The XXVI “Gaude Mater” International Sacred Music Festival will take a place from April 30 – May 8, 2016. The event has been organized annually for 25 years in Częstochowa, and it musically represents the city and the region. The 2016 edition of the Festival is supported by Polish president, Andrzej Duda. The 26th edition of the…Continue Reading Gaude Mater Festival in Częstochowa
This year’s edition of the “KODY” [Codes] Festival of Traditional and Avant-garde Music will be held on May 11-14, 2016 in various venues in Lublin, Poland. The Festival is an international event devoted to the idea of combining the archaic and the new in music. The mixture of two distinctive canons of aesthetics forms a unique experience,…Continue Reading Kody 2016
The full-length documentary film Bridging Urban America: The Story of Master Engineer Ralph Modjeski had its world premiere on April 13, 2016 at the NASCC Steel Conference – Gaylord Palms Convention Center. Created by filmmakers Basia and Leonard Myszynski, it celebrates master engineer Ralph Modjeski— a Polish-born, Paris-trained immigrant who contributed to the building of a modern…Continue Reading Premiere of Bridging Urban America
The IV Festival of Contemporary Music “Nowa Muzyka” will be presented by the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Department of The Polish Composers Union (ZKP) and the City Culture Center in Bydgoszcz from May 6-8, 2016. Admission to all concerts will be free. This festival has been held in the Bydgoszcz concert halls for four years and garners more…Continue Reading ‘Nowa Muzyka’ Festival
On Sunday, May 8, the Kosciuszko Foundation presents a showcase of talented youth with their Masters—tenor Piotr Buszewski and artist Rafał Pisarczyk. The program will include a recital and art exhibit. For details and a list of performers, visit www.thekf.org. Sunday, May 8, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. Master & Student – Music Meets Art The Kosciuszko Foundation 15 E….Continue Reading ‘Master and Student – Music Meets Art’ at KF
Organized by the Chopin Foundation of the U.S. and the Southern Wine & Spirits of America, the series finale of the Chopin for All Free Concert Series will take place on May 14 and 15. The piano recital will feature works by Mozart, Schubert and Chopin, performed by First Prize Winner of the 2015 National Chopin Competition, Eric…Continue Reading Final Chopin for All Concert of the Season
In honor of the first democratic constitution in Europe and second in the world only to the United States Constitution, Poles and Polonia all over the world celebrate Polish Constitution Day on or near May 3. Several musical activities that are open to the public are happening across the US. The festivities began on April…Continue Reading May 3 Constitution Day in the US
Polish guitarist Tomasz Fechner, who is currently at the USC Thornton School of Music on a Fulbright Scholarship, will perform a program of all Polish music on May 25 for the Ventura County Classical Guitar Society. For this event, Fechner will perform solo guitar works by Aleksander Tansman and Roman Ryterband. The concert is free however donations are encouraged—all money…Continue Reading Fechner Plays Tansman and Ryterband in LA
“Kalinowski and Szlezer, friends since childhood, have a wonderfully natural rapport and there is an arresting quality to their playing that gives life to the music”—The Strad From April 27-29, the Universidade Estadual de Campinas in São Paulo, Brazil hosted the first annual Festival de Musica Polonesa [Polish Music Festival], this year honoring composer Aleksander Tansman…Continue Reading Cracow Duo in South America
Polish pianist Magdalena Baczewska, violinist Sandy Cameron and cellist Zhao Jing will serve as soloists for two concerts in China featuring the music of Chinese composer Tan Dun. The composer will lead the Macau Orchestra in works from his scores for three martial arts movies—Crouching Tiger Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, The Triple Resurrection for Violin, Violoncello, Piano…Continue Reading Baczewska and Tan Dun in China