…an ensemble that sounds like one instrument… – violinist Maxim Vengerov On March 25, the Polish Music Center will present one of the brightest stars of the young Polish chamber music scene: Duo Karolina Mikołajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki. Both virtuosos in their own right, Mikołajczyk and Jedynecki bring great energy to the stage, shining a…Continue Reading 2023 PMC Spring Concert: Duo Karolina Mikołajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki
The Zarębski Piano Duo is comprised of Piotr Różański and Grzegorz Mania—two professors of piano from the prestigious Penderecki Music Academy in Kraków, and co-founders of the Polish Chamber Musicians Association (SPMK). From March 9-11, the duo will perform two concerts and give a lecture at various venues in Los Angeles. Their LA concert programs on March 9 and 11…Continue Reading Zarębski Piano Duo in LA from March 9-11
On February 18th the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra will perform compositions by legends of Polish Music at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio. The soloist of the evening will be the saxophonist Henryk Miśkiewicz, who will perform a piece by Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski. The second part will feature the Symphony No. 1 by Henryk…Continue Reading Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra: Wróblewski and Wars
On November 26, the Polish Composers Union (ZKP) held a concert in celebration of the 80th birthday of former vice president of the Katowice branch of the union—composer, educator, publicist and musical organizer, Ryszard Gabryś. Entitled ‘Camerata to the Composer,’ the concert was performed by Camerata Silesia in the chamber hall of NOSPR in Katowice….Continue Reading Ryszard Gabryś 80th Birthday Celebration & Premieres
On December 2 in Wrocław, a plaque was unveiled in honor of composer Elżbieta Sikora and her work with Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music (NFM) in Wrocław. Following the commemoration of Sikora, the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic held a concert consisting of several pieces, including a masterpiece by Elżbieta Sikora herself: Oliwa Concerto. Premiered in…Continue Reading Elżebieta Sikora Honored in Wrocław
During the first week of January 2023, the USC Polish Music Center and Holocaust Museum of L.A. will host the Czarakcziew/Kowal Duo—an ensemble from Kraków, Poland, that specializes in seeking out outstanding but unknown music of the 20th and 21st century. In these concerts, pianist Piotr Kowal and cellist Paweł Czarakcziew will weave together strands…Continue Reading January 2023: Czarakcziew/Kowal Duo Celebrate Bruzdowicz & Katz
Jakub Kuszlik in LA On November 6, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles presented a program performed by pianist Jakub Kuszlik. Prizewinner of both the Paderewski and Chopin Competitions in Poland, Kuszlik wowed the audience gathered in Thayer Hall of the Colburn School of Music in downtown L.A. with works…Continue Reading All-Polish Programs for Independence Day
On Friday November 11, the Łódź Philharmonic hosted a very special, all-Polish Independence Day concert. The program began with the world premiere of three movements of the orchestral version of Roman Ryterband’s Suite Polonaise: IV. Kołomyjka, V. Zbójnicki, X. Oberek. The program also included Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s Piano Concerto and Zygmunt Noskowski’s Symphony No. 2….Continue Reading Ryterband in Łódź: Independence Day Premiere & Beyond
On October 28 at the Youth Palace in Tarnów, a concert inaugurating the 11th edition of the Beethoven Academy Orchestra‘s original cycle entitled ‘Jeszcze Polska Muzyka’ was held. The main purpose of this concert series is to explore unknown masterpieces of Polish symphonic music. Artists from the Beethoven Academy Orchestra, the renowned Polish Radio Choir,…Continue Reading World Premiere of Psalm No. 5 by Roman Palester
The concert of the Laureates of the 14th edition of the 20th and 21st Century Music Competition for Young Performers, co-organized with Program 2 of the Polish Radio, happened on November 5 in the Agnieszka Osiecka Music Studio at the Polish Radio in Warsaw. Masterpieces of contemporary music were performed by the winners of the…Continue Reading 20th and 21st Century Music Competition for Young Performers