Oskar Kolberg Award is the oldest and most important distinction in the traditional culture field in Poland awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. The patron of the founded in 1974 award is Oskar Kolberg, Polish etnographer, folklorist and composer. This year’s applications of the candidates for the award can be submitted until the 30th of March 2022.
The award goes to artists working in the fields of folk fine arts and crafts, literature, singing, instrumental music and dance, as well as organizers of artistic events promoting folklore and folk art, animators, masters, scientists, researchers, documentalists who - like the patron of the award - collect and pass on knowledge about folk culture to future generations.
The competition is organized by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and is coordinated by the National Institute of Music and Dance in cooperation with the Radom Village Museum and its branch - the Oskar Kolberg Museum in Przysucha.
The award is granted in seven categories. Honorary distinctions are awarded to institutions and organizations that have been particularly distinguished for the development and popularization of Polish folk art and folklore. The honorary title of the Ambassador of Traditional Culture will be awarded, a distinction for the local government official who in the last year particularly supported the development of traditional culture in his region.
Applications of the candidates for the award may be submitted by cultural and academic institutions (including universities and institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences), government administration, local government units and non-governmental organizations operating in the field of culture.
Regulations and all necessary information: www.nagrodakolberg.pl
World premiere of the Sixth Commandment of Elżbieta Sikora, recognized Polish composer and pioneer of electronic music, will take place on the 27th of March 2022 at 7 p.m. in Szczecin Philharmonic. The piece will be performed together with Diario polacco No. 2 a masterpiece of the Italian composer Luigi Nono.
Another ‘Solidarity with Ukraine’ concert of the Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra took place on the 26th of March 2022 at 8 p.m. in Katowice.
The ‘With Classics Through Poland’ concert cycle is back! This year's concerts will be inaugurated by the pianist Jakub Kuszlik, winner of the 4th prize in the 18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition. The music of Polish composers, as interpreted by him, will sound on the 24th of March at 6 p.m. at the Teatr Robotniczy in Bielawa, on the 25th of March at 6 p.m. in the revitalized palace in Kiełczyn and on the 26th of March 2022 at 5 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Strzegom Cultural Center.
On the 23rd of March 2022 at the age of 94 Andrzej Cwojdziński, a conductor, composer and teacher, a long-time director and artistic director of the Koszalin Philharmonic, a member of the Polish Composers' Union since 1957, died. Funeral ceremonies will take place on the 26th of March. The memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Koszalin.
On the 25th of March 2022 at 7 p.m. a concert featuring Choir and Symphony Orchestra of Silesian Philharmonic conducted by Yaroslav Shemet and eminent soloists: Maria Domżał, Natalia Skrycka and Adam Kutny will take place. 
