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Profiles of the winners of the 13th Tadeusz Ochlewski Composers' Competition
2015-11-25
In October, we could learn the names of the winners of the 13th Tadeusz Ochlewski Composers' Competition, organised by PWM Edition. Krzysztof Ratajski was awarded the 1st prize for his piece “Rebounds" for five-part children's choir to the original phonetic text. Szymon Godziemba-Trytek received an honorary mention for “A Wonderer’s Song" for three-part children's choir.
After the Premiere of “Olimpia of Gdańsk" by Zygmunt Krauze
2015-11-23
Zygmunt Krauze's “Olimpia of Gdańsk” opera, telling the story about Stanisława Przybyszewska, a pre-war writer fascinated by the French Revolution, had its premiere on 20 November.
Polish Music at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2015
2015-11-23
The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival is held from 20 till 29 of November 2015. This year, the Festival gives particular focus to Polish music. The programme encompasses the pieces by e.g. Agata Zubel and Tomasz Sikorski.
Olimpia z Gdańska, a New Opera by Zygmunt Krauze
2015-11-18
On 20 November, the Baltic Opera will present Zygmunt Krauze's "Olimpia z Gdańska" (Olympe from Gdańsk) opera for the first time. After the success of his last opera ("Pułapka" [The Trap], 2011), the composer reached for the fascinating biography of Stanisława Przybyszewska and told the story about seeking freedom with his music.
Witold Lutosławski's "Concerto for Orchestra" in Slovenia
2015-11-18
On 26 and 27 November, two concerts with "Concerto for Orchestra" by Witold Lutosławski are planned in the Cankarjev dom centre for culture in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The piece will be performed by the musicians of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Uroš Lajovic.
3rd Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Days in Katowice
2015-11-12
The November music meetings, organised under the patronage of a Silesian composer, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, will be held for the third time in Katowice. This year, one of the concerts will present e.g. the works by Mikołaj Górecki: the latest orchestra hit "Concerto-Notturno" for violin and string orchestra and "Trio Concerto" for clarinet, horn, piano and string orchestra.
Cracovia Cantans 2016
2015-11-06
PWM Edition will be a partner of the 7th International Krakow Choir Festival “Cracovia Cantans” (9th to 12th June 2016) and will fund a special prize (500 euro) for the best interpretation and performance of a Polish composer’s choral piece from the PWM Edition catalogue by a foreign choir.
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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.
The theme of the 37th Krakow International Festival of Composers is music in music. Already in the 1970s, this issue was studied by the outstanding founder of the Krakow Theoretical School, Professor Mieczysław Tomaszewski. He reflected on the subject in an article entitled “At the Opening: why ‘music in music’”, which was published before one of the famous Music Meetings in Baranów.
The theme of Krzysztof Knittel’s work is refuge and the uncertainty and anxiety about the unknown associated with it, as well as the other side of this topic, i.e. the need to provide help and shelter. The text of the oratorio is based on a poem by Tadeusz Sławek. The piece features singing, recitations, choral parts and improvisations based on the traditions of the Middle East. The album was premiered on 15 March during the 11th Festival of Premieres in Katowice.
Musicologists commonly call it “Kras 52” – after the former reference number it was given in the Krasiński Library. It is the most valuable Polish source of medieval polyphonic music, which shaped the soundscape of the court of the first Jagiellons and Kraków at that time. The manuscript is gaining new life now, thanks to a performance edition by Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett and Marc Lewon. “Krasiński Codex” has just been published by PWM Edition with the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
Frequent guest of the world’s most famous music venues (New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Royal Albert Hall and BBC Proms, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus), in February 2021 Bomsori signed an exclusive contract with the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label. As of this year, she also bears the honourable title of ambassador of Grażyna Bacewicz’s music, which she performs worldwide, promoting the legacy of Poland’s most important woman composer.
The 4CD album featuring songs and instrumental works by the Silesian master goes on sale as of 8 November. Released by the ANAKLASIS music label, it will be premiered on 3 December during a special PWM Edition concert held as part of the 12th International Days of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki at the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice.
The esteemed American-Canadian jazz musician Michael Bates, his Acrobat Ensemble and the Lutosławski Quartet will perform three concerts in Poland in November. The repertoire will include material recorded by the musicians on the album METAMORPHOSES: VARIATIONS ON LUTOSŁAWSKI, released by ANAKLASIS in the REVISIONS series.
The artists have already successfully presented it at Lincoln Center and Barbès Jazz Club in New York. In autumn 2024 we will have the opportunity to hear them live for the first time in Poland: 14.11 - Krakow, 15.11 - Lublin, 17.11 - Wroclaw.
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw invites to the inaugural session of the biennial International Digital Musicology Conference, which will be held 23–25 October 2024, at the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, Poland. The conference focuses on the integration of digital technologies into musicological research, with a special emphasis on introducing digital tools and methods to the Polish academic community, where digital musicology has not yet been widely adopted.
Although Ludomir Różycki - one of the most important representatives of Young Poland - enjoyed spectacular success as a composer during his lifetime, his works are rarely included in concert programmes today. It is therefore worth remembering his exceptional art.
Aleksander Nowak continues his original cycle of compositions that enter into a dialogue with most recent Polish literary works. The album premiere of his opera based on Marcin Wicha’s Nike-awarded book Things I Didn’t Throw Out will take place during the AUKSODRONE festival in Tychy.
