Upcoming events:
May 10 -concert with Shu Wei Tseng (Taiwan/UK/USA) (cello), SoundPool multimedial project,
New York University
May 16 - NACUSA National Conference, Mazurka-Fantasy (piano), Georgia, Atlanta
May 17 - NACUSA, National Conference, Urainy@ (in memory of N. Copernicus)
for Electronics, Georgia, Atlanta
May 18 - New Horizons, New Music Festival, Belfast (UK), Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble
May 24 - Concert with Dominika Zamara (Italy/Poland), Holy Redeemer Church, East Village, New York
June 10 - Conducting Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 e-minor, Polish Consulate, New York City
July 24 - piano solo and duet with soprano: Sylwia Olszyńska - ceremony of the city of Stary Sącz, Poland
October 6 - "Floating Skies"/ Voyage (2014) , video, NACUSA Texas, Dallas
October 6 - World Premiere " Slavic Streams - Śmiętlana" for Chamber Orchestra, Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Bushnell Performing Arts Center, Hartford, CT, United States,
October 13- Slavic Streams - Śmiętlana" for chamber orchestra, Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, New Britain Museum of America, CT
October 15 - Slavic Streams - "Śmiętlana" for chamber orchestra, Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, New York City, United States
November 12 - "Halny Fantasy"(2019) for Clarinet Solo, Wojtek Komsta, Shenandoah University, Virginia
November 13 - Presidential Gold Merit Cross decoration, Consulate General of Poland, New York City
November 18 - Masterclasses and Lecture for the composition students
at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
December 7 - Polish Consulate in New York, piano recital including own paraphrase of the new
a-minor Waltz by F. Chopin (discovered in 2024)
December 22 - Slavic Streams: "Christmas Postcard" (2015) & Flemish Wind (2024),
Central Connecticut State University, Hartford, CT
January 14, 2025 - premiere "Uśnij że kochanie" for Children's Chorus, Carnegie Hall, NYC
February 23, 2025 - New York Composers Circle Salon Presentation, MacKay Studio, Opera America NYC
March 8, 2025 - Premiere of "Bogarodzico for Children's Choir, Violin and Piano,
Bronxville Women's Club, NY, Nowodworski Foundation Anniversary Gala
April 15, 2025 - Musikverein Vienna, Premiere of "SprichNacht"
April 23, 2025 - Ginkyo-ya: Pendula for String Quartet, New York Composers Circle Concert
May 16, 2025 - Chodok No.2 "Viennese" for Cello Solo, International Composers Cracow Festival
April 23,2025
Performance of Ginkyo-ya: Pendula (in memory of K. Penderecki) for String Quartet, New York Composers Circle
Premiere at Musikverein, Vienna hommage á J.S. Bach
"American Blue Horses "(2025) got into the finals and received honorable mention on the International Piano with orchestra COMPOSITION COMPETITION, World Piano Day in Antwerp 2025, Belgium
Premiere of the piece for Children Chours at
Carnegie Hall,
Polish Music New Year Gala
Premiere of the orchestral piece for Connecticut Virtuosi at Carnegie Hall, NYC
November 13, 2024 at the Polish Consulate in New York Jakub Polaczyk was awarded the Gold Merit Cross Medal awarded by the president of Poland
Runner-up for the 17th Annual John Easton Memorial Competition, New York Composers Circle (NYCC)
Decoration of the City of Stary Sacz
July 24 at the Cultural Center in Stary Sacz Jakub Polaczyk was awarded the honorable distinction of the city by the Mayor Jacek Lelek.
3 rd Place: Great-Local-Global Ranking, Nowy Sàcz, Poland
Jakub Polaczyk was ranked by jury no.3 for the Danuta Szaflarska Award for year 2023 and was the recipient of the Cultural Passport.
