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2019

In Search of Harmony: An Obituary of Joe Herter

December 20, 2019

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… Read more »

Tagged December 2019, Obituaries

Gifts to PMC: Nov-Dec 2019

December 20, 2019

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… Read more »

Tagged December 2019, Gifts to PMC, November 2019

Paderewski Celebrated in Warsaw

December 20, 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… Read more »

Tagged Conferences, November 2019

Premieres of Works by Nowak & Sikora, Album of Twardowski

December 16, 2019

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… Read more »

Tagged October 2019, Premieres

PMC 2019 Year in Review & Fund Drive

December 16, 2019
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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… Read more »

Tagged December 2019, Fundraisers, PMC News, Year in Review

proMODERN Performs Works from New Album “Comfort zone”

December 13, 2019

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… Read more »

Tagged November 2019, Performances

New Works by Baculewski and Pstrokońska-Nawratil in Wrocław

December 13, 2019

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… Read more »

Tagged November 2019, Performances

Int’l Conference “Roman Ryterband as an heir and advocate of Polish musical traditions in the US”

December 3, 2019

In Memory of Roman Ryterband A Forgotten Resident of Łódź – Composer, Pianist and Educator Born in Łódź in 1914 – Died in Palm Springs… Read more »

Tagged November 2019, Performances, PMC News

The Singer’s Warsaw Festival of Jewish Culture

November 25, 2019

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… Read more »

Tagged Festivals, November 2019

Premieres of Two Works by Łukaszewski

November 25, 2019

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… Read more »

Tagged November 2019, Performances, Premieres

Ptaszyńska Premiere by Cracow Duo

November 22, 2019

Double Concerto for piano, cello, and orchestra by Marta Ptaszyńska will have its premiere on November 22 at the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków. Soloists… Read more »

Tagged November 2019, Performances, Premieres

PMC at the PAN Conference

November 22, 2019
PAN Headquarters Warsaw

The year, the Musicology Institute at the Polish Academy of Sciences [PAN] held the Third Annual Conference on the topic of “Polish Music Abroad.” A… Read more »

Tagged Conferences, October 2019, PMC News

PMC at MAB Conference

November 18, 2019
MAB Conference 2019

Conference Overview The 41st annual conference of Polish Museums, Archives and Libraries [MAB] was held September 14-18 in Lublin. Hosted by the John Paul II… Read more »

Tagged Conferences, November 2019, PMC News

Celebrating Paderewski in Chicago

November 18, 2019

The Paderewski Polish-Ukrainian Foundation led by Adam Bala and Marianna Humetska brought a chamber version of Paderewski’s opera, Manru, to Chicago’s Cernicus Center on October… Read more »

Tagged Conferences, November 2019, PMC News

New Ravel Piano Duo Album – “A Polish Kaleidoscope 3”

November 14, 2019
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link to album not available yet? The latest album by Ravel Piano Duo – A Polish Kaleidoscope 3 – will premiere on 17 November at… Read more »

Tagged Discography, November 2019

2019 Paderewski Festival Wrap-Up

November 13, 2019
Takeshi Nagayasu, Paso Robles Inn Ballroom lobby, Nov. 2019
2019 Gala performer, pianist Takeshi Nagayasu, in the lobby of the Paso Robles Inn Ballroom

Held annually in its second iteration since 2006, the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles once again presented a fascinating mix of programs and performers in… Read more »

Tagged Festivals, November 2019, Paderewski Festival

Gifts to PMC July-October 2019

November 8, 2019

by Marek Zebrowski Earlier this year, Trudy Ossowski sent us three big parcels of sheet music, recordings and books from the Walter and Jerome Ossowski… Read more »

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3rd Rzeszów Musical Autumn Festival

October 31, 2019

The 3rd Rzeszów Musical Autumn Festival was held from 5-27 October and featured six chamber concerts. The festival’s repertoire featured rarely performed music of Polish… Read more »

Tagged Festivals, October 2019

Concert on the 25th Anniversary of Witold Lutosławski’s Death

October 31, 2019

The Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra paid tribute to Witold Lutosławski on the 25th anniversary of his death with a concert on 10 October… Read more »

Tagged October 2019, Performances

Erdödy Chamber Orchestra Anniversary Concert

October 31, 2019

The concert marking the 25th anniversary of the Erdődy Chamber Orchestra was devoted to Hungarian and Polish music of the 20th and 21st centuries. The… Read more »

Tagged October 2019, Performances

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