The Grammy-winning LA Master Chorale returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday, February 1, 2026, with an emotional and thought-provoking double-bill entitled “Common Ground: The Music of Górecki and Jeff Beal.” The February 1 program includes a haunting choral work by Polish composer Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, best known for the explosive international success of…Continue Reading LA Master Chorale Performs H. M. Górecki
What’s better than one Fulbright Scholar carrying out research at the PMC? Certainly, it’s two Fulbright Scholars working assiduously for several months in situ, who then amplify their research results by creatively transforming the gathered materials after returning to their native Poland. As of a week ago on Spotify and other streaming services, there is…Continue Reading A Fulbright Fulfillment: ‘Night Shadows’ Recorded
Blending beloved Polish favorites by Chopin and Paderewski with a lesser known work by Aleksander Tansman and a world premiere by Marcel Chyrzyński, this year’s PMC Spring Concert is not to be missed. Presented by the USC Polish Music Center on Saturday, March 28 at 4:00 p.m., the concert will feature the Cracow Duo. Comprised…Continue Reading 2026 PMC Spring Concert: Cracow Duo Premieres Chyrzyński
Agnieszka Sołtysik-Monnet, professor at the University of Lausanne, often visits Los Angeles to see her father, a retired UCLA professor, Stefan Sołtysik. It is his collection of books and scores that Agnieszka has been gradually donating to the PMC over the past several months. The latest tranche of materials are all scores, including an assortment…Continue Reading PMC Gifts: January 2026
The Poznań Contemporary Music Foundation has announced the2nd International Andrzej Dobrowolski Composition Competition, honoring the legacy of the distinguished Polish composer and pedagogue known for bridging electroacoustic sound and acoustic instruments. Organized under the patronage of the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (CIME) and in cooperation with the International Festival of Contemporary Music ‘Poznań Musical…Continue Reading 2026 Int’l Dobrowolski Composition Competition
The recent staging in Toulouse of Weinberg’s opera, The Passenger, elicited an extensive review by French musicologist, music critic and author, Didier Van Moere. Published January 26 online in Diapason magazine under the title, “The Passenger by Weinberg in Toulouse: A Journey to the End of the Night,” Van Moere provides the readers with an…Continue Reading Weinberg in Toulouse Reviewed
The public is invited to attend the competition from February 9-14 in Murphy Recital Hall at Loyola Marymount University in West Los Angeles. The judges of the internationally acclaimed American International Paderewski Piano Competition reviewed a record number of high-quality applicant videos from 22 countries this year. These applicants are the best of the best,…Continue Reading 4th American Int’l Paderewski Piano Competition
USC Polish Music Center Director Marek Żebrowski has received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa [Honorary Doctorate] from Jan Kochanowski University (UJK) in Kielce, Poland. It is the highest academic distinction awarded by UJK, and he is only the 23rd individual to be honored with this title by this university. The honorary degree was conferred…Continue Reading PMC Director Marek Żebrowski Awarded Doctor Honoris Causa in Poland
Although composed in 1968, The Passenger by Mieczysław Weinberg only reached the operatic stage in its complete form in 2010, at the prestigious Bregenz Festival. Based on the novel by Polish writer and Auschwitz survivor Zofia Posmysz, the opera has since come to be recognized as a significant musical work of the second half of…Continue Reading French Premiere of Weinberg’s ‘The Passenger’
The Krakow Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union announces the 9th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers. The subject of the Competition is a composition for two accordions, oboe, clarinet and bassoon, with a duration from 9 to 12 minutes. Application deadline: 28 February 2026. The Competition Jury grants one Main Prize of 15.000 PLN….Continue Reading 2026 Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers