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 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA Admission is FREE and open to the public (no RSVP needed) Campus Parking: $14 – enter USC at McCarthy Way Gate, off of Figueroa St….Continue Reading 2019: Three Paderewskis

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 Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA FREE Admission Campus parking: $12 – Enter campus at Vermont Ave & 36th Pl and park in the Downey Way Structure. Avoid Figueroa Blvd, which will…Continue Reading Polish Music Spring: Celebrating Anniversaries

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 concerts at the Bydgoszcz Philharmonic Hall between September 14 and October 5. A widespread repertoire—representing compositions from the Polish baroque to music by such contemporary masters as Kilar, Lutosławski, Penderecki…Continue Reading PMC Celebrated Poland’s Centenary of Independence in Poland and France

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 his paintings on November 29, 2018. Entitled “Someone is in my house,” the show included a wide variety of large paintings, drawings, sketches and objects d’art. Videos are also a…Continue Reading Lynch & Zebrowski

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 support continues! Unlike other charitable institutions, we send our appeal letters only once a year, knowing that you will consider them carefully and proudly share in what we have been…Continue Reading PMC 2018 Year in Review

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 pianist, composer, international politician, local landowner, grower and winemaker. 2018 Festival events include the Gala Concert featuring world-renowned pianist and Chopin Competition laureate Kate Liu, the world premiere of a…Continue Reading 2018 Paderewski Festival

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 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA Reception following the concert Admission is FREE and open to the public (no RSVP needed) Campus Parking: $12 – enter USC at McCarthy Way Gate, off of Figueroa…Continue Reading 2018: Sounds of Independence

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 overhaul and update our antiquated web portal with a “Website Reboot” fundraising campaign, which was overwhelmingly supported from all corners of the globe, by small individual donors and large angel…Continue Reading New PMC Website is Live!

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 on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. The event moves to the Main Stage at the Paso Robles Event Center with a three-year agreement as part of this venue and date change….Continue Reading 2018 Paso Pops

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 lecture entitled “Paderewski and World Politics,” given by PMC Director Marek Zebrowski. Zebrowski’s lecture was illustrated with dozens of rare photographs from the Polish Music Center’s Paderewski Archive: the Paso…Continue Reading Kosciuszko FDN & PMC Honor Paderewski