By Marek Zebrowski Joseph Anthony Herter, conductor, author and scholar, professor of music and concert producer, died in Warsaw on 12 December 2019. He was 74 years old. It was a long journey from Detroit—a great Midwestern metropolis with a huge Polish émigré community—to Warsaw, which eventually became Joe Herter’s adopted homeland. This continental crossing…Continue Reading In Search of Harmony: An Obituary of Joe Herter
New Additions to our CD Collection Mr. Andrzej Kosendiak, Director of the National Forum of Music has donated the following albums: Works by Marcin Józef Żebrowski. Arranged and conducted by Andrzej Kosendiak, and performed by the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, Jian Hui Mo (treble), Matthew Venner (countertenor), Maciej Gocman (tenor), Felix Schwandtke (bass), and the NFM…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC: Nov-Dec 2019
Long-time PMC partners at the Head Office of the State Archives (NDAP) organized an impressive and successful celebration of Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s centennial as Poland’s political leader. The opening was held November 18-20 under the title “Paderewski—król pianistów w świecie polityki” [Paderewski—the King of Pianists in a World of Politics] at Warsaw’s Hotel Bristol—a property…Continue Reading Paderewski Celebrated in Warsaw
Aleksander Nowak’s Drach The world premiere of Aleksander Nowak’s Drach. Dramma per musica was performed on October 4-6 at the Auksodrone Festival in Tychy, Poland. Set to a libretto by Szczepan Twardoch, each act of this three-act work was performed on a different night of the festival, and on October 5, audiences were treated to a panel with…Continue Reading Premieres of Works by Nowak & Sikora, Album of Twardowski
Dear Friends, It has been another successful year filled with a variety of Polish Music Center events. We are very proud of everything we have done in 2019, and must now turn to you with a fundraising request that will make next year’s PMC plans come to fruition. First, some of the most important 2019…Continue Reading PMC 2019 Year in Review & Fund Drive
The vocal sextet proMODERN presented material from their latest album “Comfort zone” (DUX 1634) on 15 November at the Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz and on December 5 at the Chopin Music University in Białystok. Formed in 2012 by eminent singer-soloists, proMODERN performs the most demanding works by contemporary composers. The musicians have won four…Continue Reading proMODERN Performs Works from New Album “Comfort zone”
The latest works by Krzysztof Baculewski and Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil were performed on 14 November at the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw. The past and the future met in the program prepared by Łukasz Długosz, Agata Kielar-Długosz and Marek Toporowski. The program included Italian Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach, two sonatas by Georg Philipp Telemann…Continue Reading New Works by Baculewski and Pstrokońska-Nawratil in Wrocław
In Memory of Roman Ryterband A Forgotten Resident of Łódź – Composer, Pianist and Educator Born in Łódź in 1914 – Died in Palm Springs in 1979 The International Conference “Roman Ryterband as an heir and advocate of Polish musical traditions in the United States” took place at the Łódź Music Academy on November 30,…Continue Reading Int’l Conference “Roman Ryterband as an heir and advocate of Polish musical traditions in the US”
The Singer’s Warsaw Festival of Jewish Culture—one of the most celebrated arts festivals in Poland—returns to New York City, November 17-19, 2019 for the second year. The most highly anticipated event on Warsaw’s cultural calendar, this year’s NY program features a cantorial concert by Yaakov Lemmer and Frank London, film screenings, readings of short stories…Continue Reading The Singer’s Warsaw Festival of Jewish Culture
Collegium Musicale, an Estonian chamber choir, performed premieres of two works by Polish composer Paweł Łukaszewski at the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia and EUFONIE Festival in Warsaw in November 2019. On November 1, Collegium Musicale performed at the Arvo Pärt Centre with a program of both Estonian and Polish music, including works by Arvo Pärt,…Continue Reading Premieres of Two Works by Łukaszewski