Dear Friend of the Polish Music Center, Our annual ritual of sharing what we have accomplished at the PMC in 2018 and asking for your support continues! Unlike other charitable institutions, we send our appeal letters only once a year, knowing that you will consider them carefully and proudly share in what we have been…Continue Reading PMC 2018 Year in Review
The Paderewski Festival is a four-day music festival held annually in November celebrating Paso Robles’ rich heritage and its most famous resident Ignacy Jan Paderewski—virtuoso pianist, composer, international politician, local landowner, grower and winemaker. 2018 Festival events include the Gala Concert featuring world-renowned pianist and Chopin Competition laureate Kate Liu, the world premiere of a…Continue Reading 2018 Paderewski Festival
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
The Polish Music Center’s pioneering website has been serving musicians, scholars and the interested public worldwide since 1994. In 2017, we announced our intention to overhaul and update our antiquated web portal with a “Website Reboot” fundraising campaign, which was overwhelmingly supported from all corners of the globe, by small individual donors and large angel…Continue Reading New PMC Website is Live!
Paso Pops—the annual Paderewski Festival-sponsored patriotic concert and Independence Day celebration in Paso Robles combining wine, beer, food, family-friendly activities, live music and fireworks—will be held on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. The event moves to the Main Stage at the Paso Robles Event Center with a three-year agreement as part of this venue and date change….Continue Reading 2018 Paso Pops
On February 8 the elegant headquarters of the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City hosted a special event celebrating the centenary of Poland’s regained independence with a lecture entitled “Paderewski and World Politics,” given by PMC Director Marek Zebrowski. Zebrowski’s lecture was illustrated with dozens of rare photographs from the Polish Music Center’s Paderewski Archive: the Paso…Continue Reading Kosciuszko FDN & PMC Honor Paderewski
In February and March, the PMC is delighted to host three talented musical guests from Poland. Maria Sławek – violin, Grzegorz Mania – piano and Piotr Różański – piano are members of the Stowarzyszenie Polskich Muzyków Kameralistów (SPMK), or Polish Society of Chamber Musicians from Kraków)—an active group of excellent young musicians who perform and educate around the world. They will…Continue Reading LA Concerts in February & March
Donate $100 or more today – the first 25 donors at this level will receive an exclusive 2018 PMC calendar featuring rare historical photos from our Paderewski Archive, celebrating the centenary of Poland’s independence. Please visit https://giveto.usc.edu and find the PMC checkbox under University-wide Giving Opportunities > Centers and Institutes > Music. Dear Friend of the Polish Music…Continue Reading 2017 PMC Fund Drive
For well over a decade now, the first week of November in Paso Robles on California’s Central Coast has been dedicated to the annual Paderewski Festival. Held November 2-5 this year, this year’s program featured an attractive mix of favorite local and youth performers next to world-renowned jazz and classical performers, youth concerts, a Saturday Gala…Continue Reading 2017 Paderewski Festival Recap
Sunday, October 15, 2017 | 7:00 p.m. Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC (see AHF on campus map) 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA Reception following the concert Admission to both events is FREE and open to the public Campus Parking: $12 – enter Gate 3 at Figueroa St. & McCarthy Way (Parking Structure X) 2017 Paderewski…Continue Reading 2017: Marcel Chyrzyński