Category: 1997

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 12 News Sembrich Voice Competition Announced By Kosciuszko Foundation December 15th is the application deadline for the Marcella Sembrich Memorial Voice Competition (to be held on March 21, 1998 at the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City)! Open to all singers from ages of 18 to 34. World-renowned soprano Teresa Kubiak will…Continue Reading December 1997

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 11 News The dates for the III STANISLAW MONIUSZKO INTERNATIONAL VOCAL COMPETITION have been announced: Oct 1-11, 1998. The competition is sponsored by the Teatr Narodowy, Warsaw and organized by Maria Foltyn, artistic director of the competition, who founded it six years ago. Details in next month’s newsletter or fax Poland…Continue Reading November 1997

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 10 Gorecki Autumn at USC Schedule Oct 1: Gorecki Solo & Chamber Music: James Harley, artistic director. Sonata no. 1, op.6 for solo piano; Intermezzo and Four Preludes for solo piano; For you, Anne-Lill, op. 58 for flute and piano; Variations for violin and piano, op.4; Valentine Piece op. 70 for flute solo and little bell. 8:00 p.m. * Hancock Auditorium…Continue Reading October 1997

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 9 News Warsaw Autumn The Program of this year’s Warsaw Autumn Festival of Contemporary Music includes 19 world premieres of works by Polish and foreign composers! The Festival will take place between the 19th and 27th of September, with concerts scheduled at 5, 8 and 11 p.m. in various venues, including the National…Continue Reading September 1997 

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 8 News Did you know that… there are two versions of the opera Halka? The original version, composed by a very youthful Stanislaw MONIUSZKO (age 27), premiered in Wilno on January 1, 1848, and contained only two acts instead of four. The manuscript of this early score was discovered 30 years ago and was…Continue Reading August 1997

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 7 News What is Gorecki up to? Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj GORECKI is coming to Los Angeles for the Gorecki Autumn festival sponsored by the University of Southern California School of Music and the Polish Music Reference Center at USC ,from September 30th through October 5th. Lectures, panel discussions, recitals and meetings with students are…Continue Reading July 1997

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 6 News Composer Wojciech KILAR recently received the Artur Award from the Museum of Cinematography of the city of Lodz, Poland, during the Festival of Film Music (May 10-11th) which was specifically dedicated to him. During the festivities, several films to which Kilar composed the music were screened: Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola), Portrait of a Lady (Jane Campion), The…Continue Reading June 1997

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 5 News Winners of Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition in New York. I PRIZE: Christopher WELDON (Juilliard School of Music). II PRIZE: Karl LO (Oberlin College). III PRIZE TIE: Keiko KURACHI (Juilliard), Spencer MEYER III (Oberlin). SPECIAL MENTION: Sean BENNETT (De Paul University, Chicago). First prize included $2,500 plus a recital in New York and one at the Chopin Festival in…Continue Reading May 1997

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 3, no. 1 News The Dana New Music Festival New Music from Poland Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, April 6-11. The Festival included: Seven concerts: Polish Music and Polish Musicians. Dorota Sobieska – soprano, Wanda Sobieska – violin, Jacek Sobieski – piano (Szymanowski, Bacewicz, Serocki). Polish Sacred Lenten and Easter Music. St. Stanislaus Polish Choir,…Continue Reading April 1997