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"Europasinfonie" - Composition Competition

05 May 2026

Sinfonia Varsovia and an international consortium of orchestras and choirs, as part of the European project "Europasinfonie", announced a composition competition. Submissions of composition fragments (approx. 2 minutes) will be accepted until July 31,...

2nd Feliks Konopasek Wind Orchestra Composition Competition

03 March 2026

The National Institute of Music and Dance announced the second edition of the composition competition for a piece written for wind orchestra. The deadline for submitting applications (with the scores) is September 1, 2026. The competition consists of...

2nd Michał Spisak Youth Music Competition "Young and Talented"

23 July 2026

The Zagłębie Palace of Culture invites students of Polish primary and secondary music schools to participate in the 2nd Michał Spisak Youth Music Competition. The competition's format is inspired by the International Michał Spisak Music Competition—it...

4th International Festival "Paderewski at Ujazdów"

16 June 2026

The 4th International Festival "Paderewski at Ujazdów" will take place in Warsaw between June 20 and September 12, 2026. This year's series of open-air Saturday concerts in Ujazdów Park, held next to the monument to Ignacy Jan Paderewski, will be...

4th Karłowicz International Composition Competition

26 March 2026

The ZAiKS Society of Authors and the Szczecin Philharmonic announced the 4th Mieczysław Karłowicz International Composition Competition. The competition is open to composers of all nationalities regardless of age. The total prize pool in this edition...

61st Andrzej Markowski International Festival Wratislavia Cantans

13 March 2026

The 61st Andrzej Markowski International Festival Wratislavia Cantans will take place from 3 to 13 September 2026 in Wrocław and other cities of Lower Silesia, under the theme "The Shadow Line". Presale tickets will be available online and at the NFM...

Marietta Morawska-Büngeler "The Soul of Sound. Conversations with Polish Composers"

06 December 2024

Dr. Marietta Morawska-Büngeler’s book “Dusza dźwięków. Rozmowy z polskimi kompozytorami” (The Soul of Sound. Conversations with Polish Composers), which spans over 1000 pages, contains in-depth interviews with fifteen composers who occupy important...

National Composition Competition: Piece for Solo Violin at the 2nd Karol Lipiński Internation0al Violin Competition

25 June 2026

The National Composition Competition for a Compulsory Piece for Solo Violin accompanies the 2nd Karol Lipiński International Violin Competition, which will take place from November 22 to 28, 2026 at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław. The...

The 10th WarszeMuzik Festival

16 July 2026

The 10th WarszeMuzik Festival is a space for an unusual encounter between music and the city, renowned artists and local communities, and history and the present. From August 1 to August 31, 2026, on Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 6.00 pm, music...

The 5th Marek Stachowski National Competition for Young Composers

04 May 2026

The Department of Composition at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow and Penderecki Academy Press announced the 5th Marek Stachowski National Competition for Young Composers. The competition is open to permanent residents of Poland or...

The 8th Piotr Perkowski National Composers' Competition

29 April 2026

The Karol Szymanowski State Music Schools in Toruń announced the 8th Piotr Perkowski National Composers' Competition. The competition is open to students of secondary music schools in Poland — composers born no earlier than 2004. This year’s edition is...

Youth Circle of the Polish Composers’ Union: “Interpenetrations and Interactions” – a sound installation in the form of an interactive music quiz

03 November 2025

An accompanying initiative to the jubilee concerts celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Polish Composers’ Union, prepared by the Youth Circle, is an online installation in the form of an interactive music quiz. The event is coordinated by Krzysztof...