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Fryderyk Chopin"s Pieces at the Olympics in London
2012-07-30
During the "Chopin Marathon" the public at the Summer Olympic Games in London will be able to hear Fryderyk Chopin’s music performed by Polish pianists: Paweł Wakarecy and Marcin Koziak. The concert will take place on July 31 at London's Cadogan Hall.
Autumn Festivals in Poland
2012-07-27
Although this is the height of the holiday season, it is fully worth seeing what attractions are coming in September with the Warsaw Autumn, Wratislavia Cantans and Sacrum Profanum music festivals.
Szymanowski's Complete Symphonies at the Edinburgh Festival
2012-07-26
On 16-17 August, the London Symphony Orchestra will perform all of Karol Szymanowski's symphonies under the baton of Valery Gergiev at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Chaoyin Cai's recital in Żelazowa Wola
2012-07-18
Chaoyin Cai, winner of the 2010 New York Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition presented by Symphony Space and the Polish Cultural Institute New York, will give a recital in Chopin's birthplace of Zelazowa Wola on July 22, 2012. The concert is organized in collaboration with the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.
Wojciech Kilar's 80. birthday
2012-07-17
Today, July 17, Wojciech Kilar celebrates his 80. birthday. We invite you to celebrate this great anniversary by listening to his music.
Karol Szymanowski's King Roger in Santa Fe Opera
2012-07-11
July 21, 2012 Santa Fe Opera will premiere King Roger by Karol Szymanowski, directed by Stephen Wadsworth, one of the most acclaimed contemporary opera directors. The title role will be performed by the prominent Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecień - this will be his first appearance in the role in the United States. The famous singer has already appeared in the role of Roger in the opera houses in Paris and Madrid.
Roma Concert to Promote National Edition of Chopin's Works
2012-07-02
Celebrating the New Edition of the Works of Fryderyk Chopin - Wednesday, 4th July 2012, 8:00pm, Polish Institute in Rome.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.
