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Out of passion, determination, and a good dose of madness, the International Chamber Music Festival 'Music on the Peaks' was born in Zakopane. This year, for the third time, it will elevate the Tatra and Pieniny mountains, inviting music lovers.
This instrument, although rarely appearing in orchestras, is deeply rooted in folk music from around the world. It belongs to the group of aerophones...
Teatr Napięcie (Łódź) invites you to auditions for soloist parts in the newly created opera on the subject of cosmic power harmony entitled: "Cosmocanto".
Born in 1858 in Lucca, he came from a family with musical traditions. His ancestors were organists and conductors in the chapel of St. Martin's Church in his hometown.
The VIII Symphony 'Songs of Transience' by Krzysztof Penderecki is a piece that - speaking about trees - talks about the relentless passage of time and the transience of human life. It is a journey through dying gardens, guided by German poets: Eichendorff, Kraus, Hesse, Goethe, Rilke...
"Every private has a marshal's baton in his backpack and thinks he will be a general. I knew immediately what I wrote in 1976 and now I know too," said Henryk Mikołaj Górecki about his III Symphony - "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" in 1993. Today, almost a year after the composer's death, during a concert at the Wratislavia Cantans festival, we have the opportunity to recall one of the most important musical works of the second half of the 20th century.
"Historically informed performance" is a literal translation of the English term, which refers to the interpretation of past music on ancient instruments, in accordance with what historical sources say about the ways of its performance. At this year's Wr
French composer, best known for his operetta works, was born in Cologne in 1819. His father, a cantor and music teacher, decided to ensure his son's musical education...
One of the definitions says that music is the 'organization of sound structures in time'. The sentence is full of terrible musicological jargon, but it draws attention to perhaps the most important feature of the art of sound - its existence in time. Music sounds, and in a moment it is no longer heard. And what can sounds do with time?
Considered the best interpreter in history of roles like Don Jose in Bizet's Carmen or Rudolf in Puccini's La Bohème. Unmatched in both musical and sacred repertoire.
Her international career began in 1965. She was asked to quickly learn the title role for Gaetano Donizetti's opera Lucrezia Borgia. Caballé's first aria at Carnegie Hall amazed the New York audience.
September 2–18, 2011, Wrocław, Lower Silesia. The program of the 46th edition of the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans, which is planned for three weekends in September 2011, is built around three different themes.
Distinctive, dark voice, excellent presence, and style are the characteristics that have brought this Russian soprano to the top. Born in 1971 in Krasnodar, Anna Netrebko began her career by cleaning at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, where she was quickly noticed by conductor W. Gergiev and made her debut at the age of 22 in the role of Susanna in Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro'. After a successful start, the artist performed at the Kirov Opera, embodying roles such as Amina in Bellini's 'La Sonnambula', Pamina in Mozart's 'The Magic Flute', and Lucia in Donizetti's 'Lucia di Lammermoor'.
How many classics were there? What a question! - three: Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. But are they the only ones that really matter in the European classical era? It seems so... at least that's what the latest album from Dux, published in the series 'Masters of Eras and Their Works', convinces us of.
Born in 1947 in Warsaw. He studied sound directing and composition in Warsaw. He creates computer and electroacoustic works, writes orchestral, chamber, and stage pieces, composes music for ballet, theater, film...
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