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Music by Karol Szymanowski and Wojciech Kilar in Spain
2013-10-29
"Litany of the Virgin Mary", Op. 59 by Karol Szymanowski and "Victoria" by Wojciech Kilar will be heard at a concert which will take place on November 12 at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid.Witold Lutosławski's Music in Vienna
2013-10-28
On December 2, 2013 at 19.00 in the Concert Hall of the Polish Institute in Vienna, Liliana Zalesińska (mezzo-soprano) and Piotr Szymanowicz (piano) will present works for voice and piano by Witold Lutosławski, including amongst others, those to words by Julian Tuwim.Works by Paweł Łukaszewski and Mikołaj Górecki on the Same CD
2013-10-24
A concert linked to the release of the album by Baltic Neopolis Orchestra with compositions by Mikołaj Górecki and Paweł Łukaszewski will be held on 30 October 2013 at 7pm in the TRAFO Trafostacja Sztuki in Szczecin.Festival of Polish Culture in Beijing
2013-10-22
From 5 – 11 November 2013 the II Festival of Polish Culture will be held in Beijing. As part of this, Łukasz Borowicz and the Chinese National Symphony Orchestra will present works by Fryderyk Chopin, Stanisław Moniuszko and Krzysztof Penderecki.23 November - Krzysztof Penderecki's Birthday
2013-10-21
On 23 November Krzysztof Penderecki will celebrate his 80th birthday. On that day, as part of the Krzysztof Penderecki Festival which is taking place in Warsaw from 17-23 November, we will hear "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima", "Duo Concertante", "Concerto Grosso" and "Credo" – the performers for the last work will be led by Valery Gergiev.Elżbieta Sikora's Jubilee
2013-10-20
Today, October 20, Elżbieta Sikora – one of the most original Polish composers - celebrates her 70th birthday.22 November - 100th Anniversary of Benjamin Britten's Birth
2013-10-10
We are celebrating the centenary of the birth of Witold Lutosławski, and the British - the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten, regarded as the greatest British composer of the twentieth century. Almost the whole world of music is involved in the celebration of these anniversaries.Premiere of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki's Fourth Symphony
2013-10-10
On April 12, 2014 at the Royal Festival Hall in London the first performance of "Symphony IV" by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki will take place. The work will be performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrey Boreyko.Concert in Stockholm Promoting the National Edition of the Works of Fryderyk Chopin
2013-10-08
On October 17, at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, there will be a promotional meeting for the National Edition of the Works of Fryderyk Chopin, combined with a lecture and concert.Prof. Jan Ekier Winner of the Koryfeusz Muzyki Polskiej Award
2013-10-02
Yesterday evening the Koryfeusz Muzyki Polskiej gala ceremony took place. The winner of the award in the Personality of the Year category was Piotr Beczała, and an Honorary Award was received by prof. Jan Ekier.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.
