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Prawykonanie tego utworu odbyło się w prestiżowej tokijskiej Triphony Concert Hall w ramach trasy koncertowej polskiego pianisty Ignacego Lisieckiego po japońskich miastach: Tokyo, Kobe, Fukuoka. Utwór kompozytor dedykował pianiście, który, mieszkając już ponad dziesięć lat w Japonii, promuje polska muzykę. Wykonanie utworu jest również zapowiedzią nadchodzącego stulecia nawiązania stosunków dyplomatycznych pomiędzy Polską i Japonią oraz wstępem do większej liczby wydarzeń przyszłorocznych.

Utwór Gliptopalinomia został zaplanowany jako cykl fortepianowy, w którym zaprezentowane zostały wszystkie podstawowe elementy autorskiego Systemu Konstrukcji Okresowych. Każda miniatura cyklu opiera się na okresowym materiale wysokościowym zbudowanym z szeregu naprzemiennych interwałów. Zestawy określonych interwałów w połączeniu z przeważnie cyklicznymi rytmami definiują określoną barwę i fakturę każdej części cyklu. Znaczenie tytułu zawiera się w polu semantycznym wytyczonym przez trzy greckie słowa: glipto (glyphē) – rzeźba lub glyptós – grawerowany; palin (pálin) – znowu, przeciw, wstecz, ponownie; nomia (nomós) – umiejętność, sztuka, dziedzina nauki lub prawo. W ten sposób Gliptopalinomia jest dźwiękową rzeźbą wyrytą przez materię muzyczną, kształtowaną przez kompozytora niemalże przez dwie dekady.

The 18th edition of the "Music Gardens" Festival will take place on June 30 – July 31, 2018 in Warsaw.

The "Music Gardens" Festival, often referred to in the media as the Warsaw Summer Music Salon, has been organised in Warsaw since 2001. It features 30 artistic events each year, including concerts, film screenings and opera and ballet performances. The festival takes place at the Royal Castle in Warsaw in a huge tent with capacity to accommodate 1000 people and attracts nearly 40,000-50,000 people annually.

The central theme changes each year. For the last couple of years it focused on culture and art of the countries currently holding the presidency of the Council of the EU. This year's programme is dominated by Polish music. During the concerts, we will hear works of Fryderyk Chopin, Aleksander Tansman and Zygmunt Krauze. The final concert will be devoted entirely to Polish contemporary music. The Sinfonia Viva orchestra under the baton of Tomasz Radziwonowicz will perform Rhapsod by Zygmunt Krauze, Mandragora by Karol Szymanowski, Music for strings, trumpets and percussions by Grażyna Bacewicz and Orawa by Wojciech Kilar.

The festival also includes a special educational project for children entitled "Children’s Music Gardens". 

Detailed programme available at: http://www.ogrodymuzyczne.pl/

The premiere of Jakub Sarvas' Orare-Torium will take place at the Collegiate Basilica of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wiślica on July 5, 2018, as part of the 24th Krystyna Jamroz International Music Festival in Busko-Zdrój. The next day, the work will be performed at the Kielce Philharmonic.

The inspiration for he work – as the composer notes – was the original meaning of the word oratory, as well as the echoes of events from the tenth century on the land of the Slavs. The work intended for choir, soloists, live electronics and orchestra refers to the primary aspirations of human spirituality and religiosity.

The programme of the concert on July 6 at the Kielce Philharmonic will also include works by W. A. Mozart: Motet Exsultate jubilate KV 165, Ave verum corpus K. 618, and Sancta Maria, mater Dei KV 273. Symphony Orchestra of the Świętokrzyska Philharmonic and Fermata Chamber Choir will be led by Jacek Rogala. Gabriela Gołaczewska will perform as soloist.

The premiere of the work by Jakub Serwas is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the "Composition Commissions" programme implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance.

More information at: http://filharmonia.kielce.com.pl/

On 2nd July 2018, at the age of 86, Kazimierz Rozbicki has passed away. He was a composer, conductor, journalist (for "Ruch Muzyczny", among others), teacher. He had an immense impact on Polish culture and received such honours as the Bronze Medal “Gloria Arits” and the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Since 1965 he had been a member of the Polish Composers’ Union.

Kazimierz Rozbicki attended the National Higher School of Music in Warsaw. He studied musical composition under Witold Rudzinski (graduated in 1965) and conducting under Bohdan Wodiczko (graduated in 1966). Since 1971 he continued studying composition at the Musical Conservatory in Belgrad under Mihovil Logar. In 1959 he received the I prize for Conterto de camera for two harps and chamber orchestra at a composing competition organised to celebrate 150th anniversary of the Warsaw Music Academy. His composer debut took place in 1960 at the Warsaw Young Composers Concert. His other works were performed in numerous Polish cities as well as in the Leningrad Philharmonic. He composed music for over 30 theatre plays.

Between 1967-73 Rozbicki worked as a conductor at Koszalin Philharmonic. Between 1969-80 he managed The Baltic Drama Theatre in Koszalin. Since 1977 he taught at the Gdansk Music Academy. In the years 1991-2002 he was a teacher at the Higher Pedagogical School (currently the Pomeranian Pedagogical Academy) in Słupsk. From 1999 he lectured at the Koszalin University of Technology. From 1970 he also wrote reviews and published articles about music in the Koszalin press and prepared programmes for the Koszalin Philharmonic. He is the author of several dozen music programmes for the Radio Koszalin. Twice – in 1983 and 1985 – he organized the Mozart Festival in Koszalin, for which he was awarded by "Pobrzeże" monthly. In 2013 he was awarded the Silver Medal "For Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis".

The funeral ceremony will take place on 11th July at 2.00 p.m. at the Municipal Cemetery in Koszalin. The funeral mass will be held on the same day at 9.00 a.m. in the Franciscan Church.

The winner of the PCU Honorary Award is Lisa Jakielski – for the excellent book entitled Making New Music in Cold War Poland, published by the University of California Press in 2017, popularizing knowledge about the sources of Polish contemporary music, with particular emphasis on the role of the "Warsaw Autumn" festival in English-speaking scientific and reading circles.

The PCU Award for merits in the field of music education was awarded to Maria Magdalena Radziejowska – for outstanding achievements in managing the leading music education institution in Warsaw - State Music Schools Complex No. 1 at Miodowa Street, successfully pursuing a culture-creating mission. The Presidium of the Main Board of the Polish Composers' Union awarding this year's Educational Award would like to emphasize the role of Magdalena Radziejowska in obtaining a new headquarters for the schools "of Miodowa".

The award ceremony will take place during the 61st International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn" at the headquarters of the Polish Composers' Union at the Old Town Market Square 27.