Chopin, Kilar and Wars: Polish film music” at Music @ Rush Hour
The USC Polish Music Center presents a program of Polish music used in or written for films, as a part of the USC Thornton “Music… Read more »
Performances
Searching for Light: Anna Kijanowska celebrates Roman Ryterband
Hailed by the New York Times as “an excellent young Polish pianist,” Anna Kijanowska returns to New York to the Kosciuszko Foundation‘s recital hall to… Read more »
Los Angeles Events – October 2019
Please enjoy the following Polish music events happening in Los Angeles this month… Thornton Baroque Sinfonia: Musical Treasures of the Polish Baroque Rotem Gilbert… Read more »
Polish Music Around the World in September
September 1 Potsdam (Germany): Wojciech Kilar’s Missa pro pace performed by Pomeranian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Rudolf Tiersch Glasgow (Great Britain): Karol… Read more »
Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II
Two concerts commemorating the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II took place on 1 September. At Warsaw’s New Theater, Lidia Zielińska’s composition… Read more »
Premiere of Polish Landscape by Les Femmes
The premiere of the new album Polish Landscape by the ensemble Les Femmes took place on 8 September at the St. I. Witkiewicz Theatre in… Read more »
Darek Oles Trio in L.A., July 12 & 14
There will be two special concerts in Los Angeles this weekend featuring the Darek Oles Trio: bassist Darek “Oles” Oleszkiewicz, pianist Kuba Stankiewicz, drummer Tina… Read more »
Agnieszka Podlucka with iPalpiti in L.A.
This year’s edition of the prestigious iPalpiti Festival (July 5-20, 2019) will feature Agnieszka Podłucka, a young superstar violist from Łódź, Poland, performing at venues… Read more »
Two Great Artists, Two Ages, Two Musical Sensitivities
On May 10, the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic – European Art Centre in Białystok presented “Two Great Artists, Two Ages, Two Musical Sensitivities”—a Pawlik/Moniuszko Polish… Read more »
Elżbieta Sikora Premiere
After the well received premiere of Elżbieta Sikora’s Violin Concerto performed by violinist Linus Roth at the Festival of World Premieres in Katowice, the artists… Read more »
Sinfonia Iuventus & Anna Duczmal-Mróz
The Jerzy Semkow Polish ‘Sinfonia Iuventus’ Orchestra invites you to the Royal Castle in Warsaw on May 24, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The musicians will… Read more »
Silesian Quartet Premieres Knapik’s 2nd String Quartet
On May 25, 2019 the Silesian Quartet will premiere Eugeniusz Knapik’s 2nd String Quartet at the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Katowice.… Read more »
Polish Music Festival in Brazil
For four years in a row, cellist Lars Hoefs has organized and led as the artistic director a festival devoted to Polish music in Campinas,… Read more »
Polish Music at Jacaranda
Vivid Reveries Held on May 25, the concert ‘Vivid Reveries’ will cap the 2018/2019 Jacaranda Music Series season. ‘Vivid Reveries’ will feature highly acclaimed former… Read more »
L.A. premiere of ‘Farewell, Auschwitz’
On Tuesday, April 23 in Newman Hall, vocal and instrumental students of the USC Thornton School of Music will perform the Los Angeles premiere of… Read more »
Concert to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
On 18 April 2019, on the eve of the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra under the… Read more »
Moniuszko Bicentenary Gala at Carnegie Hall
The Polish Government has declared 2019 the Year of Stanisław Moniuszko, who is known as the father of Polish Opera. Celebrations of this bicentennial will… Read more »
Daniel Wnukowski Carnegie Hall Debut
Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Wnukowski makes his Carnegie Hall debut showcasing the work of Karol Rathaus, a Polish exiled composer who settled in New York soon after his… Read more »
Chemistry of Love Warsaw Premiere
The Warsaw premiere of “Chemistry of Love“ (Requiem Records – Opus Series), the latest album by Marzena Majcher, will take place on 4 April at… Read more »
Premieres by Śmigasiewicz and USC Thornton’s Adams at POLIN Music Festival
The second edition of the POLIN Music Festival was held from 15-17 February 2019 in Warsaw. Organized by the POLIN Museum of the History of… Read more »