The 3rd Annual Chopin IN the City Festival took place from February 22 – March 1 at various locations throughout Chicago. The prolific line-up of Polish and US musicians included Polish jazz pianist Piotr Orzechowski, Polish accordionist Jarek Bester, Chicago-based Polish singer Grazyna Auguscik, Ukraine-based pianist Marianna Humetska, and the Atom String Quartet. Also included in…Continue Reading 3rd Chopin in the City Festival
The second edition of the POLIN Music Festival was held from 15-17 February 2019 in Warsaw. Organized by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, this year’s theme was “History Between the Sounds.” Featuring such performers as JACK Quartet, Michael Guttman, Linus Roth, Jing Zhao and the Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra under the baton…Continue Reading Premieres by Śmigasiewicz and USC Thornton’s Adams at POLIN Music Festival
“Over a decade of my Ambisonic recordings sessions will culminate in two very different premieres in Seattle – on Feb.22 at Cornish College of the Arts featuring the Kin of the Moon ensemble, and on Feb.28, at the Meany Center for the Performing Arts as part of DXARTS / Music of Today concert series. We’ve recorded underground with Josiah Boothby (French horn)…Continue Reading Ewa Trębacz Premieres
Throughout February, Piotr Grella-Możejko‘s new work, Nature morte avec noir (à la memoire de Piotr de Peslin Lachert) for piano and saxophone, was performed in Canada and the US. Written in memory of Piotr Lachert, one of the most intriguing minds in contemporary arts, and whose powerful, unconventional music has been consistently ignored in his native…Continue Reading New Work by Piotr Grella-Mozejko
Górecki in Private Dr. Zofia Petrovich, together with her husband and PMC founders, Stefan and Wanda Wilk, were among the hosts during… Read more » …Continue Reading Gifts to PMC February 2019
by Marek Zebrowski One hundred and ten years ago, on February 8, 1909, an avalanche took the life of great Polish composer, Mieczysław Karłowicz. Although he was only 33 years old, his opus already included several large-scale symphonic works, a violin concerto and a number of songs for voice and piano. To commemorate this anniversary,…Continue Reading Karlowicz in Memoriam
by Marek Zebrowski The year 2019 will mark several important anniversaries for Polish musicians. The most prominent of them, Stanisław Moniuszko, was born 200 years ago, on May 5, 1819. Proclaimed the father of Polish opera, Moniuszko’s legacy will be celebrated with concerts, conferences, and reissues of his music throughout Poland and the world. The…Continue Reading Composers’ Anniversaries
Paweł Zagańczyk. Globulus. Cezary Paciorek Toccata Maciej Zimka Concerto Krzysztof Olczak Anioły Ciemności Krzesimir Dębski Musicophilia III Performers: Paweł Zagańczyk (accordion), Hanna Chylińska (violin), Aleksandra Denga (violin), Julianna An (violin), Justyna Światkowska (violin), Weronika Wiśniewska (viola), Maria Szagżdowicz (cello), Mateusz Kot (double bass), NeoQuartet. Opus Series 27 | 2018 [Source: polmic.pl]…Continue Reading Discography February 2019
by Marek Zebrowski The Society of Polish Chamber Musicians (SPMK) was recently recognized as an “institution working for the public good “for their multifaceted activities in organizing concerts, festivals, conferences and competition, as well as publishing a number of books and musical scores. Such official designation allows Polish taxpayers to designate SPMK as the recipient…Continue Reading Support Chamber Music!