{"id":17962,"date":"2025-08-26T19:56:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/?p=17962"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:05:45","slug":"karol-rathaus-festival-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2025\/08\/26\/karol-rathaus-festival-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Karol Rathaus Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Rathaus Festival<\/strong> is a continuation of the initiative launched by the Polish Chamber Musicians\u2019 Associatio<\/strong>n in 2021, dedicated to spotlighting extraordinary works of \u00e9migr\u00e9 composers who, like Karol Rathaus, forged new artistic paths in the face of displacement. These composers, uprooted by the upheavals and totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, carried with them diverse cultural traditions and artistic visions. Uprooted from their homelands, they were never fully integrated into their new environments. The project seeks to bring them out of this \u201climbo,\u201d reclaim their legacy, and introduce audiences to their music, which holds immense artistic value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karol Rathaus (1895\u20131954)<\/strong> was a distinguished Polish composer of Jewish origin whose life embodies the \u00e9migr\u00e9 experience. Born in Tarnopol (now Ternopil, Ukraine), he studied in Vienna and Berlin under Franz Schreker and achieved early success as a composer in Weimar Germany. When his works were condemned by the Nazis as \u201cdegenerate art,\u201d Rathaus left Europe and eventually settled in Flushing, Queens, in 1938. He became the first professor of composition at Queens College (now the Aaron Copland School of Music) of the newly-created Queens College of the City University of New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2025 edition of the festival presents concerts in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston, San Diego, Sarasota, and Charleston. By pairing rediscovered \u00e9migr\u00e9 voices with contemporary artists who trace their lineage to Rathaus\u2019s educational and cultural heritage, the festival invites audiences on a journey through diverse musical styles, and performances by some of today\u2019s finest musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM<\/strong>
JCC Staten Island<\/strong><\/a>
1466 Manor Rd, Staten Island, NY 10314
Admission is free upon <\/strong>registration<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Hanna Hipp \u2013 mezzo-soprano
Grzegorz Mania \u2013 piano
Program:<\/strong> works by S. Laks, M. Weinberg, R. Ryterband, Z. Noskowski, F. Chopin, M. Kar\u0142owicz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM<\/strong>
Center for Jewish History<\/strong><\/a>
15 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011
Admission is free upon <\/strong>registration<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Hanna Hipp \u2013 mezzo-soprano
Grzegorz Mania \u2013 piano
Jaros\u0142aw Nadrzycki \u2013 violin
Marcin Sikorski \u2013 piano
Alan R. Kay \u2013 clarinet
Program:<\/strong> works by S. Laks, M. Weinberg, R. Ryterband<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday, September 11, 2025<\/strong> at 7:00 PM<\/strong>
Cullen Hall, University of St. Thomas<\/strong>
3800 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Jaros\u0142aw Nadrzycki \u2013 violin
Marcin Sikorski \u2013 piano
Program:<\/strong> works by M. Weinberg, R. Ryterband, H. Wieniawski, F. Chopin, K. Szymanowski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025<\/strong> at 7:00 PM<\/strong>
Southwestern College<\/strong>
900 Otay Lakes Rd, Chula Vista, CA 91910<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Bartosz Koziak \u2013 cello
Grzegorz Mania \u2013 piano
Program:<\/strong> works by M. Weinberg, S. Laks, R. Ryterband, F. Chopin, I. J. Paderewski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday, October 19, 2025<\/strong> at 7:00 PM<\/strong>
Newman Recital Hall, University of Southern California <\/a><\/strong>
Los Angeles, CA 90089<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Bartosz Koziak \u2013 cello
USC Thornton School of Music String Quartet
Grzegorz Mania \u2013 piano
Program:<\/strong> works by S. Laks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025<\/strong>
Dom Polski – Polish Home Association, Seattle<\/strong>
1714 18th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Bartosz Koziak \u2013 cello
Grzegorz Mania \u2013 piano
