The recent starring role appearance of Polish tenor Piotr Beczała in Verdi’s Luisa Miller at the Metropolitan Opera in New York elicited much praise from all quarters. In his April 3 review, Robert Levine’s headline “Superb Yoncheva and Beczała in The Met’s Luisa Miller, anchored by Domingo” succinctly says it all. Writing of Beczała’s rendition…Continue Reading Piotr Beczała at the MET
Starting on April 16, the Grand Theater in Łódź will host a series of concerts entitled “100 songs for 100 years of Independence.” During the concerts, leading soloists from the Grand Theater in Łódź will present the most beautiful songs set to the poems of Polish poets about their homeland. There will be plenty of…Continue Reading 100 Songs for 100 Years of Independence
Eastman School of Music faculty members, students, and alumni will join the worldwide observance of Yom HaShoah by performing the Fifth Annual Holocaust Remembrance Concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in Kilbourn Hall. Entitled “A Time to Remember . . .”, the concert features music written by those who perished or survived the World…Continue Reading Holocaust Remembrance Day at Eastman feat. Roman Ryterband
On April 14, the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York will present students from the prestigious Juilliard School of Music in Canzoni e Concerti—a concert of Baroque Chamber Music from Poland. Juilliard student performers include: Annie Gard, baroque violin; Rachell Wong, baroque violin; Adam Young, viola da gamba; and Katarzyna Kluczykowska, harpsichord. The event will feature instrumental…Continue Reading ‘Canzoni e Concerti’ Concert – Polish Baroque Chamber Music in NY
Paso Pops—the annual Paderewski Festival-sponsored patriotic concert and Independence Day celebration in Paso Robles combining wine, beer, food, family-friendly activities, live music and fireworks—will be held on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. The event moves to the Main Stage at the Paso Robles Event Center with a three-year agreement as part of this venue and date change….Continue Reading 2018 Paso Pops
Having toured Italy together last November, the world renowned pair of Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman and Polish conductor Grzegorz Nowak returned to that country on March 11 to reprise a similar program with the Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova. The concert featured Zimerman as soloist in Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2, “Age of Anxiety” and he chose to…Continue Reading Zimerman & Nowak In Italy
The Fifth Annual Polish Jewish Studies Workshop “Centering the Periphery: Polish Jewish Production Beyond the Capital” with the accompanying concert “Soundscapes of Modernity: Jews and Music in Polish Cities,” happened at Rutgers University on March 5-6, 2018. Taking place from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. both days, the 2018 Polish Jewish Studies Workshop focused on…Continue Reading Polish Jewish Conference & Concert
Since 2017, the PMC and the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Pan Pacific Park have co-organized several concerts per year. The programs in this series spotlight works by Polish Jewish composers who are prominent in the PMC’s archive and library collections….Continue Reading Concerts at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
On February 27, the State Music School in the coastal city of Elbląg will host pianist Leszek Możdżer and maestro Marek Moś, who will lead the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra in a program of compositions by Możdżer and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. The concert will feature Górecki’s celebrated Concerto for Harpsichord (or Piano), Op. 40 and Możdżer’s Seven Miniatures for Improvising Piano and…Continue Reading Leszek Możdżer & EOK
Over 200 artists gathered on the stage situated in the Centre for the Meeting of Cultures [Spotkania Kultur] in Lublin to perform Seven Gates of Jerusalem — the monumental work based on the Old Testament texts composed by Krzysztof Penderecki. Relatively rarely performed due to its gigantic performance and logistical requirements, the piece was conducted by the Maestro Penderecki…Continue Reading Seven Gates Of Jerusalem – Lublin