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June 2015
Polish Music in China
2015-06-24
On 13 and 14 July, the audience of the Music in the Summer Air festival in Shanghai will hear the music of Polish composers: Wojciech Kilar, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Wojciech Dankowski and Karol Kurpiński, performed by the Young Polish Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Adam Klocek.
Music of Agata Zubel and Paweł Mykietyn in Belgium
2015-06-22
Mons, the European Capital of Culture 2015, showing a sing of respect to Wrocław, which is to be the Capital of Culture 2016, invites Polish artists to present the works of Silesian composers within the frame of the Contemporary Sounds of Poland project. The programme comprises Agata Zubel's Not I and Paweł Mykietyn's 3 for 13.
85th Birthday Anniversary of Romuald Twardowski
2015-06-19
On 17 June, the Warsaw branch of PWM Edition hosted a jubilee concert organised on the 85th anniversary of Romuald Twardowski's birth. The programme comprised the music from various periods of his artistic work. The concert was supervised by Alicja Twardowska.
A Few Questions to Romuald Twardowski
2015-06-17
Today, on June 17th, Romuald Twardowski celebrates 85th birthday. On this occasion we asked him several common and uncommon questions.
85th Birthday of Romuald Twardowski
2015-06-15
17 June will be the 85th birthday of Romuald Twardowski, composer, teacher and author of orchestral, choral and theatre music. His work, encompassing almost all genres, is a boundless source of varied repertoire: from religious music, through song cycles to great orchestra forms.
The Prize of PWM Edition for the Northern Spirit Kammerchor Choir at the "Cracovia Cantans” Festival
2015-06-15
We are happy to inform you that the Northern Spirit Kammerchor choir from Bremen, Germany, won the special prize of EUR 500, founded by PWM Edition on its 70th anniversary.
‘Panufnik: a celebration’ – BBC weekend in Glasgow
2015-06-09
Glasgow plays host to a major retrospective of Andrzej Panufnik music at City Halls on 21 and 22 June.
Paweł Łukaszewski's Sinfonietta per archi in India
2015-06-09
Sinfonietta per archi by Paweł Łukaszewski will have its Indian premiere in June. The work will be presented at concerts in Mumbai and Pune.
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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.