Known around the world as “Armistice Day” or “Veterans’ Day,” November 11 is also Poland’s Independence Day, commemorating the restoration of Poland’s sovereignty after World War I following more than a century of partitions. Just like all other Polish diplomatic outposts around the world, each year the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in…Continue Reading Poland’s Independence Day Celebrated at USC
by Marta Gargas-Borowy Composer Roman Ryterband was born in Poland in 1914, and thus his centenary has been celebrated throughout 2014. Having left Poland during World War II, Ryterband and his family settled in Palm Springs, CA in 1967 and his life became forever intertwined with the cultural fabric of Southern Calfornia. Marking November as…Continue Reading Ryterband Anniversary Year
Panufnik 100 In London On 30 November 2014, the Brodsky Quartet and the Panufnik family and friends present Panufnik 100: A Family Celebration, a chamber music festival to mark the centenary of Anglo-Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik’s birth. Held at Kings Place London, the Panufnik family brings together an impressive roster of artists to celebrate the life and…Continue Reading Panufnik Anniversary Year
The 43rd Musicological Conference of the Polish Composers’ Union [ZKP] was held at the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz Oct. 9-11. This annual forum is the biggest and most prestigious meeting for musicologists and music theorists in Poland. Organized under the theme of “Music Among Other Arts—Connections and Inspirations,” this year’s conference sought to demonstrate the links between music…Continue Reading World Premiere at Musicology Conference in Bydgoszcz
Maestro Grzegorz Nowak continues to be in artistic demand across the world. Recently he was appointed Chief Conductor for the Orquesta Sinfonica de España and the Orquesta Clásica SantaCeciliain Madrid, Spain. Both of these orchestras are financed and managed by Fundación Excelentia. Nowak is off to a running start in Spain, leading the ensembles with a…Continue Reading Nowak in the News
Il Giardino d’Amore is a European baroque orchestra let by violinist Stefan Plewniak that performs on original instruments. They have appeared in festivals and concert halls in Europe, the United States, and Canada and, during October and November, they are on tour through New York and California. Il Giardino d’Amore’s concert programs are composed of the…Continue Reading Polish Baroque Players on US Tour
Janusz Wawrowski has been hailed by the press “the hope bearer of the young generation of the Polish violinists” (musicwoche.de), “a virtuoso of the highest order” (Strings) and “the worthy inheritor of Yehudi Menuhin” (Polska Muza). He is a Warner Classics artist, whose latest CD Aurora (EMI 2013/ Warner 2014) has received excellent reviews in Strad, Strings, Pizzicato, Huffington Post and Polish…Continue Reading November Concerts for Wawrowski
The fourth round of conversations with composers in the series “Contemporary Music Doesn’t Bite” [Muzyka współczesna nie gryzie] was held on October 5 at the Academy of Social Sciences in Warsaw. The guest was Jarosław Siwiński, a composer and music event organizer. Siwiński, a graduate of the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw, often leads projects…Continue Reading Contemporary Music Doesn’t Bite
The 2nd edition of the Institute of Music and Dance’s program Conductor-in-Residence has introduced two new pairings of Polish conductors and ensembles: Justyna Maj / Częstochowa Philharmonic [Filharmonia Częstochowska im. Bronisława Hubermana] and Paweł Pietruszewski / Lower Silesia Philharmonic [Filharmonia Dolnośląska w Jeleniej Górze]. Justyna Maj will be a conductor-in-residence at the Częstochowa Philharmonic throughout…Continue Reading 2014 IMiT Conductors-In-Residence
Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska has begun her residency at the Baltic Neopolis Orchestra, taking place as part of the 4th edition of the Composer-in-Residence program financed by the Institute of Music and Dance (IMiT). As part of the residency, the Baltic Neopolis Quartet performed Fabiańska-Jelińska’s 2008 work Three pieces for string quartet on October 12, and on November 15 her 2012 Offenbarungen und…Continue Reading 2014 IMiT Composers-In-Residence