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PWM Official Representatives of Edition Peters Publishers
2012-11-29
It is our pleasure to announce that following many years of collaborating with Edition Peters, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne have entered into a contract to become their representative in the territory of Poland.Elżbieta Sikora's Work in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes
2012-11-29
On December 2, Michel Supéra will perform Elżbieta Sikora’s „Lisboa, tramway 28" for saxophone and electronics in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes.Szymanowski's Król Roger (King Roger) in Spain
2012-11-27
Four performances of Karol Szymanowski’s "Król Roger" given in Spain on 24, 27, 30 November and 3 December, are an initiative by the Asociación Bilbaína de Amigos de la Ópera and the Grand Theatre in Poznań.Polish Music on Mezzo
2012-11-26
You can watch a concert by Sinfonia Varsovia under the baton of Marc Minkowski, during which the artists performed works by H.M. Górecki, S. Moniuszko. K. Szymanowski and G. Bacewicz on the French television channel, Mezzo.Golden Baton for Daniel Smith
2012-11-26
Jury of the 9th Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors Based on the total score for the three stages has decided to award the following prizes and awards:"Górecki - Mikołaj/Henryk Mikołaj" - New Recording
2012-11-19
Works by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, who died two years ago, and his son, Mikołaj Górecki, have been recorded on a common CD by various ensembles from the Silesian Philharmonic, conducted by Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk and Jarosław Wolanin.Profiles of the Winners of the X Tadeusz Ochlewski Composition Competition
2012-11-14
First place in this year's edition of the Tadeusz Ochlewski Composition Competition fell to the composition "RIFFFonia" by Paweł Pietruszewski, whilst Adam Porębski’s piece, "Semi-overture", received a distinction.Award for Paweł Mykietyn
2012-11-13
Yesterday Paweł Mykietyn received the prestigious Prix France Musique Sacem 2012 for his music for the film Essential Killing by Jerzy Skolimowski. The Polish composer defeated 10 other artists, including Alexander Desplat and Howard Shore.X Tadeusz Ochlewski Composition Competition is Judged
2012-11-08
On 6 November, 2012 the jury of the X Tadeusz Ochlewski Composition Competition chose two winning entries from the submitted compositions.Music of Szymanowski, Moniuszko and Górecki in Paris
2012-11-07
On 13 November the Sinfonia Varsovia under the baton of Marc Minkowski will perform fragments of Stanisław Moniuszko’s opera “Halka”, Karol Szymanowski’s Piano Concerto No.2 op.61 and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” op. 36.Most popular:
FOREFATHERS’ EVE by High Definition Quartet, a mesmerising fusion of jazz, ambient, and electronics, will also be available on a gramophone record as of 17th March. The album features a galaxy of experimental music stars and will be released in the REVISIONS series under the ANAKLASIS label, as the second vinyl in that label’s catalogue. Apart from the Quartet, this release brings together such world-famous giants of ambient as William Basinski, Krzysztof Knittel, Robert Rich, Christian Fennesz, and Igor Boxx of Skalpel Duo.
The Polish Music Library is the youngest member of the top flight of Polish libraries, exceptional in terms of its collection and unrivalled for accessibility. It is maintained by PWM Edition, the biggest Polish publisher of sheet music and books about music, which thanks to its international prestige effectively promotes the output of Polish composers around the world. PWM sums up this project, which has been realised since 2017, with an attractive animation presenting the process through which its resources have been digitised.
Does music call for gender equality? It can surely defend itself. Nonetheless, the artistic advantages of excellent present-day women-composers and their eminent predecessors are worthy of being noticed and highlighted. Women have their separate and distinctive voice in Polish music. In recognition of the need to acknowledge that voice, on 29th January ANAKLASIS will release the CD POLISH HEROINES OF MUSIC, comprising orchestral works by Elżbieta Sikora, Hanna Kulenty, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Agata Zubel.
A panorama of compositional output combining Polish and Yiddish inter-war hits with sorrowful, despairing tangos from the Ghetto. The disc Bajgelman. Get to Tango represents a twenty-first-century take on the output of the outstanding musician Dawid Bajgelman, from Łódź. These arrangements and reworkings of selected works by one of the greatest composers of Jewish theatre music were produced by the outstanding musician and composer Jarosław Bester. The album comes out on 11 December.
The ANAKLASIS record label, created by PWM just one year ago (on 22 November 2019), already boasts sixteen albums, and it shows no signs of slowing down, with further releases announced.
PWM Edition has launched a campaign and an international educational project, which brings the works by Polish composers closer to the audiences worldwide. ‘Music from Chopin’s Land’ encompasses more than just pieces by Chopin – it also means Paderewski, Szymanowska, Moniuszko, Kilar, Kurpiński and many other composers.
On 7 November 2020, during a gala broadcast on TVP Kultura, the laureates of the 10th edition of the Coryphaeus of Polish Music awards were announced. The award for Event of the Year went to the premiere of Aleksander Nowak’s opera Drach. Dramma per musica, given at the AUKSODRONE festival. Aleksander Nowak’s work, to a libretto by Szczepan Twardoch based on his heralded novel, was rewarded for ‘emphasising local dimensions in universal processes, for the strength of its musical and cultural message’.
Paderewski was a great composer. Herdzin is a great improviser. The fusion of the worlds of these two musical giants has given rise to a new phenomenon, which we share with you today. On the 160th anniversary of the birth of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, it is time to prick up our ears to the most beautiful impressions on his music.
On 30 September, the call for applications for the International Composition Contest for Wind Orchestra Warsaw Wind Ensemble Composition Contest 2020 was closed. From almost 50 applications, the jury selected seven laureates and distinguished five compositions.
In the year of the exceptional jubilee, the composer's 90 birthday, a unique album is published in the ANAKLASIS catalogue, devoted to the chamber vocal and instrumental works of Twardowski. They are performed by the world-famous bass-baritone, Tomasz Konieczny, and an outstanding pianist, Lech Napierała.