Event Details Sunday, October 14, 2018 | 7:00 p.m. 2018 Paderewski Lecture-Recital: “Sounds of Independence” Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA Reception following the concert Admission is FREE and open to the public (no RSVP needed) Campus Parking: $12 – enter USC at McCarthy Way Gate, off of Figueroa…Continue Reading 2018: Sounds of Independence
Agata Zubel has been honored with the European Composers Award 2018 for the premiere of her newest composition “Fireworks” in Berlin during the Young Euro Classic Festival. On 6 September, Zubel will premiere “Bildbeschreibung” in Bolzano as part of the TransArt Festival. The song will premiere in Poland on 27 September at the Warsaw Autumn…Continue Reading European Composers Award for Agata Zubel, World Premiere of “Bildbeschreibung”
Marek Zebrowski, piano, will join the Symphony Orchestra of the Pomeranian Philharmonic, conducted by Michał Klauza, in performing works by Szpilman, Wars, and Kilar at the 56th Bydgoszcz Music Festival. They will perform Mała Uwertura by Władysław Szpilman, Szkice miejskie (City Sketches) and Koncert fortepianowy (Piano concert) by Henryk Wars, and Suita z filmu „Pan…Continue Reading Performance of Szpilman, Wars, and Kilar
The August Upheavals concert, organized by the Opera House at the Castle, will take place on 1 September in Solidarity Square. The concert features compositions from the most famous works of Polish cinematography guided by Jerzy Wołosiuk (artistic director of the Opera at the Castle in Szczecin) and Tomasz Raczek (film critic). This year will…Continue Reading August Upheavals Concert
Pianos of Freedom is part of the 10th Soundedit Festival and will premiere on 1 September. It features ten musical events (ten pianists, performing ten composers) organized to celebrate the centenary of independence and the best Polish piano music of the last century. Keyboardists Rozalia Kręc, Władysław Komendarek, Zygmunt Krauze and Szábolcs Esztényi will be…Continue Reading Pianos of Freedom
One of the musical highlights of summer in Warsaw is the Chopin and His Europe Festival. Organized since 2005 by the National Chopin Institute in Warsaw, it presents European music from the classical era to the present time in the context of links to Poland’s greatest composer, Frederic Chopin. The concerts take place at the…Continue Reading 14th Chopin and His Europe International Music Festival
The 73rd International Chopin Piano Festival commemorates Chopin’s stay in the spa town of Duszniki in 1826. The festival opened on Friday with a recital by pianist Wojciech Świtała. The concert was a tribute to Andrzej Merkur, the chairman of the festival’s organizing committee, who died a few months ago. Festival highlights include a recital…Continue Reading Chopin Festival in South-West Poland
On 13 August, Agata Zubel’s “Fireworks” will premiere at the Chopin and His Europe Festival. The piece will be performed by the European Union Youth Orchestra, led by Gianandrea Noseda. PWM describes the piece as: An eight-minute work by Agata Zubel, “Fireworks” was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Polish independence and contains an…Continue Reading Premiere of Agata Zubel’s “Fireworks”
The Musical Gardens Foundation will host concerts of the International Composers’ Course “Synthetis” on 6 and 9 August in Radziejowice. This year’s International Composers’ Course will last until 10 August. The Course, led by artistic director Professor Zygmunt Krauze, is the reboot of the famous composing courses organized in the 80s and 90s by the…Continue Reading Concerts of the International Summer Course for Composers “Synthesis”
Sundays Live at LACMA is a venerable concert series that for many years attracted large audiences to the Museum’s spacious Bing Theatre. Somewhat coincidentally, the last two Sundays of July featured Polish artists, who presented two very diverse and fascinating programs to a uniformly rapturous reception from the audience. On 22 July, guitarists Ewa Jabłczyńska…Continue Reading Polish Artists at LACMA