Program:<\/strong> works by S. Laks, R. Ryterband, F. Chopin, I. J. Paderewski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday, October 23, 2025<\/strong>
Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University <\/strong>
Seattle, WA 98195<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Bartosz Koziak \u2013 cello
Grzegorz Mania \u2013 piano
Program:<\/strong> works by M. Weinberg, S. Laks, R. Ryterband, K. Rathaus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025<\/strong> at 12:15 PM<\/strong>
LeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College<\/strong>
65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Marta Gidaszewska \u2013 violin
Robert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violin
Monika Gardo\u0144-Preinl \u2013 piano
Program:<\/strong> works by K. Rathaus, M. Weinberg, H. Wieniawski, A. Tansman, I. Waghalter, E. Sielicki<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday, November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM<\/strong>
Elebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center<\/strong>
365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Marta Gidaszewska \u2013 violin
Robert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violin
Monika Gardo\u0144-Preinl \u2013 piano
Herbert Piano Trio:
Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 piano
Joanna Kreft \u2013 violin
Dominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 cello
Christopher Gross \u2013 cello
Steven Beck \u2013 piano
Lydia Saylor \u2013 soprano
Joseph Martin \u2013 piano
Program:<\/strong> works by K. Rathaus, K. Krzewinska (premiere), J. Nichols, B. Saylor, E.Smaldone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday, November 9, 2025<\/strong> at 2:00 PM<\/strong>
Manhasset Public Library<\/strong>
30 Onderdonk Ave, Manhasset, NY 11030<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Herbert Piano Trio:
Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 piano
Joanna Kreft \u2013 violin
Dominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 cello
Program:<\/strong> works by E. Smaldone, A. Panufnik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monday, November 10 at 12:15 PM
LeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College<\/strong>
65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Herbert Piano Trio:<\/strong>
Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 piano
Joanna Kreft \u2013 violin
Dominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 cello
Monika Gardo\u0144-Preinl \u2013 piano
Program:<\/strong>
Works by P. Kocha\u0144ski, J. Koffler, E. Smaldone, M. Weinberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025<\/strong> at 7:00 PM<\/strong>
Cullen Hall, University of St. Thomass<\/strong>
Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center<\/strong>
3800 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Polish Violin Duo:
Marta Gidaszewska \u2013 violin
Robert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violin
Grzegorz Mania \u2013 piano
Program:<\/strong> works by M. Weinberg, H. Wieniawski, G. Fitelberg, F. Chopin, S. Laks, K. Szymanowski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday, November 20, 2025<\/strong>
Charleston, South Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers:<\/strong>
Polish Violin Duo:
Marta Gidaszewska \u2013 violin
Robert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violin
Grzegorz Mania \u2013 piano
Program:<\/strong> works by M. Weinberg, S. Laks, R. Ryterband, G. Fitelberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hanna Hipp<\/strong> \u2013<\/strong> mezzo-soprano<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Thanks to her impassioned and passionate singing, Hanna Hipp has become a favorite in the leading lyric mezzo-soprano repertoire worldwide. Among her recent roles are the critically acclaimed portrayal of Offred in The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em> at the Royal Danish Theatre (conductor: Jessica Cottis), Der Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em> at the Glyndebourne Festival (Cornelius Meister) and at Opera North (Antony Hermus), Dorabella in Cos\u00ec fan tutte<\/em> at Seattle Opera (Paul Daniel), English National Opera (Kerem Hasan) and in New Zealand (Natalie Murray Beale), as well as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro<\/em> at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Antonio Pappano). Hanna Hipp first took on the role of Varvara (K\u00e1\u0165a Kabanov\u00e1<\/em>) at Scottish Opera, sang the title role in Offenbach\u2019s Fantasio<\/em> and, for the first time, Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier<\/em>), both for Garsington Opera. Her international debuts include Teatro Real in Madrid as Frances, Countess of Essex (Gloriana<\/em>) in a new staging by David McVicar under Ivor Bolton, Dutch National Opera as Ein Page in a new production by Ivo van Hove conducted by Daniele Gatti, as well as Isolier (Le Comte Ory<\/em>) and Beatrice (B\u00e9atrice et B\u00e9n\u00e9dict<\/em>) at Seattle Opera \u2013 the former of which Hipp reprised last season for New Zealand Opera. Other recent significant operatic appearances include Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca in two productions of Osvaldo Golijov\u2019s Ainadamar<\/em> at Welsh National Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria, as well as a return to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in H\u00e4nsel und Gretel<\/em> conducted by Mark Wigglesworth. In this season, Hanna Hipp will appear at English National Opera in her highly praised portrayal of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>, and at Scottish Opera in The Strauss Collection<\/em>, featuring excerpts from the roles of Der Komponist (Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em>) and Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monika Gardo\u0144-Preinl \u2013 piano<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pianist, outstanding specialist in the field of chamber music, long-term academic teacher and accompanist. In 1991, she graduated from the Academy of Music in Krak\u00f3w in the class of prof. Stefan Wojtas. In 2013, she obtained a Habilitated Doctor Degree in Musical Arts. She has taken part in many competitions, initially for pupils and then students, winning them (including the prize at the Stendhall Foundation Competition, Chopin Competitions in Darmstadt and G\u00f6ttingen) and in master classes for pianists (Rudolf Kehrer in Weimar and Rudolf Buchbinder in Zurich). She has given concerts in the country performing piano concertos with an orchestra and abroad (Germany, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Estonia, Finland). As a chamber musician, she has performed with many outstanding artists from around the world in significant concert halls, also during the most important music festivals (maestro Peter Lukas Graf, Wolfgang Pfistermuller, Magnus Nilsson, Carlsten Svanberg, Robert Kozanek, Nicola Mazzanti, Carlo Colombo, Janos Balint, Wally Hasse, Foroug Karimi Diafar Zadar, Barbara \u015awi\u0105tek-\u017belazna, Tomasz Sosnowski, Marek Mleczko, Zdzis\u0142aw Stolarczyk, Zdzis\u0142aw Piernik, Maciej \u0141akomy, Grzegorz Mania, Piotr R\u00f3\u017ca\u0144ski, Maria S\u0142awek, Jakub Jakowicz, Bartosz Koziak and others). After graduation, she joined her home university \u2013 the Academy of Music in Krak\u00f3w. Currently, she is employed at the Department of Chamber Music as a university professor. She was the head of the Department of Accompaniment, head of the Department of Early Music, Vice Dean of the Instrumental Department, and currently she is a Vice Rector for Art and Science. She is a certified teacher at the W. \u017bele\u0144ski State Secondary Music School in Krak\u00f3w. She is both a performer and a teacher. She is the co-author of an innovative, three-part sight-reading textbook for secondary music school students (PWM 2017-2022). She has participated in many concerts, master classes, auditions and competitions, and has been a lecturer during scientific sessions (devoted to both performance and educational problems). She has been repeatedly awarded with numerous diplomas and distinctions for outstanding accompaniment. Also, she is a laureate of state awards for her contribution to the development of art, including the Medal for Merit to Culture \u2013 Gloria Artis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jaros\u0142aw Nadrzycki<\/strong> \u2013 violin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jaros\u0142aw Nadrzycki is widely considered as one of the most exciting violinists of his generation in the world today. At the age of twelve, he made his soloistic debut at the Great Hall of Tchaikovsky\u2019s Conservatory in Moscow. Ever since then he presented his unique talent alongside some of the most prestigious orchestras and ensembles in Europe, Asia and both continents of America. Born in \u017baga\u0144, where he began his musical education, further continued in Pozna\u0144\u2019s Academy of Music with Prof. Jadwiga Kaliszewska. Additionally graduated from the Mozarteum University in Salzburg with Prof. Igor