“It’s our national treasure,” said Tomasz Stańko, who had the opportunity to know and collaborate with Seifert in their legendary quintet during the late '60s and...
The Krakow Film Music Festival will present a screening of Walt Disney Animation Studio’s feature “The Lion King” (1994) with Hans Zimmer’s OSCAR®-winning musical score...
The challenge for participants of the 12th FMF Young Talent Award will be to compose music for an excerpt from the movie The Peasants [ Chłopi ] . This international competition is an...
The story can be told with encyclopaedic precision: the first incarnation of the orchestra was the ensemble founded in 1990 by students at the Academy of Music in Kraków, and two years later...
Limitations Give Rise to Freedom Vincent Dumestre has been enchanting music lovers and critics with his interpretations of early music for over two decades. In 2024, he takes over as artistic...
You’re always at the theatre! – my friends often tell me. Of course I am – and not just because, as a cultural journalist, I must be up to date on the latest performances. ...
When the nights draw in and the cool air fills with the aroma of roast chestnuts and mulled wine, it’s a sure sign that the Christmas market season is upon us! The CNN has counted the...
“Free November in royal residences” is an annual campaign organised by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. The Wawel Royal Castle, as always, joins in this initiative by...
My thinking about cuisine doesn’t start from the double-starred miracle on Poland’s firmament, but from the basics: everyday food. Recently, the Cracovian restaurant Bottiglieria...
„Kraków knows freedom; it absorbs it from others, draws on it and multiplies it,” writes Ivan Radyk in a column published in the latest issue of Kraków Culture. I think...
