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2010/03/10
"ALL THAT REMAINS... THE TEENAGERS OF SOCIALISM"
London, Waterside Project Space, March 12 - April 11, 2010 The exhibition presents a young generation of artists from Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and the UK exploring 'all that remained' once the political system of their childhood had disintegrated.
2010/03/09
MODERNIZATIONS 1918-1939. THE FUTURE PERFECT
Łódź, ms2, March 11 - May 30, 2010 The exhibition will verify the problem of perceiving Central Europe as a region dominated by traditionalistic art, reluctant to embrace "modernity". The issue of the relationship between modernist architecture and radical programmes of political reforms. The realisations presented in the Museum will, by means of archival photos and architectural plans, remind the visitors of the significance of the modernistic experiment to shaping a new face of Central Europe...
2010/03/09
"TOV" - TEATR CHOREA IN LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, Redcat Theater, premiere: March 18, 2010 The Los Angeles choreographer Rosanna Gamson braids the allegory of regeneration of a Eurasian horse tarpan with reflections on the history of her own Polish-Jewish ancestors, horse traders from Szczecin, and the fate of Polish Jewry. "Tov" takes its title from "Gamzu l’tovah" ("This too is for the good"), a favorite saying of one of Gamson’s forebears, Talmudic scholar Nachum ish Gamzu, who found God’s hand even in tragedy...
2010/03/09
POLISH PAINTINGS FROM SAMMLUNG MARX
Berlin, Polnisches Institut, March 3 - May 28, 2010 The high-profile Sammlung Marx belongs to the most important contemporary art collections featuring works by Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and Cy Twombly. About four years ago the owner of the collection, Dr Erich Marx, became interested in Polish contemporary art. As a result, Sammlung Marx includes presently works by Wilhelm Sasnal, Zbigniew Rogalski, Rafał Bujnowski and Roman Lipski which are now on display at Polnisches Institut Berlin...
2010/03/05
"BEATS OF FREEDOM" IN CINEMAS
premiere: March 11, 2010; in cinemas: March 12, 2010 Entrancing documentary about rock music in the age of late Polish People's Republic. The legendary figures of rock underground speak out about their music, life, and the absurds of censorship. From the very beginning, Polish rock opposed the social and political reality of the period. Singing songs was about undermining stereotypes and building closer ties between people...
2010/03/05
"CARMEN" ACCORDING TO LACO ADAMIK
Kraków, Opera Krakowska, premiere: March 5, 2010 "In our interpretation, Carmen is not a promiscuous girl, she is rather someone who wants to live her life to the full. If you die fast, you also live fast - this, however, doesn't imply your life is superficial", says Laco Adamik about his staging of "Carmen", the most popular French opera of the 19th century, which brought immortal fame to its author...
2010/03/04
PAWEŁ MYKIETYN AT "OTHER MINDS" FESTIVAL
San Francisco, March 5, 2010 Paweł Mykietyn, the most original voice in Polish contemporary classical music and winner of the Polish Public Media Award OPUS, will make his West Coast debut at the Other Minds Festival in San Francisco, as one of the nine most exciting and innovative composers from around the world. Two works by Mykietyn will be presented during the festival: the U.S. premiere of his stunning "Epiphora" (1996) for piano and pre-recorded media, and "String Quartet No.2"...
2010/03/03
CHOPIN - THE COMPOSER'S WORKSHOP
Paris, Musée de la musique, March 8 - June 6, 2010 This exhibition invites us to explore Chopin's musical world through manuscripts and rare editions from the Bibliothèque nationale de France, enhanced by paintings, drawings and instruments from the period. It leads us to the heart of "Chopin's workshop", exploring the process by which his music was created.
2010/03/03
"WHILE BODIES GET MIRRORED"
Switzerland, Zürich, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, March 6 - May 30, 2010 This group exhibition brings together works that thematise the relation of tension between movement and space, and in so doing take up and reactivate a formalist vocabulary of signs. One focus of the exhibition is the influence of (post) modern dance and choreography in contemporary art. Among the artists are Paulina Ołowska and Anna Molska.
2010/03/02
"THIS PLACE WILL NEVER BE MINE"
Warsaw, Instytut Awangardy, March 1 - March 14, 2010 "This Place Will Never Be Mine" / "To miejsce nigdy nie będzie należeć do mnie" is the title of the fourth exhibition in the "Ideoses" / "Ideozy" series organized by Instytut Awangardy. The exhibition deals with the issue of trash, and how it relates to disgust and sense of strangeness in the contemporary consumer society. The exhibits will be displayed at the Institute, as well as in several other spots in the city...