Ozim, and the Royal Academy of Music in London with Prof. Igor Petrushevski. Jaroslaw is a winner of numerous major international competitions, such as: Aram Khachaturian International Violin Competition in Yerevan (2010), Valsesia Musica Competition in Varallo (2010), G. Enescu International Competition in Bucharest (2009), Max Rostal Competition in Berlin (2002), Jascha Heifetz Competition in Vilnius (2000), and UK\u2019s Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition (2008), as well as a laureate of: Tibor Varga International Competition in Martigny (2004), Benjamin Britten Competition in London (2008), and Henryk Wieniawski Competition in Pozna\u0144 (2001). The most significant solo appearances of his include Krzysztof Penderecki Violin Concerto No. 2 \u201cMetamorphosen\u201d with the Sim\u00f3n Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela led by the composer himself (2010). In 2013, Jaros\u0142aw Nadrzycki performed thrice the same Penderecki\u2019s concerto at the 17th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival with MDR Sinfonieorchester under the buton of Kristjan J\u00e4rvi. He appeared with many renowned orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Hamburg Philharmonic, Vilnius State Philharmonic, \u201cTransylvania\u201d State Philharmonic and George Enescu Philharmonic orchestras; the Sim\u00f3n Bolivar, The State of Mexico, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Slovac Radio, Polish National Radio, Thessaloniki and Zurich symphony orchestras; the Youth State Orchestra of Armenia, Sinfonia Iuventus and the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of the Polish Radio. Furthermore, he has had the honour of performing alongside conductors and musical personalities including: Horia Andreescu, Enrique Batiz, Massimiliano Caldi, Agnieszka Duczmal, Paul Goodwin, Giancarlo Guerrero, Alexander Humala, Kristjan J\u00e4rvi, Krzysztof Penderecki, Thomas Sanderling, Sergey Smbatyan and Maxim Vengerov. Between the years of 2013-2018, he collaborated as a leading violinist of Meccore String Quartet, further in 2018, he founded Boarte Piano Trio, with which he gained recognition from audiences in Europe and the United States. As a result of many years of collaboration with the pianist Joanna Zathey, an album with works for piano and violin by Brahms was released under the Orph\u00e9e Classics label in 2018. In 2021, two albums with works by Bach and Mendelssohn-Bartholdy were released under the H\u00e4nssler Classic label, recorded together with the flautist Krzysztof Maciej Kaczka, the L\u2019Appassionata Chamber Orchestra and the Jan\u00e1\u010dek Philharmonic Orchestra. He has repeatedly performed at the London\u2019s Wigmore Hall, Auditorio Nacional de M\u00fasica in Madrid, the Romanian Atheneum in Bucharest, Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center in Izmir, Bozar in Brussels, the Pollack Hall in Montreal and Musikverein in Vienna . The artist has made many radio and TV recordings for such broadcasters as the Bayerischer Rundfunk, BBC Radio 3, ZDF, TV ORF Austria, Mezzo TV, TVR Romania, TVP Kultura. He has recorded CDs for DUX, Warner Music Poland, MDG Classics, Orph\u00e9e Classics. From 2016 Jaros\u0142aw Nadrzycki is an assistant of the string department at the I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Pozna\u0144.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bartosz Koziak \u2013 cello<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Described as a \u201cvisionary and poet of the cello\u201d, Bartosz Koziak has gained the acclaim of music lovers and critics not only for his extraordinary interpretation of works by both classical and contemporary composers but also for his thoughtful and often daring program choices. As an established performer of contemporary music, Bartosz Koziak was a long time and regular guest participant in Krzysztof Penderecki\u2019s concert projects. He participated in the first CD recording of the Concerto grosso conducted by the composer and has performed most of his cello works Bartosz Koziak has given first performances of a number of works including the  \u201cDoubleCello Concerto\u201d by Hanna Kulenty, the Cello Concerto by Anna Zawadzka-Go\u0142osz, \u201cSixth commandment\u201d by El\u017cbieta Sikora, performed together with \u201cQuando stanno morendo. Diario polacco no.2\u2033 by Luigi Nono as part of the Sikora\/Nono project with Les M\u00e9taboles ensemble and SWR Experimentalstudio. His discography includes recordings of Gra\u017cyna Bacewicz\u2019s Second Cello