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 »
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Taking the Last Step
An Obituary of Stefan Wenta by Marek Zebrowski Stefan Wenta, a world-renowned dancer and choreographer, author, chess master and bibliophile, died in Los Angeles… Read more »
10th ‘Emanacje’ Festival: Wieniawski Cycle and Pianohooligan
Recognized jazz musicians and all Polish participants of the 16th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poznań took part in this year’s jubilee edition of… Read more »
5th Royal Opera Polish Music Festival & Krauze Premiere
This year the Polish Royal Opera hosted its 5th Festival featuring a plethora of Polish music from July 2nd to July 24th. The Festival included… Read more »
NIMiT on Streaming Platforms
The National Institute of Music and Dance (NIMiT) now has recordings available on major streaming platforms such as Spotify. As streaming has become an increasingly… Read more »
Celebration of Wojciech Kilar’s 90th Birthday
Wojciech Kilar was one of Poland’s greatest twentieth century symphonic composers. He studied piano with Władysława Markiewiczówna and composition with Bolesław Szabelski at the State… Read more »
The Final Veil: World Premiere
The Final Veil is a movement opera co-created by composer JL Marlor and dancer/director Cassandra Rosebeetle. Through the mediums of opera and dance, The Final… Read more »
Music & Migration: The story of Felix Yaniewicz in Scotland
From the end of June to October there will be a new exhibition at the Georgian House in Edinburgh, Scotland which will tell the story… Read more »
Upcoming Concerts at the Jazz Café POSK
There are over 3500 pubs and bars in the bustling city of London, and among those is the Jazz Café POSK. Known as one of… Read more »
PMC Gifts: Marcel Chyrzyński
Spring has sprung (as it annually does) and this time around it also brought a shower of fine gifts to the Polish Music Center. There… Read more »
4th Frost Chopin Festival in Miami: June 19-26
The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami is once again partnering with the Chopin Foundation to present the 4th annual Frost Chopin… Read more »
Mykietyn & Błażejczyk World Premieres in London
On Wednesday, April 27 in Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, the London Sinfonietta celebrated contemporary musical life in Poland. Entitled “Leaning East: The New Polish… Read more »
PMC Gifts, May 2022: Koczalski on Record
By Marek Zebrowski Among Polish pianists, Raul Koczalski (1884-1948) is considered among the most important interpreters of Chopin. Born in Warsaw, he made his first… Read more »
Bacewicz in SD on May 6-7
The San Diego Symphony will open their May 7 concert at the Rady Shell with Grażyna Bacewicz‘s Overture. The program will also include Edvard Grieg’s… Read more »
Spring Concerts with Kinga Augustyn
Born in Poland and based in New York City, Kinga Augustyn is a violinist who has performed alongside several orchestras around the world including Deutsches Kammerorchester… Read more »
A Spring Shower of Gifts to PMC
In addition to four manuscript scores of works by Krzysztof Meyer personally delivered by the composer during his recent PMC visit, we have received other… Read more »
New on Naxos
Leading classical music label NAXOS and its related brands have several exciting new releases featuring Polish creativity. Weinberg Featured on Album of Concertos … Read more »
Krzysztof Meyer at PMC
By Marek Zebrowski At long last, in early April 2022 the Polish Music Center had the great honor of hosting Krzysztof Meyer, a distinguished composer… Read more »
Review: Weinberg by Sałajczyk
By Marek Zebrowski Piotr Sałajczyk, a distinguished pianist, chamber musician and pedagogue, recently issued a recording of Mieczysław Weinberg’s Piano Sonatas No. 1, Op. 5,… Read more »
Goldenthal in Kraków
By Marek Zebrowski Born in 1954, Elliot Goldenthal is primarily known as a very successful film composer with a long list of scores for such… Read more »