2018-06-07
DUX has released a disc featuring works for flute and piano by Polish composers. The performers, Agata Kielar-Długosz and Andrzej Jungiewicz, present works by composers whose music is rooted in various twentieth-century trends. The disc will include works from the PWM catalogue: Wojciech Kilar’s ‘Sonatina’, Witold Lutosławski’s ‘Three Fragments for flute and piano’ and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki’s ‘For you, Anne-Lill’. There are also works by Andrzej Panufnik, Piotr Perkowski, Aleksander Tansman and Krzysztof Penderecki.
2015-07-14
As every year, in late July and early August, Zakopane, which used to be a special place in Karol Szymanowski's life, turns into the centre of his music. This year, during the 9 festival days, we will be able to hear the music of the festival patron, as well as the first performance of Trio concerto by Mikołaj Górecki.
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.
2014-12-31
Wojciech Kilar has died aged 81 in his hometown Katowice, southern Poland the 29th of December 2013, following a long illness. We present you Antoni Wit, Andrzej Wajda, Wojciech Michniewski and Krzysztof Zanussi’s statement about the creativity and style of Wojciech Kilar.
2014-10-27
Between the 17th and the 31st of October 2014 works by Wojciech Kilar (Orawa), Karol Szymanowski (String Quartet No. 2 Op. 56), Fryderyk Chopin and Mieczysław Karłowicz (Serenade for string orchestra) will be performed in small towns of Catalonia with their great concert halls and experienced audience.
2014-08-20
From September 25th through 28th , the 7th Film Music Festival will take place in Krakow.
2014-07-14
The 10th edition of "Chopin and his Europe" festival, entitled "From Chopin and Grieg to Panufnik", will be held between 15th and 31st August.
2014-03-13
A new issue of Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne's periodical,”Quarta”, has just appeared. This will be presented in a new version - from now on it will be a bilingual magazine, published on a quarterly basis, focused on selected issues and containing repertoire recommendations.
2014-02-12
From February 14 - March 16 the 1st International Festival of the Wieniawski Brothers will take place in Lublin. The programme is filled with beautiful Polish music.
2013-12-29
Wojciech Kilar, an outstanding Polish composer and esteemed pianist, died on December 29 2013.
2013-10-29
"Litany of the Virgin Mary", Op. 59 by Karol Szymanowski and "Victoria" by Wojciech Kilar will be heard at a concert which will take place on November 12 at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid.
2013-08-01
In June 2013, the president of the French Republic, François Hollande, appointed Wojciech Kilar Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to universal culture and commitment to Franco-Polish cultural relations."
2012-10-02
Yesterday evening the Koryfeusz Muzyki Polskiej gala ceremony took place. The winner of the award in the Personality of the Year category was Zygmunt Krauze, and an Honorary Award was received by Wojciech Kilar.
2012-09-17
The opening of the new artistic season of the Kraków Philharmonic, which will take place on September 21, will delight not just lovers of Polish music (Kilar and Szymanowski, among others, in the concert programme), but also of piano virtuosity.
2012-07-17
Today, July 17, Wojciech Kilar celebrates his 80. birthday. We invite you to celebrate this great anniversary by listening to his music.
2012-06-15
The biggest celebration connected with Wojciech Kilar's 80th birthday will be Kilar Night, organised by the National Symphony Orchestra of the Polish Radio in Katowice. On 14 July there will be four concerts, at 16:00, 18:00, 20:00 and 22:30, during which Kilar’s pieces will sound: sacred and inspired by Podhale highlander folklore.
2012-06-12
This year, the Polish Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Sopot celebrates its 30th anniversary of artistic activity. The orchestra was founded in 1982 by Wojciech Rajski and its core consists of 19 artist-musicians. However, it also performs a symphonic repertoire with extended forces.
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”.
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.
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.
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...
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!
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.
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.
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.
2012-03-23
We present you Antoni Wit's statement about the creativity and style of composer Wojciech Kilar on the occasion of the 80th the composer's birth.
2012-03-13
On Friday, March 16 Polish pianist Beata Bilińska and The Liepaja Symphony Amber Sound Orchestra will perform Piano Concerto No.2 by Wojciech Kilar.
