Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 10, no. 6 Summer Closure The Polish Music Center will be in a mode of limited operations from June 18th through July 18th. The collection will not be available for use during that time. Email and phone messages will be answered as often as possible. The Newsletter will continue on its monthly schedule….Continue Reading June 2004
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 10, no. 5 News Poland Enters The European Union On May 1st, 2004, 10 new member countries will join the European Union. In this historic enlargement, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia will join current members Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,…Continue Reading May 2004
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 10, no. 4 New Facilities The Polish Music Center is planning to move into new facilities during the next few months. Please be aware that there might be some disruption in activities as well as slower response times to emails and inquiries. Thank you for your understanding and your continued support of our…Continue Reading April 2004
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 10, no. 3 Happy Birthday Chopin by Wanda Wilk March 1st is Fryderyk Chopin’s birthday, who was born in 1810. [Note: Some records show February 22nd as Chopin’s date of birth, but the composer’s claimed his birthday to be the 1st of March—the debate continues today.] The music world has only six more…Continue Reading March 2004
Thursday, March 12, 2004 | 8:00 p.m. Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA Reception following the concert Admission is FREE and open to the public Karolina Naziemiec Performs From March 2004 PMC Newsletter Karolina Naziemiec was born in Poland, where she studied viola at the Szymanowski…Continue Reading 2004: Karolina Naziemiec
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 10, no. 2 2004: Year Of Lutosławski by Wanda Wilk Polish Parliament has proclaimed 2004 as the year of Lutosławski in honor of the tenth anniversary of the late composer’s death on February 7th, 1994. Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994) was regarded as the greatest living composer of his time and was called the “Dean…Continue Reading February 2004
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 10, no. 1 News Winners Of Grzegorz Fitelberg Competition The first Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors was held in 1979 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Grzegorz Fitelberg, an exceptional Polish composer and conductor and a representative of the Mloda Polska [Young Poland] movement in literature and the arts. For…Continue Reading January 2004
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 9, no. 12 News 2003 Paderewski Lecture/Recital Series PMC’s Annual Paderewski Lectures commemorate Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), a pianist, composer, politician (the first prime minister of independent Poland after WWI), humanitarian, and orator, who was greatly acclaimed as a virtuoso musician and a statesman. The Lectures highlight his links to California…Continue Reading December 2003
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 9, no. 11 Joanna Bruzdowicz at USC 2003 Paderewski Lecture USC Bing Theater Sunday, December 7, 4 p.m. Polish Music Center presents the eminent Polish composer, now living in France, Joanna Bruzdowicz (b. 1943) in the 2003 Paderewski Lecture, held at the Bing Theater, USC Campus (December 7, 2003; at 4…Continue Reading November 2003
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 9, no. 10 News Krauze To Perform In New York Zygmunt Krauze (b. 1938) began his studies in composition with Kazimierz Sikorski and piano with Wanda Wilkomirska at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, and then went to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger from 1966-67 on a scholarship…Continue Reading October 2003