"With Classics Across Poland": Jakub Jakowicz and Łukasz Chrzęszczyk

The National Institute of Music and Dance has been bringing classical music concerts to residents of small Polish towns and villages for years. As part of the project "With Classics Across Poland," violinist Jakub Jakowicz and pianist Łukasz...

"With Classics Through Poland": Ãtma Quartet

On 20-22 March 2025, as part of the National Institute of Music and Dance's project 'With Classics Through Poland', the Ãtma Quartet will perform in the Lubuskie Voivodeship: in the Wiechlice Palace, the Nowosolski Cultural Centre and the Nowogród...

"Witold Friemann: Songs for Soprano, Viola, and Piano - World Premiere Recordings!

The album “Witold Friemann: Songs for Soprano, Viola, and Piano” (OC241201), released by Orphée Classics on December 29, 2024, was initiated by violist Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska and includes the world premiere recordings of five previously...

11th International Ignacy Jan Paderewski Festival

For the eleventh time in Warsaw, the International Ignacy Jan Paderewski Festival will take place from November 4 to 10, 2024, dedicated to preserving the memory of his monumental contributions to Polish independence. This year's edition will be an...

12th International Festival of Contemporary Music "Nowa Muzyka": Autumn Edition

The Kuyavian-Pomeranian Branch of the Polish Composers' Union in Bydgoszcz has prepared a rich and engaging program for the Autumn Edition of the 12th International Festival of Contemporary Music "Nowa Muzyka na Jesień". The festival will feature three...

13th Conference of Doctoral Students of Music Academies

The 13th Edition of the National Conference of Doctoral Students of Music Academies will take place from December 6 to 8, 2024, in Łódź, at the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music. The program will include discussion panels, concerts, and a...

13th International Young Pianists Competition "Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam" in Bydgoszcz

The 13th International Young Pianists Competition "Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam" will take place in Bydgoszcz from October 22 to 28, 2024. It is one of the most prestigious music competitions for young pianists in the world. The global prestige and...

15th International Music and Art Festival "Sfogato" in Cracow

The 15th anniversary edition of the International Music and Art Festival "Sfogato" will take place in Cracow from October 17 to December 31, 2024. The festival program will feature concerts by renowned artists and young talents, the conference "Music –...

15th Symposium of Musicology Students in Warsaw

The Institute of Musicology at the University of Warsaw invites you to a special music conference: the 15th Symposium of Musicology Students, which will take place on May 16-17, 2025. Abstract submissions can be sent by anyone, and participation in the...

18th International Conference "Organs and Organ Music" in Gdańsk

From September 27th to 29th, 2024, the 18th International Conference "Organs and Organ Music" will be held at the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk. Organists, music theorists, musicologists, and organ builders have been invited to...

1st International Andrzej Dobrowolski Composition Competition

The Poznań Contemporary Music Foundation invites you to participate in the 1st International Andrzej Dobrowolski Composition Competition. The subject of the competition is a composition for oboe with electronics, with a duration between 5 and 8...

1st Open Classics Festival in Beskidy

A new musical event is appearing on Poland's cultural map – the Open Classics Festival in Beskidy, which will take place from April 6-11, 2025, in Bielsko-Biała, Cieszyn, Wisła, and Skoczów. It will be a meeting with classical and improvised music,...

2025 Annual Awards of the Polish Composers' Union

On March 10, the Jury consisting of: Marek Chołoniewski (chairman), Marcel Chyrzyński, Mieczysław Kominek, Violetta Przech, and Mateusz Ryczek awarded the 2025 Annual Awards of the Polish Composers' Union. The laureates of the Awards are: Szymon...

21st Festival "Silesian Days of Contemporary Music"

The 21st Festival of "Śląskie Dni Muzyki Współczesnej" (Silesian Days of Contemporary Music) in Katowice will run until December 9, 2024. Admission to all events is free! The festival will feature premieres of works by Polish composers, including...

22nd International Kiejstut Bacewicz Chamber Music Competition

The Institute of Chamber Music at the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź invites participants to the oldest Polish chamber music competition – the 22nd International Kiejstut Bacewicz Chamber Music Competition. The competition is...

27th Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Festival of Polish Composers in Bielsko-Biała

The music of Stanislaw Moniuszko will fill the 27th Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Festival of Polish Composers in Bielsko-Biała, which will take place from 10 to 12 October 2024. Performers include Kasia Moś, Dorota Miśkiewicz, Janusz Radek, the Paweł...

2nd Music Festival “Laks Ocalaly” (Laks the Survivor) in Warsaw

The Warsaw branchof the Polish Chamber Musicians Association, in collaboration with Nizio Gallery, invites you to the 2nd Music Festival “Laks Ocalaly” (Laks the Survivor), which will take place from November 15-26, 2024. Participation in all events is...

32. Świętokrzyskie Days of Music Festival in Kielce

The Świętokrzyska Philharmonic invites you to the 32nd Świętokrzyskie Days of Music Festival, taking place from November 8 to 15, 2024. This year's exceptional edition will exclusively feature Polish music, including forgotten works that are unknown,...

36th International Fr. Stanisław Ormiński Festival of Religious Music

The 36th International Fr. Stanisław Ormiński Festival of Religious Music will take place in Rumia from October 24-26, 2024. The event will feature the Organ Music Competition and the Choral Ensemble Competition for the Best Performance of a Religious...

3rd Henryk Mikołaj Górecki International Composition Competition

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice, in collaboration with the ZAIKS Authors' Association, is organizing the 3rd International Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Composition Competition in 2024. The aim of the competition is to honor the...

3rd Intercollegiate Composition Competition "The Dark Side of Art"

The Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music and the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Music Society in Bydgoszcz invite composition students from all eight music academies in Poland to participate in the 3rd edition of the competition "The Dark Side of Art." As in...

3rd International Mokotów Organ and Chamber Music Festival

9 wonderful musicians will take part in the 3rd International Mokotów Organ and Chamber Music Festival, and we will hear them on July 14, 17 and 21, 2024 at 6.00 p.m. in the Warsaw Sanctuary of St. Andrzej Bobola (Rakowiecka 61). The festival will be...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...