2012-03-09
Wojciech Kilar has just completed his new piece entitled "Sonnets to Laura". The composition which was written to Francesco Petrarka's poems consists of four sonnets for bariton and bass.
2012-02-23
26 April 2012 during the gala Fryderyk Awards Ceremony, 2012, Wojciech Kilar will receive a Golden Fryderyk for lifetime achievement.
2012-02-22
Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział and the Capella Bydgostiensis Chamber Orchestra conducted by José Maria Florêncio will today perform Wojciech Kilar’s vocalisation from the film „The Ninth Gate” and „Orawa” in the Pomeranian Philharmonic, amongst other pieces.
2012-01-23
The programme of the festival Sacrum Profanum 2012 is already known. As is clear from the organizers’ announcement, the festival, which will take place in September in Kraków, will bring together the cream of performers from around the world, while the programme will include many pieces by composers associated with PWM.
2012-01-12
On January 13, 2012 during a concert at the Poznań Philharmonic called „Pakt z Draculą” (Pact with Dracula), film music hits by Wojciech Kilar will be heard.
2011-11-18
Wojciech Kilar's latest composition, Piano Concerto II will sound again, this time in the Lublin Philharmonic during the "November National Concert", 27 November 2011 at 8pm.
2011-10-19
A ceremonial concert honoured the memory of victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on the 10th anniversary of the event. The honorary patron of the concert was the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Lee Feinstein.
2011-10-17
The concert by Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra under the baton of maestro Krzysztof Penderecki at the Piotr Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory, one of the most prestigious focal points of musical performance in the Russian capital, ended with a standing ovation, enthusiastic cheers and an encore. The concert opened the Small Festival of Polish Chamber Music, held on 14-15 October.
2011-10-13
This Friday (October 14) at the inaugural NOSPR concert season 2011/2012 the pianist Beata Bilińska with The National Orchestra of Polish Radio in Katowice will premiere Second Piano Concerto by Wojciech Kilar.
2011-10-05
Wojciech Kilar's latest composition entitled Lumen will be premiered today (October 5th) in the European Parliament on the occasion of 400th anniversary of the birth of Jan Hevelius.
2011-09-16
Enjoying great popularity, film music by Wojciech Kilar will celebrate triumphs on the Polish and international music scenes this autumn.
2011-08-31
A ceremonial concert by the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra conducted by Tadeusz Wojciechowski will honour the memory of victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on the 10th anniversary of the event. The honorary patron of the concert will be the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Lee Feinstein. Wojciech Kilar’s "September Symphony" will be heard during the concert; the piece was created under the influence of the events of September 11, 2001.
2011-08-29
From 9 September - 7 October 2011 the 49th Bydgoszcz Music Festival, dedicated to the memory of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, will take place. During the festival pieces from PWM’s catalogue will be heard, including H.M. Gorecki's “Trzy utwory w dawnym stylu” (Three Pieces in Old Style) and "Beatus Vir" and "Concerto" for string orchestra by G. Bacewicz and the symphonic poem, "Krzesany" by W. Kilar.
2011-08-22
Wojciech Kilar's latest composition entitled Lumen will be premiered on October 5th in the European Parliament on the occasion of 400th anniversary of the birth of Jan Hevelius.
2011-07-01
Today Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. For the occasion there will be a great spectacle entitled „Tu Warszawa” on the Parade Square in Warsaw. One of its specific elements will be a firework display accompanying a performance of "Orawa" by Wojciech Kilar.
2011-06-03
On 12 June, under the auspices of the project "Music of the Tatra Mountains" in Orava Castle (Oravský Podzámok), Wojciech Kilar’s "Orawa" will be heard, performed by the Tatrzańska Orkiestra Klimatyczna under the baton of Agnieszka Kreiner.
2011-05-27
From 1 July to the end of December 2011, Poland will chair the Council of the European Union. The inaugural ceremony will be held on 1 July in Warsaw. During the evening of musical performances, pieces by composers associated with PWM will be presented. Paweł Mykietyn’s „III Symphony”, written especially for this occasion, will be premiered. During the culminating firework display, we will hear "Orava" by Wojciech Kilar.
2011-01-18
A huge festival of Polish music starts this Saturday in New York
