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May 2015
World Premiere of "Naninana" by Aleksander Nowak
2015-05-28
On 29 May Aleksander Nowak's work "Naninana" (2015) for amplified keyboard instrument and string orchestra arranged in two groups will be first performed in Warsaw, Poland. The composition was written for the official opening of the National Audiovisual Institute' new seat.
Monographic Concert of Zygmunt Krauze
2015-05-18
On 19 May, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Poland, will be the venue of the monographic concert: "Zygmunt Krauze - The Composer's Portrait", presenting the oeuvre of one of the most original Polish modern composers.
Grażyna Bacewicz BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week
2015-05-12
In two weeks’ time, Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-69) will be BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week. Five programmes, each lasting an hour, will be broadcast 25-29 May, at 12 noon and again at 18.30.
Elliot Goldenthal Winner of the 1st Annual Kilar Award
2015-05-08
We are proud to announce that the winner of the 1st annual Wojciech Kilar Award is Elliot Goldenthal. He is one of the most versatile composers of contemporary music; winner of the Oscar, Golden Globe and World Soundtrack Award. His oeuvre includes music composed for film, opera, ballet, symphony orchestras and theater, as well as chamber music.
"Halka" by Stanisław Moniuszko in Haiti and in Venice
2015-05-07
At the 56th International Art Exhibition in Venice Poland will be represented by Joanna Malinowska and C.T. Jasper and their panoramic film screening of the recording of the staging of Stanisław Moniuszko's "Halka", organised in collaboration with the Polish community in Haiti.
Musikfestspiele Saar 2015
2015-05-07
The Musikfestspiele Saar Festival, which is held from February to July 2015, presents “Polish rarities”: the music by Polish classics such as Frederic Chopin, Karol Kurpiński, Stanisław Moniuszko, Karol Szymanowski and modern Polish composers: Krzysztof Penderecki and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki.
Górecki and Lutosławski in Romania
2015-05-06
The concert of Polish music will be held on 4 June in Arad, Romania. Artists of Filarmonica de Stat Arad under Roberto Salvalaio and Adriana Dogarin (pf) will play Concerto for Harpsichord (Piano) and String Orchestra Op. 40 by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Paganini Variations by Witold Lutosławski.
Kurzak sings Górecki
2015-05-05
On 7th May 2015, Aleksandra Kurzak will perform exceprts of the Symphony No.3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. It will be a part of the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the end of WWII at Westerplatte (Poland).
King Roger in Covent Garden
2015-05-04
On 1 May 2015 the Karol Szymanowski's 1926 opera King Roger got its Covent Garden premiere.
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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.
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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.