2010/03/01
CHOPIN BIRTHDAY CONCERTS
Żelazowa Wola, Warsaw, March 1, 2010 It's been a long established tradition of Warsaw's music life to celebrate Chopin's birthday on March 1. This year's celebrations, however, have a special meaning as it's the bicentenary of the composer's birthday with three special concerts programmmed featuring: Garick Ohlsson, Leif Ove Andsnes, Yundi, and Dong Thai Son...
2010/03/01
"CHOPIN IN VIENNA"
Vienna, Haus der Musik, March 4 - April 30, 2010 Three cities played an important role in Frédéric Chopin's life: Warsaw, Paris and Vienna. The exhibition at Haus der Musik is designed as a narrative of the events that took place during his time in Vienna. It draws in particular on the composer's extensive correspondence.
2010/02/26
POLLINI FOR CHOPIN BICENTENARY
London, March 1, 2010 Maurizio Pollini is undoubtedly one of the greatest pianists alive today. This season marks the 50th anniversary of his first prize at the renowned Chopin Competition in 1960, and since that time he has been strongly associated with the composer’s music...
2010/02/26
"SARMATISM. A DREAM OF POWER"
Kraków, Szołayski House – Branch of the National Museum in Kraków, February 26 - May 30, 2010 What was Sarmatism? How did it originate? What was its impact on Polish art and culture in the 16th to 18th centuries? What remains of it? These are just some of the questions suggested by the exhibition "Sarmatism. A Dream of Power". The show completes the Festival re_wizje/sarmatyzm, a project of the National Stary Theatre...
2010/02/25
TILMAN WENDLAND "YELLOW SPOT"
Toruń, Centre of Contemporary Art "Znaki Czasu", February 26 - May 30, 2010 The Yellow Spot (lat. macula lutea), a part of the eye’s retina, responsible for the clearness of vision and the perception of color, is supposed to help the viewer in that. Samuel Thomas Soemmerring, who discovered it, was born in Toruń in 1755...
2010/02/25
IWASZKIEWICZ PANORAMA IN ROME
Rome, February 25 - March 14, 2010 Andrzej Wajda's film "Tatarak" / "Sweet Rush" based on a short story by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz received a popular acclaim from Italian critics at last year's Berlinale Festival 2009. Now, in February 2010, Polish Institute in Rome opens a grand Panorama of Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz...
2010/02/25
POLISH MUSEUM IN RAPPERSWIL
The present museum was founded in 1975 and it attempted to be "the window of free Poland in free Helvetia" in times of severe restrictions under the Communist regime in Poland...
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"BEATS OF FREEDOM" - MOVIE TRAILER
BBC Four documentary "Sacred Music" about Górecki and Pärt
March 9-21, "Summer at Nohant" / "Lato w Nohant", directed by Hanna Bondarewska, the original play by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, translated by Celina Wieniewska - Mead Theater Lab at Flashpoint, Washington, D.C.
March 12 - "The Pianist and the Diplomat": an evening of music and history exploring the life of Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Lindner Family Commons, Washington D.C.
March 13 and 14 - Honoring Poland's Music Legacy: Penderecki's U.S. premiere of "Chaconne - In Memoriam John Paul II" and Szymanowski's "Symphonie Concertante" and "Stabat Mater" - Mandeville Auditorium - University of California, San Diego.
March 14 - Ewa Pobłocka performs a recital of Chopin's music - National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
TR Warszawa will show its production "4.48 Psychosis" by Sarah Kane, directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna - London, Barbican Theatre, March 23-27.
March 26 and 27 - Paderewski Symphony Orchestra: Celebration of Chopin's 200th Anniversary - Chicago Symphony Center.
March 27 - Chopin Anniversary Marathon: faculty and graduate students performs a variety of solo and chamber music repertoire - Alfred Newman Recital Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
March 28 - Lira Ensemble: Chopin Bicentennial Concert - Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, Chicago.
The 7th edition of "Misteria Paschalia" in Kraków will take place on March 29 - April 5, 2010.
Yale University Press published "Fellowship of Poets" by Irena Grudzińska-Gross. The book tells the story of a close friendship between two Noble Prize laureates from Eastern Europe, Czesław Miłosz and Joseph Brodski.
Stephen and Timothy Quay, renowned for their stopped-motion animations and original feature films, are planning a film based on Bruno Schulz's "Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass". Brothers Quay are only returning to Schulz; in 1986, they made a name for themselves with the adaptation of Schulz's "Street of the Crocodiles".
Jonas Mekas, a legendary American avant-garde film-maker, will receive SmokSmoków Award - an honorary distinction awarded by the Kraków Film Festival. Mekas will come to Poland in May to receive the award at the 50th anniversary edition of the festival.
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