Polish Music Center is thirty years old this year. In honor of this important milestone, we have launched a month-long crowdfunding campaign. We invite PMC enthusiasts around the world to participate in our “30 for 30” fund drive, in recognition of the work we have accomplished since 1985 and in support of the projects we…Continue Reading PMC Celebrates 30!
The 2015 Paderewski Festival once again promises to deliver a great variety of concerts with fascinating music, great ambiance provided by historic venues and charming wineries, and world-famous performers. This year’s concert calendar begins on Thursday, November 5 with a concert by the City of Angels Saxophone Quartet. Held in the barrel room of Cass…Continue Reading Paderewski Festival Extravaganza
Thank you for expanding our collection! Manuscript Donation: Jan Jarczyk It has been just over a year since the untimely death of great Polish jazz pianist and composer, Jan Jarczyk. His presence graced us at the Polish Music Center—Jan’s concert in March 2014 and his arrangements of tunes by Bronisław Kaper and Henryk Wars (Henry…Continue Reading Recent Donations To The PMC Library
Russian pianist Nikita Mndoyants—who previously won the Paderewski Competition in Bydgoszcz and subsequently served as the Gala performer for the 2008 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles—will perform at the El Camino College Center for the Arts in Torrance, CA on October 30. His program will include: Haydn’s Sonata in E Major, Hob XVI No. 31;…Continue Reading Previous Paderewski Festival Gala Artist Performs In Torrance
Under the honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski, one of the world’s leading piano competitions will begin on October 1, 2015 with a special concert featuring Martha Argerich. Seventy-eight young pianist from twenty different countries will compete in the 17th Edition of the International Chopin Piano Competition. In its 88-year history,…Continue Reading 17th International Chopin Piano Competition
On Sunday, October 4, a new piece by Marcin Stańczyk entitled Blind Walk will be premiered at La Biennale di Venezia by Ensemble Musikfabrik, under the direction of Johannes Schöllhorn. During the performance of Blind Walk, audience members will be blindfolded—this is done in order to sharpen memory of sounds and “more precisely track and…Continue Reading Stanczyk Premerie
On October 24, the LutosAir Quintet (above) will perform the world premieres of two new pieces by young Polish composers Wojtek Blecharz – Hour/Plateau for wind quintet, space, light and video (2015) and Piotr Ślęczek – A Song of the New Order (2015). The concert will be held in the Manggha Muzeum in Warsaw during…Continue Reading Premieres At HMG Festival
Organized by the Tri-City ensemble NeoQuartet and the Neo Arte Association, the 4th edition of the Neo Arte – New Music Spectrum Festival will be held on October 8-11, 2015. The festival aims to present the most interesting trends in contemporary music around the world, connecting artists from different cultures and disciplines of art. The…Continue Reading Neo Arte Festival – Premieres & Monograph
Piotr Witt is a noted writer and historian who, for many years, contributed commentaries and essays for international radio broadcasts of Radio Free Europe. Mr. Witt’s latest work is a fascinating book examining the origins of Chopin’s tremendous success in Paris. With an excellent title—Przedpiekle sławy [Fame: The Antechamber of Hell]—this work was originally published in…Continue Reading Witt on Chopin
The Szymanowski Composers’ Competition is organized by the Karol Szymanowski Music Society in collaboration with the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. The subject of the competition is a piece for great symphony orchestra including: 3 flauti (3. muta in fl picc.), 3 oboe (3. muta in cr.ing.), 3 clarinetti (3. muta in cl.b.),…Continue Reading 2nd Szymanowski Composers Competition