the National Philharmonic given by the Choir, directed by Henryk Wojnarowski, enjoys undminished popularity.Marta Ptaszyńska's Pieces at the Royal Castle
2011-12-13
A concert in tribute to Marie Curie will be held December 20 at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, during which works by the Polish composers Marta Ptaszyńska, Grażyna Bacewicz and Maria Szymanowska will be heard.Diamond Baton for Tadeusz Strugała
2011-12-13
The Board of Polish Radio have decided to honour Tadeusz Strugala with the prestigious music award, the Diamond Baton, in recognition of his activities as a conductor of particular importance for Polish musical life. The award will be presented on Sunday, December 18, 2011 in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio.Paweł Mykietyn's Symphony III Performed by Jadwiga Rappe and the AUKSO Orchestra
2011-12-12
Paweł Mykietyn’s Symphony III is a five-movement work inspired by hip-hop, rock and club music and will be heard on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 7pm in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio.Premiere of Zygmunt Krauze's Opera "Pułapka" in the Wrocław Opera
2011-12-06
Zygmunt Krauze’s new one-act opera, „Pułapka”, will be on the stage of Wrocław Opera already on 17 December 2011.II December Festival - "Eugeniusz Knapik - w górę, w ciszę..."
2011-12-06
The II December Festival - "Eugeniusz Knapik - w górę, w ciszę..." will be held from 13 - 16 December 2011 at the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice. This will be the next artistic event, after a recent concert by the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, forming part of the celebrations of the composer's sixtieth birthday."Krzanowski Weekend" at the "Silesian Quartet and Guests" festival
2011-12-02
As part of the XIX International Chamber Music Festival "Silesian Quartet and Guests", whose theme this year is the work of composers of the Stalowa Wola generation, pieces by Andrzej Krzanowski will be heard, including "Symphony for 13 string instruments", "Audycja VI" for soprano and string quartet, "Con vigore. Concerto for eight performers" and "Accordion Quartet".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.
