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Gloria Artis for Elżbieta Sikora
2013-06-28
24 June 2013 Elżbieta Sikora received the Gloria Artis bronze medal from the hands of the Ambassador, Tomasz Orłowski, awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Bogdan Zdrojewski. The ceremony, organised by the Polish Institute in Paris took place in the Monaco Palace, residence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland.World Premiere of H. M. Górecki's Church Songs
2013-06-25
Sunday's premiere of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki's songs was an extraordinary event. The concert brought together a large audience of lovers of the master's music who came to listen to his twenty unknown songs a cappella. The concert was also attended by the composer's family and a large number of people from Krakow's musical community.Special Orphée du Prestige Lyrique de l'Europe Prize for Elżbieta Sikora for the Opera "Madame
2013-06-20
Académie du Disque Lyrique have distinguished the DVD with the opera “Madame Curie” by awarding the composer with a special prize: Orphée du Prestige Lyrique de l'Europe de l'Academie du Disque Lyrique. The ceremony to award the Orphée will take place on June 25, 2013 in the Paris Théâtre Châtelet.PWM's Editor-in-Chief is Tweeting
2013-06-13
Since a few days, Daniel Cichy is present on Twitter. The Editor-in-Chief is tweeting about PWM's latest activities and plans, relating the latest artistic successes of Polish composers, but also commenting quickly on musical current affairs and cultural events.World Premiere of the New Henryk Mikołaj Górecki's Work
2013-06-12
On June 23 at the Franciscans’ Basilica in Kraków (Poland) the world premiere of 20 songs of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki called “Selected Sacred Songs” for a cappella mixed choir will be held. On that day, the songs also will be released in the written form prepared by the PWM Edition, as well as recorded on the CD, issued by the DUX label.Agata Zubel's Work Victorious at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers
2013-06-03
Published by PWM, Agata Zubel's audiovisual work, "Not I", was honoured at the prestigious UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers.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.
