A co-presentation of the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles and the Festival Mozaic in San Luis Obispo, a concert entitled “WinterMezzo Coda: The Chopin Project” will be presented on April 29 at the Paso Robles Inn Ballroom. The recital will feature pianist Jocelyn Swigger (right), who set out on a journey to learn all 27 Chopin etudes in 2010. In this…Continue Reading Wintermezzo Coda: the Chopin Project
By Marek Zebrowski The Polish Music Center’s annual spring concert was devoted this time around to the exploration of Polish avant-garde music from the mid-1950s to the early 2000s. Works by Witold Szalonek (1927-2001), Bogusław Schaeffer (b. 1929), Henryk Mikołaj Górecki(1933-2010), Zygmunt Krauze (b. 1938), Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943), Tadeusz Wielecki (b. 1954), and Hanna Kulenty (b. 1961) were presented at the Alfred Newman Recital Hall on Saturday…Continue Reading Forward, Avant-Garde!
After more than 20 years online, the Polish Music Center website urgently needs a redesign! As pioneering as our website was when it was established by PMC founder Wanda Wilk in the mid-1990s, today the PMC’s online presence is even more crucial to our mission of promoting Polish music worldwide. However, over the next few months we…Continue Reading 2017 PMC Website Reboot Campaign
On April 8, the Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library will host a panel discussion entitled “Whither Europe?” that will be free and open to the public. The conversation will range over various facets of the current political situation throughout the EU, including Brexit and the rise of extremist populism. Among the speakers for the event are: writer and…Continue Reading Whither Europe?
Saturday, March 25, 2017 | 4:00 p.m. Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA Reception following the concert Admission is FREE and open to the public Campus Parking: $12 – enter Gate 3 at Figueroa St. & McCarthy Way (Parking Structure X) On March 25 at 4…Continue Reading 2017: Exploring The Avant-Garde feat. gnarwhallaby
On March 25 at 4:00 p.m., the adventurous gnarwhallaby ensemble will reveal rare facets of avant-garde expression in contemporary Polish music through the works of such visionary composers as Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Zygmunt Krauze, Hanna Kulenty, Krzysztof Meyer, Bogusław Schaeffer, Witold Szalonek, and Tadeusz Wielecki. Entitled “Exploring the Avant-Garde,” the 2017 PMC Spring concert presents a survey…Continue Reading Gnarwhallaby and Polish Avant-Garde
Long-time Paderewski Festival Board member and current Board President Marjorie Hamon has been named as the 2017 “Sweet Art” of the Year by Studios on the Park in Paso Robles, CA. The dual objective of the “Sweet Art” designation is to celebrate a Champion of the Arts and to raise funds for Studios on the Park transformational arts education…Continue Reading Hamon Honored in Paso Robles
On March 25 at 4 p.m., the Polish Music Center presents the gnarwhallaby ensemble in the 2017 Polish Music Spring concert: “Exploring the Avant-Garde.” This concert will uncover various facets of avant-garde expression that have existed throughout contemporary music history in Poland, from the 1950s until today, with a program of such visionary composers as Tadeusz Baird,…Continue Reading Exploring the Avant-Garde
The L.A. Musical Salon will celebrate their 10th season with their signature Westside dinner-concert series at The Bel-Air in Los Angeles. The first concert “An Evening of Chopin” will take place on February 11, featuring concert pianist, composer and PMC Director Marek Zebrowski with cellist Lars Hoefs, who was a member of the Music Salon’s original Artists in Residence…Continue Reading Zebrowski and Hoefs at LA Musical Salon
On January 11, PMC Director Marek Zebrowski and internationally renowned cellist Lars Hoefs performed the inaugural concert of the 3rd edition of the Villa-Lobos International Chamber Music Festival at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church. Entitled “Hommage à Chopin,” their program included Chopin: Etude Op. 25 No. 7 (arr. Franchomme); Villa-Lobos: Mazurka-Choro (arr. D. Ashbridge); Villa-Lobos: Hommage à Chopin; Chopin: Nocturne…Continue Reading Zebrowski and Hoefs at Large in LA