3rd Mieczysław Karłowicz International Composition Competition 2024

A unique music event and a great chance for artistic success for composers from all over the world. For the third time, the ZAiKS Association of Authors and the Szczecin Philharmonic jointly announce the Mieczysław Karłowicz International Composition...

3rd VIRTUOSO! Instrumental Competition for students of first and second degree music schools

The AULOS Foundation invites students from first- and second-degree music schools to participate in the 3rd Instrumental Competition VIRTUOSO!, which will take place in Toruń from April 14 to 30, 2025. This year’s edition will be held online (with...

4. "Music by weight"

The Silesian Chamber Music Society invites you to the 4th edition of the musical and ecological series "Music by weight": from July 12 to October 19, 2024, 6 concerts will be held in Bytom, Będzin and Tarnowskie Góry. "Admission tickets" will be small...

46th International Music Festival "Evenings at the Telemann's"

The 46th International Music Festival "Evenings at the Telemanns" will take place from October 4 to 25, 2025, in the Mirror Hall of the Pszczyna Castle. This year's edition of the Festival offers a fascinating journey through the music of the 18th and...

4th Composition Competition "Art and Violence"

The Cracow 2Act Foundation, along with project partners - Capella Cracoviensis and the ZAiKS Authors' Association - invites composers to participate in the fourth edition of the International Composition Competition "Art and Violence." The competition...

4th International Festival in Honor of Prof. Marek Jasiński "Soni Spatium"

The 4th International Festival in Honor of Prof. Marek Jasiński "Soni Spatium" will take place in Stargard and Szczecin from September 13 to October 2, 2024. The music of the renowned composer, born in Stargard, will be performed by Polish and Slovak...

53. Musicology Conference of the Polish Composers' Union in Bydgoszcz and Ostromecko: "Non-Absolut Music”

For the 53rd time, the Musicology Section of the Polish Composers' Union invites you to the scientific conference "Non-Absolut Music," featuring the Polish community of musicologists and music theorists. This year, the conference, co-organized by the...

54th Musicological Conference of the Polish Composers' Union "Music, Memory, History"

The 54th Musicological Conference of the Polish Composers' Union, titled "Music, Memory, History", will take place at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw from 13-15 November, 2025. This event will accompany the celebrations of the 100th...

5th Adam Didur International Opera Vocal Competition - new application deadline!

The Silesian Opera invites you to participate in the 5th Adam Didur International Opera Vocal Competition. The total prize pool of this year's edition is over EUR 40,000. The event is addressed to singers of all nationalities, born no earlier than...

5th Andrzej Koszewski International Composers’ Competition

The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań invites composers to participate in the 5th Andrzej Koszewski International Composers’ Competition. The deadline for submitting scores is October 27, 2025. The subject of the Competition is a...

5th edition of the Composition Competition of the Music Festival ArteFonie

The vocal ensemble Art’n’Voices and the Association of Young Artists of the Wejherowo Region invite you to participate in the 5th edition of the Composition Competition, held as part of the ArteFonie Music Festival. The deadline for submissions is...

5th International “Musical Eagles” Competition

The “Muzyka do potęgi” Foundation, the Arthur Rubinstein Łódź Philharmonic, and the Association of Authors ZAiKS invite you to participate in the 5th International “Musical Eagles” Competition. Within the Competition, awards are granted to artists and...

5th International St. Christopher Composer Competition

St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra of Vilnius Invites Composers to Participate in the 5th International Composition Competition! The aim of this competition is to discover and establish collaborations with young composers, offering professional...

67th Tadeusz Baird Competition for Young Composers

The subject of the 67th Tadeusz Baird Competition for Young Composers, organized by the Polish Composers' Union, is a song (or song cycle) for soprano or tenor and piano or accordion. In connection with the 100th anniversary of the Polish Composers'...

6th edition of the Józef Madeja International Chamber Music Festival

The 6th edition of the Józef Madeja International Chamber Music Festival will take place from 22 September to 26 October 2025 in both Poland and Germany – in Poznań, Kórnik, Jankowice, Biedrusko, and Hamburg. The Józef Madeja Association has prepared a...

6th Era Schaeffera: multimedia happening "Third Stream"!

As part of the 16th "Era Schaeffera" Festival, the Aurea Porta Foundation invites you to the multimedia happening Third Stream – a new fusion of jazz and classical styles, directed by Łukasz Czuj. On October 27, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at Pin Up Studio...

6th Krzysztof Penderecki International Composers' Competition “Arboretum”

The Radom Chamber Orchestra announces call for applications for the 6th Krzysztof Penderecki International Composers' Competition “Arboretum”. The subject of the competition is original works for string orchestra. The deadline for submitting scores is...

7th Intergenerational Musical Encounters in Mazovia

The 7th Intergenerational Musical Encounters will take place from May 18 to November 23, 2025, at the Museum of Interiors in Otwock Wielki, a branch of the National Museum in Warsaw, and at the Karczew Town and Commune Office. All events are free of...

7th International Organ Festival "Basilica Sonans"

The custodian of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń, Fr. Sławomir Homoncik MIC, invites you to the concerts of the 7th International Organ Festival "Basilica Sonans", taking place from June 29 to August 31, 2025. On Sundays in July and August at 2:00...

7th Piotr Perkowski Composition Competition 2024

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC Foundation for the Assistance and Development of the Music School Complex in Toruń and the Music School Complex in Toruń announce the 7th Piotr Perkowski Composition Competition. It is intended...

8. WarszeMuzik Festival

For the eighth time, lovers of music, history and capital's architecture will be able to take part in the concerts of the WarszeMuzik festival, which will take place in tenement houses in Warsaw's Wola district and in the Umschlagplatz Monument. In...

84. Musica Moderna in Łódź

The intriguing concert program of the Musica Moderna festival and the opportunity to meet special guests at the upcoming edition are just some of the reasons to visit the Academy of Music in Łódź at the beginning of December. As part of the upcoming...

8th "Music in the Blumwe Villa" Festival

The Piotr Orawski Foundation invites you to the 8th edition of the Music in the Blumwe Villa Festival, which will take place from May 18 to December 8, 2025, in Bydgoszcz, Chełmno, and Inowrocław. Ten extraordinary concerts are organized in cooperation...

8th Festival of Organ and Chamber Music in Grudziądz

As part of the 8th Festival of Organ and Chamber Music in Grudziądz, four concerts are planned, which will take place on August 11 and 25, 2024 in the church of St. M.M. Kolbe, September 1 in the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. and on...

8th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers

The Cracow Branch of the Polish Composers' Union announces the 8th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers. The subject of the competition is a composition for clarinet, cello, and piano, with a duration of 9 to 12 minutes....

8th Rzeszów Music Autumn and premieres

Nehring, Wakarecy, Jakowicz, Zdunik, Książek Piano Duo, Budnik, Messages Quartet... A duo, trio, quintet, sextets, and a chamber orchestra, through which we will hear, among others, two world premieres! Six unique concerts as part of the 8th Rzeszów...

9th Festival "TRZY-CZTE-RY: Contexts. Contrasts. Confrontations"

The Przypływ Kultury Foundation, in collaboration with Program 2 of the Polish Radio, invites you to the 9th Festival "TRZY-CZTE-RY: Contexts. Contrasts. Confrontations". The festival will take place from November 16 to December 7, 2024, at the Polish...

9th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers

The Cracow Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union, announces the 9th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers. The subject of the competition is a composition for two accordions, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon, with a duration of...

A Story about Witold Lutosławski at the NFM

On the eve of the birthday of Witold Lutosławski, the great Polish composer and patron of the National Forum of Music, on January 23, 2025, at 7:00 PM, the Lutosławski Quartet will perform. Their word-and-music narrative about the composer,...

Ada Sari International Vocal Artistry 20th Festival and 18th Competition

Representatives of musical institutions, prominent and well-known artists, pedagogues and, above all, entrants of the vocal arts will visit a charming, little town in the South of Poland called Nowy Sącz to attend the jubilee edition of the Ada Sari...