The Jazztopad Festival, in partnership with Polish Cultural Institute New York, presents The Great Improvisation series online live streamed from the National Forum of Music (NFM) in Wrocław, Poland. The series presents various faces of jazz—from bold avant-garde and daring improvisation through to the mainstream. The ideal acoustics of the NFM halls provide a perfect…Continue Reading Jazztopad ‘Great Improvisation’ series Livestream
Maestro Piotr Gajewski and the US National Philharmonic are streaming their 2020/2021 concert season from their home in The Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland. Beginning with the “Beethoven @ 250 Birthday Bash” airing on October 25, 2020, all of the National Philharmonic’s concerts until early May 2021 will be broadcast free of…Continue Reading Maestro Gajewski Online
Among many cultural programs that the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City carries out, competitions promoting Polish music and commemorating Poland’s most important artists are especially notable. These competitions are held bi-annually or periodically, and below is a list of the most recent. In 2018, the Foundation organized the Marcella Sembrich Voice Competition, commemorating the…Continue Reading 2020 Kosciuszko Fdn Wieniawski Competition Winners
Polish Music Abroad The Art Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences [IS-PAN] just published the third volume in the series, Muzyka polska za granicą [Polish Music Abroad]. The title of the latest volume, American Dream, presents in print the proceeds of the October 2019 conference in Warsaw. Entitled “American dream. Polscy twórcy za oceanem,”…Continue Reading PMC Gifts: January 2021