Concerto, Krzysztof Meyer\u2019s Cello Concerto \u201cCanti Amadei\u201d, Bohuslav Martin\u016f\u2019s Cello Concerto No.2 and the premiere recording of Feliks Nowowiejski\u2019s Cello Concerto (DUX), two CDs with Justyna Danczowska of cello and piano works by Schubert, Schumann, Franck and Shostakovich, and an album of Martin\u016f, Kod\u00e1ly and Ravel, recorded with Anna Maria Sta\u015bkiewicz (Sarton). He has performed at the Konzerthaus, Berlin, Rudolfinum, Prague, Cit\u00e9 de la Musique, Paris, Teatro Politeama, Palermo, the Khachaturian Concert Hall, Yerevan and  the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. The orchestras he has played with as a soloist include the  Polish National Philharmonic, NOSPR, Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Concerto Budapest, the Armenian State Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonic, the Radio Orchestras in Warsaw and Budapest, the National Orchestra of Ukraine, and has been conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki, Jan Krenz , Antoni Wit, Gabriel Chmura, Jacek Kaspszyk, Andr\u00e1s Keller, Volodymyr Sirenko and Sergey Smbatayan. He has been invited to leading festivals including Warsaw Autumn, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Yerevan Music Perspectives, Young Euro Classic in Berlin, Musica Polonica Nova, Chopin i Jego Europa, Warsaw and East Meets West, Korea. Bartosz Koziak won the 3rd Witold Lutos\u0142awski International Cello Competition in 2001 in Warsaw, the 2nd prize at the Isang Yun Competition in Tongyeong (Korea) and is a laureate of the Mikola Lysenko International Competition in Kiev. He was awarded a Special Prize at the Prague Spring Competition and was winner of the 1st prize at the 11th International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music in Krak\u00f3w. He has also received prizes at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and ARD in Munich. In 2003, he received a special award from the Polish Culture Foundation presented by Ewa Podle\u015b. He graduated with distinction \u201cMagna cum Laude\u201d from the classes of Professor Kazimierz Michalik and Andrzej Bauer at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw, and from Philippe Muller\u2019s class at the Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur de Musique de Paris . Thanks to Kaja Danczowska, he plays a 19th-century copy of  a J. Guadagnini  instrument which the eminent Polish cellist Dezyderiusz Danczowski used for concerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marta Gidaszewska and Robert \u0141aguniak<\/strong> \u2013 violin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polish Violin Duo is formed by violinists Marta Gidaszewska and Robert \u0141aguniak. Founded in 2014 at the M. Kar\u0142owicz Secondary Music School in Pozna\u0144, the duo has since gained international recognition for their dynamic performances and extensive competition success. Marta studies at the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Pozna\u0144 under Prof. Bartosz Bry\u0142a and Dr. Hab. Karina Gidaszewska, while Robert graduated from the G. and K. Bacewicz Academy of Music in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a in the violin class of Dr. Hab. Karina Gidaszewska. The duo has won over 180 awards in international and national competitions across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including top prizes at the Stanis\u0142aw Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music (2019), the A. Rubinstein International Chamber Music Competition (2019), and numerous Grand Prix awards in Japan, Germany, Austria, France, Canada, and Russia. They have also been nominated for the \u201cKoryfeusz of Polish Music\u201d award in the category \u201cDiscovery of the Year\u201d (2020). Polish Violin Duo performs widely, presenting concerts at major venues including the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Lublin and Pozna\u0144 Philharmonics, the Podkarpacka Philharmonic in Rzesz\u00f3w, and the International Gala in Beijing, where they inaugurated the new air connection from Warsaw to China. Their festival appearances include Rzesz\u00f3w Music Autumn, the Czarnolas Arts Festival, \u201cWith Classics Through Poland,\u201d and \u201cMasterpieces of Chamber Music.\u201d They have collaborated with orchestras including the Witold Lutos\u0142awski Chamber Philharmonic in \u0141om\u017ca and the Pozna\u0144skie Smyczki Orchestra, and their recordings feature world premieres by forgotten Polish composers such as Joachim Kaczkowski.
