Recent Donations To The PMC
Piano Secrets in Etude From our dear friend in Santa Barbara area, Betty Harford, the gift of a copy of the November 1933 issue of… Read more »
06. June 2014
Knapik Opera Premiere
The World Première of the new opera by Eugeniusz Knapik will be held on June 25 in the Teatr Wielki -Opera Narodowa [Grand Theater –… Read more »
Premieres At Kraków Composers’ Festival
From June 8-14, the 26th edition of the International Festival of Kraków Composers (previously called the “Music Days of Kraków Composers” Festival) will be held.… Read more »
Beautiful New Hall For Szczeczin Phil
On May 20, Sylwia Wysłowska of Culture.pl posted an article about the new hall being built for the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczeczin, Poland. Based… Read more »
Paderewski Scholarship Fund Benefit Concert
On June 28, the Borowsky family will offer their incredible musicianship in support of the Paderewski Scholarship Fund in a concert at the Embassy of… Read more »
Sinfonia Iuventus Performs Kilar
On May 29 and June 1, the Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra presents film music concerts, during which the screen will display multimedia fragments of known Polish… Read more »
Discussion Of Chopin’s 24 Preludes
In an article entitled “Breaking Down Chopin’s 24 Preludes,” Wojciech Oleksiak of Culture.pl explores the context and history of Chopin’s quintessential 24 Preludes, op. 28,… Read more »
2014 Lutoslawski Stipend
The Board of Directors of the Witold Lutosławski Society announces the annual competition for the Lutosławski Scholarship, awarded by the family of the composer. The… Read more »
Free Jazz Exploration
According to a new article in Biweekly.pl, anthologies of Grupa w Składzie and Andrzej Bieżan released in early 2014 along with the upcoming Tie Break box… Read more »
New Books From PWM
Górecki. Portrait in memory Author: Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska Publisher: PWM/Fundacja Universitatis Varsoviensis Language: Pol. Softcover, 480 pp. (2013) Górecki. Portrait in memory by Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska is a… Read more »
Robert Thies Plays Chopin
A pianist of “unerring, warm-toned refinement, revealing judicious glimmers of power” (Los Angeles Times), Robert Thies will perform Chopin’s ‘Revolutionary’ Etude in C Minor, op.… Read more »
Paderewski Academy Of Music Concert
The Paderewski Academy of Music invites audiences to a very special concert featuring participants in the Piano Master Class of Igor Lipinski (at left). These… Read more »
AllDayNight – Songs In French, Polish & English
On Friday, June 13, the AllDayNight ensemble presents a free concert entitled “Voyage Musical: Original Instrumental Music & Songs in French, Polish & English” at… Read more »
Korzistka Plays Chopin
On Sunday, June 29, the Polish American Club of Roseville (Sacramento) presents a classical piano concert featuring Michał Korzistka, a prominent Polish pianist from the University… Read more »
Kolberg Conference In Poznań
“The Work of Oskar Kolberg as National and European Heritage,” a two-day international academic conference, was held in Poznań, Poland on May 22-23. Poland’s president… Read more »
Kolberg In Kielce
Since Oskar Kolberg figures in the official name of the Kielce Philharmonic—aka Filharmonia Świętokrzyska im. Oskara Kolberga w Kielcach—the Philharmonic Auditorium as well as the… Read more »
Kolberg’s Tomb Renovated
Oskar Kolberg died in Kraków on June 3, 1890 and was buried at the Rakowicki Cemetery. On June 3 this year, Kolberg’s tomb was unveiled… Read more »
Kolberg’s Opera Revived
Besides his monumental ethnographic research, Oskar Kolberg also composed a number of vocal works, including an opera: Król Pasterzy [King of Shepherds]. It was shown… Read more »
Bienkowski Interview
As a corollary to the Kolberg Year Celebrations, please see an English-language interview with Andrzej Bieńkowski, a painter, photographer, and ethnographer who answers Agnieszka Grzybowska’s… Read more »
New Panufnik Site
On May 16, the new website dedicated to composer Sir Andrzej Panufnik—www.panufnik.polmic.pl—was officially unveiled in the Chamber Hall of the Warsaw headquarters of Polish Music… Read more »