Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 9, no. 9 News Mu Phi Epsilon Honors USC Cellist Cellist Marek Szpakiewicz, born in Lublin, Poland, brought great news from Cincinnati, Ohio to USC, the Polish community, and the entire music world. Mr. Szpakiewicz won the prestigious Mu Phi Epsilon International Competition, held in August 6, 2003, by an unanimous…Continue Reading September 2003
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 9, no. 8 News Knittel And Walaciński Honored By Polish Composers Union Polish composers Krzystof Knittel and Adam Walaciński will be presented prestigious awards from the highly respected Polish Composers’ Union (Związku Kompozytorów Polskich – ZKP) at this year’s “Warsaw Autumn” Festival.Krzystof Knittel is a composer of instrumental and electro-acoustic music,…Continue Reading August 2003
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 9, no. 7 News Kulenty Wins Unesco Rostrum Of Composers! Hanna Kulenty’s Trumpet Concerto received the First Prize at the 50th International Rostrum of Composers organized by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in Vienna. 66 works from 34 countries were submitted, out of which 9 were recommended for…Continue Reading July 2003
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 9, no. 6 Call For Submissions 2003 Wilk Essay Submissions Due July 31st The Stefan & Wanda Wilk Prizes for Research in Polish Music are sponsored by the Polish Music Center (PMC) at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California and financially supported by the Stefan and…Continue Reading June 2003
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 9, no. 5 Awards Winners Of 2002 Wilk Book Prizes The 2002 Stefan and Wanda Wilk Book Prize is divided between two books ex aequo, both published by British authors in 1997: John Rink: Chopin: The Piano Concertos (Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997). Adrian Thomas: Górecki (Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press,…Continue Reading May 2003
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 9, no. 4 News Zygmunt Stojowski Festival In Poland The Zygmunt Stojowski May Festival Committee takes pleasure in announcing a series of three May concerts celebrating the music of one of Poland’s greatest but most neglected post romantic composers. The three-day festival begins on Friday, May 2, the composer’s name day,…Continue Reading April 2003
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 9, no. 3 News “Splendor Of Poland” Exhibit In San Francisco Leonardo Da Vinci and the splendor of Poland exhibit is scheduled for March 8th to May 18th at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. The exhibit features 78 paintings from the collections of Polish magnates,…Continue Reading March 2003
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 9, no. 2 News Stanisław Drzewiecki In Carnegie Hall The phenomenal young Polish pianist, Stanislaw Drzewiecki played a well-received concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall on the 26th of January, 2003. In press review in Nowy Dziennik Drzewiecki was compared to Zimerman and Kissin – two pianists specializing in Chopin who debuted at…Continue Reading February 2003
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 9, no. 1 Polish Music Highlights Of 2002 Anniversaries Several important Polish artists and composers had special birthday anniversaries or commemoration of their deaths through special events in Poland and abroad. The most feted was Wojciech Kilar on his 70th birthday. The National Philharmonic Orchestra toured the U.S. and Canada in…Continue Reading January 2003
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 8, no. 12 News Gorecki’s World Premiere The world premiere of Mikolaj Henryk Gorecki’s “Quasi una fantasia” for great string orchestra, Op. 78 took place on 23 October in Madrid, Spain for the “Polish Year in Spain,” with the National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio conducted by Gabriel Chmura. Gorecki’s Third…Continue Reading December 2002