The duo has also appeared on Polish TV and radio, including TVP Kultura programs \u201cScena Klasyczna\u201d and \u201cSunday with the National Institute of Music and Dance,\u201d as well as Polish Radio Two and Merkury Klasyka. In 2021, they recorded their first album for DUX, presenting the world phonographic premiere of two duets for violins by Joachim Kaczkowski, and toured China with a program of rediscovered Polish music. In 2020, Micha\u0142 Janocha dedicated his piece Attra for two violins to them, reflecting their commitment to promoting contemporary Polish music alongside classical repertoire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 piano, Joanna Kreft \u2013 violin and Dominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 cello<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Established in autumn 2013, the Herbert Piano Trio took as its patron the figure of the great Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert. The Trio made its debut at the Polish Radio Concert Studio in Katowice in 2014.  The Trio consists of Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 piano, Joanna Kreft \u2013 violin and Dominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 cello. The musicians are graduates of eminent professors and artists: Ewa Pob\u0142ocka, Marcin Baranowski and Andrzej Bauer. The Herbert Piano Trio\u2019s activity is lively and vibrant, performing at, among others: Opole and Gorz\u00f3w Wielkopolski Philharmonics (L. van Beethoven\u2019s Triple Concerto, Op. 56), the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz, Chopin Centres in Szafarnia and \u017belazowa Wola, the W\u0142adys\u0142aw Szpilman Studio of the Polish Radio in Warsaw, the Aula Nova in Pozna\u0144, the Artus Court in Toru\u0144, and the Polish Embassy in New York. The ensemble\u2019s repertoire ranges from classicism to contemporary music.  The ensemble has drawn inspiration from participating in the courses of eminent artists such as Gregor Sigl (Artemis Quartett), Trio Jean Paul, Niklas Schmidt (Trio Fontenay), Clive Brown and Marcin Sikorski. They have performed at many festivals, including the International Krystyna Jamroz Music Festival in Busko-Zdr\u00f3j, the Krak\u00f3w Music Salon, the Rzesz\u00f3w Music Autumn and the Silesian Beethoven Festival in G\u0142og\u00f3wek. The Herbert Trio has also given concerts at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, the transVOCALE and PianOdra Festivals in Frankfurt, and the 16th Schwandorfer Klavierfr\u00fchling in Schwandorf. The ensemble has recorded for Radio Suisse, Dw\u00f3jka Polish Radio and Polish Radio PiK, among others. An important mission of the ensemble is also the promotion of Polish chamber music. Since 2020, the trio has released recordings of piano trios by J\u00f3zef Wieniawski (in the form of a documentary film, under the patronage of Dw\u00f3jka Polish Radio and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society), Henryk Melcer and Franciszek Lessel. The ensemble also inspires composers to create new chamber works. It premiered compositions written for it by Szymon Godziemba-Trytek (Elegy for the Departure of Pen Ink and Lamp<\/em> to a poem by Zbigniew Herbert for vocal ensemble and piano trio, 2018), Rafa\u0142 Janiak (Sounds of Robots<\/em> to a text by Stanis\u0142aw Lem for act, piano trio and percussion, 2021 and Copernicana<\/em> for actor, piano trio and percussion, 2023) and Pawe\u0142 Kwapi\u0144ski (Game of Reflections<\/em> for piano trio, 2024), as well as new versions of works by Micha\u0142 Dobrzy\u0144ski, Hanna Kulenty and Pawe\u0142 Mykietyn. A special place in Herbert Piano Trio\u2019s activity is occupied by an interdisciplinary project combining music with the recitation of Zbigniew Herbert\u2019s poems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karolina Miko\u0142ajczyk \u2013<\/strong><\/strong> violin, Iwo Jedynecki<\/strong> \u2013<\/strong> accordion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duo Karolina Miko\u0142ajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki are one of the most vibrant and innovative chamber ensembles of the young generation. Recognized by artists such as Maxim Vengerov and Krzysztof Penderecki, they are multiple winners of Grand Prix and 1st prizes at international music competitions (France, Italy, Austria, Croatia, Poland), performing i.e. at the New York Carnegie Hall, Guangzhou Opera House and Warsaw