Polish singer and composer Agata Zubel will perform at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival on July 13 and 15, both with the orchestra and in a late night solo performance. These events were organized in collaboration with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the Polska Music program The Festival’s inaugural July 13 program will include her 2012 piece Labyrinth for…Continue Reading Agata Zubel in Baltimore
On July 5, 2017 at the Nowy Teatr in Warsaw, a concert-monodram entitled “Dźwięk odnaleziony” [Sound Regained] took place. It was the first solo project of Michał Pepol, who is the cellist from the internationally renowned Royal String Quartet. For the project, Pepol performed the music of modern composers writing for solo cello, in cooperation with visual artist Paweł…Continue Reading Michał Pepol: Dźwięk Odnaleziony
A new work by Wojtek Blecharz, Body-Opera is dedicated to the audience and questions the model of music perception based on mere sitting, listening and watching. This opera installation explores the relations between the human body and the ways we perceive sound, reminding us of its physical nature. If sound is frequency, or a vibration, it can “touch”…Continue Reading Premiere of Wojtek Blecharz: Body-Opera
The 2017 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles will be held from Thursday, November 2 through Sunday, November 5 in various venues around this beautiful wine country location once beloved by Ignacy Jan Paderewski. The 2017 lineup of world class artists include: Hyuk Lee, the 19 year-old South Korean phenom who recently won the prestigious International Paderewski Piano Competition in…Continue Reading Paderewski Festival 2017 Preview
This July and August, the Polish Music Center is again honored to host several scholars from the State Archives in Warsaw. For the second time, we will be visited by archivist and Paderewski specialist, Dr. Robert Górski, and UN certified preservation specialist, Anna Czajka. This visit marks the sixth installment in the ongoing professional exchange between our two…Continue Reading State Archives Scholars Return to PMC
By Marek Żebrowski Polish violinist Jerzy Milewski died in Curitiba, Brazil, on 23 June 2017. He was 70 years old. Born in Warsaw on 17 September 1946, Milewski succumbed to cancer after a very difficult, year-long fight. He is survived by his wife, Aleida, and two children, Christopher and Pamina. It was the tone—his tone—deep and…Continue Reading The Sound Man