“Chopin and His Europe” Int’l Music Festival 2020
The 16th edition of the “Chopin and his Europe” International Music Festival will run from 15 August to 1 September 2020 in Warsaw. Apart from Polish… Read more »
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13th New Town Summer Festival & Kisiel Premiere
The New Town Summer Festival is a periodic event devoted to Polish music, presenting works from various historical periods, in different styles and various performances.… Read more »
16th Festival of Polish Music: Triumph of Live Music
Great works by Krzysztof Penderecki and Józef Kozłowski, Mikołaj Gomółka’s psalms, piano music of Chopin’s time and the first performance of the original version of Karol… Read more »
Recent Gifts to the PMC
From Warsaw… It is so very encouraging that, in spite of the pandemic and the worldwide disruptions it has brought to what we once referred… Read more »
More PMC gifts: Paderewski Speaks…
For years, another longtime friend and PMC supporter, Betty Harford-Naszódy, has been on the lookout for Paderewski-related items in various antique bookstores and other purveyors… Read more »
Kaper Podcast
RadioJazzFM has launched the second part of its cycle of educational broadcasts, Mistrzowie polskiego jazzu [Masters of Polish Jazz], with a show celebrating music by… Read more »
Premieres of Miniatures from Poznań Academy
In August and September, the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań will present a new concert series entitled “Contemporary Chamber Miniature in the… Read more »
Krauze Premieres
Zygmunt Krauze is preparing two new compositions for the beginning of the season. On September 2, during the 12th CODES Festival of Traditional and Avant-garde… Read more »
4th WarszeMuzik
During the fourth edition of the WarszeMuzik Festival, held from 1-29 August 2020, chamber music will return to Warsaw Ghetto’s remaining buildings—a tenement house at 20… Read more »
Dedications to the Sopot Trio
On 3 August 2020, the concert “Dedications to the Sopot Trio” will be held in St. Andrew Bobola Church in Sopot premiering works by Gdańsk-related… Read more »
Premieres by Polish composers at “Karol from Atma. Music Unites”
The upcoming concert on 30 July 2020 at 6:00 p.m. will be held at the Karol Szymanowski Museum in the villa “Atma” in Zakopane, organized… Read more »
E4TT summer listening series #2: Giving Voice to the Voiceless
Contemporary chamber group Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) proudly announces the second program in “Ensemble for These (Summer) Times,” E4TT’s summertime listening series. These free… Read more »
PMC in ‘VoyageLA’
Although the library of the Polish Music Center is currently dark and our normal on-campus events will be replaced with exciting discussions and performances online… Read more »
Classics Across Poland
A cycle of classical music concerts across Poland—Z klasyką przez Polskę—resumed on July 17 after an extended break caused by the pandemic. This project of… Read more »
Paderewski in Full Color
Polish Music Publishers [PWM] just came out with a delightful coloring book for children entitled Ignacy Jan i jego plan [Ignacy Jan and how it’s… Read more »
IMIT 2020/2021 Research Awards
Poland’s Institute of Music and Dance [IMIT] selected 15 projects for financial support awards under its “Białe plamy—muzyka i taniec” [Blind spots—music and dance] program.… Read more »
Premiere of ‘Friction’ By Zubel
A thought doesn’t cause friction. A sound doesn’t cause friction Time doesn’t cause friction. Speed causes friction. Stopping causes friction… Coexistence causes friction! Three related… Read more »
30 Years of the Paderewski Centre in Kąśna Dolna
The celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Paderewski Centre in Kąśna Dolna on 24-26 July 2020 will feature special events to sum up the… Read more »
20th Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City Festival
The 20th edition of the Franciszek Wybrańczyk ‘Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City Festival’ will be held between 2 August and 3 September 2020. The Festival… Read more »
4th Film Scoring Workshops with Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
From 19-25 October 2020, the Gdynia Film School presents the 4th edition of the film scoring workshop with the Oscar-winning composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. The workshops… Read more »