September 24, 2019 – Polish Music Center

Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II

Author By Kevin Allen
Publication date September 24, 2019
Categories: 09. September 2019, 2019, Newsletter, Performances, Premieres

Two concerts commemorating the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II took place on 1 September. At Warsaw’s New Theater, Lidia Zielińska’s composition I don’t like it for ensemble, electronics and choir of young amateurs (2018/2019) was premiered. The work includes sung and recited texts illustrating the escalation of aggression to war from…Continue Reading Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II

Music and Medicine: Chopin and the Power of Resilience

Author By Kevin Allen
Publication date September 24, 2019
Categories: 09. September 2019, 2019, Events, Newsletter, Other Events, Performances

Psychiatrist and concert pianist Richard Kogan is renowned for his lecture/concerts that explore the influence of psychological factors and psychiatric and medical illness on the creative output of composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Gershwin, Bernstein, and Joplin. Sharing insight into some of the most creative minds, he opens his audiences’…Continue Reading Music and Medicine: Chopin and the Power of Resilience