Based in New York City since 1925, the Kosciuszko Foundation marked its 100th anniversary with a series of major events in Warsaw and Kraków during October and November. A large delegation of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, led by President and Executive Director Marek Skulimowski (shown below, left) and Chairman of the Board Alex of…Continue Reading A Century of the Kosciuszko Foundation in NY
On November 22 in Chicago, popular jazz vocalist and culture curator Grażyna Auguścik will present a program entitled “Music of Victor Young” at the Academy of Music of the Paderewski Symphony Orchestra. Auguścik will be joined onstage by the following quartet: Vijay Tellis-Nayak – piano, Ethan Philion – bass, Jon Deitemyer – drums and John…Continue Reading Auguścik & the Music of Victor Young
On November 11, 2025, the Art Mintaka Foundation presented the world premiere of Rafał Gorzycki’s contemporary opera Lustro [The Mirror] in the Opera Hall of the New Campus of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. The performance, directed by Kamila Siwińska with a libretto by Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk, brought together several leading Polish ensembles…Continue Reading Premiere of Gorzycki Opera “Lustro” – Recording Now Available
On November 23, 2025, Teatr Wielki in Poznań will present the world premiere of Dorian Gray, a new opera by acclaimed composer Elżbieta Sikora and directed by David Pountney. Additional performances are scheduled for November 25, 27, and 29. Sikora’s opera draws on Oscar Wilde’s well-known novel, tracing the story of a young man who…Continue Reading World Premiere of Sikora Opera “Dorian Gray”