Dear Newsletter Readers and all Friends of the Polish Music Center: With a heavy heart and much regret, we must share with you the news of cancellations and closures that are affecting the operations of the Polish Music Center. First of all, our Spring Concert, California Dreamin’, scheduled for March 28 at USC’s Newman Recital…Continue Reading PMC Closure and Cancellations
This event has been cancelled. Please stay tuned for rescheduled date in Fall 2020. On Sunday, March 29, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust presents the Cracow Duo in a recital comprised of works by Jewish composers from Poland and the US. Their program will include works by Roman Ryterband [Tryptique Contemporain], who…Continue Reading CANCELLED: Cracow Duo at LA Museum of the Holocaust
The Sounds and Notes Foundation is delighted to present the 4th Annual Chopin IN the City Festival. The Festival takes place from February 21 to March 1, and will feature a wide range of exciting multicultural performances by musicians, vocalists, visual and spoken word artists. This unique Festival bring together arts, cultural and community organizations…Continue Reading 2020 Chopin IN the City Festival
The world premiere of According to Memling – a concert for flute, organ and orchestra by Piotr Moss -will take place on 28 February at the Polish Baltic Frédéric Chopin Philharmonic in Gdańsk during the concert entitled “Program and Absolute Music”. Inspired by the Last Judgment triptych created by the Dutch painter Hans Memling and…Continue Reading Premiere of the new work by Piotr Moss
Atom String Quartet performed at the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice on 1 February with the Silesian Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Robert Kabara. The concert program included Eugeniusz Knapik’s Islands, Leszek Możdżer’s Prelude and Fugue for string orchestra, Witold Lutosławski’s Two Etudes (arr. by Krzysztof Lenczowski), and Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Goldberg Variations, BWV…Continue Reading Atom SQ at the Silesian Philharmonic
From Dr. Anna Feliks, director of the Otwock Branch of the National Museum in Warsaw and a good friend and partner in the 2019 Paderewski Festival Cultural Exchange Program, we recently received the following Paderewski-related items: Paderewski: Piano Music for Two and Four Hands performed by Duo Granat—Waldemar Malicki and Tamara Granat. This DUX 0328…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC February 2020
The world premiere of Hanna Kulenty’s Aisthetikos for soprano saxophone, piano and orchestra took place on 21 February at the Oskar Kolberg Świętokrzyska Philharmonic. The title comes from the Greek language, and its meaning pertains to sense perception. In her latest composition, Hanna Kulenty took into account all senses, creating a surreal universe that organizes…Continue Reading Premiere of “Aisthetikos” by Hanna Kulenty
A master recital by violinist Krzysztof Jakowicz on the occasion of his 80th birthday took place on 28 January at the National Philharmonic. Accompanied by pianist Robert Morawski, Jakowicz performed works by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Witold Lutosławski, Henri Vieuxtemps, Aleksander Zarzycki and Henryk Wieniawski. For over 200 years, Polish composers have written sonatas for violin…Continue Reading 80th Birthday Recital of Krzysztof Jakowicz
The ballets Song of the Earth by Roman Palester and On the Billet by Stanisław Moniuszko were presented on 25-26 January at the Opera in the Castle in Szczecin as part of “The Evening of Polish Ballets“. The choreography for Song of the Earth is the work of Italian artist Paolo Mangioli, director of the…Continue Reading The Evening of Polish Ballets
The “Chain XVII” Festival ran from 25 January to 8 February 2020 at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw. The Festival’s program revolved around the work of Lutosławski and the circle of artists associated with the composer. For Lutosławski, color and harmony are interconnected elements. Lutosławski’s Chain II and Double Concerto expose…Continue Reading “Chain XVII” – Witold Lutosławski’s Festival