On February 13, new music enthusiasts in the Pacific Northwest will have the opportunity to attend a concert showcasing contemporary compositions, with a special focus on electroacoustic music. The event will take place at 8:00 p.m. at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA. This concert will feature three pieces by Polish composers…Continue Reading Polish Composers in a Seattle Electroacoustic Concert
On March 1, audiences in Southern California will have the pleasure to hear the Zarębski Piano Duo in an all-Polish program of works for piano four-hands, as a part of the Duo’s 2025 US tour. Held at the Santa Monica Public Library, the performance will include works by Ignacy Friedman, Hanna Kulenty, Maurycy Moszkowski, Anna Rocławska-Musialczyk, Aleksander Tansman,…Continue Reading Zarębski Piano Duo: Polish Music for 4-Hands in LA
Elżbieta Sikora’s fascinating life and career in music can be seen in a new, short documentary film. Entitled L’Envers des sons [The Other Side of Sounds], the film was recently released on YouTube. Filmed in Sikora’s Paris apartment recently and illustrated with many historical photographs, this avant-garde composer recounts in her own words her early…Continue Reading Sikora on Film!
The LA Phil’s upcoming program shines a spotlight on the groundbreaking work of Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz, an iconic composer in 20th-century Polish music. Bacewicz is not only important to Polish music, as a groundbreaking female composer and polymathic artist, but also to the PMC since we have several of her original scores in our…Continue Reading Bacewicz’s “Concerto for String Orchestra” at LA Phil
The Paderewski Music Society in Bydgoszcz, Poland, has just announced the 13th edition of the Paderewski International Piano Competition. Co-organized by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, City of Bydgoszcz, Governor of the Kuyavia-Pomerania Region and several notable music industry organizers and sponsors, the Competition will take place in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on November 9-23,…Continue Reading Paderewski Center Stage!
Szymon Morus, Artistic Director of the NDI Sopot Classic International Music Festival and the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Sopot, invites young composers to take part in the 8th Krzysztof Penderecki Composition Competition, held in conjunction with the 15th edition of the NDI Sopot Classic International Music Festival. The competition is open to participants born on or…Continue Reading 2025 K. Penderecki Composition Competition
We are proud to announce that the Director USC Polish Music Center, Marek Zebrowski, has been awarded the prestigious Witold Celichowski Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the promotion of Polish culture abroad, as well as his artistic and scholarly achievements. The medal was awarded by the decision of Agata Sobczyk, Governor of…Continue Reading PMC Dir. Zebrowski Honored with W. Celichowski Medal
The Museum of the City of Łódź just sent us a great publication, Paweł Klecki i Muzyka Łodzi/Paweł Klecki and the Music of Łódź. This compact and richly illustrated book presents one of the city’s prominent musicians—the world-famous conductor and recently rediscovered composer, Paweł Klecki (1900-1973) —and serves as a companion to an exhibit at…Continue Reading PMC Gifts: January 2025
By: Marek Zebrowski Artistic creativity, boundless imagination, indomitable courage to explore topics and worlds unknown, and infinite fascination with almost everything that surrounded him throughout his life does not even come close to describing David Lynch, my dear friend of some twenty-five years. Looking back to a dark and chilly December evening in Łódź, just…Continue Reading Polish Night Music: Remembering David Lynch
Polish-American pianist Adam Golka’s concert schedule for Summer and Fall 2024 was very busy with international engagements, often presenting Polish music, throughout Europe and America. And 2025 will start off strong, with US performances of a “Slavic Winter” program in San Antonio, TX (Jan 31), a solo with the Augusta Symphony (Mar 29) and a…Continue Reading Summer-Fall 2024 Update from Adam Golka