A Report by Maja Trochimczyk On April 28-29 in the Paris Division of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), the Second International Conference “Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831) and her Times” took place. The conference was organized by Elisabeth Zapolska Chapelle, president of the Société Maria Szymanowska in Paris. Following the pattern created for the first Conference…Continue Reading Maria Szymanowska Conference In Paris
In addition to composing music, Sir Andrze j Panufnik also wrote two autobiographies: Composing Myself, published by Methuen in London in 1987 and an earlier volume, Impulse and Design in MyMusic, published by Boosey & Hawkes in 1974. In connection with the Panufnik centenary, his widow Lady Camilla had written an extensive closing chapter to…Continue Reading Panufnik on Panufnik
PMJ Vol. 6 No. 1 The late January 2014 theft of the Stradivarius violin in Milwaukee served to highlight not only a famous violin but also its namesake, Karol Lipiński (1790-1861), Poland’s foremost virtuoso violinist in the first half of the 19th century. An outstanding performer in solo, chamber ensemble and orchestral concertmaster capacities, Lipiński…Continue Reading A Portrait Of A Polish Violinist