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 lecture, while on campus the composer will work with students from the Thornton School of Music.
Performers for this year’s Paderewski Lecture-Recital will feature favorites of L.A.’s contemporary music scene, including soprano Jamie Chamberlin and pianist Richard Valitutto, as well as graduate students in the Thornton School of Music, including bassist Levi Jones and members of the Qian String Quartet. The program will highlight the “Lamento” from Sikora’s 2011 opera Madame Curie, as well as String Quartet No. 3 ‘In memoriam Ursula’ and solo works for bass and piano.