Gifts to PMC December 2017
Sławomir Dobrzański, piano professor at Kansas State University and author of Polish Music History Series vol. 9, has sent another addition to our CD collection: Władysław Żeleński… Read more »
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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 »
Gifts to PMC November 2017
Sławomir Dobrzański, piano professor at Kansas State University and author of Polish Music History Series vol. 9—recently sent us the CD Antoni Stolpe – Piano Works(AP0203), performed… 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 »
Gifts to PMC October 2017
From Lynwood F. Bronson, our longtime friend in northern California and a distinguished piano pedagogue, we received a rare and beautifully produced copy of Paderewski’s June… Read more »
World Premiere at PMC!
By Marek Zebrowski The Polish Music Center’s 2017 Paderewski Lecture-Recital featured music of Kraków based composer, Marcel Chyrzyński. A student of Marek Stachowski and Krzysztof Penderecki, Chyrzyński is… Read more »
2017 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles
The 2017 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles celebrates the legacy of Paso Robles’ most famous resident, Ignacy Jan Paderewski – virtuoso pianist, composer, international politician, local landowner,… Read more »
An Abundance of Friends
How nice it is to have friends and be appreciated! The month of September began with visitors flocking to PMC and bearing gifts for our… Read more »
New PMC Video on Youtube
Attention all fans of Polish avant-garde music! The first video of the PMC Spring 2017 concert, which was performed by the terrific gnarwhallaby ensemble, has been uploaded to our YouTube… Read more »
2017 Paderewski Festival: Save-the-Date
Co-organized by the Polish Music Center, the annual Paderewski Festival takes place in Paso Robles from November 2-5, 2017. The programs will feature a variety of local and… Read more »
2017 Paderewski Lecture-Recital at USC
Polish composer and professor at the Kraków Music Academy, Marcel Chyrzyński, will lecture on the creative process and his composition methods for the PMC’s annual Paderewski Lecture-Recital on… Read more »
Kulenty Featured at ‘Music at Rush Hour’
The music of Dr. Hanna Kulenty will be featured during the Music @ Rush Hour student performance series on September 27 at 5 p.m. at Ramo Recital Hall on… Read more »
More Gifts to PMC: July – August 2017
Edited and extensively introduced by Irena Poniatowska, Wdzięk afektu—teksty o tempie rubato [The Charm Affect—Texts about Tempo Rubato] is a wonderful new publication of the National Chopin Institute in Warsaw.… Read more »
The Ryterband Collection Grows
Roman Ryterband’s daughter, Diana Eisele, stopped by the PMC recently with another valuable donation, an orchestral score of her father’s ballet music, Herakles and The Argonauts. “It… Read more »
2017 Paderewski Festival Exchange in Poland
This June, as in all odd-numbered years since 2009, selected winners of the Youth Piano Competition administered by the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles travelled to Poland on the… Read more »
PMC/Lamoth Collaborations Continue: Henry Vars Anniversary Concert
On Saturday, August 26, 2017, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles and USC Polish Music Center present an afternoon… Read more »
Polish State Archives at PMC
From July 5 – August 12, 2017, the PMC continued our ongoing collaboration with the State Archives in Warsaw, a project that began in 2012. Co-organized… Read more »
Paderewski Festival 2017 Preview
The 2017 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles will be held from Thursday, November 2 through Sunday, November 5 in various venues around this beautiful wine country location… Read more »
State Archives Scholars Return to PMC
This July and August, the Polish Music Center is again honored to host several scholars from the State Archives in Warsaw. For the second time, we… Read more »
PMC *Website Reboot* Finale
Thank you so much to all of our wonderful donors who made our online *Website Reboot* fundraising campaign such a success!