- A Signal Achievement
A Review by Marek Zebrowski Christopher Isherwood’s A Single Man, first published in the mid-1960s, has returned to the public eye and ear in recent years. A film adaptation of this celebrated novel by Tom…Continue Reading A Signal Achievement - PMC Gifts: April 2025
Spring surprises kept coming to the PMC during the month of April. Unlike the traditional “donation-by-mail” method, this time most gifts were conveyed to us personally. The first tranche of treasures, handed in by our…Continue Reading PMC Gifts: April 2025 - The Yoder Brothers in Concert in Westwood
As the grand finale of the Westwood Library’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, the LA Musical Salon presents a special concert featuring the Three Yoder Brothers on Saturday, May 10. The three Polish-American pianists Łukasz, Kasper, and…Continue Reading The Yoder Brothers in Concert in Westwood - Winners of the 2025 Penderecki Competition for Young Composers
On March 24, 2025, the winners of the 8th International Krzysztof Penderecki Competition for Young Composers, organized by the Kraków Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP), were revealed. The competition jury—comprised of Marcel Chyrzyński…Continue Reading Winners of the 2025 Penderecki Competition for Young Composers - Premiere of One-Act Opera Celebrating Sustainability by Baczewski
On April 11 in Italy, the one-act opera Jezioro Popiołów [Lake of Ashes] by Beniamin Baczewski (b. 1991) will had its world premiere. The opera was created as part of the “Project Butterfly“ International Composition Competition, a…Continue Reading Premiere of One-Act Opera Celebrating Sustainability by Baczewski - World Premieres at the 2025 Krakow Int’l Festival of Composers
The Krakow International Festival of Composers has long been a vital platform for showcasing contemporary music, both from Poland and abroad. As it enters its 37th edition this May, the festival continues its legacy of…Continue Reading World Premieres at the 2025 Krakow Int’l Festival of Composers - Kinga Augustyn Across the US in May
Following on her triumphant return to Santiago, Chile to perform Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in April, Polish violinist Kinga Augustyn returns to the US for several concerts across the country in May. It starts…Continue Reading Kinga Augustyn Across the US in May - Kamieniak on Stages in England and Poland
Tomasz Kamieniak, a Polish pianist and composer based mainly in Berlin, Germany, will appear as soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58 with the London International Concert Orchestra under the baton of Maestro…Continue Reading Kamieniak on Stages in England and Poland - Polish Pianist at Van Cliburn Competition
Piotr Alexewicz, a twenty-five-year-old pianist from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, will be one of only thirty pianists representing seventeen countries to participate in the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Held…Continue Reading Polish Pianist at Van Cliburn Competition - Paweł Hendrich’s New Album “Fractalized”
On March 28, Paweł Hendrich‘s latest monographic album entitled “Fractalized” was released by the DUX record label. This album (DUX 2136) contains four works performed over the last eight years by artists specializing in new…Continue Reading Paweł Hendrich’s New Album “Fractalized”
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.