In Memoriam Krzysztof Penderecki
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 »
Obituaries
In Search of Harmony: An Obituary of Joe Herter
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 »
Jan Kulma Obituary
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 »
Bogusław Schaeffer Obituary
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 »
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 »
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 »
Milewski Remembered In Brazil
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 »
Obituary: Henryk (Henry) Jordan Stojowski
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 »
Polish jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko has passed away
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 »
Kazimierz Rozbicki Has Passed Away
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 »
Obituary: Prof. Stanisław Moryto
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 »
Wanda Wiłkomirska Obituary
Wanda Wiłkomirska, the great Polish violinist associated for decades with the Warsaw Philharmonic died on May 1. She was 89 years old. Born on 11… Read more »
Wojciech Maciejewski Obituary
Wojciech Maciejewski, the younger brother of composer, pianist and choral conductor, Roman Maciejewski (1910-1998), died in Warsaw on February 11. He was 94 years old. … Read more »
Lt. Gen. Edward Leon Rowny Obituary
Edward Leon Rowny, a retired U.S Army Lieutenant General, died on December 17, 2017. He was 100 years old. A commanding officer in World War II,… Read more »
Maciej Jabłoński
With great sadness we note the passing of musicologist Maciej Jabłoński, who died in Poznań on September 13. He was 55 years old. A graduate… Read more »
The Sound Man
By Marek Żebrowski Polish violinist Jerzy Milewski died in Curitiba, Brazil, on 23 June 2017. He was 70 years old. Born in Warsaw on 17… Read more »
Elżbieta Chojnacka
World renowned Polish harpsichord player Elżbieta Chojnacka passed away on May 28, 2017 at the age of 77. Chojnacka graduated from Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Muzyczna… Read more »
Lidia Kierończyk
Lidia Kierończyk passed away on April 3, 2017 after fighting a long illness. She was a teacher of music theory and since 1999, she was… Read more »
Roderyk Lange
Roderyk Lange passed away on March 16. He was a devoted Polish researcher of dance, a founder of the Polskie Forum Choreologiczne, and a long-time… Read more »
Touching Infinity
By Marek Żebrowski Ściskam dłoń—I shake your hand—was the recurring refrain expressed in person or at the close of every handwritten letter from Maestro Stanisław Skrowaczewski,… Read more »