Saxophone Summit Blows Hot And Cold
This year’s Piwnica Pod Baranami Summer Jazz Festival featured a “Saxophone Summit, featuring Branford Marsalis, Greg Osby, Lee Konitz, Janusz Muniak and Adam Pierończyk.
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Tusk conciliatory after mayor’s letter of protest
Prime Minister Tusk apologieses to Mayor of Krakow Jacek Majchrowski.
Read morePenderecki’s album triumphs in Cannes
The album “Capriccio” which features performances of works by Polish composer, Krzysztof Penderecki has won a prize at the annual Midem Classical award ceremony held in the sumptuous Debussy Theatre of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes.
Read more“Harry Potter Choir” to perform in Mariacki
The world-renowned London Oratory School “Schola” choir will be visiting Krakow next week to perform music for the Wielki Post (“Great Fast”), the 40-day period of penance and reflection leading up to Easter.
Read moreTusk and Kaczynski: Marriage from Hell
To many observers, the continual scrapping and backbiting between Premier Minister Donald Tusk and President Lech Kaczynski since Tusk’s Civil Platform (PO) took power last November has taken on the character of a poorly scripted farce.
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Interview: Wojciech Burkot
Wojciech Burkot, Head of the recently opened Google Research and Development Center, talks with the Krakow Post.
Read moreUnsound Festival
Mat Shulz, organizer of the forthcoming Unsound Festival, which runs from Nov. 21-25, talks with The Krakow Post.
Read moreButoh Dance Performance Pairs the Sublime with the Macabre
Last Tuesday, Swieta Krowa played host to a complex and emotionally charged but ultimately beguiling performance of Butoh dance by Seattle-based expert and instructor, Joan Laage. She was joined by regular collaborator, Tomek Choloniewski, on an unconventional percussion kit, partially composed of upside-down pots and pans and Krzysztof Trzewiczek, on electronics.
Read moreRegenorchester hypnotize at Club Re
It’s difficult to know what to expect when world-class musicians from different backgrounds get together as part of a project.
Read moreBlack Metal bands rile traditionalists
It has recently emerged that the Polish rock bands currently achieving the biggest international success are Behemoth, who hail from Gdansk and Olsztyn’s very own Vader. Behemoth’s latest album, “Apostasy,” described by charismatic vocalist, Adam “Nergal” Darski as “difficult” and “extreme,” even made the Billboard Charts in the U.S., the ultimate measure of market respectability.
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