For years, another longtime friend and PMC supporter, Betty Harford-Naszódy, has been on the lookout for Paderewski-related items in various antique bookstores and other purveyors of memorabilia and collectors’ treasures throughout California. Her most recent (and successful) hunt yielded two articles with Paderewski’s interviews, published in the 1920s and the 1930s in Etude Magazine. The…Continue Reading More PMC gifts: Paderewski Speaks…
Year: 2020
Kaper Podcast
RadioJazzFM has launched the second part of its cycle of educational broadcasts, Mistrzowie polskiego jazzu [Masters of Polish Jazz], with a show celebrating music by Bronisław Kaper (1902-1983) on August 3. Although mainly remembered for his hundreds of film scores written for big Hollywood studio productions from the mid-1930 until the early 1970s, Kaper also…Continue Reading Kaper Podcast
Premieres of Miniatures from Poznań Academy
In August and September, the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań will present a new concert series entitled “Contemporary Chamber Miniature in the time of Pandemic. First Performances”. Every Thursday at 12:00 p.m. CET, new works by composers associated with the Poznań Academy will be presented on YouTube, Facebook and www.amuz.edu.pl. The series…Continue Reading Premieres of Miniatures from Poznań Academy
Krauze Premieres
Zygmunt Krauze is preparing two new compositions for the beginning of the season. On September 2, during the 12th CODES Festival of Traditional and Avant-garde Music, audiences will hear the premiere of Copernicus – Our Planet for 6 mixed voices and string orchestra. The work will be performed by proMODERN vocal ensemble and the ‘Sinfonia…Continue Reading Krauze Premieres
4th WarszeMuzik
During the fourth edition of the WarszeMuzik Festival, held from 1-29 August 2020, chamber music will return to Warsaw Ghetto’s remaining buildings—a tenement house at 20 Chłodna Street (the Clock House), the house of Mieczysław Weinberg at 66 Żelazna Street, and an old tenement house at 41 Chłodna Street. In 2020, the Festival’s repertoire will expand…Continue Reading 4th WarszeMuzik
Dedications to the Sopot Trio
On 3 August 2020, the concert “Dedications to the Sopot Trio” will be held in St. Andrew Bobola Church in Sopot premiering works by Gdańsk-related composers Zbigniew Pniewski and Kamil Cieślik. The Sopot Trio consists of graduates from the Academy of Music in Gdańsk who remain associated with their home university and music institutions of…Continue Reading Dedications to the Sopot Trio
Premieres by Polish composers at “Karol from Atma. Music Unites”
The upcoming concert on 30 July 2020 at 6:00 p.m. will be held at the Karol Szymanowski Museum in the villa “Atma” in Zakopane, organized as part of the “Karol from Atma. Music Unites” series, premiering the latest works of Polish composers. Admission to the concert is free. The program will include works by Léo…Continue Reading Premieres by Polish composers at “Karol from Atma. Music Unites”
E4TT summer listening series #2: Giving Voice to the Voiceless
Contemporary chamber group Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) proudly announces the second program in “Ensemble for These (Summer) Times,” E4TT’s summertime listening series. These free biweekly, topical online concerts of relevant new music from the group’s performance archives are paired with an interview with a creative artist who has collaborated with E4TT. Program #2 of…Continue Reading E4TT summer listening series #2: Giving Voice to the Voiceless
PMC in ‘VoyageLA’
Although the library of the Polish Music Center is currently dark and our normal on-campus events will be replaced with exciting discussions and performances online this fall, the PMC’s varied activities are still the subject of much interest. Most recently, thanks to an introduction by the ever-supportive Tomek Fechner, the PMC piqued the interest of…Continue Reading PMC in ‘VoyageLA’
Classics Across Poland
A cycle of classical music concerts across Poland—Z klasyką przez Polskę—resumed on July 17 after an extended break caused by the pandemic. This project of Polski Impresariat Muzyczny [Polish Music Agency] is carried out by Poland’s Music and Dance Institute (IMIT) thanks to the support and under the leadership of Prof. Piotr Gliński, Minister of…Continue Reading Classics Across Poland