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Taking the Last Step

An Obituary of Stefan Wenta by Marek Zebrowski   Stefan Wenta, a world-renowned dancer and choreographer, author, chess master and bibliophile, died in Los Angeles… Read more »

Tagged August 2022, Chopin, Obituaries

If Music Be the Food of Love… A Tribute to Joanna Bruzdowicz

By Marek Zebrowski With great sadness we announce the sudden passing of Joanna Bruzdowicz on November 3, 2021 at her home in the French Pyrenees.… Read more »

Tagged November 2021, Obituaries

Dr. Teodor Polak In Memoriam

With great sadness, we note passing of one of Polish Music Center’s friends and supporters, Dr. Teodor Polak. After a long illness, he died in… Read more »

Tagged July 2021, Obituaries, PMC News

In Memoriam: Kazimierz Kord

May 7, 2021

The distinguished conductor Kazimierz Kord died on 29 April 2021 at the age of 90. His artistic biography is a great chapter of Polish culture.… Read more »

Tagged May 2021, News, Obituaries

Marcin Błażewicz Obituary

April 9, 2021

Professor Marcin Błażewicz, composer, lecturer at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, and member of the Polish Composers’ Union died on 5 April 2021 in… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Obituaries

Jan Węcowski Obituary

April 2, 2021

Composer and musicologist Jan Węcowski died in Warsaw on 11 February 2021, at the age of 89. Since 1964, he was a member of the… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Obituaries

In Memoriam Zbigniew Ciechan

January 29, 2021

Composer, pianist, arranger, teacher, and music journalist Zbigniew Ciechan passed away on 24 January 2021 at the age of 91.  Initially, Ciechan studied at the… Read more »

Tagged January 2021, Obituaries

Obituary: Elżbieta Markowska 

January 29, 2021

The tragic news about the death of Elżbieta Markowska, former director of the Polish Radio – Channel 2 and president of the Witold Lutosławski Society,… Read more »

Tagged January 2021, Obituaries

In Memoriam: Jan Krenz

September 25, 2020

Maestro Jan Krenz, an outstanding conductor, composer, and honorary member of the Polish Composers’ Union, died on 15 September 2020 at the age of 94.… Read more »

Tagged Obituaries, September 2020

In Memoriam Krzysztof Penderecki

March 31, 2020

By Marek Zebrowski One cannot predict anything, but I would nonetheless like my music to survive, just like Szymanowski’s. Times have changed, yet Chopin’s music… Read more »

Tagged March 2020, Obituaries

In Search of Harmony: An Obituary of Joe Herter

December 20, 2019

By Marek Zebrowski Joseph Anthony Herter, conductor, author and scholar, professor of music and concert producer, died in Warsaw on 12 December 2019. He was… Read more »

Tagged December 2019, Obituaries

Jan Kulma Obituary

September 16, 2019

Jan Kulma, theater and television director, musician, philosopher, writer, Home Army soldier, participant in the Warsaw Uprising, husband of poet Joanna Kulmowa, and co-founder of… Read more »

Tagged Obituaries, September 2019

Bogusław Schaeffer Obituary

July 19, 2019

Polish composer Boguslaw Schaeffer died on July 1, 2019 in Salzburg. Born on June 6, 1929 in Lviv, he was 90 years old. Schaeffer made… Read more »

Tagged July 2019, Obituaries

Farewell Dr. Zbysław Petryka

January 29, 2019

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 »

Tagged January 2019, Obituaries

Musical Epitaph in Memory of Paweł Adamowicz

January 16, 2019

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 »

Tagged January 2019, Obituaries, Performances, Premieres

Milewski Remembered In Brazil

September 17, 2018

Just over a year ago, on 23 June 2017, Polish virtuoso violinist, Jerzy Milewski, died in Brazil after a long illness. Shortly thereafter, we published… Read more »

Tagged Obituaries, September 2018

Obituary: Henryk (Henry) Jordan Stojowski

September 17, 2018

Son of the world-famous pianist and post-romantic composer, Zygmunt (Sigismond) Stojowski, and acclaimed pianist and teacher Luisa Stojowska, Henry passed away in Richmond, Virginia USA… Read more »

Tagged Obituaries, September 2018

Polish jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko has passed away

August 16, 2018

Tomasz Stanko, renowned Polish jazz musician, died on July 29 in a Warsaw hospital at the age of 76. He had been diagnosed with lung… Read more »

Tagged July 2018, Obituaries

Kazimierz Rozbicki Has Passed Away

July 23, 2018

On July 2nd, at the age of 86, Kazimierz Rozbicki passed away. He was a composer, conductor, journalist (for “Ruch Muzyczny”, among others), teacher. He… Read more »

Tagged July 2018, Obituaries

Obituary: Prof. Stanisław Moryto

June 20, 2018

Former president of the Chopin Music University in Warsaw, Professor Stanisław Moryto died on June 5 after a long illness. He was 71. One of… Read more »

Tagged June 2018, Obituaries

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