Born This Month 1 April 1872 – Tadeusz JOTEYKO, composer (d. 20 August 1932) 3 April 1904 – Maria WILKOMIRSKA, pianist professor of piano in Lodz and Warsaw 4 April 1941 – Aleksander GLINKOWSKI, composer active in Katowice (d. 1991) 8 April 1890 – Zbigniew DRZEWIECKI, pianist and professor of piano, organizer of Chopin Competitions,…Continue Reading April Anniversaries
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March Anniversaries
Born This Month 1 March 1810 – Fryderyk Chopin, virtuoso pianist, composer 2 March 1927 – Witold Szalonek, composer (d. 2001) 3 March 1922 – Kazimierz Serocki, composer, co-founder of the Warsaw AutumnFestival 6 March 1785 – Karol Kurpinski, composer, father of national opera 6 March 1835 – Ludwik Grossman, composer, pianist, and piano merchant (d. 1915) 7 March 1911…Continue Reading March Anniversaries
February Anniversaries
Born This Month 2 February 1909 – Grazyna BACEWICZ , composer, violinist, pianist (d. 1969) 7 February 1877 – Feliks NOWOWIEJSKI, composer, organist 8 February 1953 – Mieszko GÓRSKI, composer, teacher (active in Gdansk and Koszalin) 9 February 1954 – Marian GORDIEJUK, composer, teacher, theorist (active in Bydgoszcz) 14 February 1882 – Ignacy FRIEDMAN, pianist and composer…Continue Reading February Anniversaries
January Anniversaries
Born This Month 1 January 1872 – Tadeusz JARECKI, conductor (d. 1955) 1 January 1911 – Roman TOTENBERG, violinist and pedagogue 1 January 1927 – Juliusz LUCIUK, composer, musicologist 2 January 1894 – Artur RODZIŃSKI, conductor, music director (d. 1958) 2 January 1907 – Henryk GADOMSKI, composer and conductor (d. 1941, Auschwitz) 3 January 1885…Continue Reading January Anniversaries
2015 in Review – Anniversaries
2015 marks the 30th anniversary of the Polish Music Center at the USC Thornton School of Music—a library and cultural outreach center established in 1985 for the promotion of Polish music and culture that has no equal anywhere in the world. Read an overview of the anniversary in our Feb 2015 Newsletter. Poland’s premiere music publishers, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne…Continue Reading 2015 in Review – Anniversaries
Premieres At Triptych – Celebrating ZKP 70th Anniversary
The jubilee series of events entitled “Program Triptych” was held from June 18-20, 2015 in celebration of 70 years of the Polish Composers’ Union [ZKP]. The first concert on June 18 was held in the Royal Castle in Warsaw. It featured the premieres of two new compositions by Krzysztof Knittel: Znaki [Signs] for electronic media…Continue Reading Premieres At Triptych – Celebrating ZKP 70th Anniversary
2015 Jubilees
Twardowski 85th Birthday June 17, 2015 is the 85th birthday of Romuald Twardowski—composer, teacher and author of orchestral, choral and theatre music. Encompassing almost all genres, his oeuvre is a boundless source of varied repertoire, from religious music, through song cycles to great orchestra forms. Below is an excerpt from “Romuald Twardowski. The Master of…Continue Reading 2015 Jubilees
PWM Celebrates 70 Years
Poland’s premiere music publishers, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne SA (PWM), celebrates 70 years of operations in 2015. It is appropriate that this anniversary lines up with the PMC’s own celebration of 35 years, as it was the close relationship with PWM—cultivated by PMC founder Wanda Wilk—that led to the development of the PMC’s extensive collection of…Continue Reading PWM Celebrates 70 Years
Twardowski Celebrations In Lublin
In 2015 the world will celebrate the 85th birthday of Romuald Twardowski. Born in 1930 in Vilnius, Twardowski is one of the greatest composers of Polish choral music. Apart from vocal works, he is also the author of numerous theatre and symphonic compositions. His keen sense for melodic invention, instrumentation, original form and the unique…Continue Reading Twardowski Celebrations In Lublin
Strugała Anniversary
On March 13, the Warsaw National Philharmonic will celebrate the 80th birthday of Maestro Tadeusz Strugała, who has long been associated with the Philharmonic and continues to serve as deputy Artisitic Director and permanent guest conductor. Since his career began 60 years ago, as an oboist with the Wrocław Symphony Orchestra, Strugała has been a…Continue Reading Strugała Anniversary