2016 Paderewski Lecture-Recital
On Sunday, October 16 at 7:00 p.m., the Polish Music Center will host its annual Paderewski Lecture-Recital at USC’s Alfred Newman Recital Hall. Our honored guest for this… Read more »
October 2016
October Anniversaries
Born This Month 3 October 1882 – Karol SZYMANOWSKI, composer, pianist, (d. 29 March 1937) 3 October 1923 – Stanislaw SKROWACZEWSKI, composer and conductor 4 October 1910 – Eugenia… Read more »
Plowright and Szymanowski
Friedman & Różycki: Piano Quintets Ludomir Różycki: Piano Quintet in C minor Op 35; Ignacy Friedman: Piano Quintet in C minor. Jonathan Plowright (piano), Szymanowski… Read more »
Polish Choral Music
Choral Music – Szymanowski, K. / Penderecki, K. / Górecki, H. / Lutosławski, W. Karol Szymanowski: Piesni kurpiowskie (Kurpie Songs)(1929); Krzysztof Penderecki: Veni creator; Roman Haubenstock-Ramati: Madrigal; Krzysztof… Read more »
Grażyna Bacewicz: String Quartets
Grażyna Bacewicz – Complete String Quartets Grażyna Bacewicz: String Quartet No.1-7 (1938-1965) Szymon Krzeszowiec – violin I; Arkadiusz Kubica – violin II; Łukasz Symicki – viola; Piotr… Read more »
New Album of Agata Szymczewska
Modern Soul Ignacy Zalewski: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Mikołaj Majkusiak: Sonata for Violin and Accordion, Marcin Markowicz: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Aleksander Nowak: Sonata in Three Moods for Violin and Guitar,… Read more »
Plowright and Polish Music Around Europe
Making his debut appearance in the prestigious and internationally renowned London Pianoforte Series at Wigmore Hall in July of this year, champion of Polish Romantic repertoire and… Read more »
Works by Polish Female Composers
On August 20, the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio hosted a concert during which new works by Polish female composers were presented. Chamber vocal… Read more »
‘Muzyka Pod Liberatorem’: Mykietyn Edition
On September 29, after the summer break, the next free concert of this year’s “Muzyka pod Liberatorem” series was held in the Warsaw Uprising Museum,… Read more »
The Invisible Pianist – A Concert in Darkness
On September 30, in the Western-Kashubian Museum in Bytów, a concert entitled “The Invisible Pianist, a Concert in Darkness” was performed by pianist Barbara Drążkowska. It… Read more »
V NeoArte Festival
The 5th edition of NeoArte Festival – New Music Spectrum will be held on October 6-8, 2016 in Gdańsk. The main idea of this annual event is to… Read more »
Sacrum Profanum Festival
Organized by the City of Kraków and Kraków Festival Bureau, the XIV Sacrum Profanum Festival will take a place on October 1-8 in Kraków. The 14th edition… Read more »
Krupiński Wins in San Marino
Amongst 30 participants from around the world, Polish pianist Łukasz Krupiński became the winner of the VII International Piano Competition in San Marino, Italy. Next to Łukasz… Read more »
Kolesnikov Wins 2016 Gramophone Award
Chopin Mazurkas Frederic Chopin: Mazurka in A flat major, Mazurka in E minor, Mazurka in B minor, Mazurka in C sharp minor, Mazurka in C… Read more »
Motion Trio Honored at Gdynia Film Festival
The Gdynia Film Festival is one of the oldest film events in Europe, featuring a main competition for selected Polish premiere films, debuting films, and those awarded… Read more »
US Polish Organizations Honored with Gloria Artis
On September 27, 2016, Piotr Gliński, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, awarded the Gold Medal… Read more »
ZKP Awards
The Annual Awards of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP) were announced on September 21, 2016 at 1:00 pm at the Association of Art Historians’ office.… Read more »
Koryfeusz Awards
On October 1, 2016, winners of the “Koryfeusz” [Coryphaeus] Polish Music Award were announced at a special gala held at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish… Read more »