There was impressive music to be heard in some of Warsaw Autumn’s less prominent events. The Polish Composers’ Union hosted a small-scale concert in Warsaw’s Hashtag Lab showcasing the three winners of this year’s Zygmunt Mycielski Composition Competition. Performed by Trio/Duo/Unum (who might have made up their name for the …
chamber music
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Of all the festivals i attend each year, Warsaw Autumn has come to seem the most ambitious, the biggest in terms of scope and diversity, and therefore the most excitingly daunting. As if to prove that point during its opening weekend, almost the entirety of Sunday was filled with two …
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i’m really excited to share a new instalment in my occasional series The Dialogues. This time my guest is German composer and conductor Enno Poppe, whose utterly unique music has been mind- and ear-boggling me for many, many years. We got together last summer, while i was spending a long …
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‘Seigla’ is an Icelandic word indicating perseverance, resilience, tenacity. It’s also the title of a festival created, curated and directed by pianist Erna Vala Arnardóttir, that for the last 6 years has taken place in Reykjavík’s flagship concert hall, Harpa. More than most festivals i attend, the aspect of curation …
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