100th Anniversary Festival of the Polish Composers’ Union – “Meetings with Composers”: Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska on Zygmunt Mycielski

Zygmunt Mycielski – composer, writer, music critic, and social activist – is a figure who left a lasting mark on the history of Polish culture. Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska paints a precise portrait of him in her monumental monograph Zygmunt Mycielski. Between Music and Politics, recently published by Polish Music Publishers (PWM Edition). The Warsaw premiere of this book will take place as part of the 100th Anniversary Festival of the Polish Composers’ Union, on November 12, 2025, at 4:30 PM, in the historic headquarters of the Polish Composers’ Union. Admission is free.

Based on the book, in a conversation with Marek Zagańczyk, the author will speak about the composer whose personality – as she herself admits – is not easy to grasp for a biographer. The Biography of Zygmunt Mycielski is a book for all those who are passionate about music, literature, and the history of the 20th century. Alongside Mycielski, the pages of the book feature many distinguished figures from the world of culture – from Karol Szymanowski to Jerzy Giedroyc. It is a story of “family Europe” and “Europe in the family,” of great politics and everyday life in a changing world, of religion and eroticism – all subordinated to the longing for freedom, both in life and in art.

Full festival program: https://100latzkp.org.pl/wydarzenia.php

The event is co-organized by the National Institute of Music and Dance, co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and the City of Warsaw.

Co-organizer: Program 2 of Polish Radio

Partners: ZAiKS Authors’ Association, National Philharmonic, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Polish Music Publishers (PWM Edition)

Media patrons: Program 2 of Polish Radio, Presto Publishing, Waw4Free, wolnasobota.pl, “NaM!” naszemiasto.pl

Editorial cooperation: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Zadanie jest współorganizowane przez Narodowy Instytut Muzyki i Tańca, współfinansowane ze środków Ministerstwa Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy i Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego.

Współorganizatorem wydarzenia jest Program 2 Polskiego Radia.

Partnerzy: Stowarzyszenie Autorów ZAiKS, Filharmonia Narodowa, Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne.

Patronat medialny: Program 2 Polskiego Radia, Wydawnictwo Presto, Waw4Free, wolnasobota.pl, "NaM!”naszemiasto.pl.

Współpraca redakcyjna: Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC.