A symphonic concert commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the events of March 1968—during which an anti-semetic purge drove as many as 20,000 Jews from Poland—was held on March 6 at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall. The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra performed with Danish-Israeli violinist Nikolaj Znaider, under the baton of Artistic Director Jacek Kaspszyk. The program included Violin Concerto…Continue Reading 50th Anniversary Of March 1968
“Forbidden Songs: Lost Music of Midcentury Poland”—a two-day festival exploring the fraught artistic and personal decisions confronted under repressive regimes—will be held on March 17-18 at Cornell University and March 22-23 at Swarthmore College. This festival features the world premiere of the English-subtitled version of the film Forbidden Songs (1946), which narrates everyday life in Warsaw through…Continue Reading ‘Forbidden Songs’ – Palester Celebration
Much of the music in the deep treasury of forgotten Polish music—often discovered only after many years of non-existence—can still surprise us. The next symphonic concert from the cycle “Forgotten Polish Music” was held on March 9, 2018 at the Józef Elsner Philharmonic in Opole. During the concert, the Opole Philharmonic performed with violinist Szymon…Continue Reading ‘Forgotten Polish Music’ In Opole
Composing Commissions Premieres in March The following are details on various premieres supported by the “Collections – Composing Commissions” program, which is funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and managed by the Institute of Music and Dance (IMiT). Błażejczyk On March 10, the Radom Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Przemysław Zych presented a concert…Continue Reading March Premieres
Paderewski at the National Museum A few weeks ago, the National Museum in Warsaw officially opened its Paderewski Exhibit, drawing on the extensive collection of papers, artwork, personal documents and other museum-quality objects deposited at the Museum well over 60 years ago. Coinciding with the celebrating 100 years of Poland’s regained independence, this exhibit is also accompanied by…Continue Reading Independence Centenary
From Dr. Grzegorz Mania, president of the Polish Chamber Music Society [Stowarzyszenie Polskich Muzyków Kameralistów], we recevied the recently published volume, Czytanie a vista w szkole muzycznej II stopnia, Część I, authored by Dr. Mania and Dr. Monika Gardoń-Preinl. Issued by PWM Edition in Kraków, this publication contains much useful information as well as numerous exercises on…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC February 2018
The Fifth Annual Polish Jewish Studies Workshop “Centering the Periphery: Polish Jewish Production Beyond the Capital” with the accompanying concert “Soundscapes of Modernity: Jews and Music in Polish Cities,” happened at Rutgers University on March 5-6, 2018. Taking place from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. both days, the 2018 Polish Jewish Studies Workshop focused on…Continue Reading Polish Jewish Conference & Concert
Since 2017, the PMC and the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Pan Pacific Park have co-organized several concerts per year. The programs in this series spotlight works by Polish Jewish composers who are prominent in the PMC’s archive and library collections….Continue Reading Concerts at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
On February 27, the State Music School in the coastal city of Elbląg will host pianist Leszek Możdżer and maestro Marek Moś, who will lead the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra in a program of compositions by Możdżer and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. The concert will feature Górecki’s celebrated Concerto for Harpsichord (or Piano), Op. 40 and Możdżer’s Seven Miniatures for Improvising Piano and…Continue Reading Leszek Możdżer & EOK
Distinguished flute virtuosos Łukasz Długosz and Agata Kielar-Długosz will be the soloists for the Warmia-Mazury Philharmonic Orchestra’s February 16 concert in Olsztyn. The evening will begin with Paweł Łukaszewski’s Wing Concerto for two flutes and chamber orchestra, a work commissioned by the Institute of Music and Dance and world premiered in 2017. The program will continue with Sinfonia concertante for two flutes by François Devienne…Continue Reading New Polish Flute Music