Sunday, October 15, 2017 | 7:00 p.m. Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA Reception following the concert Admission to both events is FREE and open to the public Campus Parking: $12 – enter Gate 3 at Figueroa St. & McCarthy Way (Parking Structure X) 2017 Paderewski…Continue Reading 2017: Marcel Chyrzyński
Born This Month 3 October 1882 – Karol SZYMANOWSKI, composer, pianist, (d. 29 March 1937) 3 October 1923 – Stanislaw SKROWACZEWSKI, composer and conductor 4 October 1910 – Eugenia UMINSKA, violinist 6 October 1885 – Karol STROMENGER, teacher, composer, publicist, music critic (d. 1975) 9 October 1924 – Regina SMENDZIANKA, pianist 10 October 1910 – Henryk SWOLKIEN, music critic,…Continue Reading October Anniversaries
Metaforma Emergon αβ for chamber ensemble and computer (2011) • Sedimetron for chamber ensemble (2012) • Ertytre for eight cellos (2013-14) • Pteropetros for wind quintet, accordion and string quartet (2015) • Alopopulo for chamber orchestra, solo violin and computers (2014) Adam Baldych, Andrzej Bauer, Szymon Bywalec, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Clemens Heil, Maciej Koczur, LutosAir Quintet, Lutoslawski Quartet, Rafal Luc, Diego Masson, New Music Orchestra,…Continue Reading Recent Works by Paweł Hendrich
EMERGE Tomasz J. Opałka (b. 1983): Collisions of the Matter; Symphony No 2 “Emerge”; DNA – Concerto for Bass Clarinet; Quadra Sinfonia Iuventus, Krzysztof Słowiński – cond.; Polish Radio Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz – cond.; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Wojciech Michniewski – cond. Warner Music Poland; Available on empik.com Released on Dec 12, 2016, the album “Emerge” featuring symphonic works by young…Continue Reading Opałka’s ‘Emerge’ Reviewed in Gramophone
Paderewski & Stojowski – Polish Music for Piano and Orchestra Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A Minor Op.17; Stojowski: Symphony Rhapsody for piano and orchestra Op. 23. Sinfonia Iuventus; Jonathan Plowright, piano; Łukasz Borowicz, cond. Warner Classics From the Sinfonia Iuventus website: On 4 August, the Polish Orchestra Sinfonia Iuventus and Warner Classics presented the newest…Continue Reading New Releases from Sinfonia Iuventus
The Fifth Music Festival in Lower Silesia continues with concerts from September through December 2017, held in historical venues, such as palaces, manors and churches in the region. Artists from the Berlin Philharmonic, the Śląsk Ensemble, and Lutos Air Quintet are among the featured performers. The Festival began on September 3 with a presentation of Penderecki’s Ciaconna in…Continue Reading Music in Lower Silesia
The 55th annual festival, “Kontrasty—Polska i sąsiedzi” [Contrasts—Poland and her neighbors] was held in Bydgoszcz September 11—October 6. Planned as the prelude to the celebrations of Poland’s centenary of independence, this festival focused on the cultural legacy of Poland’s neighbors as well as other ethnic groups living in Poland, including the Jewish and Roma populations….Continue Reading “Contrasts” – Poland and Her Neighbors
The jury of the 15th International Serocki Competition for Composers met at the Radziejowice Palace September 29—October 1. After studying 149 scores submitted for consideration, jurors Paweł Łukaszewski, Paul Patterson and Dariusz Przybylski announced the winners. First Prize: Satoshi Ohmae for Fancy Five (16,000 PLN) Second Prize: Manuel Martinez Burgos for Initiations (10,000 PLN) The Third Prize: Hyunwook Tak for Umbau (5,000 PLN) Funding for the prizes came from the Ministry…Continue Reading Serocki Competition Winners
The Cyprian Kamil Norwid Awards are given annually to outstanding works penned by artists residing in the Mazowsze Region of Central Poland. In the music category, this year’s Norwid Award was given to Paweł Mykietyn for his opera, Czarodziejska góra [Magic Mountain]. The gala ceremony for the winners was held on September 25 at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. More information…Continue Reading Mykietyn Receives the Norwid Award
The newest album released by the Silesian String Quartet [Kwartet Śląski], entitled “Grażyna Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets,” has won the 2017 Gramophone Classical Music Awardin the Chamber Music category, beating out albums by the Danish Quartet, the Diotima Quartet, The Nash Ensemble, the Doric Quartet and the Ehnes Quartet. The award ceremony took place on September 13, 2017…Continue Reading Kwartet Ślaski/Bacewicz Win Gramophone Award