On the evening of August 7, Wojtek Blecharz’s music for invisible places was given its world premiere by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) during their Free Micro-Concert: Young Composers Concert 3 in the Hearst Plaza of Lincoln Center in New York City. It was one of the 50 premieres that ICE performed over the course of two weeks, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of…Continue Reading Blecharz Premiere
The 59th International ‘Warsaw Autumn’ Festival of Contemporary Music [Warszawska Jesień] will be held in various venues throughout Warsaw from September 18-26, 2016. This year’s Warsaw Autumn will direct audiences’ eyes, ears and attention to the stage—understood both literally and symbolically. The starting point will be “opera,” associated with a specific theatrical space a musical work in…Continue Reading Premieres at Warsaw Autumn
From the Vice President of the Senate of the Republic of Poland, Maria Koc, we received brand new copies of “The Senate of the Republic of Poland: Tradition and Contemporaneity 15th – 21st Cent.” by Jerzy Pietrzak, in both English and in Polish. Polish Canadian pianist, Daniel Wnukowski, is one of the leading musicians of his…Continue Reading Recent Gifts to PMC
On June 3-5, 2016, the first Guitar Festival in Tczew (Poland) took place. Despite the fact that it was only the first edition of the festival, guitarists from all over Poland came to the Center of Culture and Art in Tczew to participate in it. This year’s edition featured concerts, masterclasses and a guitar competition for guitar solo and…Continue Reading Fechner in Poland and Polish Premiere of Ryterband Sonatina for Guitar
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 Update
For the past few years the PMC has collaborated extensively with the National Archives in Warsaw on projects related to creating databases and cataloguing our unique collections as well as scanning and preserving many hundreds of rare and precious items that have been entrusted to us by many different donors over the past 12 years. Dr. Monika…Continue Reading PMC Archives Report