Sunday, October 15, 2017 | 7:00 p.m. Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA Reception following the concert Admission to both events is FREE and open to the public Campus Parking: $12 – enter Gate 3 at Figueroa St. & McCarthy Way (Parking Structure X) 2017 Paderewski…
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From Lynwood F. Bronson, our longtime friend in northern California and a distinguished piano pedagogue, we received a rare and beautifully produced copy of Paderewski’s June 6, 1931 recital at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. It was first of Paderewski’s benefit performances for the Debussy monument fund drive. This Saturday afternoon program was quite extensive,…
By Marek Zebrowski The Polish Music Center’s 2017 Paderewski Lecture-Recital featured music of Kraków based composer, Marcel Chyrzyński. A student of Marek Stachowski and Krzysztof Penderecki, Chyrzyński is a professor of composition at the Kraków Music Academy and since 2016 has served as President of the Kraków branch of the Polish Composers’ Union[ZKP]. The October 15 concert at USC’s…
The 2017 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles celebrates the legacy of Paso Robles’ most famous resident, Ignacy Jan Paderewski – virtuoso pianist, composer, international politician, local landowner, and winemaker – with four days of concerts and special events featuring internationally-renowned performers. Held in venues throughout Paso Robles, California from November 2-5, 2017, this year’s Festival lineup includes…
Polish composer and professor at the Kraków Music Academy, Marcel Chyrzyński, will lecture on the creative process and his composition methods for the PMC’s annual Paderewski Lecture-Recital on Sunday, October 15 at 7:00 p.m.in Newman Recital Hall on the USC campus. A student of Marek Stachowski and Krzysztof Penderecki, Chyrzyński’s works have been championed by pianist Marek Szlezer…
This June, as in all odd-numbered years since 2009, selected winners of the Youth Piano Competition administered by the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles travelled to Poland on the Festival’s International Cultural Exchange Program. Our partners in Poland—the Province of Tarnów and the Paderewski Center in Kąśna Dolna—once again provided the venue and accommodations for students from three regions around the world—California, Małopolska,…
The 2017 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles will be held from Thursday, November 2 through Sunday, November 5 in various venues around this beautiful wine country location once beloved by Ignacy Jan Paderewski. The 2017 lineup of world class artists include: Hyuk Lee, the 19 year-old South Korean phenom who recently won the prestigious International Paderewski Piano Competition in…
The Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra in Białystok presented a fascinating concert on June 9, spotlighting major works by Aleksander Tansman. On this occasion the orchestra was led by Maestro Jason Lai, who conducts the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra and also serves as Assistant Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. The concert opened with…
During recent meetings with PMC Director Marek Zebrowski, officials from the Kraków Music Academy presented several items for the PMC’s ever-growing library. First, an important English-language resource by the esteemed musicologist and pedagogue, Mieczysław Tomaszewski, entitled Krzysztof Penderecki and His Music. Four Essays. We were also gifted 3 interesting CDs produced by the Academy: “Jazz in Academia –…
The Institute of Arts (IA) and the Center of Integration, Documentation and Cultural Diffusion (CIDDIC) of São Paulo State University in Campinas, Brazil (UNICAMP) will present the II Festival of Polish Music from April 3-6 at the Casa do Lado and Teatro Castro Mendes. The program of this year’s Festival consists of performances of works by eminent…