As a part of their 2015/2016 season at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, the London Philharmonic Orchestra is presenting a series entitled “Riots, rebels and revolutionaries,” which explores how music has been used as a tool to explore the human experience, challenge our assumptions, and provoke debate through the ages. In this series, the LPO…Continue Reading LPO Performs Penderecki
The rich musical life of Stanisław Firlej, a world-famous cello virtuoso and distinguished music professor at the Łódź Music Academy, was celebrated with an Oct. 6 concert featuring the maestro and his wife, pianist Anna Wesołowska-Firlej. Their joint performance included many of cello and piano favorites with Chopin’s Etude Op. 25 no. 7 (in Glazunov’s transcription),…Continue Reading Firlej at 70
A survey of early Polish music with Adam Knight Gilbert and USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia Sunday, October 18, 2015 | 7:00 p.m. Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089 Reception to follow the concert Friday, October 9, 2015 | 8:00 p.m. Baroque Sinfonia presents works by Polish, German…Continue Reading 2015: Musica Antiqua Polonica
On August 30, 2015, 18 year-old American pianist Eric Lu held an all-Chopin concert at the South Pasadena Library. The concert was organized by the Southwest Council of the Chopin Foundation of the United States, established in 2014 by Chris Onzol, and dedicated to the support the young generation of American pianists pursuing their studies…Continue Reading Review Of “Chopin, Chopin, Chopin” Program In Pasadena
Virtuoso saxophonist Greg Banaszak continues to concertize around the world and record exciting repertoire. After being the first saxophone concerto soloist to perform with orchestras in the Middle East and Korea, during the month of August Banaszak toured India, appearing with the Mumbai Symphony Orchestra. In addition to works for sax and orchestra by Ibert,…Continue Reading Greg Banaszak In India
The Fifteenth International Festival of Music in Catalonia was held in the small but artistically significant town of Céret in southern France, from August 20-23. Organized annually since its inception with heartfelt dedication by Polish composer and resident of the area, Joanna Bruzdowicz, who also serves as the Festival’s Artistic Director, this year’s program spotlighted…Continue Reading August Premieres In France
Located just south of the Ammersee and Starnbergersee, the picturesque German town of Weilheim in Upper Bavaria hosts a series of monthly concerts at the Apostelkirche Weilheim. On Sunday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. a chamber concert titled “Von alten Weisen und jungen Wilden” [From Hallowed Sages to Young Iconoclasts] brings violinist Dagmar Becker, flutist…Continue Reading Bruzdowicz in Bavaria
Polish pianist Maciej Grzybowski performed in the main Concert Hall of the National Museum of Korea on June 24, 2015. The concert is one of the highlights of the series of events accompanying the exhibition “Polish Art: An Enduring Spirit”. Other events planned by the museum include two more recitals of young Korean pianists, lectures…Continue Reading Grzybowski In S. Korea
On June 6, the Dolnośląski Festiwal Muzyczny [Lower Silesian Festival of Music] hosted a concert of the music of Wojciech Kilar performed by Kuba Stankiewicz, an outstanding Polish jazz pianist. Stankiewicz imbues every note he plays with such meticulous thoughtfulness and sensitivity, based not only on his keyboard skills and musicality but also on his…Continue Reading Stankiewicz Performs Kilar
Twardowski 85th Birthday June 17, 2015 is the 85th birthday of Romuald Twardowski—composer, teacher and author of orchestral, choral and theatre music. Encompassing almost all genres, his oeuvre is a boundless source of varied repertoire, from religious music, through song cycles to great orchestra forms. Below is an excerpt from “Romuald Twardowski. The Master of…Continue Reading 2015 Jubilees