Category: PMC News

Fechner in Poland and Polish Premiere of Ryterband Sonatina for Guitar

On June 3-5, 2016, the first Guitar Festival in Tczew (Poland) took place. Despite the fact that it was only the first edition of the festival, guitarists from all over Poland came to the Center of Culture and Art in Tczew to participate in it. This year’s edition featured concerts, masterclasses and a guitar competition for guitar solo and…Continue Reading Fechner in Poland and Polish Premiere of Ryterband Sonatina for Guitar

2016 Paderewski Lecture – Recital Update

On Sunday, October 16 at 7:00 p.m., the Polish Music Center will host its annual Paderewski Lecture-Recital at USC’s Alfred Newman Recital Hall. Our honored guest for this year’s event is composer Elżbieta Sikora, who will speak about her artistic process and diverse body of work, followed by a concert of her chamber music. In addition to delivering the…Continue Reading 2016 Paderewski Lecture – Recital Update

PMC Archives Report

For the past few years the PMC has collaborated extensively with the National Archives in Warsaw on projects related to creating databases and cataloguing our unique collections as well as scanning and preserving many hundreds of rare and precious items that have been entrusted to us by many different donors over the past 12 years. Dr. Monika…Continue Reading PMC Archives Report

2016 Paderewski Lecture-Recital: Save the Date

On Sunday, October 16 at 7:00 p.m., the Polish Music Center will host its annual Paderewski Lecture-Recital at USC’s Alfred Newman Recital Hall. Our honored guest for this year’s event is composer Elżbieta Sikora, who will speak about her artistic process and diverse body of work, followed by a concert of her chamber music. In addition to delivering the…Continue Reading 2016 Paderewski Lecture-Recital: Save the Date

Kiepura Awards at Warsaw Phil

On June 20, the Mazowiecki Teatr Muzyczny organized the tenth anniversary Kiepura Gala Awards evening at the Warsaw Philharmonic. The evening was emceed by Director of the Mazowiecki Teatr Muzyczny, Alicja Węgorzewska, together with Marcin Cejrowski. PMC Director Marek Zebrowski served as a special guest award presenter for the event. The evening began with a splendid fashion…Continue Reading Kiepura Awards at Warsaw Phil

Master Classes in Pułtusk

The International Cultural Exchange Program jointly administered by the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles and its partners in Poland and Ukraine, organized a weekend of piano workshops at the Pułtusk Castle from June 24-26, 2016. Held in the splendid headquarters of Dom Polonii, the daily sessions with the 2016 Exchange participants, including Yulia Medynska and Sasha Dzvinkovskiy from Ukraine and…Continue Reading Master Classes in Pułtusk

Jazz Research at PMC

On July 7, Polish jazz pianist Kuba Stankiewicz and bassist Darek “Oles” Oleszkiewiczpaid a visit to the Polish Music Center (pictured above). Although the two are long friends of the PMC, this was not merely a social call—they were eager to dig into the PMC’s archival collection for rare printings and original manuscripts of music by Henryk Wars,…Continue Reading Jazz Research at PMC

Paderewski 75th Death Anniversary

June 29, 2016 marked the 75 anniversary of Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s death and several events were held in Warsaw to commemorate this important milestone. The first was a festive concert, held on June 14 inside the august space of Warsaw’s St. John’s Cathedral, where Paderewski’s remains were finally laid to rest on June 29, 1992…Continue Reading Paderewski 75th Death Anniversary

PMC at IAML 2016

The 65th Congress of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) was held in Rome‘s Auditorium Parco della Musica July 3-8, 2016. This year’s conference was jointly hosted by the Italian branch of IAML and Rome’s venerable Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. The sprawling, modern and air-conditioned facilities—Santa Cecilia Hall, Teatro Studio, Museum…Continue Reading PMC at IAML 2016

PMC Colleague Soaring to New Heights

During his Masters and Doctoral studies at USC’s Thornton School of Music, percussionist Daniel Kaminskiserved as a Project Assistant at the PMC from 2005-2010, during which time he became an indispensable part of the PMC staff. Highly motivated, organized and self-directed, Daniel’s range of expertise in matters musical, clerical and technical far exceeded what we had…Continue Reading PMC Colleague Soaring to New Heights