Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 1, no. 5 News First prize in the National Chopin Piano Competition in Miami was won by Jon Nakamatsu of Los Gatos, Ca. This qualifies him to compete in the major Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw in October. In addition to taking first prize the winner won $17,000. NEW MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY opens in Poland: BREVIS….Continue Reading May 1995
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 1, no. 4 News Flash! Polish composer, Henryk Gorecki, received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. During the ceremony that took place at the Polish Embassy the University choir and Orchestra performed several of Gorecki’s choral works, among them, Ad matrem for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra. An American premiere of Gorecki‘s Concerto for flute and orchestra…Continue Reading April 1995
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 1, no. 3 Flash News Grazyna Bacewicz’s “Piano Quintet” and “Quintet for Winds” are now available from European American Retail Music Tel. (800) 345-6296) or Fax (610) 993-0563 (24 hrs/day); $61.75 and $54.00 respectively. Other chamber music scores to order from them: Panufnik’s “Concertino” for percussion; Tansman’s “Suite” for ob, cl, bsn; Szymanowski’s “String Quartets nos. 1 and 2“; Gorecki’s “Lerchenmusik” for…Continue Reading March 1995
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 1, no. 2 Announcing The Winner Of The Wilk Prizes For Research In Polish Music Dr. Maria Anna Harley of McGill University, Montreal, Canada won the First prize of $1,000 for her essay, “At home with phenomenology: Ingarden’s ‘Work of Music’ revisited.” No prize was awarded in the student category this year. For details on this…Continue Reading February 1995
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 1, no. 1 Wednesday, February 1, 1995. A Marathon Concert Of Polish Music will be held on campus at USC in the United University Church from 12:00 – 4:00. It will feature Polish pianist and composer, Andrzej Dutkiewicz, professor at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, who is a visiting scholar at USC this semester….Continue Reading January 1995
Polish Music Reference Center Newsletter Vol. 0, no. 1 This column will cover all current events pertaining to Polish music, its composers, its artists and artists performing Polish music. It will be updated on a regular basis. Submissions are welcome. Contact Wanda Wilk, Director. The British journal Gramophone’s 1994 Record of the Year for Best Instrumental Recording AWARD went to Polish…Continue Reading December 1994
Organized by Wanda Wilk in 1982 at USC, this unique event, predating the formal creation of the Center, brought together Szymanowski experts from around the world for a week of lectures, scholarly sessions, and concerts….Continue Reading Szymanowski Centennial