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April 2012
"King Roger" at The Santa Fe Opera
2012-04-27
In anticipation of the upcoming production of Karol Szymanowski's"King Roger" at the The Santa Fe Opera, the Kosciuszko Foundation will host a panel discussion with the celebrated director Stephen Wadsworth and the Tony Award-winning costume designer Ann Hould-Ward who will present a behind-the-scenes look at The Santa Fe Opera's production of this great work.2012 Fryderyks Awarded - Success for Our Composers
2012-04-27
This was a wonderful evening for Polish serious music. Paweł Mykietyn was Composer of the Year, and Wojciech Kilar received a Golden Fryderyk Lifetime Achievement Award. And the list of accolades goes on...Wojciech Kilar Winner of a Golden Fryderyk
2012-04-26
Today Polish Television Channel 2 will be broadcasting the Fryderyk Awards gala ceremony. It will be worth watching the moment in which Wojciech Kilar will receive a Golden Fryderyk Lifetime Achievement Award!"Gaude Mater" Festival Inaugural Concert with Wojciech Kilar's Music
2012-04-19
On May 1 the International Sacred Music Festival „Gaude Mater” will be opened in the Jasnogóra Basilica in Częstochowa. At the inaugural concert we will hear compositions by Wojciech Kilar on the occasion of his 80th birthday.New CD With Music by Władysław Słowiński, Szymon Laks and Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil
2012-04-19
A new recording has just been released by DUX publishers, with participation by the eminent flutist Łukasz Długosz and the Chamber Orchestra of the Warsaw Philharmonic conducted by Krzysztof Słowiński.Wojciech Kilar's Music in Łódź
2012-04-19
On the 221st anniversary of signing the 3rd May Constitution, we will hear music by Wojciech Kilar, who celebrates his 80th birthday this year, in the St Stanisław Kostka Archcathedral in Łódź.28th Festival of Polish Contemporary Music - Musica Polonica Nova
2012-04-18
Already this coming Friday the Musica Polonica Nova Festival begins. It is one of the most important events in the country presenting contemporary music. As every year, you will hear classics of the twentieth century and recent compositions written especially for this festival.XIX Bydgoszcz Opera Festival
2012-04-18
Between April 28 and May 13, 2012 the XIX Bydgoszcz Opera Festival will be held. Music lovers will be able to enjoy the operas: "Rusalka" by A. Dvorak, Piotr Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin", "Prince Igor" by Alexander Borodin and "Madame Curie" by Elżbieta Sikora.Maestro Wojciech Michniewski about Wojciech Kilar
2012-04-16
On the occasion of 80. anniversary of birth of Wojciech Kilar, maestro Wojciech Michniewski - especially for PWM - talks about his relationship with Wojciech Kilar, his music and his composing style.Premiere of Zygmunt Krauze's new piece
2012-04-06
11 Preludes by Chopin for wind instruments ensemble by Zygmunt Krauze performed by Nederlands Blazers Ensemble will be heard in April in the Netherlands.Most popular:
It’ s like a game. The memory game, thanks to which you can look at a very ordinary family from an extraordinary perspective. ALBUM RODZINNY [Family album] – an opera by Jerzy Kornowicz with a libretto by Michał Rusinek – is another premiere of the ANAKLASIS label this year. This time, the record brand is expanding its audience to include the youngest listeners. The album will be released on 21st June.
Time passes constantly, changing the world and its soundscape around us. The title IL TEMPO PASSA may be both a reflection on the impermanence of life, world and things and a piece of advice to enjoy the moment. The latest album by ANAKLASIS presents Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa’s cameral and symphonic works from recent years. Premiere on 28 May 2024, on the composer’s 75th birthday.
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.