During the final concert of their Letni Festiwal Nowego Miasta [New Town Summer Festival], the Warsaw Camerata will perform an all-Polish program featuring violinist Zbigniew Pilch and the ensemble’s Artistic Director, conductor Paweł Kos-Nowicki. The program includes: Feliks Janiewicz – Violin Concert No. 5, Romuald Twardowski – Suita staropolska, and Mieczysław Karłowicz – Serenade for…Continue Reading Warsaw Camarata Performs Polish Music
The Polish and Taiwanese-Canadian duo of Barbara Misiewicz (cello) Grace Mo (piano) will perform on August 18 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Entitled “C H O cello P I N,” their program includes Chopin’s cello sonata – ‘meditative, introspective and profoundly original’ (Jim Samson), together with Debussy’s cello sonata – a programmatic masterpiece, evoking old…Continue Reading Misiewicz At Edinburgh Fringe Festival
On August 19, L’Ermitage Foundation Concert Series presents a “Mostly Chopin” concert presented by pianist Mary Au and friends. Mary Au is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and the University of Southern California. She is much loved by aficionados as a favorite collaborative and ensemble pianist on Southern California’s vibrant chamber music…Continue Reading ‘Mostly Chopin’ In L.A.
Eric Lu, the First Prize Winner of the US National Chopin Competition in 2015, continues his US tour with a Los Angeles debut at the South Pasadena Public Library on August 30. This is one of Lu’s final concerts before he competes in the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, and his program will…Continue Reading Eric Lu Performs Chopin In L.A.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski longed to establish a music school for young people in Paso Robles, California—his beloved American retreat—and the Paderewski Festival Cultural Exchange Program seeks to foster that dream. In November 2008, the Cultural Exchange was initiated by a Sister Cities agreement between Paso Robles and Tarnów, Poland, where Paderewski and his wife honeymooned…Continue Reading Paderewski Festival Youth Cultural Exchange
Held annually in November, the Paderewski Festival is a four-day musical festival on California’s Central Coast. Celebrating the rich heritage of Paso Robles and its most famous resident, Ignacy Jan Paderewski—virtuoso pianist, composer, international politician, local landowner, grower and winemaker—the Festival hosts concert and master classes by world renowned musicians, exhibits, lectures and film screenings,…Continue Reading 2015 Paderewski Festival: Preview
On May 12, 2015, a box containing correspondence from the family of Roman Ryterband was delivered to the PMC. Carefully maintained by Clarissa and Astrid Ryterband, the composer’s widow and daughter, and meticulously organized and delivered by Diana Eisele, his other daughter, these letters represent exchanges between Ryterband and his family and friends from the…Continue Reading Ryterband Collection Continues To Expand
Meyer Premiere In NY On July 23, 2015, the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in New York will present “Guitar in the Garden: Łukasz Kuropaczewski.” During this concert, Polish guitarist Łukasz Kuropaczewski will perform the world premiere of the new solo guitar work Triptych by Krzysztof Meyer. This is Kuropaczewski’s second Guitar in…Continue Reading Meyer Premieres
The opera Czarodziejska Góra [The Magic Mountain] was given its world premiere on June 26, 2015 at the Malta Festival in Poznań, Poland. This opera is a joint work of four creators: composer Paweł Mykietyn, director and actor Andrzej Chyra, playwright Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk and visual artist Mirosław Bałka. The libretto is based on the famous…Continue Reading Premiere of Magic Mountain
The jubilee series of events entitled “Program Triptych” was held from June 18-20, 2015 in celebration of 70 years of the Polish Composers’ Union [ZKP]. The first concert on June 18 was held in the Royal Castle in Warsaw. It featured the premieres of two new compositions by Krzysztof Knittel: Znaki [Signs] for electronic media…Continue Reading Premieres At Triptych – Celebrating ZKP 70th Anniversary