As the grand finale of the Westwood Library’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, the LA Musical Salon presents a special concert featuring the Three Yoder Brothers on Saturday, May 10. The three Polish-American pianists Łukasz, Kasper, and Dominik Yoder—all graduates of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music—will present a program titled The Virtuoso Piano. The Yoder…Continue Reading The Yoder Brothers in Concert in Westwood
The LA Phil’s upcoming program shines a spotlight on the groundbreaking work of Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz, an iconic composer in 20th-century Polish music. Bacewicz is not only important to Polish music, as a groundbreaking female composer and polymathic artist, but also to the PMC since we have several of her original scores in our…Continue Reading Bacewicz’s “Concerto for String Orchestra” at LA Phil
The prestigious John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has recently published a full recording from Mateusz Krzyżowski’s May 8 concert. Mateusz Krzyzowski is an award-winning Polish pianist, who also enthralled audiences during his Gala Recital performance at the 2023 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles. Krzyżowski performed in Washington D.C. on the Millennium Stage…Continue Reading Krzyżowski Kennedy Center Concert Recording
A review by Marek Zebrowski Cellist Jan Kalinowski and pianist Marek Szlezer—also known as the Cracow Duo—are quite familiar to audiences in California after their numerous appearances at USC, the Holocaust Museum, and the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles, among others. Their latest Los Angeles performance was on March 10 in Ramo Hall on the…Continue Reading Virtuosity and Passion
Born in Poland and based in New York City, Kinga Augustyn is a violinist who has performed alongside several orchestras around the world including Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum, the Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Riverside Symphonia. Additionally, Augustyn has received several honors and awards including First Prizes at the Alexander &…Continue Reading Spring Concerts with Kinga Augustyn
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…Continue Reading 2022: California Dreamin’ – Celebrating Dianne & Tad Taube’s Transformational Gift
The 35th-anniversary edition of the Warsaw Music Encounters will be held on 7-12 May 2021. All concerts combining early and new music will be available online for free via Facebook and YouTube. The Warsaw Music Encounters have been organized since 1986 by the Warsaw Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP). It is the only…Continue Reading 35th Warsaw Music Encounters
Maestro Antoni Wit is one of the most valued conductors of his generation, admired on stages worldwide and a devoted promoter of Polish music. The music of his motherland, represented by compositions by a single composer and rendered in a neo-romantic expressive spirit, will fill the entire program of a monographic concert on 8 May…Continue Reading Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra online: Zygmunt Stojowski
New episodes of the third series of educational films about female Polish composers, “Polskie Muzyczki” [Polish Women Musicians], will be posted every Saturday from 24 April 2021 on the project’s YouTube channel. The project idea was born before the pandemic. Joint concerts of clarinet player Barbara Borowicz and pianist Anna Miernik were preceded by lectures aimed at…Continue Reading “Polskie Muzyczki” – season 3: educational films about female composers
On 16 April 2021, a debate on “Art / Violence / Gender” and a concert “Art and Violence” comprised an online social and artistic event that was organized and hosted by the 2Act Foundation, Villa Decius Association, and Villa Decius Institute for Culture. The Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble premiered the winning works of the 1st…Continue Reading Art / Violence / Gender – debate and concert