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June 2013
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:
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.