Poland’s Independence Day Celebrated At USC
On November 11, the Polish Music Center celebrates Poland’s Independence Day with a concert featuring virtuoso violinist Mariusz Patyra and pianist Krzysztof Herdzin in a… Read more »
11. November 2014
2014 Paderewski Youth Piano Competition Winners
The Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles is pleased to announce the winners of the eighth annual Youth Piano Competition held October 25 at Cass Winery… Read more »
Panufnik’s Music at USC
by Marek Żebrowski The centenary of Sir Andrzej Panufnik was celebrated with two concerts on the USC campus in early October. The first, Polish Music… Read more »
Chylińska’s Magnum Opus
In mid-October, PMC Director Marek Żebrowski spent a very brief weekend in Kraków to honor the crowning achievement in the long and successful career of… Read more »
Recent Donations To The PMC
From the Polish Music Information Centre in Warsaw: Zbigniew Penherski (Polish Music Today series – polmic 089/PRCD 1741) Lidia Zielińska (Polish Music Today series –… Read more »
Ryterband Anniversary Year
by Marta Gargas-Borowy Composer Roman Ryterband was born in Poland in 1914, and thus his centenary has been celebrated throughout 2014. Having left Poland during… Read more »
Panufnik Anniversary Year
Panufnik 100 In London On 30 November 2014, the Brodsky Quartet and the Panufnik family and friends present Panufnik 100: A Family Celebration, a chamber music… Read more »
Premieres at Kwartesencja 2014
Music, passion, atmosphere, but most of all–performing stars that can be envied by the biggest concert halls in the world–these are the basic elements… Read more »
Mykietyn Premiered In France
On Friday, October 10, during their “Concert de musique de films France Musique – SACEM / Hommage à Roman Polanski,” the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra… Read more »
World Premiere at Musicology Conference in Bydgoszcz
The 43rd Musicological Conference of the Polish Composers’ Union [ZKP] was held at the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz Oct. 9-11. This annual forum is the biggest and most… Read more »
Mikołaj Górecki Premieres
On October 11 at the Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Festival of Polish Composers in Bielsko-Biała, Gloria (2000) for choir and orchestra by Mikołaj Górecki was premiered. Also on the program… Read more »
Nowak in the News
Maestro Grzegorz Nowak continues to be in artistic demand across the world. Recently he was appointed Chief Conductor for the Orquesta Sinfonica de España and… Read more »
Polish Baroque Players on US Tour
Il Giardino d’Amore is a European baroque orchestra let by violinist Stefan Plewniak that performs on original instruments. They have appeared in festivals and concert halls… Read more »
Anna Maria Jopek N. American Tour
Please do not file my music under jazz. Nor under pop, folk… whatever. I embrace a lot of influences. Jazz is by far the most… Read more »
November Concerts for Wawrowski
Janusz Wawrowski has been hailed by the press “the hope bearer of the young generation of the Polish violinists” (musicwoche.de), “a virtuoso of the highest… Read more »
Contemporary Music Doesn’t Bite
The fourth round of conversations with composers in the series “Contemporary Music Doesn’t Bite” [Muzyka współczesna nie gryzie] was held on October 5 at the… Read more »
2014 IMiT Conductors-In-Residence
The 2nd edition of the Institute of Music and Dance’s program Conductor-in-Residence has introduced two new pairings of Polish conductors and ensembles: Justyna Maj /… Read more »
2014 IMiT Composers-In-Residence
Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska has begun her residency at the Baltic Neopolis Orchestra, taking place as part of the 4th edition of the Composer-in-Residence program financed by the Institute of… Read more »
Jarczyk Tribute Concerts
Over the course of Octobe to December, the dearly missed jazz pianist, composer and arranger Jan Jarczyk will be honored with several Tribute Concerts around the world. The… Read more »
“Poland’s Concert Hall Revival”
On November 4, Rebecca Schmid of the New York Times wrote about “Poland’s Concert Hall Revival,” which opens with a discussion of the new ICE Congress Center—ICE as… Read more »