Following a short spell of home education with his mother, Elżbieta, Moniuszko started to learn piano with August Freyer in Warsaw in 1827, to continue with Dominik Stefanowicz in Minsk from 1830.
Readers searching for more complex materials on the lesser-known parts of Moniuszko’s life would do best to look into the publications of Dr Agnieszka Topolska, the author of Zupełnie Inna Książka o ...
The Polish Radio Orchestra inaugurated, on Sunday ,the Festival of Stanisław Moniuszko’s Sacral Music in Warsaw. The planned six concerts are to feature 30 religious pieces by Moniuszko: masses, ...
MINSK, 10 September (BelTA) – Musicians from Belarus and Lithuania will put on a concert to commemorate famous composer Stanislaw Moniuszko in the Holy Trinity Church (Saint Roch) on 18 September, ...
MOSCOW, 12 April (BelTA) - The Business and Cultural Complex of the Belarusian Embassy in Russia hosted an event timed to the 200th anniversary of the outstanding Belarusian composer Stanislaw ...
Outside his homeland, Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872) is remembered for just one of his 20-plus operas. The work that keeps his name alive is The Haunted Manor, which gets occasional revivals here – ...
A celebration of Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt and the bi-centenary of the birth of Stanislaw Moniuszko "the father of Polish national opera." ...
The year 2019, declared the Year of Stanislaw Moniuszko (18191872) by the Sejm of the Republic of Poland and UNESCO, abounds in a series of events commemorating the work of the father of the Polish ...
A wide range of events are being held across Poland and abroad this weekend to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of composer Stanisław Moniuszko. Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko.Photo: ...