New works from Visegrad Group countries

Central European Music Forum concert "New works from Visegrad Group countries" took place on September 15th, 2017 at 4 p.n. in the Great Assembly Hall (Ballroom) at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Celebrating the 60th jubilee edition of the "Warsaw Autumn"...

Photo report from the "Meeting with the Composers": Jerzy Kornowicz, Michał Mendyk, and Digital Culture at the Polish Composers' Union

"Meeting with the Composers" on November 29, 2024, was full of surprises! As part of the series organized by the ZKP, Michał Mendyk conducted an interview with composer Jerzy Kornowicz, which took an unexpected turn: most of the questions were related...

Photo report from the "Pre-Christmas Meeting with Composers"

On December 20, the last "Pre-Christmas Meeting with Composers" of 2024 took place at the headquarters of the Polish Composers' Union, beautifully lit on the Old Town Market Square. This time, Dr. Michał Piekarski, a renowned researcher of the musical...

Photo Report from the October "Meeting at the Composers'": Alicja Gronau and Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska

As part of the "Meetings with Composers" series, a discussion on the topic "Borders – Opportunity or Challenge?" took place on October 18, 2024, featuring Dr. Alicja Gronau, Associate Professor at UMFC, and Dr. Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska. We also had the...

Photo report from the presentation of Roman Palester's "Writings"

The editors of the three-volume collection of Roman Palester's Writings took part in the February "Meeting with Composers" – Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska, Iwona Lindstedt, Lech Dzierżanowski, Magdalena Borowiec, curator of the Polish Composers’...

Photo report from the presentation of the project "The Soul of Sounds"

A meeting with the figures featured in the project "The Soul of Sounds" and its author, Dr. Marietta Morawska-Büngeler, took place on September 27, 2024, at the Polish Composers' Union (ZKP) headquarters in Warsaw. The event was part of the 67th...

Photo report from the September "Meeting with the Composers": Krzysztof Knittel and Michał Mendyk

As part of the 67th "Warsaw Autumn" and the "Meetings with Composers" series, on September 21, 2024, at 5:00 PM, musicologist Michał Mendyk and composer Krzysztof Knittel spoke about their work on the book “Granice niczego” from the "People of the...

Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC will create a catalog of works related to the widely understood Olympic theme

Due to the cooperation of the Polish Composers' Union with the Polish Olympic Committee, the Polish Music Information Center POLMIC intends to create a catalog of works related to the widely understood Olympic theme, which will facilitate the selection...

POLMIC Digital Archive website has been launched

The new POLMIC Digital Archive website was launched in January for the purpose of making archive materials and documents of the Polish Composers’ Union (PCU) / Polish Music Information Centre available to all users. The materials include selected...

Presentation of a new website dedicated to Roman Maciejewski

Concert and presentation of a new monographic website prepared by the Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC will take place on 26 September 2020 (Saturday) at 6.00 p.m. in the Chamber Hall of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. The new website –...

Presentation of new websites of the Polish Composers' Union: "POLMIC Digital Archive" and "Roman Maciejewski"

The Polish Composers' Union launches new websites: "POLMIC Digital Archive" and the portal dedicated to "Roman Maciejewski". The presentation of both sites (open to public) will take place on the Zoom platform on Thursday, 28 January 2021 at 2 p.m. The...

RE:NEW MUSIC in Poland

The Polish Music Information Centre organises the first RE:NEW MUSIC workshop and open rehearsal in Poland. The workshop will take place on Thursday, 17th September 2009, at 2 pm in the State Music Schools No. 1 in Warsaw (22d, Miodowa St., 'Mala...

Self-reflections of contemporary Polish composers / Presentation of Zamowieniakompozytorskie.pl

Conference The Musical Languages of Contemporary Polish Composers: Self-reflections University of Warsaw Library / Bogumił Linde Hall 66 Dobra Street, Warsaw Friday, September 25th, 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, September 26th, 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m....

The opening of the "60 Warsaw Autumns" Exhibition

The opening of the "60 Warsaw Autumns" exhibition, co-organised by the Polish Composers' Union, National Centre for Culture Poland and Institute of Music and Dance, was held in Kordegarda Gallery (Warsaw, 15/17 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street) on...

The Warsaw Proclamation of New Music Festivals

The representatives of new music festivals assembled in Warsaw during the 60th jubilee edition of the "Warsaw Autumn" International Festival of Contemporary Music, in the year of the centenary of the avant-garde in Poland inaugurated by the President...

The Winners of the “12 Minutes for Moniuszko” – International Composers’ Competition for micro-opera

The winners of the International Stanisław Moniuszko Composers’ Competition for a micro-opera entitled “12 Minutes for Moniuszko”, organized by the Polish Composers' Union and Grand Theatre – Polish National Opera, were announced during the Evening of...

Vilnius | St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra in tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki

The Vilnius City Municipality St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra conducted by Modestas Barkauskas will perform a concert devoted to Krzysztof Penderecki on 15 July 2021 at 7 p.m. at the St. Catherine Church in Vilnius. The event with live broadcast by...

Warsaw | 'In the maze of imagination. Zbigniew Bargielski - creator and work' - promotion of the book of Violetta Przech and meeting with the composer

On the 23rd of September, 2022 at 17.00 the Polish Music Information Center POLMIC invites you to the promotion of Violetta Przech's book In the maze of imagination. Zbigniew Bargielski - creator and work, which will be held as part of the 65th ‘Warsaw...

Warsaw | 12 Minutes for Moniuszko – The Evening of Premieres

Polish Composers' Union and Grand Thetre – Polish National Opera, the organizers of the International Stanisław Moniuszko Composers’ Competition for a Micro-Opera Entitled "12 Minutes for Moniuszko", invite you to the Evening of Premieres. The event,...

Warsaw | I International Music Festival of Central-Eastern Europe "Eufonie"

11 concerts during 9 days in 5 concert halls. World-famous soloists and European orchestras. The Polish Composers' Union invites to the 1st International Festival of Central-Eastern Music 'Euphonie', which will take place from November 23 to December...