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Zygmunt Krauze honoured with Academy Medal

On 24 March 2025, the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź celebrated its 80th anniversary. On this occasion, the Senate of the Academy decided to honour Zygmunt Krauze for his special merits by awarding the Academy Medal. Photo courtesy of the Marshal's Office...

The album “Konteksty” is nominated for the Fryderyk 2025 award!

“Konteksty” - an album of music by Zygmunt Krauze recorded by the Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble with the composer as pianist-performer and released by DUX, has been nominated for this year's Fryderyk Award in the “Album of the Year, Contemporary Music” category. The award gala will be...

Zygmunt Krauze. Artistic archive

Zygmunt Krauze is one of the most outstanding contemporary composers; a pianist and teacher, an innovator, and precursor of many modern movements in music. Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź has made an unprecedented purchase of all manuscripts of the works of Zygmunt Krauze: over a hundred scores and...

Broadcast “Now and then: Zygmunt Krauze – composer and pianist” on Deutschlandfunk

We invite you to listen to the programme "Now and then: Zygmunt Krauze - composer and pianist" at Deutschlandfunk. The programme "Jetzt und ein anderes Mal - Zygmunt Krauze - composer and pianist" hosted by Georg Beck as part of the ATELIER NEW MUSIC. Broadcast available until...

The world premiere of the new opera by Zygmunt Krauze entitled “Night of the Ravens” will inaugurate the 5th Festival of the Polish Royal Opera in Warsaw

On July 2, the world premiere of the new opera by Zygmunt Krauze entitled "Night of the Ravens" will inaugurate the 5th Festival of the Polish Royal Opera in Warsaw. You will also be able to see and hear the work on the second day of the...

Zygmunt Krauze at the Liszt Academy in Budapest

On 30th of March 2022, Zygmunt Krauze will be a guest at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Two unique events will take place during this visit - a lecture for composition students of the Budapest Academy and a Recital "Polish Music". Details of the...

The 60th Jubilee of Zygmunt Krauze’s artistic work

The year 2021 is the year of Zygmunt Krauze's great Jubilee, marking 60 years since the symbolic beginning of his creative work, which took place at the National Philharmonic Hall on October 25th, 1961. October is the month in which Zygmunt Krauze's Jubilee will be celebrated particularly...

Recital and concert by Zygmunt Krauze at the Expozice nové hudby Festival in Brno, Czech Republic

During the next edition of the flagship festival of contemporary music in the Czech Republic - Expozice nové hudby - Zygmunt Krauze will present his music twice. On June 22, 2021 at 19:00 at Besední dům (Komenského náměstí 534/8, Brno), the composer-pianist will perform the recital Improvisation...

“From Zygmunt Krauze’s summer salon” on TVP KULTURA

Zygmunt Krauze's series of improvisations on classic themes: from Bach through Beethoven, Chopin to Paderewski, which appeared in social media throughout the summer, will now be presented on TVP Kultura 2, an online channel available in streaming - https://tvpstream.vod.tvp.pl/?channel_id=47093982. The next episodes will be used on October...

From Zygmunt Krauze’s summer salon – anew piano classics from July

From July to September, every other Friday, the premiere episodes of the composer's improvisation cycle on classical themes will be published on Zygmunt Krauze's YouTube and Facebook channels as well as on the Polish Music Publishing House. Marcin Masecki will give a guest appearance. Zygmunt Krauze is...

Zygmunt Krauze awarded the French Critics’ Prize for the best premiere of the 2019/20 season

Paris, 22 June 2020. The French Critics Association of Theatre, Music and Dance (Syndicat de la critique théâtre, danse et musique) has awarded this year's Best Premiere of the season 2019/20 (Meilleure Création Musicale) to Zygmunt Krauze for his Piano Concerto No. 3 - "Fragments of Memory"....

“Holzwege” by Katarzyna Kalwat – online for the first time!

"Holzwege" by Katarzyna Kalwat - online for the first time! We invite you to the fourth show of registering the latest TR Warszawa's performances as part of the "Stay at home, don't leave the theatre!" The show will take place on Facebook Live TR Warszawa and on...

CHANGE OF THE DATE OF THE PREMIERE of the work “Copernicus – Our Planet”

Due to the epidemic situation, the planned premiere on 20 May 2020 was cancelled. The organizers of the CODES Festival have set a new date for the premiere, which will take place on 2nd of September 2020 in the Concert Hall of the Lublin Philharmonic. The premiere...

Albums with music by Zygmunt Krauze nominated for the Fryderyk 2020 award!

The Phonographic Academy has announced nominations in ten classical music categories. The album KRAUZE, NOWAK, KUPCZAK, STAŃCZYK: Works for Rhodes Piano & Strings recorded by such great musicians as Piotr Orzechowski 'Pianohooligan' and AUKSO - Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy under the direction of Marek...

“Yemaya – Queen of the Seas” – family opera by Zygmunt Krauze

Yemaya - Queen of the Seas is another work that in October 2019 joins the repertoire of the Wrocław Opera, and its addressee is everyone, including entire families. This is a special position, which is supposed to fulfill not only cultural and popularizing functions among children and...

The new website of Zygmunt Krauze!

Welcome to the new website of the composer, pianist, pedagogue and organizer of musical life - Professor Zygmunt Krauze! The website www.zygmuntkrazue.com is a rich compendium of knowledge about Zygmunt Krauze and his multi-level musical activity. It contains the necessary information on the profile of Professor Krauze...