Archiwum aktualności
« 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.
Most popular:
The esteemed American-Canadian jazz musician Michael Bates, his Acrobat Ensemble and the Lutosławski Quartet will perform three concerts in Poland in November. The repertoire will include material recorded by the musicians on the album METAMORPHOSES: VARIATIONS ON LUTOSŁAWSKI, released by ANAKLASIS in the REVISIONS series.
The artists have already successfully presented it at Lincoln Center and Barbès Jazz Club in New York. In autumn 2024 we will have the opportunity to hear them live for the first time in Poland: 14.11 - Krakow, 15.11 - Lublin, 17.11 - Wroclaw.
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw invites to the inaugural session of the biennial International Digital Musicology Conference, which will be held 23–25 October 2024, at the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, Poland. The conference focuses on the integration of digital technologies into musicological research, with a special emphasis on introducing digital tools and methods to the Polish academic community, where digital musicology has not yet been widely adopted.
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.
