The annual Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles was held November 5-9, 2014 in the charming Central Coast town that Ignacy Jan Paderewski once considered his second home in America. Paderewski’s legacy is still felt in the Paso Robles region, which has grown exponentially since Paderewski introduced large-scale Zinfandel and Petit Syrah wine production to this…Continue Reading Looking Back at the 2014 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles
On November 11, the Polish Music Center celebrates Poland’s Independence Day with a concert featuring virtuoso violinist Mariusz Patyra and pianist Krzysztof Herdzin in a program of music by Polish composers. Join the Honorable Mariusz Brymora, Consul General of the Republic of Poland, representatives of the City of Los Angeles and the diplomatic corps at this…Continue Reading Poland’s Independence Day Celebrated At USC
The Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles is pleased to announce the winners of the eighth annual Youth Piano Competition held October 25 at Cass Winery in Paso Robles. Twenty young pianists from three Central Coast Counties (Santa Barbara, Monterey and San Luis Obispo) competed for cash prizes of $100-$750, the opportunity to perform at the…Continue Reading 2014 Paderewski Youth Piano Competition Winners
by Marek Żebrowski The centenary of Sir Andrzej Panufnik was celebrated with two concerts on the USC campus in early October. The first, Polish Music Center’s annual Paderewski Lecture-Recital on October 5, was devoted to Panufnik’s chamber music. The program began with the composer’s widow, Lady Camilla, delivering a lecture about her husband’s life and…Continue Reading Panufnik’s Music at USC
In mid-October, PMC Director Marek Żebrowski spent a very brief weekend in Kraków to honor the crowning achievement in the long and successful career of musicologist, writer/editor and PMC friend, Teresa Chylińska. He wrote the following dispatch about the events of the weekend below: October 18 was an important day for Polish music—it will be…Continue Reading Chylińska’s Magnum Opus
The University of Southern California in Los Angeles will host two concerts in early October, celebrating the centenary of Sir Andrzej Panufnik. On October 5 in the Alfred Newman Recital Hall, the Polish Music Center will present its annual Paderewski Lecture-Recital, featuring the composer’s widow, Lady Camilla Panufnik, delivering the lecture, “Andrzej Panufnik—the Man behind…Continue Reading 2014 Paderewski Lecture-Recital
The annual Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles will be held November 5-9, 2014, and once again it promises to be a veritable feast of concerts, wine-tasting, fine food, and truly spectacular Fall Feast in this charming Central Coast town. In addition to the regular musical programs presented in several different venues, a few extra attractions…Continue Reading 2014 Paderewski Festival In Paso Robles: Music, Dance and Wine!
This year’s International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC) Annual Meeting, General Assembly, Conference and Concert—collectively referred to as IAMIC 2014—will be held from October 3-8 in and around the south-western Polish city of Wrocław. During the same time period, Wrocław will be the site of the 2014 World Music Days, a festival of the…Continue Reading 2014 IAMIC Conference
Celebrating the Centenary of Sir Andrzej Panufnik with Lady Camilla Panufnik Sunday, October 5, 2014 | 7:00 p.m. Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA FREE Admission Thursday, October 9, 2014 | 7:30 p.m. USC Thornton Symphony Performs Panufnik USC Bovard Auditorium (see ADM on campus map)…Continue Reading 2014: Sir Andrzej Panufnik
Last year, the entire world celebrated Witold Lutosławski’s centenary. As soon as the calendar had turned to 2014, the centennial celebrations shifted to another major figure in Polish music. While Lutosławski and his music have always been known far and wide, Andrzej Panufnik has remained on the peripheries of Polish musical life for many decades….Continue Reading Centenary Celebrations Continue