Category: Newsletter

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 9 News Flash Warsaw Autumn Festival The program of the Warsaw Autumn Festival contains numerous international “attractions” guaranteed to bring audiences for the innovative programming, which includes performances of Stockhausen’s Gruppen (as well as spatial pieces by Alvin Lucier and Martin Smolka) at the Sports Hall of CWKS Legia, Bemowo, and Alexander Syrabin’s…Continue Reading September 2000

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 8 News Flash Premiere Of Górecki’s Cantata On 21 June 2000 the Choir of the National Philharmonics from Warsaw and an instrumental ensemble of musicians from the Philharmonics, conducted by Henryk Wojnarowski, premiered Henryk Górecki’s Salve, sidus Polonorum, Cantata about St. Adalbertus. This world premiere crowned the Polish Day at the EXPO…Continue Reading August 2000

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 7 News Flash New Manuscripts for PMRC by Maria Anna Harley During my recent trip to Poland several important donations have been made to expand the Manuscript Collection of the Polish Music Reference Center. Composer Krzysztof Meyer started the series of marvellous events with a donation of the authograph score of…Continue Reading July 2000

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 6 News Flash Winners Of Fryderyki 1999 The yearly awards for best recordings made in Poland in 1999 have just been announced. The winners of the awards in individual categories are listed below; note that the award is called “Fryderyk” (first name of Chopin) and the plural form is “Fryderyki” – hence…Continue Reading June 2000

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 5 News Flash Winners Of Kosciuszko Foundation’s Chopin Competition KIRILL GERSTEIN was the First Prize Winner in the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition 2000, held in New York City in last week. Gerstein is a 20-year old graduate student at the Manhattan School of Music, where he is studying with Solomon…Continue Reading May 2000

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 4 News Flash Winners Of Chopin Competition In Miami Pianists Ning An, Jun Asai, Brenda Huang and Hiroko Kunitake were the Top Prize winners of the Sixth American National Chopin Competition in Miami, Florida. All four winners are being sent to Warsaw, Poland to compete in the International Chopin Piano Competition…Continue Reading April 2000

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 3 News Flash Wesołowski Wins Diapason d’Or In January 2000, Michał Wesołowski, Polish pianist who lives in Sweden and specializes in the music of Chopin, Szymanowski and Maciejewski, has received the “Diapason d’Or” prize for his recording of Chopin’s Mazurkas, issued by Pianovox (PIA 522-2, 1999) and distributed by Sony Music….Continue Reading March 2000

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 2 News Flash Winners Of The 1999 Wilk Prizes For Research In Polish Music The jury of the 1999 edition of the annual Wilk Prizes for Research in Polish Music (no. 13) has reached the final decision about distributing the prizes. Two prizes are given in the professional categor and…Continue Reading February 2000

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 6, no. 1 Events of the Century by Wanda Wilk 1902 – Paderewski’s Year In 1902 world-famous pianist, Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860- 1941), makes headline news as a showman and drawing card. He is the first to give a recital “alone” (as opposed to the prevailing custom of placing several performers on a…Continue Reading January 2000

Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 5, no. 12 News Flash! Andrzej Panufnik Days In Cracow The Cracow Contemporary Music Club “Malwa” and the Andrzej Panufnik Foundation in Poland are co-sponsors of the Panufnik Festival that takes place between 28 November and 5 December 1999 in Cracow. The festival includes six concerts and other events; it begins on Sunday,…Continue Reading December 1999