Music At Polish Film Festival In L.A.

The 15th Annual Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles kicks off with its exciting invitation-only Gala Opening on October 7. This “Holiday of Polish Cinema” will continue celebrating the greatest achievements of Polish filmmakers through October 16, 2014, with screenings in North Hollywood, West L.A., and Northridge. Below are the music-related films that will be…Continue Reading Music At Polish Film Festival In L.A.

Celebrating 65th Birthday Of Kaja Danczkowska

Kaja Danczowska – Skrzypce / Violin Works by Mozart, Wieniawski, Bacewicz, Karłowicz, Brahms, Panufnik and many others Kaja Danczowska – violin, with orchestras: NOSPR, Warsaw National Philharmonic, National Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Polish Radio and TV Symphony Orchestras of Krakow and Poznań (“Amadeus”), and conductors: Karol Teutsch, Tadeusz Strugała, Antoni Wit, Kazimierz Kord, Agnieszka Duczmal, and…Continue Reading Celebrating 65th Birthday Of Kaja Danczkowska

New Alina Mleczko CD

Sonatina Für Alina Paweł Mykietyn – Sonatina für Alina; Edward Sielicki – Diferentia specifica (una fantasia quasi tango); Jerzy Derfel – Sonata for alto saxophone and strings; Paweł Mykietyn – Anioły w Ameryce [Angels in America]; Jacek Grudzień – Concerto per Sassofono Soprano e Archi Alina Mleczko – saxophone; Baltic Neopolis Orchestra DUX Records In…Continue Reading New Alina Mleczko CD

Kisielewski Recorded By Lisak

KISIELEWSKI, S.: Piano Pieces Magdalena Lisak, piano CDAccord ACD210 Stefan Kisielewski was a man of many talents. His adventure with music began during his childhood with piano lessons. “The black box”, as he fondly called his favorite instrument, would accompany him throughout his life, until the very last bars of his Piano Concerto written just…Continue Reading Kisielewski Recorded By Lisak

New Penderecki Audio/Video Recordings

A Tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody To the Victims of Hiroshima; Duo concertante; Concerto Grosso No. 1 for 3 Cellos; Credo (Recorded live at the Polish National Opera, Warsaw, 23 November 2013) Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Daniel Müller-Schott, cello; Charles Dutoit, Valery Gergiev and Krzysztof Urbanski, conductors; and more Accentus Music ACC-20276 [DVD] Krzysztof…Continue Reading New Penderecki Audio/Video Recordings

New Sonorities Explored On ‘Chopin Variations’

Chad Lawson: Chopin Variations Chopin: Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1; Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6; Waltz in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2; Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2; Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20; Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2; Prelude in…Continue Reading New Sonorities Explored On ‘Chopin Variations’

2014 Anniversaries

Born This Month 3 October 1882 – Karol SZYMANOWSKI, composer, pianist, (d. 29 March 1937) 3 October 1923 – Stanislaw SKROWACZEWSKI, composer and conductor 4 October 1910 – Eugenia UMINSKA, violinist 6 October 1885 – Karol STROMENGER, teacher, composer, publicist, music critic (d. 1975) 9 October 1924 – Regina SMENDZIANKA, pianist 10 October 1910 –…Continue Reading 2014 Anniversaries

2014: Sir Andrzej Panufnik

Celebrating the Centenary of Sir Andrzej Panufnik with Lady Camilla Panufnik Sunday, October 5, 2014 | 7:00 p.m. Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA FREE Admission Thursday, October 9, 2014 | 7:30 p.m. USC Thornton Symphony Performs Panufnik USC Bovard Auditorium (see ADM on campus map) 3551…Continue Reading 2014: Sir Andrzej Panufnik

Jan Ekier Obituary

Polish pianist, composer and pedagogue Jan Ekier passed away on August 15, 2014. Below is more information from the external news service of Polish Radio: Prominent Polish pianist and composer Jan Ekier has died in Warsaw, just two weeks before his 101st birthday. Ekier was known primarily for his outstanding interpretations of Chopin’s music and…Continue Reading Jan Ekier Obituary

In Memoriam: Włodzimierz Kotoński

From the On Polish Music blog by Adrian Thomas: News has just come in of the death of the Polish composer and teacher, Włodzimierz Kotoński.  He was 89.  Along with Jan Krenz (b.1926) and Bogusław Schaeffer (b.1929), Kotoński was the last major surviving Polish composer born before 1930.  He was renowned as a composition teacher…Continue Reading In Memoriam: Włodzimierz Kotoński