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Celebration of Polish Music in Wales
2014-08-28
Almost 25 artistic events, a brilliant program, seven world premieres and a few British premieres, excellent artists and a faithful audience. 26 August marked the end of an over ten-day long musical festival which took place in the Welsh town of Presteigne.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
2014-08-28
Anna Sikorska talks to Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz as he begins his cooperation with PWM Edition.
Chopin's Chamber Concertos - Interview with Kevin Kenner
2014-08-21
Kevin Kenner - famous pianist, chamber musician and teacher, top prize winner in the 12th International Chopin Competition - talks with Bibianna Ciejka about the new transcription of Fryderyk Chopin’s concertos for piano and string quintet.
The Film Music Festival
2014-08-20
From September 25th through 28th , the 7th Film Music Festival will take place in Krakow.
World Premiere of "Requiem" of Paweł Łukaszewski
2014-08-19
Commissioned by the 2014 Presteigne Festival "Requiem" of Paweł Łukaszewski it will be premiered in August by Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Christopher Foster (baritone), the Joyful Company of Singers and the Presteigne Festival Orchestra under George Vass.
Prof. Jan Ekier Passed Away
2014-08-16
Prof. Jan Ekier, the most prominent expert on the works of Fryderyk Chopin, a brilliant pianist, composer and educator, an unprecedented model for many generations of musicologists, a friend of Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, passed away on 15 August.
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It is a musical-literary tale about a quest for identity, truth, and for what makes us human. The new stage work by Aleksander Nowak – which is, at the same time, Radek Rak’s operatic debut – explores the sources of good and evil, fusing reality with mythology and steering towards ‘the left-hand side of the world’. The authors spin a tale about the dual human nature. THE TALE OF THE HEART. FAVOLA IN MUSICA – the album that presents their joint project – will go on sale on 6th October.
Spectacularly successful as Ludomir Różycki’s music was in his lifetime, it is seldom programmed nowadays. All the same, such remarkable art could hardly fall into utter oblivion. It has attracted and fascinated excellent jazz pianist Kuba Stankiewicz, who has translated it into the language of jazz. The effects have been recorded and released on ANAKLASIS label’s most recent album, INSPIRED BY LUDOMIR RÓŻYCKI, which goes on sale as of 28th August.
PWM Edition is entering the execution phase of the revitalisation of its Warsaw department. With the commencement of the renovation and the implementation of the assumptions of the architectural design, the Hire Department and the editorial office of “Ruch Muzyczny” are moving to a temporary headquarters at 19 Wiejska Street, Warsaw.
This is by no means a piece about the centuries-long Polish-German conflict. It is, instead, a tale of impossible love, of tragic conflict between personal happiness and the common good.
PWM Edition resumes cooperation with the Italian publishing house Ricordi, as well as with its international partners forming Universal Music Publishing Classics & Screen. This means that rentals of orchestral materials from the catalogues of all publishing houses belonging to Classics & Screen is carried out in Poland by Dział Zbiorów Nutowych (Sheet Music Department) of PWM.
The most fascinating phenomena in contemporary music; a wide range of genres; outstanding works, excellent composers and performers – are the trademarks of the record label ANAKLASIS, launched by PWM Edition. ANAKLASIS is now celebrating its third birthday. It continues to grow at a dizzying pace and maintains the high artistic standards of its releases.
When asked to attempt a definition of her music, she called it lyrical expressionism. The choice of this term says much about the emotional intensity of Elżbieta Sikora’s music, which may reflect the experience of her two home countries, Poland and France, but is also a consequence of her artistic maturation in an age when two powerful trends – the avant-garde and neo-Classicism – were vying for the palm. Such a label may also result from the artist’s focus on the listener as her target, whom she invariably attempts to surprise, shock, or bewilder.
In cooperation with the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tallinn, we invite you to two concerts and lectures presenting the diversity and beauty of Polish music.
Over 300 performances of works by Polish composers, 114 finalists, a total of 36 repertoire pieces in 6 age categories, 20 winners, 17 jurors, 4 competition locations and one day of master classes. The piano competition for children and teenagers, “ChopinLand Piano Competition,” is behind us – an extraordinary project that took several months, which PWM Edition organized in Japan. Thanks to cooperation with local partners, Polish music could reach hundreds of young pianists and their teachers, creating the ambassadors of Polish music in the Land of the Rising Sun.
