Category: PMC News

Concert Review: Accordions of Gdańsk Music Academy

The 40th anniversary of the Accordion Department at the Gdańsk Music Academy was celebrated November 25-26 with a scholarly conference and a series of concerts at the Academy’s attractive and acoustically-satisfying concert hall. The Nov. 25 concert opened with Krzysztof Olczak’s Chanson for Accordion and Electronic Sounds, a solo work performed by the composer. Olczak (below), who is…Continue Reading Concert Review: Accordions of Gdańsk Music Academy

PMC Director Honored by Governor of Greater Poland

Immediately after completing his work with the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles and the Paderewski Youth Cultural Exchange, both co-organized by the Polish Music Center, PMC Director Marek Zebrowski left the states for work in Poland in November and December. During this visit, Dir. Zebrowski will perform concerts, give lectures, and meet with critical PMC…Continue Reading PMC Director Honored by Governor of Greater Poland

2016 Paderewski Festival: Schedule of Events

The 2016 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles celebrates the legacy of Paso Robles’ most famous resident, Ignacy Jan Paderewski – virtuoso pianist, composer, international politician, local landowner, grower and winemaker – with five days of concerts and special events featuring internationally-renowned performers. Held in venues throughout Paso Robles, California from November 2-6, 2016, this year’s Festival line-up…Continue Reading 2016 Paderewski Festival: Schedule of Events

Upcoming PMC Lectures in Poland

PMC Dir. Marek Żebrowski will speak at the conference held at the Warsaw University Library on Dec. 1 devoted to the Music Archives and Composers’ Collections held by Polish Libraries. The title of his talk, “Collection of Manuscripts by Polish Composers held at the Polish Music Center in Los Angeles” will focus on the core…Continue Reading Upcoming PMC Lectures in Poland

PMC at Kwadrofonik Festival

The adventurous programming of the Kwadrofonik ensemble will be on display in early December in Warsaw. A series of concerts sited in the exciting new space of Nowy Teatr will feature, among others, a concert of live string quartet accompaniments to videos by Agnès Varda and David Lynch. The Royal String Quartet will perform excerpts of Joanna Bruzdowicz’s String…Continue Reading PMC at Kwadrofonik Festival

Spotlight Concert: PMC Manuscript Collection

The second festival Polska Muzyka Odnaleziona [Discovered Polish Music] is happening in Warsaw between November 26 and December 10. In four separate concerts, a great variety of repertoire will be presented in several venues all around Warsaw. The opening concert on Nov. 26 at features choral and organ works by Polish Benedictine nuns from the seventeenth and…Continue Reading Spotlight Concert: PMC Manuscript Collection

2016: Elżbieta Sikora

Sunday, October 16, 2012 | 7:00 p.m. Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA Reception following the concert Sunday, October 16, 2016 | 1:00 p.m. Screening & Q&A: Madame Curie at the Polish Film Festival Laemmle’s Monica Film Center 1332 2nd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Admission to both…Continue Reading 2016: Elżbieta Sikora

Welcoming Lisa Cooper Vest

Although she has been in her position as Assistant Professor of Musicology at the Thornton School of Music for over a year, this is the first opportunity that we have had to officially welcome Lisa Cooper Vest to the USC faculty! Lisa is a musicologist whose work is focused on the aesthetic and political contexts of the…Continue Reading Welcoming Lisa Cooper Vest

New Ryterband and Tansman Recordings by Fechner

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Tomasz Fechner—a classical guitarist from Poland who is currently pursuing his doctoral degree at the University of Southern California and serving as a Research Assistant at the PMC—has released new YouTube recordings of Polish music. The first video of Suite in Modo Polonico by Alexandre Tansman was recorded and published by Guitar Salon International (GSI). The composition performed by…Continue Reading New Ryterband and Tansman Recordings by Fechner

2016 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles

The 2016 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles celebrates the legacy of Paso Robles’ most famous resident, Ignacy Jan Paderewski – virtuoso pianist, composer, international politician, local landowner, grower and winemaker – with five days of concerts and special events featuring internationally-renowned performers. Held in venues throughout Paso Robles, California from November 2-6, 2016, this year’s Festival line-up…Continue Reading 2016 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles