- Anna Czajka Awarded for Cultural Heritage Preservation
Anna Czajka is a world-renowned preservation specialist at the Archive Conservation Laboratory of the Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych [Central Archives of Historical Records, or AGAD]. Czajka is a longtime colleague of the PMC as well….Continue Reading Anna Czajka Awarded for Cultural Heritage Preservation - New Music Reflected on Cultural Identity at NOSPR
On June 15, the Orchestra of New Music, conducted by Szymon Bywalec, presented a thought-provoking program titled “Borders of Cultural Identity” at NOSPR in Katowice. The concert featured Polish premieres of works by Nikolet Burzyńska,…Continue Reading New Music Reflected on Cultural Identity at NOSPR - 2025 Paderewski Festival Preview
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 - Sinfonia Iuventus Performs Wars, Maciejewski and Tansman World Premiere
On Saturday, June 21, the Jerzy Semkow Polish ‘Sinfonia Iuventus’ Orchestra performed the world premiere of Aleksander Tansman‘s He, she and I ballet music, which was composed in 1946. Entitled “Three Landscapes of Polish Émigré…Continue Reading Sinfonia Iuventus Performs Wars, Maciejewski and Tansman World Premiere - Wojtek Blecharz’s “Park Opera” in San Diego
On May 10, 2025, San Diego’s Balboa Park became the stage for a truly unconventional opera experience with a new staging of Park Opera by Polish composer Wojtek Blecharz. Set entirely outdoors, the performance invited…Continue Reading Wojtek Blecharz’s “Park Opera” in San Diego - June 2024 PMC Gifts – Books on Polish History
Regarding Word War II During the month of June, the Polish Music Center received several books related to Poland’s history. Dr. Jarosław Rabiński, director of the Centrum Badań nad Historią Polskiego Państwa na Uchodźstwie [Center…Continue Reading June 2024 PMC Gifts – Books on Polish History - Polish Composer’s Union (ZKP) Elects New Leadership
The 42nd General Assembly of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP), held on June 13–14, 2025, concluded with the election of new leadership and the conferral of honorary memberships. Four distinguished figures of Polish music—Zbigniew Bargielski,…Continue Reading Polish Composer’s Union (ZKP) Elects New Leadership - 2025 Paderewski Festival Cultural Exchange Program
The Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles announces the Summer 2025 Cultural Exchange Program. Carried out by the Festival Board in collaboration with the USC Polish Music Center, as well as other partners in California and…Continue Reading 2025 Paderewski Festival Cultural Exchange Program - Violin Made in K. L. Dachau Discovered!
During World War II, Polish-Jewish luthier Franciszek “Franz” Kempa was imprisoned at Dachau, the first concentration camp established by the Nazis in 1933 in southern Germany. Based on the discovery of a note hidden in…Continue Reading Violin Made in K. L. Dachau Discovered! - Wawrowski records Bacewicz on a Stradivarius
Janusz Wawrowski, acclaimed Polish violinist and professor at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, is using an extraordinary instrument — the Stradivarius Polonia — to record violin works by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz. In…Continue Reading Wawrowski records Bacewicz on a Stradivarius
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.