Philarmonic, where they enjoyed their debut to a sold-out audience. They have played more than a hundred recitals in France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Georgia, United States, Cuba, Chile, China, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Brunei and Thailand. The Duo\u2019s performances are described as perfect and mature, yet luminous and filled with youthful vitality. Hailed by Maxim Vengerov as \u201ean ensemble that sounds like one instrument\u201d, the Duo brings completely new qualities and original interpretations to classical masterpieces thanks to Iwo Jedynecki\u2019s accordion transcriptions. Both artists boldly venture into renowned works of chamber music literature giving them new character and delightfully diverse colouring. The Duo also collaborates with leading Polish composers, such as Marcin B\u0142a\u017cewicz (Double concerto for violin, accordion and symphonic orchestra dedicated to Karolina Miko\u0142\u0105jczyk and Iwo Jedynecki), Piotr Moss (performance of Opolian Concerto for violin, accordion and orchestra in 2021), and Krzysztof Penderecki (Violin Sonata in Duo\u2019s arrangement receiving an offical approval from the Master in 2019). In 2016 the debut CD \u201ePremi\u00e9re\u201d by Duo Karolina Miko\u0142ajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki was published, containing pieces for violin and accordion written between 1952 and 2015 by three generations of composers. Most of these pieces have never been recorded before, and it was the first ever album with new music by a duo violin-accordion. The Duo also shows an up-to-date approach in promoting their work through video recordings: the one with W. A. Mozart\u2019s Violin Sonata gained more than a milion views on the internet, and was shared by the most popular classical music platform \u2013 Classic FM (followed up by Bach\u2019s Goldberg Variations and excerpts from film music-inspired The Hollywood Fantasy projects). The latter was presented by the Duo in 2021 at the Cracow Film Music Festival \u2013 one of the industry\u2019s most important events in the world. Karolina Miko\u0142ajczyk plays a Duke London violin from 1776. Iwo Jedynecki plays a Pigini Sirius Millennium accordion. The purchase of both instruments was financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Praised by the New York Times for his \u201cspellbinding\u201d performances and \u201cinfectious enthusiasm and panache,\u201d Alan R. Kay is Principal Clarinetist and a former Artistic Director of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and serves as Principal Clarinet with New York\u2019s Riverside Symphony and Little Orchestra Society. Mr. Kay is the recipient of the Classical Recording Foundation\u2019s Samuel Sanders Award, the C.D. Jackson Award at Tanglewood, a Presidential Scholars Teacher Award, and the 1989 Young Concert Artists Award with the sextet Hexagon, featured in the prizewinning film, \u201cDebut.\u201d  This year, anonymous donors established the Alan R. Kay Music Scholarship in perpetuity at The Juilliard School, where he has taught for over 40 years. A founding member of the Windscape Quintet, he is a regular guest in chamber music venues throughout the world including the Yellow Barn, Orlando (Holland), Bowdoin, Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society Festivals, and the Cape May Music Festival, where he curated a concert series for 25 years. A frequent performer of the clarinet quintet canon, he has collaborated with the Orion, Calidore, Mir\u00f3, Shanghai, Guarneri, Mendelssohn, Rus, Fine Arts, Chester and Colorado string quartets. Mr. Kay taught at the Summer Music Academy in Leipzig, Germany in 2004 and currently teaches at the Manhattan School of Music, The Juilliard Schooland Stony Brook University, where he also serves as Executive Director of the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra. A virtuoso of wind chamber music repertoire, Mr. Kay has recorded with Hexagon, Windscape and the Sylvan Winds; his transcriptions for wind quintet are published by Trevco Music and International Opus. Recent recording projects include the Brahms Clarinet Quintet with Rusquartet for Etcetera Records, full-length CDs of the works of Rudolf Escher and Hans Kox, both to be released in 2022, Michael Torke\u2019s \u201cPsalms and Canticles,\u201d released in 2021, \u201cTIME,\u201d released in 2022 and \u201cUnseen,\u201d released this year. He has served on the juries of international chamber music competitions in Trapani, Italy and Rolduc, Holland, Young Concert Artists, Concert Artist Guild, and the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. Also a conductor, Mr. Kay studied conducting at Juilliard with the late Otto-Werner Mueller and has led orchestras and chamber ensembles at Juilliard, Stony Brook and in the New York City area. