- 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles
The 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles will be held October 31 – November 3, when events will extend down into neighboring San Luis Obispo for a symphonic Gala experience. Tickets for this year’s history-making…Continue Reading 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles - AKA Duo | Classical Crossroads between Japan & Poland
JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles, with special support from the Polish Cultural Institute New York (PCI-NY), National Institute of Music and Dance (NIMiT), Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (MKiDN), and USC Polish Music Center, proudly…Continue Reading AKA Duo | Classical Crossroads between Japan & Poland - Lecture: Modern Polish Piano Music
On Tuesday September 10, Dr. Andrzej Ślązak returns to USC’s campus to present two lectures along with his colleague, Krystian Krauz. These two scholars are from the Music Institute at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce,…Continue Reading Lecture: Modern Polish Piano Music - Announcing the 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles
The 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles will be held October 31 – November 3. Tickets for this year’s history-making events and exciting artists, as well as exclusive “Patron” and “Friends of Paderewski” passes that…Continue Reading Announcing the 2024 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles - Oct 2024: Celebrating Henryk Wars ~ UNESCO Honors & 40 Years of PMC
The USC Polish Music Center presents the Paderewski Lecture-Recital, an annual concert event commemorating pianist, composer and statesman Ignacy Jan Paderewski by spotlighting current achievements in Polish music. The USC Polish Music Center is home to the world-renowned…Continue Reading Oct 2024: Celebrating Henryk Wars ~ UNESCO Honors & 40 Years of PMC - UNESCO Honors PMC Archives
On June 26 at the Belweder—the Presidential Palace in Warsaw—the 2024 UNESCO Pamięć Świata/Memory of the World ceremony will take place. The palace’s elegant ballroom will be filled to capacity with distinguished guests, among them…Continue Reading UNESCO Honors PMC Archives - Sounds of a Bygone Era
A Review by Marek Zebrowski Sunday afternoon, April 21, marked the end of the 2023/2024 concert season organized jointly by the Holocaust Museum LA and USC Polish Music Center. The performers for this occasion were…Continue Reading Sounds of a Bygone Era - Heartfelt Musicmaking at PMC’s Spring Concert
A Review by Marek Zebrowski The Verona Quartet (Jonathan Ong and Dorothy Ro, violins, Abigail Rojansky, viola, and Jonathan Dormand, cello) visited the USC campus for a master class on March 20 and a concert…Continue Reading Heartfelt Musicmaking at PMC’s Spring Concert - April 2024: Karolina & Iwo Duo at HMLA
In another collaboration with the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles, the Polish Music Center presents one of the brightest young stars of the Polish chamber music scene: Duo Karolina & Iwo. Both virtuosos in their…Continue Reading April 2024: Karolina & Iwo Duo at HMLA - 2024 PMC Spring Concert: Celebrating Bacewicz & Szymanowski
On March 23, the USC Polish Music Center welcomes to campus the esteemed Verona Quartet, presenting the annual PMC Spring Concert in collaboration with guest pianist and USC Thornton faculty member Bernadene Blaha. Entitled “Celebrating Bacewicz &…Continue Reading 2024 PMC Spring Concert: Celebrating Bacewicz & Szymanowski
In addition to our services as a library and research center, the Polish Music Center produces annual concerts at USC—including the Spring Concert in March and Paderewski Lecture-Recital in October—as well as the Paderewski Festival and related events in Paso Robles, CA. We also periodically organize other concerts, exhibits and scholarly conferences on a variety of topics, both on campus and beyond, often in collaboration with other departments and organizations.
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