PMC Gifts: August 2022
Augustyn Plays Bacewicz The month of August began with a parcel that arrived at the Polish Music Center from our friend and collaborator Kinga Augustyn,… Read more »
PMC News
Taube PMC Digital Archive has launched!
(L-R): Consul General Jarosław Łasiński, PMC Director Marek Zebrowski, Dianne and Tad Taube, Executive Director Shana Penn of Taube Philanthropies, and Thornton Dean Robert Cutietta.… Read more »
Save the Date: 2022 Paderewski Lecture-Recital
The 2022 Paderewski Lecture-Recital celebrates Hanna Kulenty (b. 1961), a brilliant contemporary composer who divides time between her native Poland, the Netherlands and France. With… Read more »
A Spring Shower of Gifts to PMC
In addition to four manuscript scores of works by Krzysztof Meyer personally delivered by the composer during his recent PMC visit, we have received other… Read more »
Krzysztof Meyer at PMC
By Marek Zebrowski At long last, in early April 2022 the Polish Music Center had the great honor of hosting Krzysztof Meyer, a distinguished composer… Read more »
New Bruzdowicz Collection at the PMC
For almost two decades now, four manuscript scores by Joanna Bruzdowicz—Trio dei due mondi, Tre contre tre, Concerto pour piano et orchestre symphonique, and Marlos… Read more »
Cracow Duo Back in California
During the second half of March, the celebrated Cracow Duo—comprised of cellist Jan Kalinowski and pianist Marek Szlezer—returns for a tour of California. The Strad magazine… Read more »
PMC Gifts: January 2022
The Holiday Season brought us a few nice surprises as soon as we returned to campus after the New Year and collected the PMC mail.… Read more »
Kaper Remembered
February 5th marked the 120th anniversary of Bronisław Kaper’s birth. This Oscar-winning composer of film music was celebrated in Poland a few years ago with… Read more »
PMC Gifts: December 2021
PWM / Anaklasis December is a time of gifts and we are very fortunate at the Polish Music Center to have so many dedicated and… Read more »
PMC in 2021 and beyond…
Dear Friends of Polish Music, First of all, we would like to extend our best wishes to you and your family in these admittedly trying… Read more »
2021 Paderewski Lecture-Recital: Weinberg
Page links: Event Description ~ Event Details ~ Full Program Composer Bio ~ Lecturer Bio ~ Performer Bios The 2021 Paderewski Lecture-Recital honors the 25th… Read more »
Paderewski Connects Łącko and Vinnytsia
This year’s Małopolska Akademia Talentów [Małopolska Talent Academy] was held June 27 – July 4 in the charming southern Polish mountain town of Łącko. Organized… Read more »
Mega-Donation from PWM to PMC
About two weeks ago we received a FedEx notice that several large parcels, weighing a total of over 120 lbs., were on their way to… Read more »
State Archives and PMC Update
By Marek Zebrowski For several years now, during every single visit in Warsaw, I have been always invited to top-level meetings at the Head Office… Read more »
2020 Paderewski Lecture with Krzysztof Meyer: Lecture Transcript
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Paderewski Lecture was conducted as an interview via Zoom on 22 August 2020, and broadcast to the worldwide… Read more »
PMC GIFTS April & May 2021
The Stojowski Collection Expanded! In late March, quite unexpectedly, we received an email from Professor Frank Martignetti, chair of the Department of Music and Performing… Read more »
PMC GIFTS: Feb-March 2021
POLMIC’s Easter Surprise Together with the director Mieczysław Kominek, our friends at the Polish Music Information Centre in Warsaw (POLMIC) once again came through for… Read more »
Jazztopad ‘Great Improvisation’ Series Livestream Continues
The Jazztopad Festival, in partnership with Polish Cultural Institute New York, continues The Great Improvisation series online live-streamed from the National Forum of Music (NFM)… Read more »
2021: Remembering Górecki—A Discussion and Film Screening
Watch the broadcast here: www.thorntonlive.usc.edu On 20 March 2021, the Polish Music Center at the USC Thornton School of Music will recognize the tenth anniversary… Read more »