Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 4, no. 9 News Flash! Internet Multimedia Concert: Warsaw-Helsinki-Oslo On 24 September 1998 the 41st International Contemporary Music Festival Warsaw Autumn will feature a concert on the Internet. The event, housed in Poland at the HYDE PARK Internet Multimedia Gallery. Composers and computer multimedia artists are invited to participate in an internet competition for a…Continue Reading September 1998
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August 1998
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 4, no. 8 News Flash! Warsaw Autumn: Krauze and Virtual Reality This year’s Warsaw Autumn Festival, led by Festival Artistic Director, Krzysztof Knittel (September 19-24 1998), is honoring Zygmunt Krauze (60th birthday jubilee). The opening and closing concerts feature his music. For the first time ever the festival is dedicated to music from one geographic…Continue Reading August 1998
July 1998
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 4, no. 7 News Flash! Seven Gates Of Jerusalem In New York Krzysztof Penderecki’s oratorio Seven Gates of Jerusalem will be performed at the Lincoln Center Festival in New York on July 17-18 (Avery Fisher Hall, 8 p.m.). The performance, serving as a Tribute to Israel (the 50th anniversary of establishment of the country), will be…Continue Reading July 1998
June 1998
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 4, no. 6 News Flash! Choral Competition Winners Polish Singers Alliance of America announces the winners at the International Convention and Competition, held in Chicago, IL, on May 20-24, 1998. Choruses competed in three categories: mixed, female and male. The results are as follows: Mixed Choruses: 1st Place: Symfonia Choir #291, Hamilton,…Continue Reading June 1998
May 1998
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 4, no. 5 Kosciuszko Foundation Competitions Lynn Kao Top Prize Winner In 1998 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition LYNN KAO was the First Prize Winner in the 1998 Kościuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, held in New York City Saturday, April 4. Kao, an 18-year old student at Indiana University, was given her…Continue Reading May 1998
A Day with Women’s Music
April 1998: A symposium about women in music, including papers about Wanda Landowska (by Wojciech Marchwica), and Grażyna Bacewicz (by Maja Trochimczyk), a composers’ panel, and the residency of Hanna Kulenty….Continue Reading A Day with Women’s Music
April 1998
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 4, no. 4 News Winners Of The 1998 Kosciuszko Foundation Sembrich Voice Competition VALERIAN RUMINSKI is the First Prize Winner in the 1998 Kosciuszko Foundation Marcella Sembrich Voice Competition, held in New York City Saturday, March 21. Ruminski, a 30-year-old student at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, was given his $1000…Continue Reading April 1998
March 1998
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 4, no. 3 News Moniuszko Competition Deadline for singers to apply to the III INTERNATIONAL STANISLAW MONIUSZKO VOCAL COMPETITION has been extended to May 1st! For more information & application form fax directly to the Competition Office at Teatr Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland. From the USA dial: 011-48-22-6920-742. Th full address of the…Continue Reading March 1998
February 1998
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 4, no. 2 News 1997 Wilk Prize Competition Winners As the Director of the Polish Music Reference Center and the President of the Jury, which this year included USC Professors: Bruce Brown, Bryan Simms, Janet Johnson, Giulio Ongaro, Visiting Professor LLoyd Whitesell, and Wanda Wilk, I am pleased to announce…Continue Reading February 1998
January 1998
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 4, no. 1 Highlights of 1997 (listed alphabetically by topic or name; the name of the month after each category refers to the issue of our Newsletter in which it was discussed) Chopin: The Man and His Passion” presented by pianist Alan Gampel in New York & California (February) Eleventh International Festival…Continue Reading January 1998