- PMC Gifts: March 2025
By Marek Zebrowski More on Wars and UNESCO Thanks to our great friends at the National Archives in Warsaw, we received three two-volume sets of beautifully produced catalogues released in conjunction with anniversary of the…Continue Reading PMC Gifts: March 2025 - New Release of Weinberg’s ‘The Passenger’
Maestra Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the Orquesta Del Teatro De Madrid collaborated on a new recording of Mieczyław Weinberg’s opera The Passenger. The release of this digital album on Grammophon Records in January 2025 coincided with…Continue Reading New Release of Weinberg’s ‘The Passenger’ - 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 - Opałka’s ‘The Glitch’ Project with Cracow Duo
There is a new extraordinary audiovisual project blending contemporary chamber music with the art of animation. This short animated movie demonstrates how modern classical music belongs not only to the audio sphere, but to the…Continue Reading Opałka’s ‘The Glitch’ Project with Cracow Duo - PMC Recognized Far and Near
For many decades now, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles has been—and continues to be—one of our most important partners in presenting Polish music to the American audiences. Recently, we…Continue Reading PMC Recognized Far and Near - AKA Duo Conquers Los Angeles!
by Marek Zebrowski At USC The celebrations of the fortieth anniversary of the USC Polish Music Center, which began last fall with the ‘Celebrating Henryk Wars’ events, continued at the very end of March with…Continue Reading AKA Duo Conquers Los Angeles! - Fryderyk Awards 2025 – Classical Music Winners Announced
On Sunday, March 30, the winners of Poland’s most prestigious phonographic awards in classical music were revealed at the hall of NOSPR [National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra] in Katowice, renowned for its exceptional acoustics. The…Continue Reading Fryderyk Awards 2025 – Classical Music Winners Announced - 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 - NOSPR Festival of Premieres
The annual NOSPR Festival of Premieres will take place at NOSPR Hall in Katowice from March 14-16, 2025. Below is how organizers as the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra describe this huge undertaking, with bold letters added to those composers and pieces that…Continue Reading NOSPR Festival of Premieres - Recovered Voices: The Music of Poland
On Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 7 PM, the Colburn School of Music will host Recovered Voices: The Music of Poland, a concert dedicated to the works of Mieczysław Weinberg. This program, performed by the…Continue Reading Recovered Voices: The Music of Poland
The Polish Music Newsletter (ISSN 1098-9188) is a chronicle of news and events happening around the world related to Polish classical, jazz and folk music. Published monthly since 1994, it has been edited by Krysta Close since June 2003, with editorial assistance provided by Daniel Kamiński from June 2005 until June 2010.
From May 2002-2004, the Newsletter was co-edited by Krysta Close/Wanda Wilk.
Before May 2002, the Newsletter was co-edited by Maja Trochimczyk/Wanda Wilk. (From December 1994-September 2000, it was called the PMRC Newsletter.)
The Newsletters are financially supported by a generous donation from the Dr. & Mrs. Matthew S. Mickiewicz Family Fund, California.