The 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles will be held October 31 – November 3, when events will extend down into neighboring San Luis Obispo for a symphonic Gala experience. Tickets for this year’s history-making events and exciting artists, as well as exclusive passes that include access to all concerts, are on sale now! Perks…Continue Reading 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles
August 22, 2024 marked one hundred years since Andrzej Markowski was born in Lublin. He was a noted Polish conductor, composer and founder—as well as the first director—of the Wratislavia Cantans Festival. Coming from a musical family (his father, Tadeusz, was a singer and actor, and his older brother, Jan, a composer and pianist), Andrzej…Continue Reading Markowski Centenary
A recently published book, Dusza dzwięków, is a joint effort sponsored by the Polish Composers’ Union [ZKP] and Polish Music Information Center [POLMIC]. Its full English title, The Soul of Sounds—Conversations with Polish Composers, conveys the essence of this admirable undertaking that took well over a decade, and sought to present and analyze the work…Continue Reading THE SOUL OF SOUNDS
JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles, with special support from the Polish Cultural Institute New York (PCI-NY), National Institute of Music and Dance (NIMiT), Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (MKiDN), and USC Polish Music Center, proudly presents an exclusive performance by AKA Duo, featuring the acclaimed talents of Japanese violinist Seina Matsuoka and pianist Yuto Kiguchi….Continue Reading AKA Duo | Classical Crossroads between Japan & Poland
Thanks to the ongoing support of the Head Office of the State Archives (NDAP) in Warsaw, we recently received a large shipment of archival-grade boxes and folders, purchased by NDAP and produced for us by the Beskid Plus Company. These materials are vital to our preservation work, including the Zygmunt and Luisa Stojowski Collection, which…Continue Reading Preserving Collections with Support from State Archives in Warsaw
Cellist Lars Hoefs, a longtime friend of the USC Polish Music Center and an exceptionally dedicated advocate for Polish music around the world, has recently published an album of cello and piano music, entitled “Villa-Lobos, Grand Concerto for Cello and Piano.” What is quite interesting—and very much in line with Lars’s ongoing research of Chopin’s…Continue Reading Around the World with Mazurkas
August 3, 2024, marked the tenth anniversary of Jan Jarczyk’s untimely death. This talented and internationally-recognized jazz pianist, composer and educator moved to the U.S. in 1977 and taught in the 1980s at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. After moving to Montreal in the 1990s, he joined the faculty of the McGill University’s…Continue Reading Remembering Jan Jarczyk
On Tuesday September 10, Dr. Andrzej Ślązak returns to USC’s campus to present two lectures along with his colleague, Krystian Krauz. These two scholars are from the Music Institute at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland, where Dr. Ślązak serves as Director of the Institute and a Fulbright Ambassador. They will discuss two leading Polish…Continue Reading Lecture: Modern Polish Piano Music
The 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles will be held October 31 – November 3. Tickets for this year’s history-making events and exciting artists, as well as exclusive “Patron” and “Friends of Paderewski” passes that include access to all concerts, are on sale now! Travelers to this popular destination are also encouraged to make their…Continue Reading Announcing the 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles
Eminent composer and longtime friend of the Polish Music Center, Marcel Chyrzyński, has had a busy academic year. Honored as the PMC’s Paderewski Lecturer in 2017, his career has been on a non-stop rise ever since. Below are just some of the honors that have been bestowed upon him in recognition of his work as…Continue Reading Honors for Chyrzyński & Colleagues