With great sadness, we note passing of one of Polish Music Center’s friends and supporters, Dr. Teodor Polak. After a long illness, he died in his sleep in Los Angeles on 8 June 2021 at the age of 92. Born near Warsaw on November 9, 1928, already as a teenage patriot he joined the Polish…Continue Reading Dr. Teodor Polak In Memoriam
Jan Jarczyk (1947-2014)—a prominent Polish jazz pianist and trombonist, composer, arranger and educator—is being remembered this week by RadioJAZZ.FM in a series of broadcasts dedicated to the “Masters of Polish Jazz.” Sponsored by the EuroJAZZ Foundation for Promoting Jazz Music, these programs are part of the cycle of 100 radio shows curated by Rafał Garszczyński…Continue Reading JARCZYK BROADCASTS
The 7th edition of the Baltic Neopolis Festival started on 24 June and will continue until 29 July 2021. A versatile initiative located in the basin of the Baltic Sea, this Festival has been happening since 2015 in Szczecin and the West Pomeranian Voivodship. It encourages the cooperation of musicians from all over the world,…Continue Reading 2021 Baltic Neopolis Festival & M. Górecki Premiere
The 44th Karol Szymanowski Days in Zakopane will run from 25 July to 1 August 2021. This year’s edition is dedicated to the Stalowa Wola Generation on their 70th anniversary. It is organized by the Karol Szymanowski Museum at Willa Atma (ul. Kasprusie 19, 34-500 Zakopane, Poland). In 2021, the Polish artistic community will celebrate…Continue Reading 2021 Karol Szymanowski Days: Stalowa Wola Generation
Moniuszko’s Halka Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872): Halka [Opera] Dominik Sutowicz, Magdalena Molendowska, Łukasz Goliński, Poznań State Moniuszko Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Gabriel Chmura – cond. NAXOS 8.660485-86 From the website Naxos.com: Polish composer, conductor and teacher Stanisław Moniuszko is widely known as ‘the father of Polish national opera’. Halka tells the tragic story of its…Continue Reading New at Naxos
The Vilnius City Municipality St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Modestas Barkauskas, will perform a concert devoted to Krzysztof Penderecki on July 15, 2021 at the St. Catherine Church in Vilnius, Lithuania. The event with live broadcast by LRT Klasika is a part of the project “Krzysztof Penderecki: Europe in tribute to the Master,” carried…Continue Reading Tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki in Vilnius
On Saturdays in July and August, audiences will have the opportunity to listen to live classical music in the relaxation zone of the Nowa Stacja Shopping Center in Pruszków, Poland, outside of Warsaw. Entitled Stacja Klasyka, the concert series is organized by Nowa Stacja and the Rzeka E N Foundation. On 10 July, the Veloce…Continue Reading ‘Stacja Klasyka’ – Live Concerts in Pruszków
Another musical silver lining has emerged from the dark cloud of the pandemic—in the form of a new recording by pianist Marek Szlezer. Long a colleague of the Polish Music Center, Szlezer has performed many concerts at USC and with our various partners throughout California (even virtually), most often as one half of the renowned…Continue Reading Szlezer Performs Szymanowski for DUX
The music of composers from Warmia and Masuria arranged for trombone will be performed at the Feliks Nowowiejski Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic in Olsztyn on July 16, 2021. The concert will premiere Tango with variations for trombone and string quartet by Tomasz Szymuś. In 2020, Philharmonic trombonist Rafał Krauze received the Artistic Scholarship of the Marshal of…Continue Reading Premiere of “Tango with variations” by Tomasz Szymuś
Following successful performances in June and early July, Fever will present an intimate concert featuring L.A.-based Polish pianist Klaudia Kudelko in late August and September. As a part of her post-pandemic “Dream USA” tour, on August 26-27 Kudelko will present “Chopin’s Best Works” with two showings at 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The concerts will…Continue Reading Candlelight: Chopin’s Best Works