On Friday at noontime, Dr. Mateusz Strzelecki—violinist and scholar from the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland—will present a fascinating lecture at USC on the composer Karol Rathaus (1895-1954). Born to a Jewish family in the formerly Polish city of Ternopol, Rathaus gained great popularity in Germany and Austria during the 1930s yet is little…Continue Reading Lecture: Karol Rathaus and His Work in Europe and the US
The Paderewski Festival is pleased to announce the return to four days of music, wine, and world class musicians from November 2nd to November 5th. Paderewski Patrons and Friends of Paderewski passes as well as general public tickets will go on sale this summer. Schedule of Events Thursday, November 2nd: Opening Concert featuring the Darek Oleszkiewicz Jazz Trio7:00 p.m. | Libretto,…Continue Reading Save The Date – Paderewski Festival 2023
In collaboration with the Holocaust Museum LA, two young virtuosos, violinist Mateusz Strzelecki and pianist Andrzej Ślązak, will present an exciting program of music by Polish-Jewish composers. This chamber music program will open with Roman Padlewski’s Berceuse and Aleksander Tansman’s Cinq pieces for violin and piano with two of Henryk Wieniawski’s romantic salon charmers, Gigue…Continue Reading Polish Music for Violin and Piano at HMLA
…an ensemble that sounds like one instrument… – violinist Maxim Vengerov On March 25, the Polish Music Center will present one of the brightest stars of the young Polish chamber music scene: Duo Karolina Mikołajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki. Both virtuosos in their own right, Mikołajczyk and Jedynecki bring great energy to the stage, shining a…Continue Reading 2023 PMC Spring Concert: Duo Karolina Mikołajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki
During the first week of January 2023, the USC Polish Music Center and Holocaust Museum of L.A. will host the Czarakcziew/Kowal Duo—an ensemble from Kraków, Poland, that specializes in seeking out outstanding but unknown music of the 20th and 21st century. In these concerts, pianist Piotr Kowal and cellist Paweł Czarakcziew will weave together strands…Continue Reading January 2023: Czarakcziew/Kowal Duo Celebrate Bruzdowicz & Katz
This weekend marks the beginning of the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles! From November 4-6, The 2022 Festival returns to present an exciting series of live concerts. Performances are open to the public and will be held in various venues in downtown Paso Robles. Paderewski Patrons and Friends of Paderewski passes as well as general…Continue Reading 2022 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles
Event Details 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 works commissioned and performed by renowned ensembles and musicians throughout Europe, Kulenty’s catalogue ranges from intimate solo explorations of form to large-scale triumphs of sound. Selected works, three of…Continue Reading 2022 Paderewski Lecture-Recital: Kulenty
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 works commissioned and performed by renowned ensembles and musicians throughout Europe, Kulenty’s catalogue ranges from intimate solo explorations of form to large-scale triumphs of ensemble sound. Selections of these works…Continue Reading Save the Date: 2022 Paderewski Lecture-Recital
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 & guests Newman Recital Hall at USC (see campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA Campus Parking: $14 (Parking Structure X) FREE admission Celebratory reception to follow the concert Find Covid…Continue Reading 2022: California Dreamin’ – Celebrating Dianne & Tad Taube’s Transformational Gift
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 described the ensemble thus: “Kalinowski and Szlezer, friends since childhood, have a wonderfully natural rapport and there is an arresting quality to their playing that gives life to the music”….Continue Reading Cracow Duo Back in California