- 19 Oct 2025: Paderewski Lecture-Recital & Conversation with André Laks
Organized by the USC Polish Music Center, celebrations across Los Angeles of the artistic and intellectual legacy of Szymon Laks (1901-1983) will be held on October 19. Paris-based Polish Jewish composer and writer Szymon Laks’s…Continue Reading 19 Oct 2025: Paderewski Lecture-Recital & Conversation with André Laks - Chyrzyński Honored & PMC Spring Concert Preview
Polish composer Marcel Chyrzyński was recently recognized with two Silver Medals at the prestigious Global Music Awards (USA), in the category of Contemporary Classical – Composer. In March 2025, Chyrzyński was awarded for works featured…Continue Reading Chyrzyński Honored & PMC Spring Concert Preview - Save the Date for the 2025 Paderewski Lecture Recital!
Presented on the evening of October 19 in USC’s Newman Recital Hall, the PMC’s 2025 Paderewski Lecture-Recital will explore the artistic and intellectual legacy of Szymon Laks (1901-1983). A Paris-based Polish composer, writer and philosopher,…Continue Reading Save the Date for the 2025 Paderewski Lecture Recital! - 2025 PMC Spring Concert Recordings with AKA Duo
We’re excited to share the recordings from the 2025 Polish Music Center Spring Concert, which are now available on YouTube. This year’s concert, held on March 29 in USC’s Newman Recital Hall, featured the internationally…Continue Reading 2025 PMC Spring Concert Recordings with AKA Duo - 2025 Paderewski Festival Preview: Nov. 6-9
This year’s edition of the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles is the twentieth since it was restarted as a single concert at Cass Winery in 2006, at the initiative of the USC Polish Music Center….Continue Reading 2025 Paderewski Festival Preview: Nov. 6-9 - Zebrowski Premiere at Kallay’s Los Angeles Concert
On April 15, 2025, LA-based pianist Aron Kallay will perform a concert titled Friends and Family. The program of the event is centered around two new commissions written in memory of loved ones. Among them…Continue Reading Zebrowski Premiere at Kallay’s Los Angeles Concert - AKA Duo Concert at the Holocaust Museum LA
As a part of the ongoing collaborative series presented by the PMC and the Holocaust Museum LA, the AKA Duo will perform a program of historic works by Polish-Jewish composers at the Museum on March 30….Continue Reading AKA Duo Concert at the Holocaust Museum LA - 2025 PMC Spring Concert: AKA Duo at USC
On March 29, the AKA Duo makes a triumphant return to Los Angeles for the Polish Music Center’s Spring Concert in USC’s Newman Recital Hall. Comprised of violinist Seina Matsuoka and pianist Yuto Kiguchi, this acclaimed Japanese…Continue Reading 2025 PMC Spring Concert: AKA Duo at USC - Zarębski Piano Duo: Polish Music for 4-Hands in LA
On March 1, audiences in Southern California will have the pleasure to hear the Zarębski Piano Duo in an all-Polish program of works for piano four-hands, as a part of the Duo’s 2025 US tour. Held at…Continue Reading Zarębski Piano Duo: Polish Music for 4-Hands in LA - 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles
The 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles will be held October 31 – November 3, when events will extend down into neighboring San Luis Obispo for a symphonic Gala experience. Tickets for this year’s history-making…Continue Reading 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles
In addition to our services as a library and research center, the Polish Music Center produces annual concerts at USC—including the Spring Concert in March and Paderewski Lecture-Recital in October—as well as the Paderewski Festival and related events in Paso Robles, CA. We also periodically organize other concerts, exhibits and scholarly conferences on a variety of topics, both on campus and beyond, often in collaboration with other departments and organizations.
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