10th International Paderewski Piano Competition November 6th -20th, 2016 Bydgoszcz, Poland
For the 10th International Paderewski Piano Competition
6th-20th November 2016
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Bydgoszcz, Poland
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14th Chopin and his Europe (Chopin i jego Europa) International Music Festival Warsaw 9-31 August 2018
From Chopin to Paderewski
31.08 FRIDAY 8.00 p.m. Moniuszko Auditorium at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera Symphonic concert
YAARA TAL piano BENJAMIN GROSVENOR piano WARSAW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA JACEK KASPSZYK conductor
[Photographs by W. Grzędziński and D. Golik/NIFC]
A chance to 'discover' another work by the once famous Polish composer, Aleksander Tansman (1897-1986), once considered as important as Szymanowski. The magnificent violin concerto we heard earlier in the festival cemented him in my mind as an outstanding composer inexplicably rather overlooked in the West at least by popular opinion. The cultural iron curtain perhaps operating as a psychological and prejudicial barrier once again. Tansman was a distinguished Polish composer born in Łódz and a virtuoso pianist. After further studies in Warsaw he moved to Paris where his less than conservative composing style was appreciated by Stravinsky and Ravel. He also had a highly successful concert career as a pi…
31.08 FRIDAY 8.00 p.m. Moniuszko Auditorium at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera Symphonic concert
YAARA TAL piano BENJAMIN GROSVENOR piano WARSAW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA JACEK KASPSZYK conductor
[Photographs by W. Grzędziński and D. Golik/NIFC]
A chance to 'discover' another work by the once famous Polish composer, Aleksander Tansman (1897-1986), once considered as important as Szymanowski. The magnificent violin concerto we heard earlier in the festival cemented him in my mind as an outstanding composer inexplicably rather overlooked in the West at least by popular opinion. The cultural iron curtain perhaps operating as a psychological and prejudicial barrier once again. Tansman was a distinguished Polish composer born in Łódz and a virtuoso pianist. After further studies in Warsaw he moved to Paris where his less than conservative composing style was appreciated by Stravinsky and Ravel. He also had a highly successful concert career as a pi…
