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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:
We are proud to announce that Joanna Woźny is joining the ranks of composers represented by PWM Edition. This highly regarded composer has been living and working in Graz, Austria, for many years. She composes music that is in high regard among ensembles and orchestras specialising in contemporary music.
The short documentary “Bacewicz x Bomsori”, directed by Jakub Piątek, is reaching an ever-wider international audience. The film, which explores South Korean violinist Bomsori Kim’s encounter with the music of Grażyna Bacewicz, will be screened at upcoming film festivals in Warsaw, Reykjavik and Barcelona.
Contact. Sonoromanza is an opera by Alek Nowak and Paweł Sołtys’s literary debut in the world of classical music. A contemporary tale of longing, the desire for conversation and the need for closeness, performed by Joanna Freszel, Karol Kozłowski and the AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy, conducted by Marek Mos. The debut album, ANAKLASIS, is now available to buy and on streaming services.
October will bring a series of world premieres of the latest compositions by artists represented byPWM Edition. New works by Zygmunt Krauze, Alek Nowak, Joanna Woźny, Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska, Agata Zubel, Paweł Malinowski, Andrzej Kwieciński and Aleksander Lasoń will be performed in Poland, as well as in Japan, Germany and Austria.
On September 14, the prestigious Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari will host the Italian premiere of Zygmunt Krauze's two-act opera, which tells the poignant story of Bona Sforza d’Aragona. Staging this work in Bari carries deep symbolic meaning – it is the very city where the title heroine spent her final years and was laid to rest.
This autumn, with the September premieres of the latest Polish music, we are stepping forward neither boldly nor timidly – in keeping with Gdańsk’s motto. It is in this city that the first world premieres will take place. In September, we will be listening to new works by Polish composers in Gdańsk, Warsaw and Valencia. For the first time, we will hear works by Tadeusz Wielecki, Lidia Zielińska, Krzysztof Knittel and Agata Zubel.
Karol Augustyniak and Artur Szczepkowski have been selected as winners of the composer.pl programme – an artistic residency in Iceland for young Polish composers. The invited participants’ creative residency in the ‘Land of Ice and Fire’ will last two weeks, from 8 to 25 September.
Today, 2 December, marks the start of the 18th edition of one of Europe's most prestigious conducting competitions: the Donatella Flick – London Symphony Orchestra Conducting Competition. Grażyna Bacewicz's Concerto for String Orchestra is among the repertoire as an obligatory piece.
This timeless encounter with the music of ‘Poland’s last Romantic’ Tadeusz Baird and with the interpretative feats of NOSPR Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra features three symphonies and four outstanding conductors in both rediscovered historical and new recordings, released together on a 2CD album from ANAKLASIS.
Iconic songs by Zygmunt Konieczny that audiences of Ewa Demarczyk loved decades ago in a new arrangement by Cezary Duchnowski. The latest ANAKLASIS album with Agata Zubel, Andrzej Bauer, Bartek Wąsik and the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Humala is now available for purchase.
