This year’s Book Expo America was held in Chicago, May 11-14, and Poland was the designated guest of honor at this huge and prestigious event. Alongside the Polish Book Institute, who organized part of the Polish exhibit, the Los Angeles based publisher Aquila Polonica participated with its series of fascinating and beautifully produced books about history of Poland during World…Continue Reading PMC at BEA
The Board of the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles has announced a new event in the Festival’s array of cultural offerings on the Central Coast, this time with a “Pops” theme. On July 2, 2016, join Festival organizers for the PASO POPS Independence Day Concert at the new Paso Robles Horse Park. “PASO POPS was created to provide an annual…Continue Reading Paso Pops
Coloratura soprano Malia Bendi Merad, one of the many scholars who visited the PMC over the last few months, contacted us in April with an interest in studying Karol Szymanowski’s 6 Songs of a Fairy Tale Princess, Op. 31. During several hours spent in our library, Bendi Merad not only poured over the score of these brilliant and…Continue Reading Szymanowski Explorations at the PMC
Saturday, April 2, 2016 | 8:00 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) From PMC Newsletter March 2016…Continue Reading 2016: A Tribute to Roman Ryterband
From Mieczysław Kominek, President of the Polish Composers Union (ZKP), and our friends at the Polish Music Information Centre in Warsaw we received a program and CD box set from the 2015 Warszawska Jesień [Warsaw Autumn] Festival. The program is an incredibly detailed source, containing information about composers, program notes and other details of the 2015 edition of this prestigious…Continue Reading Donations to PMC
On March 21, Ewa and Dariusz Kupiński of the internationally acclaimed Kupiński Guitar Duo dropped by the Polish Music Center for tea. During the visit, the pair shared their new CD (QBK 016), which features music by Rossini, Chopin, Bogdanovic, Piazzolla, Gershwin, and Granados. This is their second classical album release. The Kupiński Guitar Duo is showcasing…Continue Reading Kupiński Guitar Duo at USC
The spring concert organized by the Polish Music Center at USC’s Thornton School of Music on April 2 was devoted exclusively to works by Roman Ryterband (1914-1979). An expectant crowd filled USC’s Alfred Newman Recital Hall to hear music by this lesser-known Polish composer, who spent the last twelve years of his life in Palm Springs, California….Continue Reading Ryterband Returns
From mezzo soprano Katarzyna Sadej (1 CD): Rising at Dawn: Chamber Music with Brass by Carson Cooman (MSV 28538), performed by Katarzyna Sadej, mezzo soprano, Chris Gekker, trumpet & flugelhorn, Mark Nelson, tuba, Rebecca Smith, harp, and Jeffrey Grossman and Marie Sierra, piano From Agnieszke Swoinska & Dariusz Wyczolkowski (2 CDs): Gorecki: Symphony No. 4 (Nonesuch 549570),…Continue Reading Recent Donations to the PMC
Continuing on the theme of partnership with the Paderewski Polish-Ukrainian Foundation in Warsaw, this organization has recently published the “Good Practice Handbook on Management of International Musical Projects,” a research project conducted by the Foundation’s Manager, Katarzyna Renes. Renes’ research was conducted across the United States, Canada, and Poland from June to September 2015, within the framework…Continue Reading PMC Included in the ‘Good Practices Handbook’
Educational opportunities for participants in the 2016 Paderewski Festival Youth Cultural Exchange continue to flourish. Thanks to a fruitful relationship with Adam Bala, Director of the Paderewski Polish-Ukrainian Foundation that has developed over the last year, 2016 Exchange students from Ukraine and Poland were invited to participate in piano workshops held February 20-21 at Lviv Conservatory and perform in…Continue Reading Paderewski Festival Exchange Participants in Lviv