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New home for Polish Radio Experimental Studio

Polish Radio Experimental Studio in its heyday in the 1960s. Photo: Andrzej Zborski, courtesy of MSN Warszawa

Would you believe that Poland is one of the pioneering countries of electronic music?

Capital’s stunning new symphony hall revealed in giant scale model – and it has full acoustics too!

Composed of over 3,000 elements with figurines to imitate how a living audience would absorb sound, to test the acoustics, sound was played at a frequency 10 times higher than usual to shorten the sound waves so that they would reverberate in precisely the same manner as those in the completed hall.

‘Here I write different music…’ Remembering Penderecki, through his garden…

VIDEO: When not at his main home in Kraków, the sprawling grounds in Lusławice were the place where Krzysztof Penderecki spent most of his time, reportedly getting up at 6am each morning for a walk in the gardens. On the first anniversary of his death, TFN takes a look at the importance of the place to his legacy.

Virtual ‘Penderecki garden’ to bloom on composer’s birthday in celebration of his works

A new interactive website celebrating the work of composer Krzysztof Penderecki has been launched.

Polish culture suffers “irreparable loss” with death of composer Krzysztof Penderecki

Internationally acclaimed composer whose work was brought to a wider audience through film and television passed away in Kraków on Sunday at the age of 86. 

Hitting the right note! Hauntingly beautiful Górecki performance tops UK classical music charts

Conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki and performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the album released on 29th March sees Portishead lead singer Beth Gibbons mastering the tricky soprano piece in Polish.

One of Europe’s most preeminent 20th century composers, Witold Lutosławski died of cancer 25 years ago

With his signature works including four symphonies and a Concerto for Orchestra, there are few Poles who influenced world music as Lutosławski did. Before dying of cancer he was awarded Poland’s highest honour, the Order of the White Eagle.

Penderecki and Portishead singer Beth Gibbons release stunning recording of Górecki’s haunting Symphony No. 3

The project, which is due for release in March, dates back to 2013, when Portishead was playing at the Sacrum Profanum festival in Nowa Huta, Kraków. The promoter suggested that Gibbons could sing the “Symphony”.

Polish composer honoured with German federal decoration

German Ambassador Rolf Nikel decorated a renowned Polish contemporary composer, Krzysztof Penderecki, with the Great Cross of Merit with the Star of the Federal Republic of Germany on the occasion of the composer's 85th birthday on Friday.

That’s some party! Penderecki celebrates 85th birthday with marathon week-long concert

Described by the Guardian newspaper as Poland’s greatest living composer, Penderecki has attracted famous artists from across the globe to perform with Polish orchestras as part of the nine-concert celebration.

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