Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 8, no. 7 News Meyer’s World Premiere The world premiere of Krzysztof Meyer’s Concerto for clarinet and orchestra was conducted by Antoni Wit during the 125th anniversary of the Philharmonic in Duisburg, Germany. The soloist was famed clarinetist, Eduard Brunner. Rappe’s Recital Mezzo-soprano Jadwiga Rappe’s recital ended the II Moniuszko Festival…Continue Reading July 2002
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 8, no. 6 Music At PIASA’s 60th Meeting The program of the 60th Meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America was especially solemn and well attended, due to its location at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and the involvement of Polish politicians and important personalities from the…Continue Reading June 2002
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 8, no. 5 Annual Paderewski Lecture The first Annual Paderewski Lecture, featuring composer-pianist Zygmunt Krauze, with the participation of the Polish Folk Dance Ensemble Krakusy, took place on 3 May 2002, 8 p.m., at the Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC Campus, Los Angeles. Ignacy Jan PADEREWSKI (1860-1941), a pianist, composer, politician,…Continue Reading May 2002
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 8, no. 4 Annual Paderewski Lecture The first Annual Paderewski Lecture, featuring composer-pianist Zygmunt Krauze, with the participation of the Polish Folk Dance Ensemble Krakusy, will take place on 3 May 2002, 8 p.m. Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC Campus, Los Angeles. The Lecture will be preceded by the opening of…Continue Reading April 2002
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 8, no. 3 Chopin Prize: Eigeldinger Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, eminent Swiss musicologist, professor of Geneva University received the yearly Chopin Award for 2001. The award ceremony took place in Warsaw on 2 March 2002 and included a Chopin recital by Yundi Li, the winner of the first prize in the 14th International Chopin Competition…Continue Reading March 2002
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 8, no. 2 Wilk Essay Prizes 2001 An international jury awarded prizes for the best essays in professional and student categories in the 2001 competition for the Wilk Prizes for Research in Polish Music, It was the 14th edition of the essay competition; in 2000 the first Wilk Book Prize competition was held….Continue Reading February 2002
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 8, no. 1 Polish Music Highlights of 2001 Anniversaries Polish National Philharmonic Symphony celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding with a concert featuring Polish-American pianist, Emanuel Ax, in a Piano Concerto by Chopin and Szymanowski’s “Harnasie” ballet. Polish Parliament proclaims the year 2001 as the “Year of Paderewski” honoring the great pianist, composer,…Continue Reading January 2002
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 7, no. 12 News Flash Fifth Paderewski Competition Winners The Fifth International Paderewski Piano Competition took place between 6 and 17 November 2001 at the Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz. The winners of the competition are: I PRIZE – Stepan Kos of Czech Republic ($10,000), II Prize – Aleksey Komarov of Russia ($6,000), III…Continue Reading December 2001
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 7, no. 11 News Flash Fifth Paderewski Piano Competition The fifth international Paderewski Piano Competition takes place between 6 and 17 November 2001 at the Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz. The organizers include the Philharmonic, the Paderewski Music Society, the Nowowiejski Academy of Music, and government sponsors. The competition begins with a gala performance…Continue Reading November 2001
Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 7, no. 10 News Flash 44th Warsaw Autumn Festival The 44th Festival took place from the 21st to the 29th of September 2001. According to the Festival’s artistic director, Tadeusz Wielecki, “the main composer exposed this year is Galina Ustwolskaya. All of her symphonies will be presented: at the inaugural concert, the Moscow…Continue Reading October 2001