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 Krakow International Festival of Composers has long been a vital platform for showcasing contemporary music, both from Poland and abroad. As it enters its 37th edition this May, the festival continues its legacy of commissioning, supporting, and celebrating new music with an impressive lineup of thirty-one world premieres. Held annually since 1989, this Festival…Continue Reading World Premieres at the 2025 Krakow Int’l Festival of Composers
Following on her triumphant return to Santiago, Chile to perform Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in April, Polish violinist Kinga Augustyn returns to the US for several concerts across the country in May. It starts with a Spring Concert in her adopted home of New York City at the John Paul II Friendship Center on…Continue Reading Kinga Augustyn Across the US in May
Piotr Alexewicz, a twenty-five-year-old pianist from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, will be one of only thirty pianists representing seventeen countries to participate in the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Held May 21—June 7 in Fort Worth, Texas, he will be the only Polish pianist in this prestigious competition open to…Continue Reading Polish Pianist at Van Cliburn Competition
There is a new extraordinary audiovisual project blending contemporary chamber music with the art of animation. This short animated movie demonstrates how modern classical music belongs not only to the audio sphere, but to the visual sphere as well. Directed by Michał Janicki and brought to life by a team of talented creators, the animation…Continue Reading Opałka’s ‘The Glitch’ Project with Cracow Duo
On Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 7 PM, the Colburn School of Music will host Recovered Voices: The Music of Poland, a concert dedicated to the works of Mieczysław Weinberg. This program, performed by the RVC Ensemble under the baton of Aleksandra Melaniuk, Alena Hove on Violin and Martha Chan on Flute, features three of…Continue Reading Recovered Voices: The Music of Poland
Established in 1975 by Lady Blanka A. Rosenstiel, the Chopin Foundation of the United States celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The Foundation is dedicated to supporting young American pianists and fostering the appreciation of Frédéric Chopin’s music in this country. Through its flagship National Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years, the Foundation provides…Continue Reading Chopin Foundation of the US Celebrates 50th Anniversary
New item for Kaper Collection An unexpected and truly treasured gift came to us from our dear friend, Andrew Justice, Head of the Music Library at the Thornton School of Music. It is a rare LP featuring a large selection of Bronisław Kaper’s most famous film and song compositions, including Mutiny on the Bounty, Lili,…Continue Reading PMC Gifts – February 2025
Elżbieta Sikora’s fascinating life and career in music can be seen in a new, short documentary film. Entitled L’Envers des sons [The Other Side of Sounds], the film was recently released on YouTube. Filmed in Sikora’s Paris apartment recently and illustrated with many historical photographs, this avant-garde composer recounts in her own words her early…Continue Reading Sikora on Film!
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