- PMC Gifts: May/June 2024From the Chopin University Press The Polish Music Center recently received a large package of gifts for our library from our colleagues at the Chopin Music University. Sent by Marzena Radowska, the delivery was filled…Continue Reading PMC Gifts: May/June 2024
- Mołodyńska-Wheeler Premiere & Other SPMK Concerts at Villa DeciusOur good colleagues at the Association of Polish Chamber Musicians (SPMK) and the Villa Decius in Kraków are collaborating on the series “Summer Concerts of the Piano Cooperative,” which will take place on Sundays in…Continue Reading Mołodyńska-Wheeler Premiere & Other SPMK Concerts at Villa Decius
- World Premieres of Guitar Music in BratislavaOn June 24, the 48th J. K. Mertz Guitar Festival in Bratislava brought us world premieres of music written for classical guitar by renowned Polish and Slovak composers. The concert featured a combination of guitar,…Continue Reading World Premieres of Guitar Music in Bratislava
- Exhibition: “Memory of Poland. UNESCO Memory of the World Program National List – 5th Edition”The manuscript of the Nobel-prize winning epic novel Chłopi [The Peasants], the dethronement act of Tsar Nicholas I, the “golden bull” of the Polish language from 800 years ago, the works of Henryk Wars, the…Continue Reading Exhibition: “Memory of Poland. UNESCO Memory of the World Program National List – 5th Edition”
- UNESCO Honors PMC ArchivesOn June 26 at the Belweder—the Presidential Palace in Warsaw—the 2024 UNESCO Pamięć Świata/Memory of the World ceremony will take place. The palace’s elegant ballroom will be filled to capacity with distinguished guests, among them…Continue Reading UNESCO Honors PMC Archives
- Sinfonietta Cracovia Anniversary & Majkusiak PremiereThe world-renowned chamber ensemble, Sinfonietta Cracovia, is gearing up for its 30th anniversary celebration. These celebrations will last a full year of programming, but the spring 2024 season featured a special highlight concert on July…Continue Reading Sinfonietta Cracovia Anniversary & Majkusiak Premiere
- Silesian Quartet & PanufnikOn June 8, the Selesian Quartet will be having a concert at NOSPR Hall in Katowice. This program is a part of their series entitled “Silesian Quartet. Masterpieces with Polish Counterpoint,” and will be dedicated…Continue Reading Silesian Quartet & Panufnik
- All-Polish Program for Saxophone QuartetThe Polish saxophone quartet known as the ‘WHOOP Group’ will perform incredible arrangements of works by notable Polish composers such as Mieczysław Weinberg, Krzysztof Komeda and Ignacy Jan Paderewski. This performance will take place on…Continue Reading All-Polish Program for Saxophone Quartet
- UNESCO and its Polish History and Culture ProgramFounded in London in November of 1945 and headquartered in Paris, UNESCO—the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization—is an agency that aims to promote world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts,…Continue Reading UNESCO and its Polish History and Culture Program
- Sikora Fêted by IRCAMWorldwide celebrations of composer Elżbieta Sikora’s eightieth birthday year continue apace. On May 15, France’s Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM), one of the world’s largest public centers dedicated to musical creation and scientific…Continue Reading Sikora Fêted by IRCAM
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.