In his July 4 article for Dziennik Łódzki, Łukasz Kaczyński provided a highly critical review of the 2016 Transatlantyk Festival, which recently moved to Łódź together with its founder, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. Entitled “Wielka łódź na jałowym biegu” [The great boat on a course to nowhere], the article discusses how the Festival was lavishly supported by the…Continue Reading Transatlantyk on the Rocks
Director Henryk Martenka and Prof. Piotr Paleczny, the Artistic Director of the International Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland have just announced the final selection of contestants for this year’s auditions. Out of a total of 164 applications, 56 pianists from 19 countries were selected to participate in the 2016 Paderewski Competition. Poland will be represented by…Continue Reading Paderewski Piano Competition Lineup
It has been announced that the founder, artistic director and longtime conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra in Washington, DC, Piotr Gajewski will be feted at the Annual Gala Dinner by the Kosciuszko Foundation on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Born in Poland, Maestro Gajewski began to study piano there and continued at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston once…Continue Reading Kosciuszko FDN Honors Maestro Gajewski
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