Year: 2020

US National Chopin Competition Results & Chopin Int’l Competition Dates Announced

On Feb 29 and March 1, the semifinalists of the US National Chopin Piano Competition competed for the top prizes and special prizes. The winners were announced as follows: First Prize: Avery Gagliano Second Prize: Evren Ozel Third Prize: Parker Van Ostrand Fourth Prize (Tie): Umi Garrett & Chelsea Guo Sixth Prize: Talon Smith Best…Continue Reading US National Chopin Competition Results & Chopin Int’l Competition Dates Announced

Fryderyk Awards 2020

The annual Fryderyk Awards—Poland’s equivalent of the Grammy Awards in the US—were given in ten classical music categories at a gala evening held at the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra [NOSPR] Hall in Katowice. With its phenomenal acoustics, this new hall was a perfect setting for the March 8 ceremony. The Berlin Piano Trio and…Continue Reading Fryderyk Awards 2020

PMC Closure and Cancellations

USC Polish Music Center, Stonier Hall Suite 120

Dear Newsletter Readers and all Friends of the Polish Music Center: With a heavy heart and much regret, we must share with you the news of cancellations and closures that are affecting the operations of the Polish Music Center. First of all, our Spring Concert, California Dreamin’, scheduled for March 28 at USC’s Newman Recital…Continue Reading PMC Closure and Cancellations

CANCELLED: Cracow Duo at LA Museum of the Holocaust

Cracow Duo

This event has been cancelled. Please stay tuned for rescheduled date in Fall 2020.   On Sunday, March 29, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust presents the Cracow Duo in a recital comprised of works by Jewish composers from Poland and the US. Their program will include works by Roman Ryterband [Tryptique Contemporain], who…Continue Reading CANCELLED: Cracow Duo at LA Museum of the Holocaust

2020 Chopin IN the City Festival

The Sounds and Notes Foundation is delighted to present the 4th Annual Chopin IN the City Festival. The Festival takes place from February 21 to March 1, and will feature a wide range of exciting multicultural performances by musicians, vocalists, visual and spoken word artists. This unique Festival bring together arts, cultural and community organizations…Continue Reading 2020 Chopin IN the City Festival

Premiere of the new work by Piotr Moss

The world premiere of According to Memling – a concert for flute, organ and orchestra by Piotr Moss -will take place on 28 February at the Polish Baltic Frédéric Chopin Philharmonic in Gdańsk during the concert entitled “Program and Absolute Music”. Inspired by the Last Judgment triptych created by the Dutch painter Hans Memling and…Continue Reading Premiere of the new work by Piotr Moss

Atom SQ at the Silesian Philharmonic

Atom String Quartet performed at the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice on 1 February with the Silesian Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Robert Kabara. The concert program included Eugeniusz Knapik’s Islands, Leszek Możdżer’s Prelude and Fugue for string orchestra, Witold Lutosławski’s Two Etudes (arr. by Krzysztof Lenczowski), and Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Goldberg Variations, BWV…Continue Reading Atom SQ at the Silesian Philharmonic

Gifts to PMC February 2020

From Dr. Anna Feliks, director of the Otwock Branch of the National Museum in Warsaw and a good friend and partner in the 2019 Paderewski Festival Cultural Exchange Program, we recently received the following Paderewski-related items: Paderewski: Piano Music for Two and Four Hands performed by Duo Granat—Waldemar Malicki and Tamara Granat. This DUX 0328…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC February 2020

Premiere of “Aisthetikos” by Hanna Kulenty

The world premiere of Hanna Kulenty’s Aisthetikos for soprano saxophone, piano and orchestra took place on 21 February at the Oskar Kolberg Świętokrzyska Philharmonic. The title comes from the Greek language, and its meaning pertains to sense perception. In her latest composition, Hanna Kulenty took into account all senses, creating a surreal universe that organizes…Continue Reading Premiere of “Aisthetikos” by Hanna Kulenty