Save the Date: 2022 Paderewski Lecture-Recital
The 2022 Paderewski Lecture-Recital celebrates Hanna Kulenty (b. 1961), a brilliant contemporary composer who divides time between her native Poland, the Netherlands and France. With… Read more »
Events
2022: California Dreamin’ – Celebrating Dianne & Tad Taube’s Transformational Gift
Event Details Saturday, March 26 | 4:00 p.m. Concert; 5:30 p.m. Reception California Dreamin’: Celebrating Dianne & Tad Taube’s Transformational Gift feat. Cracow Duo &… Read more »
Cracow Duo Back in California
During the second half of March, the celebrated Cracow Duo—comprised of cellist Jan Kalinowski and pianist Marek Szlezer—returns for a tour of California. The Strad magazine… Read more »
2021 Paderewski Lecture-Recital: Weinberg
Page links: Event Description ~ Event Details ~ Full Program Composer Bio ~ Lecturer Bio ~ Performer Bios The 2021 Paderewski Lecture-Recital honors the 25th… Read more »
2021 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles: Tickets On Sale
The Paderewski Festival returns to live concerts, open to the public in various venues in and around Paso Robles, California, on November 5-7, 2021. Paderewski… Read more »
2021 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles: Save the Date
Given the good news regarding vaccination levels and statewide opening in California, the Board of Directors of the Paderewski Festival has decided to plan for… Read more »
2020 Paderewski Lecture with Krzysztof Meyer: Lecture Transcript
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Paderewski Lecture was conducted as an interview via Zoom on 22 August 2020, and broadcast to the worldwide… Read more »
Jazztopad ‘Great Improvisation’ Series Livestream Continues
The Jazztopad Festival, in partnership with Polish Cultural Institute New York, continues The Great Improvisation series online live-streamed from the National Forum of Music (NFM)… Read more »
2021: Remembering Górecki—A Discussion and Film Screening
Watch the broadcast here: www.thorntonlive.usc.edu On 20 March 2021, the Polish Music Center at the USC Thornton School of Music will recognize the tenth anniversary… Read more »
UPDATED: Jazztopad ‘Great Improvisation’ series Livestreams in February
Please note: the performers originally slated for February 19 (Maniucha & Ksawery) are unable to perform due to Covid-19 quarantine—they will return to the Jazztopad… Read more »
Jazztopad ‘Great Improvisation’ series Livestream
The Jazztopad Festival, in partnership with Polish Cultural Institute New York, presents The Great Improvisation series online live streamed from the National Forum of Music… Read more »
2020 PMC Recap ~ Please support us into 2021!
Dear Friends of the Polish Music Center, Before sharing the annual PMC summary and our latest news, we would first like to express hope that… Read more »
12th Schaeffer’s Era from the New World – Schaeffer in L.A.
Ghost Road Company (Los Angeles) and Warsaw Bauhaus Foundation (Warsaw) present an international real-time collaboration: original works of dance, theatre, and film, created to respond… Read more »
2020 PADEREWSKI FESTIVAL IN PASO ROBLES
On November 6-7, the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles will present this year’s exciting lineup of concerts and accompanying events. Due to the pandemic and… Read more »
2020 Paderewski Lecture: Krzysztof Meyer (virtual)
The Polish Music Center, USC, Announces the 2020 Paderewski Lecturer: Krzysztof Meyer Please join us to meet Krzysztof Meyer, one of the greatest living… Read more »
PMC Re-opens on Tuesdays!
As of September 1, the Polish Music Center will now be available on a limited basis on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. PDT. … Read more »
Cracow Duo: Live From Krakow’s Jewish Quarter
On Sunday September 13, the newly re-branded Holocaust Museum LA (formerly the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust) will present a livestream broadcast of Cracow… Read more »
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… Read more »
Livestream: Grażyna Bacewicz & PMC Director Marek Zebrowski
The composer of four symphonies, seven violin concertos, seven string quartets, five sonatas for violin and piano and many more works, Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) was… Read more »
PMC Closure and Cancellations
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… Read more »