Support the PMC in 2015
The 2014 PMC Fund Drive letter was inadvertantly left out of our December Newsletter, however it is not too late to give! Please see below… Read more »
01. January 2015
2014 Year In Review: January – June
Anniversaries The anniversaries of two great Polish musicians were celebrated in 2014: the centenary of composer Sir Andrzej Panufnik, and the bicentenary of musicologist and… Read more »
Górecki’s 4th Symphony – US Premiere
Written for orchestra, organ and piano, the Symphony No. 4 of the late Henryk Mikołaj Górecki will be given its US Premiere on January 16-18,… Read more »
Szymański Premiere
On December 17, 2014 in the Studio Theatre in Warsaw, the World Premiere of a new piece for harpsichord by Paweł Szymański was heard. Harpsichordist… Read more »
FuturOpera Premieres
On November 5-6, 2014, the FuturOpera project was presented at the Warsaw Chamber Opera. The project encompassed three chamber opera creations by contemporary composers of the young generation: Wasserstimmen by Dariusz… Read more »
Artist Update: Kuba Cichocki
Pianist, improviser and composer, Kuba Cichocki was already a highly acclaimed musician in Poland and Europe before he came to New York in 2010. He had played… Read more »
Korzistka Performs Benefit Concert for PMA
The Polish Museum of America and the PMA Library, along with the Chicago Chopin Society, present a recital by pianist Michal Korzistka on Saturday, January 31, 2015, at… Read more »
Upcoming at the Kosciuszko Fdn
Isadora Duncan and Frédéric Chopin: In Artistry of the Soul The Kosciuszko Foundation in collaboration with The Isadora Duncan International Institute presents “Isadora Duncan and Frédéric… Read more »
Presidential Award for Hundziak
A group of artists whose output is directed to young performers and audiences was recognized by Poland’s President and the First Lady at a December… Read more »
2014 Nominations: ‘Polityka Passports’
The popular weekly magazine Polityka has announced the 2014 nominations for its annual Passport Award. Candidates for this coveted cultural prize are chosen from the fields of film, literature,… Read more »
Stroinski Nominated for “Ethan Carter” Score
Polish-American composer Mikolaj Stroinski, who created the score for the game The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, has been nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition… Read more »
ŁAŃCUCH 2015
The idea behind the Łańcuch [Chain] Festivals is to showcase the music of Witold Lutosławski in an appropriate context. The 12th Łańcuch Festival encompasses five concerts, taking… Read more »
New on NAXOS
The Complete Piano Works of Szymanowski Karol Szymanowski: 20 Mazurkas, Op. 50; Metopy (Metopes), Op. 29; 4 Studies, Op. 4; Piano Sonata No. 2 in… Read more »
Jerzy Semkow (1928-2014)
Jerzy Semkow, one of the most prominent Polish conductors and champions of Polish music around the world, died on December 23 near Lausanne, Switzerland after… Read more »
Pawel Buczyński (1953-2015)
Paweł Buczyński, a composer and lecturer at the Chopin Music University, and member of the Polish Composers’ Union, died January 5 at the age of… Read more »