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New interactive map puts ‘forgotten’ female composers back on the map

The map consists of 14 Polish composers and over 500 in total from throughout history. Sakira Ventura

The map consisting of 14 Polish composers and over 500 in total from throughout history was compiled by music teacher Sakira Ventura after she realised how little she had been taught about women composers.

Sandomierz, a magical town full of beauty and mystery

The modest size of Sandomierz makes it extremely digestible, and having ticked off the Rynek its natural to find yourself ambling to a castle which, after the correct amount of hallucinogens, could easily be mistaken for a miniature Wawel.

‘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.

Kraków ballet company reconstructs ‘extremely difficult’ 17th century dance to commemorate composer’s death

The Cracovia Danza Court Ballet, a professional dance ensemble that revives old court dances, spent two months reconstructing the dances to German composer Michael Praetorius’ “Terpsichore”.

Forgotten composer who played for Polish king and co-founded Edinburgh Festival rediscovered after distant relative finds online ad for his rare piano

Josie Dixon had little idea that her great-great-great-great grandfather Felix Yaniewicz was one of the 19th century’s most notable composers until a chance conversation about a Stradivarius violin led her on a path of discovery.

‘Heroines of music’ take centre stage on powerful new recording to promote female composers

Directed by award-winning conductor Marzena Diakun, the CD entitled ‘Polish Heroines of Music’ aims to create and popularise a new canon of Polish female composers’ works.

“The Lewandowski of his age!” Exhibition celebrates the remarkable life of Ignacy Paderewski

Regarded as one of the greatest Poles of the 20th century, the outdoor display honours the man that committed much of his life to campaigning for an independent Poland.

Long-lost soundtrack to ‘landmark’ pre-war film found in Italy

One of the first full-length films produced in Poland with a soundtrack, the music to Ryszard Ordynski’s 'Janko Muzykant' (Janko the Musician) disappeared after the war.

International Chopin festival set to hit Warsaw

An international music festival devoted to the works of Chopin and other composers such as Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Józef Nowakowski, Franciszek Lessel will run from August 15 to September 1.

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.

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How Warsaw was rebuilt using mountains of post-war rubble illustrated in fascinating new exhibition

The story, which is being told in the 70th year since rebuilding was officially completed, is an important one as perhaps no other city in history has had to handle, process and use as much rubble as Warsaw did in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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