News
September 2002
The Tansman Prize for Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
2002-09-30
On 6th October, during the final event of "Dialogue Festival of Four Cultures", Henryk Mikołaj Górecki was awarded by the " Tansman Prize". There was also a concert of his latest works performed at Grand Theatre in Łódz.
"Orfeo" Prize for the Silesian Quartet
2002-09-30
On 28th September Polish Association of Artists &Musicians (SPAM) handed " Orfeo Prize" for the Silesian Quartet (Kwartet Śląski). This superb chamber ensemble has given a world premiere of "Symphony of Rituals" by Witold Szalonek during the concert organized by PWM Edition and " Warsaw Autumn" Festival.
PWM Edition Archives for Polish Libraries
2002-09-27
The Board of Directors of PWM Edition have decided to hand over part of PWM archives to Jagellonian Library, the National Library in Warsaw and the Warsaw University Library.
T. A. Zieliński and A. Lasoń - winners of the annual prizes of the Polish Composers' Union (ZKP)
2002-09-26
On Wednesday, 25 September, prizes for the year 2002 were handed at the Polish Composers' Union to Tadeusz A. Zieliński, an outstanding musicologist, critic and author of many books and articles as well as to Aleksander Lasoń, a well-known composer from the Stalowa Wola generation, the author of many fine chamber and orhestral works and the conductor & founder of the New Music Orchestra.
"A Theme with Variations" once more in Cracow
2002-09-19
On 1st October on "The World Day of Music" there will be a musical marathon called "A Theme with Variations". The event is organized by the Foundation Cracow-Kyoto and PWM Edition. This time the cycle of performances will consist of three concerts with music written by young generation of composers. Each of the concerts, starting at 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., will take place in a different interior of the Center of the Japanese Art and Technique - "Manggha" at Konopnicka 24 in Cracow.
PWM Edition's composers on "Warsaw Autumn" Festival
2002-09-09
The Warsaw Autumn (Warszawska Jesień) is a festival with a long history, an enormous tradition, and can be called a witness to history. It is the only festival in Poland on an international scale and with an international status, dedicated to contemporary music. For many years, it was the only event of this kind in Central and Eastern Europe. It is still, however, a living organism: it develops and thrives to the extent that the Polish cultural budget (0.33 %) and the general state of music allow it to. The Festival is organized by the Polish Composers' Union (Związek Kompozytorów Polskich). The Repertoire Committee, which is in turn appointed by the Board of the Union, determines the program of each particular festival. This year, the festival will take place for the 45th time.
PWM Edition scores for Vladimir Ashkenazy
2002-09-03
One of the famous pianists and conductors - Vladimir Ashkenazy - recived scores from PWM.
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Today, 2 December, marks the start of the 18th edition of one of Europe's most prestigious conducting competitions: the Donatella Flick – London Symphony Orchestra Conducting Competition. Grażyna Bacewicz's Concerto for String Orchestra is among the repertoire as an obligatory piece.
This timeless encounter with the music of ‘Poland’s last Romantic’ Tadeusz Baird and with the interpretative feats of NOSPR Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra features three symphonies and four outstanding conductors in both rediscovered historical and new recordings, released together on a 2CD album from ANAKLASIS.
Iconic songs by Zygmunt Konieczny that audiences of Ewa Demarczyk loved decades ago in a new arrangement by Cezary Duchnowski. The latest ANAKLASIS album with Agata Zubel, Andrzej Bauer, Bartek Wąsik and the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Humala is now available for purchase.
The theme of the 37th Krakow International Festival of Composers is music in music. Already in the 1970s, this issue was studied by the outstanding founder of the Krakow Theoretical School, Professor Mieczysław Tomaszewski. He reflected on the subject in an article entitled “At the Opening: why ‘music in music’”, which was published before one of the famous Music Meetings in Baranów.
The theme of Krzysztof Knittel’s work is refuge and the uncertainty and anxiety about the unknown associated with it, as well as the other side of this topic, i.e. the need to provide help and shelter. The text of the oratorio is based on a poem by Tadeusz Sławek. The piece features singing, recitations, choral parts and improvisations based on the traditions of the Middle East. The album was premiered on 15 March during the 11th Festival of Premieres in Katowice.
Musicologists commonly call it “Kras 52” – after the former reference number it was given in the Krasiński Library. It is the most valuable Polish source of medieval polyphonic music, which shaped the soundscape of the court of the first Jagiellons and Kraków at that time. The manuscript is gaining new life now, thanks to a performance edition by Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett and Marc Lewon. “Krasiński Codex” has just been published by PWM Edition with the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
Frequent guest of the world’s most famous music venues (New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Royal Albert Hall and BBC Proms, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus), in February 2021 Bomsori signed an exclusive contract with the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label. As of this year, she also bears the honourable title of ambassador of Grażyna Bacewicz’s music, which she performs worldwide, promoting the legacy of Poland’s most important woman composer.
The 4CD album featuring songs and instrumental works by the Silesian master goes on sale as of 8 November. Released by the ANAKLASIS music label, it will be premiered on 3 December during a special PWM Edition concert held as part of the 12th International Days of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki at the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice.
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.
