Dear Friends of Polish Music, We hope that 2022 proved to be a much better year for you, as it certainly was for us. During this season of joy and holiday gatherings, we wanted to share the exciting news of formally receiving a two-million-dollar gift from Taube Philanthropies for archiving and digitizing the Polish Music…
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(L-R): Consul General Jarosław Łasiński, PMC Director Marek Zebrowski, Dianne and Tad Taube, Executive Director Shana Penn of Taube Philanthropies, and Thornton Dean Robert Cutietta.Shown at the California Dreamin’: Taube Celebration at USC on March 26, 2022 In late 2019, the Polish Music Center received a transformational $2 million gift from Dianne and Tad Taube of…
Event Details Saturday, March 26 | 4:00 p.m. Concert; 5:30 p.m. Reception California Dreamin’: Celebrating Dianne & Tad Taube’s Transformational Gift feat. Cracow Duo & guests Newman Recital Hall at USC (see campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA Campus Parking: $14 (Parking Structure X) FREE admission Celebratory reception to follow the concert Find Covid…
PWM / Anaklasis December is a time of gifts and we are very fortunate at the Polish Music Center to have so many dedicated and generous friends who think of us this time of year. Once again, PWM (Polish Music Publishers) and Editor-in-Chief Dr. Daniel Cichy rose to the top of the list with a…
Dear Friends of Polish Music, First of all, we would like to extend our best wishes to you and your family in these admittedly trying times. Although we’ve experienced many difficulties and challenges posed by the pandemic that is still around us, we are quite certain of better times ahead. Your sustained support gave us…
Another musical silver lining has emerged from the dark cloud of the pandemic—in the form of a new recording by pianist Marek Szlezer. Long a colleague of the Polish Music Center, Szlezer has performed many concerts at USC and with our various partners throughout California (even virtually), most often as one half of the renowned…
Marcel Chyrzyński—a noted composer and member of the Polish Composers’ Union [ZKP] – Kraków branch—has also been closely associated with the Polish Music Center since his Paderewski Lecture-Recital concert at USC in October of 2017, which included a monographic concert program of his latest compositions. The program was presented by the Cracow Duo, assisted by…
New York Dance and Art Innovations [NYDAI] has posted a video conversation with Marta Ptaszyńska, a distinguished Polish composer living in the United States since the 1970s, on YouTube. Part of the NYDAI “Quarantine Talks,” Ptaszyńska is interviewed by her younger Polish colleague, Jakub Polaczyk, NYDAI’s Vice President and Artistic Director. Ptaszyńska’s wide ranging interview…
Dear Friends of the Polish Music Center, Before sharing the annual PMC summary and our latest news, we would first like to express hope that you and your family have not suffered any hardships or ill health during the long months of the pandemic. It has been a truly extraordinary year in almost every respect…
The “Polish Music Experience” is a project of the “Porta Musicae” Artistic Association that aims to popularize Polish composers and artists in Poland and abroad. Four concerts have been broadcast live on Sundays in November 2020 (8, 15, 22 and 29) at 6.00 p.m. CET. The project features famous Kraków musicians, winners of international competitions…