The National Forum of Music presents two concerts of early Polish music around Wrocław in August. First, on August 20, Ars Cantusled by their artistic director Tomasz Dobrzański will perform “Cracovia civitas – music from the 15th-century Kraków manuscripts” in the Town Hall. On August 26, the Goldberg Baroque Ensemble from Gdańsk and their artistic director Andrzej Szadejko…Continue Reading NFM Hosts Early Music Concerts
On July 24 during the 9th Nowe Miasto Summer Festival, the Warsaw Camerata Orchestra led by Paweł Kos-Nowicki gave the world premiere of Concerto for Bassoon by Sebastian Zawadzki. Also on the program were Concerto for Oboe by Sebastian Krajewski and Antesy después by Jerzy Wołochowicz. Soloists for the concert were Marek Roszkowski – oboe and Leszek Wachnik – bassoon. The concert was…Continue Reading Zawadzki Premiere
On August 3, Polish clarinetist Barbara Borowicz will play a concert in the US dedicated exclusively to works by Polish composers, including world premieres of two new works commissioned by the performer: The Soul of Seul for clarinet and vibraphone by Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska and Haiku No. 2 for clarinet and piano by Marcel Chyrzyński. Also on the program are Fragment H for clarinet and piano by…Continue Reading Premieres for Fabiańska-Jelińska and Chyrzyński
From our friends at PWM—Director Adam Radzikowski and Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Cichy—we received an excellent recent publication, Muzyka wzwodzi—diagnozy i portrety [Music Inspires—Diagnoses and Portraits], a collection of over 40 superb and well-argued essays by Andrzej Chłopecki (1950-2012). Published by PWM with an introduction by Jan Topolski, this fascinating book is a valuable addition to our library. And, talking…Continue Reading Recent Gifts to PMC
On Sunday, October 16 at 7:00 p.m., the Polish Music Center will host its annual Paderewski Lecture-Recital at USC’s Alfred Newman Recital Hall. Our honored guest for this year’s event is composer Elżbieta Sikora, who will speak about her artistic process and diverse body of work, followed by a concert of her chamber music. In addition to delivering the…Continue Reading 2016 Paderewski Lecture-Recital: Save the Date
On June 20, the Mazowiecki Teatr Muzyczny organized the tenth anniversary Kiepura Gala Awards evening at the Warsaw Philharmonic. The evening was emceed by Director of the Mazowiecki Teatr Muzyczny, Alicja Węgorzewska, together with Marcin Cejrowski. PMC Director Marek Zebrowski served as a special guest award presenter for the event. The evening began with a splendid fashion…Continue Reading Kiepura Awards at Warsaw Phil
The International Cultural Exchange Program jointly administered by the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles and its partners in Poland and Ukraine, organized a weekend of piano workshops at the Pułtusk Castle from June 24-26, 2016. Held in the splendid headquarters of Dom Polonii, the daily sessions with the 2016 Exchange participants, including Yulia Medynska and Sasha Dzvinkovskiy from Ukraine and…Continue Reading Master Classes in Pułtusk
On July 7, Polish jazz pianist Kuba Stankiewicz and bassist Darek “Oles” Oleszkiewiczpaid a visit to the Polish Music Center (pictured above). Although the two are long friends of the PMC, this was not merely a social call—they were eager to dig into the PMC’s archival collection for rare printings and original manuscripts of music by Henryk Wars,…Continue Reading Jazz Research at PMC
June 29, 2016 marked the 75 anniversary of Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s death and several events were held in Warsaw to commemorate this important milestone. The first was a festive concert, held on June 14 inside the august space of Warsaw’s St. John’s Cathedral, where Paderewski’s remains were finally laid to rest on June 29, 1992…Continue Reading Paderewski 75th Death Anniversary
The 65th Congress of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) was held in Rome‘s Auditorium Parco della Musica July 3-8, 2016. This year’s conference was jointly hosted by the Italian branch of IAML and Rome’s venerable Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. The sprawling, modern and air-conditioned facilities—Santa Cecilia Hall, Teatro Studio, Museum…Continue Reading PMC at IAML 2016