15
January
Elżbieta and Krzysztof Penderecki receive the Creator of Culture awards for 2012
The Polityka’s Passports 2012 were awarded on 15 January in Warsaw. Elżbieta and Krzysztof Penderecki were granted the Creator of Culture awards for 2012.
Elżbieta Penderecka was awarded for creating important music events, in particular the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival; for bringing to light the manuscripts of great composers stored at the Jagiellonian Library; for providing patronage for the Sinfonietta Cracovia and Beethoven Academy Orchestra; and for her outstanding services to Polish musical life, of which she has been a creator and a guiding spirit.
Elżbieta Penderecka was awarded for creating important music events, in particular the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival; for bringing to light the manuscripts of great composers stored at the Jagiellonian Library; for providing patronage for the Sinfonietta Cracovia and Beethoven Academy Orchestra; and for her outstanding services to Polish musical life, of which she has been a creator and a guiding spirit.
13
January
European Krzysztof Penderecki Music Centre
The European Music Centre was recently put into operation. “The idea evolved for many years,” writes Mateusz Borkowski (Gazeta Wyborcza, 12 January 2012). First, the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy Association – the International Centre of Music, Ballet and Sport was established in 2001, and the first design of the centre was developed a year later. The late 2005 saw the establishment of the European Krzysztof Penderecki Music Centre, a national cultural institution registered with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. At that time, the composer thus talked about the idea of the cetre: “I would like to tell all young musicians that no artistic work can survive without roots.
