Rathaus by Stoupel
Karol Rathaus, composer Works by Karol Rathaus (1895-1954) continue to be gradually rediscovered by a growing circle of performers and audiences worldwide. Born in Tarnopol,… Read more »
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Virtual Performance Darek Oles with Otmaro Ruiz
On Saturday, Sept 5, at 6 pm (PT), the limited music series Show me That! will spotlight a performance and conversation with Darek Oles along with the… Read more »
PMC Re-opens on Tuesdays!
As of September 1, the Polish Music Center will now be available on a limited basis on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. PDT. … Read more »
Cracow Duo: Live From Krakow’s Jewish Quarter
On Sunday September 13, the newly re-branded Holocaust Museum LA (formerly the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust) will present a livestream broadcast of Cracow… Read more »
Sikora & Mykietyn Premieres in Gdańsk
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Solidarność, or Solidarity, and the signing of the Gdańsk August Agreements. Founded in 1980 as… Read more »
PMC Gifts: Aug 2020
Wiesław Dąbrowski, President of the AVE ARTE Foundation and director of the Paderewski International Festival in Warsaw, recently sent us two very interesting items. The… Read more »
Wawrowski Rediscovers and Records Różycki
Following on successful premiere performances of the Violin Concerto of Ludomir Różycki (1883-1953) by soloist Janusz Wawrowski in January 2020, an exciting premiere recording of… Read more »
New Weinberg Opera Recording
WEINBERG, M.: Wir gratulieren! Mieczysław Weinberg (1919 – 1996): Pozdravlyayem! [Congratulations!] (1975)—arr. H. Koch for chamber orchestra, and sung in German as Wir Gratulieren! Robert… Read more »
Silesian Uprisings in Memoriam
On 23 August 2020, the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship, Jakub Chełstowski, and the Silesian Philharmonic commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of the… Read more »
Premieres at Experimental Tuesdays
Some of today’s best contemporary music ensembles performed premieres of new Polish works on the stage at Grochowska 272—home of Sinfonia Varsovia—during the first three… Read more »
Concert on the 150th birth anniversary of Zygmunt Stojowski
A concert dedicated to the 150th birth anniversary of Zygmunt Stojowski will be held on 23 August 2020 at the Palace on the Isle in Royal… Read more »
“Chopin and His Europe” Int’l Music Festival 2020
The 16th edition of the “Chopin and his Europe” International Music Festival will run from 15 August to 1 September 2020 in Warsaw. Apart from Polish… Read more »
13th New Town Summer Festival & Kisiel Premiere
The New Town Summer Festival is a periodic event devoted to Polish music, presenting works from various historical periods, in different styles and various performances.… Read more »
16th Festival of Polish Music: Triumph of Live Music
Great works by Krzysztof Penderecki and Józef Kozłowski, Mikołaj Gomółka’s psalms, piano music of Chopin’s time and the first performance of the original version of Karol… Read more »
Recent Gifts to the PMC
From Warsaw… It is so very encouraging that, in spite of the pandemic and the worldwide disruptions it has brought to what we once referred… Read more »
More PMC gifts: Paderewski Speaks…
For years, another longtime friend and PMC supporter, Betty Harford-Naszódy, has been on the lookout for Paderewski-related items in various antique bookstores and other purveyors… Read more »
Kaper Podcast
RadioJazzFM has launched the second part of its cycle of educational broadcasts, Mistrzowie polskiego jazzu [Masters of Polish Jazz], with a show celebrating music by… Read more »
Premieres of Miniatures from Poznań Academy
In August and September, the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań will present a new concert series entitled “Contemporary Chamber Miniature in the… Read more »
Krauze Premieres
Zygmunt Krauze is preparing two new compositions for the beginning of the season. On September 2, during the 12th CODES Festival of Traditional and Avant-garde… Read more »
4th WarszeMuzik
During the fourth edition of the WarszeMuzik Festival, held from 1-29 August 2020, chamber music will return to Warsaw Ghetto’s remaining buildings—a tenement house at 20… Read more »