On May 21, the Polish Music Center and the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust will present a concert dedicated to Polish composer and Holocaust survivor, Roman Ryterband. Touring Western Europe on the eve of World War II, Ryterband was able to board the last train to Switzerland, where he took refuge until the mid-1950s. Except for…Continue Reading Ryterband at LAMOTH
We’re more than halfway to our goals! Thank you so much to all who have participated in the Polish Music Center’s *Website Reboot* fundraiser so far! We are excited to report several things about this ongoing campaign. As of May 2: We have raised over $7K, so we are well on our way to the…Continue Reading PMC Website Reboot Update
Born This Month 1 April 1872 – Tadeusz JOTEYKO, composer (d. 20 August 1932) 3 April 1904 – Maria WILKOMIRSKA, pianist professor of piano in Lodz and Warsaw 4 April 1941 – Aleksander GLINKOWSKI, composer active in Katowice (d. 1991) 8 April 1890 – Zbigniew DRZEWIECKI, pianist and professor of piano, organizer of Chopin Competitions,…Continue Reading April Anniversaries
Roderyk Lange passed away on March 16. He was a devoted Polish researcher of dance, a founder of the Polskie Forum Choreologiczne, and a long-time editor of StudiaChoreologica. Roderyk Lange had lived in the Great Britain since 1967. In 1975 he earned a doctorate degree in ethnography. From 1979-1992 he worked as a professor in the…Continue Reading Roderyk Lange
On Mach 30, the Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz hosted the Motion Trio— Janusz Wojtarowicz, Paweł Baranek and Marcin Gałażyn—for an exciting collaborative concert. Most of the works on this program were newly orchestrated to pair the talents of this virtuoso accordion trio with that of the members of the Pomeranian Philharmonic, conductor Radosław Labahua, and composer…Continue Reading Motion Trio at Pomeranian Phil
On March 23, outstanding tubist Zdzisław Piernik performed together with Tadeusz Sudnik and HATI duo at the National Audiovisual Institute. The event was organized as part of the cycle of concerts entitled “Awangarda na ucho [Avant-Garde By Ear],” celebrating the centenary of the avant-garde in Poland. During the first part of the concert, Piernik performed with his longtime friend and sound…Continue Reading Avant-Garde by Ear
A special concert, organized on the occasion of Zbigniew Bargielski‘s 80th birthday and Wojciech Michniewski‘s 70th birthday was held on Mach 26, 2017 at the Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz. The program of the concert—Te Deum by Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven and Concerto for piano, percussion and orchestra by Zbigniew Bargielski—was performed by Magdalena Mórawska (soprano), Justyna…Continue Reading Anniversary Concert for Bargielski and Michniewski
The Institute of Arts (IA) and the Center of Integration, Documentation and Cultural Diffusion (CIDDIC) of São Paulo State University in Campinas, Brazil (UNICAMP) will present the II Festival of Polish Music from April 3-6 at the Casa do Lado and Teatro Castro Mendes. The program of this year’s Festival consists of performances of works by eminent…Continue Reading II Festival de Música Polonesa
The 21st edition of the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival “Beethoven and Fine Arts”will be held from April 2-14 at various venues in Warsaw, Gdańsk, Katowice, Krakow, Lublin, Radom, Szczecin and Zabrze. The Polish premiere of String Quartet No. 4 by Krzysztof Penderecki will be performed by the Belcea Quartet, for whom it was written, on April 2 at…Continue Reading 21st Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival
The Polish-Ukrainian Paderewski Foundation has just issued a recording of the December 19, 2016 concert held at the Belweder Presidential Palace in Warsaw. Entitled W hołdzie Paderewskiemu [Tribute to Paderewski], the program featured works by Chopin and Paderewski performed by young pianists from Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania, including Magdalena Kuropatwa, Piotr Lara, Erik Podolski, Agne Staniulite and Bogdan Terlecki….Continue Reading Young Virtuosos Commemorate Paderewski