Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 12 News Flash Gramophone Award For Rattle’s King Roger The December issue of the Gramophone informs about the triumph of Sir Simon Rattle, distinguished British conductor, whose recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 10 (in the Deryck Cooke performing edition) received the title of the Recording of the Year. Rattle’s EMI set of King Roger was recognized…Continue Reading December 2000
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November 2000
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 11 News Flash Winners of the 14th Chopin Competition I Prize: Yundi Li (China) II Prize: Ingrid Fliter (Argentina) III Prize: Alexander Kobrin (Russia) IV Prize: Sa Chen (China) V Prize: Alberto Nose (Italy) VI Prize: Mika Satao (Japan) For the first time in 15 years (the last three competitions) the…Continue Reading November 2000
Polish Manuscript Exhibition and Concert
On 21 October 2000, an open house and exhibition were held during the celebrations of the Polish American Heritage Month. The accompanying Chamber Music Concert was recorded and the CD includes chamber music by Kazimierz Serocki, Marta Ptaszyńska, Tadeusz Szeligowski, Tadeusz Baird, and others….Continue Reading Polish Manuscript Exhibition and Concert
October 2000
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 10 News Flash Triumphs Of Warsaw Autumn, Part I Among many music events held in September in Poland the 43rd International Festival of Contemporary Music “Warsaw Autumn” was the most impressive. The programs, the concerts, the performers, the organization, and the audiences did not leave any room for improvement. Under the…Continue Reading October 2000
September 2000
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 9 News Flash Warsaw Autumn Festival The program of the Warsaw Autumn Festival contains numerous international “attractions” guaranteed to bring audiences for the innovative programming, which includes performances of Stockhausen’s Gruppen (as well as spatial pieces by Alvin Lucier and Martin Smolka) at the Sports Hall of CWKS Legia, Bemowo, and Alexander Syrabin’s…Continue Reading September 2000
August 2000
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 8 News Flash Premiere Of Górecki’s Cantata On 21 June 2000 the Choir of the National Philharmonics from Warsaw and an instrumental ensemble of musicians from the Philharmonics, conducted by Henryk Wojnarowski, premiered Henryk Górecki’s Salve, sidus Polonorum, Cantata about St. Adalbertus. This world premiere crowned the Polish Day at the EXPO…Continue Reading August 2000
July 2000
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 7 News Flash New Manuscripts for PMRC by Maria Anna Harley During my recent trip to Poland several important donations have been made to expand the Manuscript Collection of the Polish Music Reference Center. Composer Krzysztof Meyer started the series of marvellous events with a donation of the authograph score of…Continue Reading July 2000
June 2000
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 6 News Flash Winners Of Fryderyki 1999 The yearly awards for best recordings made in Poland in 1999 have just been announced. The winners of the awards in individual categories are listed below; note that the award is called “Fryderyk” (first name of Chopin) and the plural form is “Fryderyki” – hence…Continue Reading June 2000
May 2000
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 5 News Flash Winners Of Kosciuszko Foundation’s Chopin Competition KIRILL GERSTEIN was the First Prize Winner in the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition 2000, held in New York City in last week. Gerstein is a 20-year old graduate student at the Manhattan School of Music, where he is studying with Solomon…Continue Reading May 2000
April 2000
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 4 News Flash Winners Of Chopin Competition In Miami Pianists Ning An, Jun Asai, Brenda Huang and Hiroko Kunitake were the Top Prize winners of the Sixth American National Chopin Competition in Miami, Florida. All four winners are being sent to Warsaw, Poland to compete in the International Chopin Piano Competition…Continue Reading April 2000