news

The subject of this year's edition of the competition was to compose a piece for harpsichord and electronics with a duration of up to 10 minutes, referring in its idea to the relationship between various forms of violence and art, as well as various individual forms of its expression.

The jury members: Magdalena Długosz (Poland), Marco Stroppa (Italy), Karol Nepelski (Poland/Germany), evaluated the scores sent from: England, Brazil, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Turkey, Slovakia, and the United States.

Ultimately, the jury decided to award only the first prize to Tomasz Szczepanik from Poland for the composition intimidazione for harpsichord and computer.

We would like to congratulate the winner and all participants!

https://fundacja2act.org/pl/konkurs-kompozytorski-2023-art-and-violence/ 

On the 21^st of April, 2023, 118 boxes with Andrzej Panufnik's scores left the composer's house in Twickenham near London for Warsaw. By decision of Lady Camilla Panufnik and her children: Jem Panufnik and Roxanna Panufnik, their father's legacy was donated to the University Library in Warsaw. The Andrzej Panufnik Archive will henceforth be part of the Polish Composers' Archive of the BUW Music Collection Cabinet, headed by Piotr Maculewicz.

The collection that was prepared by Prof. Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska, the author of many works about the composer, includes correspondence, articles and press clippings, Panufnik's notes and programme notes, typescripts of his interviews and radio appearances, concert programmes, documentation of birthday concerts and granting the composer the noble rank, photos from various periods of his life and other materials documenting the life, work and reception of Andrzej Panufnik's music in the world. It is a priceless collection and a great gift for Poland! After thorough study, these materials will be available to researchers from Poland and around the world.

Recommended website: https://www.panufnik.polmic.pl/index.php/pl/ 

Photo: Mischa Ying

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Carter Johnson – a pianist, winner of the 2^nd International Competition of Polish Music together with the Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yaroslav Shemet, will perform on the 28^th of April, 2023 at 19.00. He will perform Piano Concerto by Edvard Grieg.

In addition to the Norwegian accent, the programme also features a Finnish element, in the form of Jean Sibelius' Symphonic Poem ‘Finlandia’, and a Polish one - one of Witold Lutosławski's most famous works, i.e. his Concerto for Orchestra.

In this work, we will find folk motifs from the collection Mazowsze by Oskar Kolberg, which are subjected to all kinds of processing and modifications. The work was commissioned by Witold Rowicki, and the source of inspiration for it can be found in Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 28^th of April, 2023 at 19:00 we will hear the Symphony Orchestra of the Zielona Góra Philharmonic conducted by Bassem Akiki. Marcin Markowicz will play the role of both violinist soloist and composer, presenting his Violin Concerto.

Written by Marcin Markowicz in 2018, commissioned by the ‘Musical Spaces festival in Konin, the Violin Concerto will be performed in Zielona Góra for the first time.

The artists will also present the 7^th Symphony in C major Op. 105 by Jean Sibelius, Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1, Op. 40 and No. 2 op. 50 by Ludwig van Beethoven and Aminah from the oratorio Madonna by Bassem Akiki, a Polish-Lebanese composer and conductor, the first guest conductor of the Zielona Góra Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Friday's concert will be crowned with the most famous work by the French composer, Maurice Ravel, Boléro.

Więcej: http://filharmoniazg.pl/events/kwietniowy-romans-koncert-symfoniczny/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Szczecin Classic Festival, the largest and most prestigious classical music festival in Western Pomerania, will take place from the 27^th April to the 3^rd of May, 2023, and will feature recognized musicians in concerts and music masterclasses.

Among the artists are: Berlin Philharmonic Concertmaster Daniel Stabrawa, Szymanowski Quartet ́s Agata Szymczewska and Volodia Mykytka, Tomasz Tomaszewski, concertmaster of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Emanuel Salvador, concertmaster of the Baltic Neopolis Orchestra, Andriy Viytovych leader of Valencia Opera house, Konstantin Heidrich member of the Faure Piano Quartet.

During the festival, there will be an international music course called the Szczecin Classic Academy for students and graduates of conservatoires from Poland and Europe, as well as a competition
for a chamber ensemble residency. The opening concert of the festival will feature the winner of the chamber ensemble residency competition, who will receive not only the financial prize but also the opportunity to perform a concert which will be live streamed on Polish Radio ‘Dwójka’ and on the internet.