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May 2012
PWM in the Zinfonia Loan System
2012-05-29
Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne has become a partner of Zinfonia – a portal that brings together music publishers around the world. As a result of this, it is possible to order orchestral materials on-line, which decidedly shortens and simplifies the loan procedures.The Master talks about the Master
2012-05-25
Andrzej Wajda, one of the greatest living film directors, recipient of the Oscar, talks especially for PWM about Wojciech Kilar, “such an expressive, powerful and so ready for anything composer”.5th Film Music Festival
2012-05-18
Between May 24 – May 26, the 5th edition of the Film Music Festival will be held in Cracow. At the one of concerts we will hear film music by Wojciech Kilar.1st Karol Szymanowski International Composition Competition 2012
2012-05-16
In the year of the 130th anniversary of Karol Szymanowski's birth the first edition of a composition competition in the composer's name will be held.26th Warsaw Music Encounters
2012-05-09
On May 12-19, the Warsaw Music Encounters will be held – an annual festival of old and new music, the creator and director of which is composer Władysław Słowiński, and which is organised by the Warsaw Branch of the Polish Composers' Union."Highly Strung Emotions" - Paweł Mykietyn's Music in Italy
2012-05-07
On the initiative of the Polish Institute in Rome, in this year's 10th festival of Polish culture, Corso Polonia, Paweł Mykietyn’s music will be presented in Italy for the first time.Order of the White Eagle for Wojciech Kilar
2012-05-03
Composer Wojciech Kilar received the Order of the White Eagle from the President of the Republic of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski in recognition of his service to Polish culture.Probaltica Festival of Music and Art of the Baltic Countries
2012-05-02
Between May 1 - May 13, the 19th edition of the Probaltica Festival of Music and Art of the Baltic Countries will be held in Toruń. The goal of this festival is to popularise the culture of the Baltic countries, promote mutual cooperation and knowledge about the culture of individual nations.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.