Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 7, no. 12 News Flash Fifth Paderewski Competition Winners The Fifth International Paderewski Piano Competition took place between 6 and 17 November 2001 at the Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz. The winners of the competition are: I PRIZE – Stepan Kos of Czech Republic ($10,000), II Prize – Aleksey Komarov of Russia ($6,000), III…Continue Reading December 2001
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 7, no. 11 News Flash Fifth Paderewski Piano Competition The fifth international Paderewski Piano Competition takes place between 6 and 17 November 2001 at the Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz. The organizers include the Philharmonic, the Paderewski Music Society, the Nowowiejski Academy of Music, and government sponsors. The competition begins with a gala performance…Continue Reading November 2001
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 7, no. 10 News Flash 44th Warsaw Autumn Festival The 44th Festival took place from the 21st to the 29th of September 2001. According to the Festival’s artistic director, Tadeusz Wielecki, “the main composer exposed this year is Galina Ustwolskaya. All of her symphonies will be presented: at the inaugural concert, the Moscow…Continue Reading October 2001
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 7, no. 9 News Flash Warsaw Autumn 2001: September 21-29 The program of the 44th International Festival of Contemporary Music, Warsaw Autumnhas recently been announced (September 21- 29, 2001). The Festival includes numerous fascinating items and world premieres – thus proving its high rank as one of the main “new music” events of the…Continue Reading September 2001
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 7, no. 8 News Flash Knittel’s World Premiere In Warsaw The world premiere of Krzysztof Knittel’s work “El maale rahamim” dedicated to the memory of the Jewish victims of the massacre at Jedwabne took place on 10 July 2001 in the Evangelical Church in Warsaw. The work’s title stems from the first words…Continue Reading August 2001
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 7, no. 7 News Flash Winner Of Chopin Competition 2000: YUNDI LI – FIRST TIME IN CALIFORNIA The debut concert of the 18-year-old Chinese pianist, Yundi Li, the first prize winner of the 14th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, October 2000 will take place on 28 July at 7:30 p.m. at the…Continue Reading July 2001
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 7, no. 6 News Flash Mykietyn’s Premiere In Warsaw Paweł Mykietyn’s chamber opera, Ignorant i szaleniec [An ignoramus and a madman], based on a play by Thomas Bernhard received its premiere at the Teatr Wielki, Grand Theater – National Opera in Warsaw Poland (May 4-5, 2001). The opera, commissioned by the Theater from…Continue Reading June 2001
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 7, no. 5 News Flash Chopin Competition Winners Top Prize Winners of the 2001 Kościuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition: I Prize: Esther Park, 16-year-old student from Ridgefield Park High School, studying with Yoheved Kaplinsky of the Juilliard School of Music, received the $5000 scholarship prize. II Prize: Amy Yang, 16, sophomore at Bellaire…Continue Reading May 2001
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 7, no. 4 News Flash Bokun And American Premieres “Rare and exhilarating” best describes “Polish Strings: 20th Century Orchestral Classics,” the program conceived and directed by Jan Jakub (“Kuba”) Bokun, a young musician from Poland working on his Master’s Degree in Music at USC. Rare, because it was probably the first time these…Continue Reading April 2001
March 2001: The program of this concert included Romuald Twardowski’s Marian Triptych, Tadeusz Baird’s Colas Breugnon Suite, Henryk Górecki’s Three Pieces in the Old Style, and Wojciech Kilar’s Orawa. Jan Jakub Bokun, conductor, and USC Strings….Continue Reading Polish Strings