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.
2015-11-18
On 26 and 27 November, two concerts with "Concerto for Orchestra" by Witold Lutosławski are planned in the Cankarjev dom centre for culture in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The piece will be performed by the musicians of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Uroš Lajovic.
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.
2015-05-06
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.
2015-02-19
Natalia Gutman and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra will play Concerto for Cello by Witold Lutosławski in Tallinn.
2014-11-24
On 29 November 2014, in The Grand Theatre- the National Opera, Krzysztof Penderecki conducted the performance of Mikołaj Górecki’s III Symphony Symfonia pieśni żałosnych Op. 36.
2014-09-25
This year, Wrocław will play host to the prestigious festival known as World Music Days.
The program contains compositions available from the PWM catalogue incuding composers like Zygmunt Krauze, Witold Lutosławski, Paweł Łukaszewski, Elżbieta Sikora, Karol Szymanowski and Agata Zubel.
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.
2014-02-10
Witold Lutosławski was associated with Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne from 1946. As publishers of the composer's scores, PWM celebrated the hundredth anniversary of his birth by issuing a jubilee series of compositions and books, and intensively supporting concert performances.
2013-11-26
On November 29, 2013 a concert organised by the Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC will be held in Copenhagen to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Witold Lutosławski.
2013-10-28
On December 2, 2013 at 19.00 in the Concert Hall of the Polish Institute in Vienna, Liliana Zalesińska (mezzo-soprano) and Piotr Szymanowicz (piano) will present works for voice and piano by Witold Lutosławski, including amongst others, those to words by Julian Tuwim.
2013-09-09
The eleventh edition of the Sacrum Profanum festival will take place in Krakow between the dates 15-22 September. It will be crowned with the next stage of the Polish Icons project, whose hero this year is Witold Lutosławski.
2013-09-06
We present to you pictures of our concert with Derwid's (Witold Lutosławski) popular songs.
2013-09-04
On September 27 in Kharkiv Philharmonic Concert Hall there will be a concert of music by Witold Lutosławski – the orchestra will be led by Roman Rewakowicz, and Olga Pasiecznik (soprano) and Maciej Grzybowski (piano) will also perform.
2013-09-03
On September 6 in Paris there will be a concert on the occasion of Elżbieta Sikora's 70th birthday and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Witold Lutosławski - music lovers will hear Sikora's „Sono-sphère 1-Twilling” (world premiere) and Lutosławski's "Chain 1" amongst other works.
2013-07-15
UK annual summer music festival, the BBC Proms, will be packed with Polish music this year.
2013-02-05
A phonographic delicacy of the Lutosławski Year is undoubtedly the Los Angeles Philharmonic album (pub. Sony Classical), which contains recordings of all of Lutosławski's symphonies under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen
2013-01-29
Krystian Zimerman and Philhramonia Ochestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen inaugurate the Woven Words series celebrating Lutoslawski Centenary.
2013-01-25
Today, January 25, we celebrate 100th anniversary of birthday of Witold Lutosławski – one of the greatest composers of 20th century.
2013-01-10
Polskie Nagrania have decided to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Witold Lutosławski and the Lutosławski year by issuing an 8-CD album devoted to the composer's works of the composer.
2013-01-10
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Witold Lutosławski has found itself on the prestigious international list of anniversaries celebrated under the auspices of UNESCO.
2013-01-09
Witold Lutosławski, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Marta Ptaszyńska, Elżbieta Sikora, Zbigniew Bujarski i Zygmunt Krauze - distinguished composers associated with our publishing house, with anniversaries that fall this year.
2013-01-08
The official opening of the Lutosławski Year will be on January 25, 2013 at the National Philharmonic, exactly on the 100th anniversary of the Master's birth. The star of the evening will be world-famous German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. On this day, Lutosławski's music will also be heard in many other Polish concert halls.
2012-12-10
Last Friday, the Sejm of the Polish Republic adopted a resolution proclaiming 2013 the Year of Witold Lutosławski, one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century, the centenary of whose birth we celebrate next year.
2012-10-31
In connection with the hundredth anniversary of the composer’s birth, which falls in 2013, the Sejm Commission of Culture and Media has supported the proposal submitted by the Ministry for Culture and National Heritage to declare 2013 Witold Lutosławski Year.
2012-06-12
Between mid July and September 2012, 180 Polish cultural events will feature in four festivals in the Scottish capital, which every year attract the most interesting artists and nearly half a million audience from around the world. Polish artists will present their work as part of the framework prepared by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, "Polish Arts in Edinburgh in 2012". This is the largest Polish programme shown at the Edinburgh festivals so far.
2012-04-18
Already this coming Friday the Musica Polonica Nova Festival begins. It is one of the most important events in the country presenting contemporary music. As every year, you will hear classics of the twentieth century and recent compositions written especially for this festival.
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.
2012-01-17
From 25 January - 4 February 2012, the ninth edition of the "Łańcuch IX" festival, organized by the Witold Lutosławski Society, will take place in Warsaw
2011-10-25
Today, 25 October, in the Cadogan Hall in London, there will be a concert of works by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Karol Szymanowski and Witold Lutosławski as part of the "Polish Contemporary Music Across Europe with Friends" concert series.
2011-10-17
From 23-26 October, 2011, Warsaw will host the eighth edition of the Witold Lutosławski Łańcuch Festival, which is organized by the Witold Lutosławski Society.
2011-03-16
The Wrocław Philharmonic and CD Accord present the third album from the "Witold Lutosławski Opera Omnia" series, which includes "Preludes and Fugue for 13 string instruments" and "Double Concerto for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra."
2011-02-07
From February 3-10 the 8th Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition is being held in Warsaw. "Undertows" by Aleksander Nowak is a compulsory set piece.
2011-02-02
The presentation of Polish music from 1945 to the present day at Lincoln Center was a surprise, especially for us.
