E4TT Concert feat. Czesław Miłosz & Aleksandra Kaca
The Bay Area’s Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) will present the centerpiece concert of its Tenth Anniversary Season, entitled Once/Memory/Night: Paul Celan, on April 15… Read more »
Performances
This Month at LAMOTH
As institutions of public history, museums play a vital role in presenting difficult histories. With recent efforts in Poland to dictate how the history of… Read more »
Contrasts Concert
The Witold Lutosławski Society presents the “Contrasts” Concert on April 16, the next event in the “New Music Scene” series of concerts at Warsaw’s Nowy… Read more »
III Festival de Música Polonesa
From 11-13 April 2018, the Institute of Arts at São Paulo State University in Campinas, Brazil (UNICAMP) is hosting the 3rd annual Festival de Música Polonesa… Read more »
Piotr Beczała at the MET
The recent starring role appearance of Polish tenor Piotr Beczała in Verdi’s Luisa Miller at the Metropolitan Opera in New York elicited much praise from… Read more »
Łódź | 100 songs for 100 years of Independence
Starting on April 16, the Grand Theater in Łódź will host a series of concerts entitled “100 songs for 100 years of Independence.” During the… Read more »
Holocaust Remembrance Day at Eastman feat. Roman Ryterband
Eastman School of Music faculty members, students, and alumni will join the worldwide observance of Yom HaShoah by performing the Fifth Annual Holocaust Remembrance Concert… Read more »
‘Canzoni e Concerti’ Concert – Polish Baroque Chamber Music in NY
On April 14, the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York will present students from the prestigious Juilliard School of Music in Canzoni e Concerti—a concert of Baroque… Read more »
Performances February 2018
Emanuel Ax in L.A. & O.C. In January, Polish-born pianist Emanuel Ax was featured in several solo and chamber recitals around Los Angeles and Orange County. This… Read more »
Sinfonia Varsovia Performs Nowowieski Oratorio
On 24 November, Feliks Nowowiejski’s oratorio Kreuzauffindung [Finding the Holy Cross] was presented for the first time in Warsaw at a special “Professor Mieczysław Nowakowski in memoriam”… Read more »
Zimerman and Nowak in Italia
The world renown pair of Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman and Polish conductor Grzegorz Nowak were on tour of Italy together in November. On the program was a combination of… Read more »
Concert Review: Klauza & Szymczewska in Brazil
By Lars Hoefs* Under the auspices of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and its “Lusitania Programme,” Polish conductor Michał Klauza and violin soloist Agata Szymczewska joined… Read more »
Polish Radio Choir & Szymon Godziemba-Trytka
On May 31, the Polish Radio Choir performed a special concert at the Mościce Art Center near Tarnów, Poland. Led by maestro Szymon Wyrzykowski, with… Read more »
Polish Radio Choir and Szymon Godziemba-Trytka
On May 31, the Polish Radio Choir performed a special concert at the Mościce Art Center near Tarnów, Poland. Led by maestro Szymon Wyrzykowski, with soloists including Malwina Paszek… Read more »
Concert Review: Klauza and Szymczewska in Brazil by Lars Hoefs
Under the auspices of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and its “Lusitania Programme,” Polish conductor Michał Klauza and violin soloist Agata Szymczewska joined forces with the Orquestra Jovem do Estado de Sao Paulo [Sao… Read more »
Tansman in Białystok
The Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra in Białystok presented a fascinating concert on June 9, spotlighting major works by Aleksander Tansman. On this occasion the orchestra was… Read more »
Chopin Project
In collaboration with the Paderewski Festival, Festival Mozaic presented an afternoon of Chopin’s Etudes on April 29 as part of Festival Mozaic’s WinterMezzo concert series. Pianist Jocelyn Swigger performed all… Read more »
Music of our Times
On April 20, in Aula Nova of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, a concert in the “Music of Our Times” series took… Read more »
Motion Trio at Pomeranian Phil
Motion Trio Dębski On Mach 30, the Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz hosted the Motion Trio— Janusz Wojtarowicz, Paweł Baranek and Marcin Gałażyn—for an exciting collaborative concert.… Read more »
Avant-Garde by Ear
Zdzislaw Piernik Tadeusz Sudnik On March 23, outstanding tubist Zdzisław Piernik performed together with Tadeusz Sudnikand HATI duo at the National Audiovisual Institute. The event was organized as part of the… Read more »