PMC 2019 Year in Review & Fund Drive
Dear Friends, It has been another successful year filled with a variety of Polish Music Center events. We are very proud of everything we have… Read more »
PMC News
Int’l Conference “Roman Ryterband as an heir and advocate of Polish musical traditions in the US”
In Memory of Roman Ryterband A Forgotten Resident of Łódź – Composer, Pianist and Educator Born in Łódź in 1914 – Died in Palm Springs… Read more »
PMC at the PAN Conference
The year, the Musicology Institute at the Polish Academy of Sciences [PAN] held the Third Annual Conference on the topic of “Polish Music Abroad.” A… Read more »
PMC at MAB Conference
Conference Overview The 41st annual conference of Polish Museums, Archives and Libraries [MAB] was held September 14-18 in Lublin. Hosted by the John Paul II… Read more »
Celebrating Paderewski in Chicago
The Paderewski Polish-Ukrainian Foundation led by Adam Bala and Marianna Humetska brought a chamber version of Paderewski’s opera, Manru, to Chicago’s Cernicus Center on October… Read more »
Chopin, Kilar and Wars: Polish film music at Music @ Rush Hour
The USC Polish Music Center presents a program of Polish music used in or written for films, as a part of the USC Thornton “Music… Read more »
2019 Paderewski Festival Cultural Exchange Diary
by Marek Zebrowski Wednesday, June 26. Warsaw-Kraków I wake up early to check if the (habitually late) non-stop LOT flight from LAX will actually land… Read more »
2019: Three Paderewskis
Event Details Saturday, October 12, 2019 | 8:00 p.m. 2019 Paderewski Lecture-Recital, feat. 3 Paderewskis Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616… Read more »
Polish Music Spring: Celebrating Anniversaries
Saturday, 23 March 2019 | 4:00 P.M. Polish Music Spring: Celebrating Anniversaries Concert Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale… Read more »
PMC Celebrated Poland’s Centenary of Independence in Poland and France
In Poland Held under the title “Kontrasty-Niepodległa” [Contrasts-Independence], the 56th Bydgoszcz Music Festival celebrated the centenary of Poland’s regained independence with a wide-ranging presentation of… Read more »
Lynch & Zebrowski
The celebrated film director and auteur David Lynch is also a noted visual artist, and the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, Netherlands opened an exhibit of… Read more »
PMC 2018 Year in Review
Dear Friend of the Polish Music Center, Our annual ritual of sharing what we have accomplished at the PMC in 2018 and asking for your… Read more »
2018 Paderewski Festival
The Paderewski Festival is a four-day music festival held annually in November celebrating Paso Robles’ rich heritage and its most famous resident Ignacy Jan Paderewski—virtuoso… Read more »
2018: Sounds of Independence
Event Details Sunday, October 14, 2018 | 7:00 p.m. 2018 Paderewski Lecture-Recital: “Sounds of Independence” Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616… Read more »
New PMC Website is Live!
The Polish Music Center’s pioneering website has been serving musicians, scholars and the interested public worldwide since 1994. In 2017, we announced our intention to… Read more »
2018 Paso Pops
Paso Pops—the annual Paderewski Festival-sponsored patriotic concert and Independence Day celebration in Paso Robles combining wine, beer, food, family-friendly activities, live music and fireworks—will be held… Read more »
Kosciuszko FDN & PMC Honor Paderewski
On February 8 the elegant headquarters of the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City hosted a special event celebrating the centenary of Poland’s regained independence with a… Read more »
LA Concerts in February & March
In February and March, the PMC is delighted to host three talented musical guests from Poland. Maria Sławek – violin, Grzegorz Mania – piano and Piotr Różański – piano are members… Read more »
2017 PMC Fund Drive
Donate $100 or more today – the first 25 donors at this level will receive an exclusive 2018 PMC calendar featuring rare historical photos from… Read more »
2017 Paderewski Festival Recap
For well over a decade now, the first week of November in Paso Robles on California’s Central Coast has been dedicated to the annual Paderewski Festival.… Read more »