Patrons and concertgoers who attend the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles may know of Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s former estate in Kąśna Dolna, which he owned between 1897 and 1903. Lovingly preserved, today this manor house and grounds are the only residence of this great pianist, politician and humanitarian that is still left standing. Paderewski left a generous legacy…Continue Reading Paderewski Monument in Ciężkowice
The 60th death anniversary of Artur Malawski was observed in Rzeszów with the October 2 conference and concert at the Chamber Auditorium of the Malawski Philharmonic Hall. Artists and authors as well as music faculty from Warsaw, Bydgoszcz, Kraków, Przemyśl and Sanok participated in the event. The festivities were also accompanied by an exhibit dedicated to Malawski…Continue Reading Malawski Honored in Rzeszów
Stanisław Moniuszko’s iconic opera, Straszny dwór [The Haunted Manor] will be presented at the Copernicus Centre in Chicago on October 28 and 29. The soloists of Warsaw’s Grand Theatre and choirs of the National Orchestra and Chopin Music University in Warsaw will be heard with the Paderewski Symphony Orchestra led by Wojciech Niewrzoł. [Source: pwm.com.pl]…Continue Reading Moniuszko in Chicago
The 18th Annual Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles will be held in various venues around town from October 18-26, 2017. The Opening Gala at the Egyptian Theatre takes place Oct. 18 at 6 p.m., featuring a screening of THE ART OF LOVING. STORY OF MICHALINA WISLOCKA [Sztuka kochania. Historia Michaliny Wislockiej] by Maria Sadowska. In addition, the following…Continue Reading Music at the 18th Polish Film Festival in LA
From October 12-14, the Łódź Music Academy hosted the ZKP conference entitled “Muzyka i Miasto,” dedicated to the relationship of creativity and musical life to the institutions and functioning of cities. Musicologists, sociologists and ethnographers gathered to participate in a variety of discussions and attend concerts. Among the latter was performance of Artur Zagajewski’s blockhaus D, a continuation of a…Continue Reading Music and the City
The Płock Symphony Orchestra celebrated Feliks Nowowiejski’s 140th birthday with an anniversary concert on October 12. The program consisted of the overture to the opera Legenda Bałtyku as well as the Fantasy of the themes from this opera, symphonic poem Pożegnanie Ellenai, Polish Fantasy for solo organ, and overture Swaty Polskie [Polish Nuptials]. Nowowiejski’s Legenda Bałtyku was world premiered in Poznań in 1924 and since then became a popular work in the canon of…Continue Reading Nowowiejski Anniversary
The Polish Composers’ Union [ZKP], Kraków branch, announced the First International Krzysztof Penderecki Competition for Young Composers. The assignment is to write a work for flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello that is 9-14 minutes long. Composers of all nationalities under the age of 35 are invited to compete; each composer can send no more than two…Continue Reading Penderecki Competition for Young Composers
On Saturday, October 21 Polish pianist and Loyola Marymount University faculty member Wojciech Kocyan gave a Faculty Piano Recital. He was joined on the stage of LMU’s Murphy Recital Hall by special guest artist Yoshika Masuda – cello. Wojciech Kocyan was born in Poland. From age six to eighteen he studied with Krystyna Moszynska. He also studied with…Continue Reading Kocyan Performs in LA
Following their stellar performance at the Polish Music Center’s Paderewski Lecture-Recital and other touring around the US, the Cracow Duo will be back in Los Angeles this weekend for two exciting programs of Polish music. First, on October 28, they will perform with the New Zimro Ensemble at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena, CA….Continue Reading Cracow Duo in LA
Warsaw’s Grand Theatre and National Opera opeed its fall season with performances of new production of Ludomir Różycki’s opera Eros i Psyche on October 13, 15, 17 and 19. Barbara Wysocka directed the new staging of this work and the recently appointed musical director, Maestro Grzegorz Nowak, led the orchestra. Based on a story by Jaerzy Żuławski, the…Continue Reading Różycki’s Eros I Psyche in Warsaw