Bruzdowicz Interview
In late January 2019 Joanna Bruzdowicz was featured in a live TVP3 program, Mistrzowie [The Masters], led by the journalist Miłka Skalska.… Read more »
January 2019
Gifts to PMC January 2019
The year’s end and the holidays usually prompt our friends near and far to send us all kinds of important publications, scores and other materials… Read more »
2018 PAHA Awards
At its 76th Annual Meeting at the Hilton Chicago, held from January 3-6, 2019, the Polish American Historical Association (PAHA) announced the recipients of its… Read more »
Resounds: New Polish Music
On January 17, the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio will host a second concert in the “Resounds: New Polish Music” series. The Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra… Read more »
100th Birth Anniversary of Mieczysław Weinberg
A total of 22 symphonies, including seven for voice and orchestra, eight operas, 17 string quartets, concertos, sonatas, cantatas, and songs… One cannot stop marvelling… Read more »
Grażyna Bacewicz Year
2019 marks a double anniversary for Grażyna Bacewicz, who was born 110 years ago on February 5, 1909 in Łódź and died in 50 years ago,… Read more »
Farewell Dr. Zbysław Petryka
By Marek Żebrowski With great sadness, we note the passing of Dr. Zbysław Petryka, a longtime friend and supporter of the Polish Music Center. He… Read more »
Polish Music Spring: Celebrating Anniversaries
Saturday, 23 March 2019 | 4:00 P.M. Polish Music Spring: Celebrating Anniversaries Concert Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale… Read more »
20th Century Polish Symphonic Music
The Jerzy Semkow Sinfonia Iuventus Polish Orchestra, under the direction of Marek Wroniszewski, will perform the works of Bacewicz, Szymanowski, Różycki and Karłowicz on January… Read more »
Musical Epitaph in Memory of Paweł Adamowicz
The Polish premiere of Epitaph for Paweł Adamowicz composed by Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz will take place on January 18. Monika Kaźmierczak will perform the piece on the carillon of… Read more »
2nd Penderecki Int’l Competition for Young Composers
The Krakow Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union has announced the 2nd Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers. This year’s competition is a 9- to… Read more »
12 Polish Composers You Should Know (Who Aren’t Chopin)
Intro here Everyone loves the music of Fryderyk Chopin, Poland’s most well-known composer. But, how many other Polish composers do you know? Learn more about… Read more »
Agata Zubel receives 2018 European Composer Award
The European Composer Award is presented annually during the Young Euro Classic Festival in Berlin. Polish composer Agata Zubel received the accolade for her latest… Read more »
2018 ‘Festival of Song’ in Warsaw
Held during the first half of December, the 15th Festival of Song [XV Festiwal Pieśni] concluded on Saturday, Dec. 15 with a concert at the historic… Read more »