The Silesian Quartet and flutist János Bálint performed a unique program at the NOSPR Chamber Hall on 15 February. The program included several rarely heard works by American composers—Snapshot: Circa 1909 by John Coriglian, A Night Piece for flute and string quartet by Arthur Foot, and Quintet for flute and string quartet by Walter Piston—as…Continue Reading Grażyna Bacewicz and Americans
The Kraków Philharmonic presented a concert at the Collegium Novum on 22 January featuring the Messages Quartet. The program included string quartets by Stanisław Moniuszko, Aleksander Tansman and Krzysztof Penderecki. The aim of the Messages Quartet is to promote Polish chamber music, especially the less known and the latest compositions. The ensemble performs in Poland…Continue Reading Messages Quartet present Polish music
Several concerts have recently taken place around Poland as part of the Institute of Music and Dance’s “Stage for Polish Music” initiative, including performances by the Ãtma Quartet and pianist Piotr Sałajczyk. As a part of IMiT’s “Stage for Polish Music” project, selected programs featuring Polish music will be presented in cities throughout Poland, as…Continue Reading “Stage for Polish Music” Project
Works by Mieczysław Karłowicz were performed by the Karłowicz Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in Szczecin with conductor by Rune Bergmann for performances in Szczecin (17 January) and Wrocław (18 January). The Szczecin Philharmonic’s “Grandioso” series continued on 17 January with a program including Karłowicz’s Serenade for string orchestra and his two symphonic poems: Episode at a…Continue Reading Karłowicz interpreted by Szczecin Philharmonic & Bergmann
This event has been cancelled. Please stay tuned for rescheduled date in Fall 2020. Event Details Saturday, 28 March 2020 | 4:00 pm California Dreamin’: Celebrating Dianne & Tad Taube’s Transformational Gift feat. Cracow Duo & guests Alfred Newman Recital Hall at USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA…Continue Reading CANCELLED: PMC Spring Concert: California Dreamin’
The latest edition of the Sinfonia Varsovia series “Resounds. New Polish Music” opened with a concert on 11 January at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw. The program was inspired by a musical retrospective of the interwar period, and included compositions by Agata Zubel, Emil Młynarski and Luciano Berio performed by soloist…Continue Reading Sinfonia Varsovia “Resounds. New Polish Music”
The vocal sextet proMODERN presented material from their latest album “Comfort zone” (DUX 1634) on 15 November at the Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz and on December 5 at the Chopin Music University in Białystok. Formed in 2012 by eminent singer-soloists, proMODERN performs the most demanding works by contemporary composers. The musicians have won four…Continue Reading proMODERN Performs Works from New Album “Comfort zone”
The latest works by Krzysztof Baculewski and Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil were performed on 14 November at the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw. The past and the future met in the program prepared by Łukasz Długosz, Agata Kielar-Długosz and Marek Toporowski. The program included Italian Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach, two sonatas by Georg Philipp Telemann…Continue Reading New Works by Baculewski and Pstrokońska-Nawratil in Wrocław
In Memory of Roman Ryterband A Forgotten Resident of Łódź – Composer, Pianist and Educator Born in Łódź in 1914 – Died in Palm Springs in 1979 The International Conference “Roman Ryterband as an heir and advocate of Polish musical traditions in the United States” took place at the Łódź Music Academy on November 30,…Continue Reading Int’l Conference “Roman Ryterband as an heir and advocate of Polish musical traditions in the US”
Collegium Musicale, an Estonian chamber choir, performed premieres of two works by Polish composer Paweł Łukaszewski at the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia and EUFONIE Festival in Warsaw in November 2019. On November 1, Collegium Musicale performed at the Arvo Pärt Centre with a program of both Estonian and Polish music, including works by Arvo Pärt,…Continue Reading Premieres of Two Works by Łukaszewski