"Flemish Wind"(2024) got into the finals and received honorable mention on the International Piano with orchestra COMPOSITION COMPETITION, World Piano Day in Antwerp, Belgium
Release of the
new album by
Cracow Duo
including
"Raclavian Night"
Antonio Vivaldi International Music Competition 2023
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Absolute First Prize on the H. Berlioz InternationalMusic Competition for
"A Fame et Bello" for voice and orchestra (2020)
Top Awards for "Callin' Saigdi" for erhu and koto (2023) on the Carl Reinecke International Music Competition
3rd Prize on the Amadeus Composition Contest in Vienna
"Un memorial dans lu vent du Temps" for clarinet, violin, cello and piano was awarded 3rd Prize on the International Amadeus Composition Award in Vienna, September session.
Gloria Artis Bronze Medal
October 1 at the Polish Consulate in New York Jakub Polaczyk was awarded The Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture of Poland from the Minister of Culture Piotr Gliński
Musical Eagles Awards
September 24 at the Arthur Rubinstein Philharmoncis in Łódź, Poland The Musical Eagles Gala took place. The 24th International Chopin and Friends 2022 the "MULTICULTURAL TRAIN" that payed tribute to tree important 20th century composers: Wojciech Kilar, John Cage and Olivier Messiaen I was the Artistic Director was named the winner in the International Event Category (2023) and received main trophee:. Golden Diploma in the international category was recieved for the monographic album "JAKUB POLACZYK: UNION SQUARE" published by the Albany Records.
presentation of guitar contemporary music (including
S:ER;EN?A!D!E of U-) at the Unoversidad Nacional de LAS Artes, Buenos Aires, Roque de Pedro Hall
August 25, 2023, Argentina
Premiere of Chroset no.9:
"Two Haring's Totems" for Flute Ensemble,
Zihuhtanejo, Mexico
August 12, 2023
Conversation with Dave Lake on "Evening Eclectic" at 8-10pm on WRUU - 107.5 FM Savannah and streaming at www.wruu.org about album "Union Square".
"Union Square Album" on "the Other Minds" program . June 11 at 8 pm, San Francisco Bay Area tune on KALW 91.7 FM Radio - program of Joseph Bohigian.
"Yoolcoo-Youlcou-Youlkou" on the WNMA New Music Composers Radio on Thursdays and Saturdays,
"Combinations on Olympus" , WPKN Radio, Richard Epstein host, Connecticut
"Dandelions From the Palisades" for Palisades Virtuosi ,premiere, June 4, Ridgewood, New Jersey
Bronze Medal on the 44th Telly Awards in NYC for documentary non-broadcasted movie: " Conversations with Jakub Polaczyk" directed by Dennis Woytek.
Upcoming Concert with concert violinist Margot Zarzycka in Sarasota, Florida, May 21
GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS - DOUBLE SILVER MEDAL for "Union Square"
(composer, new release)
Premiere of "Tilelés" for Clarinet and Piano,
Cracow International Composers Festival, April 22, Piotr Lato & Wioletta Tkaczyk
"Union Square" At the Polskie Radio 2: "Plytomania" May 14
Premiere of "Peace SMS"
for Soprano and Organs,
April 16, St. Stanislaus Martyr RC Church, Ukrainian Village,
Manhattan, NYC,
Justyna Giermola, sopran &
Jakub Polaczyk, organs
American Premiere of Chanunpa: Dance of Light"
February 24, Tacoma Wind Band under direction of Gerard Morris,
Seattle, SCI Region VIII Conference
Withers on the S.E.M Emerging Composers Workshop concert,
Brooklyn, February 15, 2023
Geeks Around Globe about the Cd release and documentary movie.
Asian premiere of "Restored Torch" ,
Vietnam Symphonic Orchestra, Hanoi, Vietnam,
November 12, 2022
Wojciech Czepiel, conductor
American premiere: "Un memorial dans le Vent du Temps. Hommage á O. Messiaen "
for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2022)
November 10, 2022, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center
Mari Lee, Yoonah Kim, Mihai Marcia, Henry Kramer