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Stony Brook (University) Symphony Orchestra, which he conducts regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Rathaus Festival is presented by the Polish Chamber Musicians\u2019 Association. The project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland through the Culture Promotion Fund and is presented in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York. Partners and presenters include the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, Holocaust Music Lost & Found, the Polish Music Center at USC,  JCC Staten Island, Center for Jewish History, University of St. Thomas, Southwestern College, University of Washington, Dom Polski in Seattle, and the Polish Consulates in Houston, New York, and Los Angeles.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These composers, uprooted by the upheavals and totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, carried with them diverse cultural traditions and artistic visions. Uprooted from their homelands, they were never fully integrated into their new environments. The project seeks to bring them out of this \u201climbo,\u201d reclaim their legacy, and introduce audiences to their music, which holds immense artistic value.\\nKarol Rathaus (1895\u20131954) was a distinguished Polish composer of Jewish origin whose life embodies the \u00e9migr\u00e9 experience. Born in Tarnopol (now Ternopil, Ukraine), he studied in Vienna and Berlin under Franz Schreker and achieved early success as a composer in Weimar Germany. When his works were condemned by the Nazis as \u201cdegenerate art,\u201d Rathaus left Europe and eventually settled in Flushing, Queens, in 1938. He became the first professor of composition at Queens College (now the Aaron Copland School of Music) of the newly-created Queens College of the City University of New York.\\nThe 2025 edition of the festival presents concerts in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston, San Diego, Sarasota, and Charleston. By pairing rediscovered \u00e9migr\u00e9 voices with contemporary artists who trace their lineage to Rathaus\u2019s educational and cultural heritage, the festival invites audiences on a journey through diverse musical styles, and performances by some of today\u2019s finest musicians.\\nAdmission is free to all concerts. \\nTuesday, September 9, 2025 at 6:00 PMJCC Staten Island1466 Manor Rd, Staten Island, NY 10314Admission is free upon registration\\nPerformers:Hanna Hipp \u2013 mezzo-sopranoGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by S. Laks, M. Weinberg, R. Ryterband, Z. Noskowski, F. Chopin, M. 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Paderewski\\nSunday, October 19, 2025 at 7:00 PMNewman Recital Hall, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089\\nPerformers:Bartosz Koziak \u2013 celloUSC Thornton School of Music String QuartetGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by S. Laks\\nTuesday, October 21, 2025Dom Polski - Polish Home Association, Seattle1714 18th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122\\nPerformers:Bartosz Koziak \u2013 celloGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by S. Laks, R. Ryterband, F. Chopin, I. J. Paderewski\\nThursday, October 23, 2025Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University Seattle, WA 98195\\nPerformers:Bartosz Koziak \u2013 celloGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by M. Weinberg, S. Laks, R. Ryterband, K. Rathaus\\nWednesday, November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PMLeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367\\nPerformers:Marta Gidaszewska \u2013 violinRobert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violinMonika Gardo\u0144-Preinl \u2013 pianoProgram: works by K. Rathaus, M. Weinberg, H. Wieniawski, A. Tansman, I. Waghalter, E. Sielicki\\nFriday, November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PMElebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016\\nPerformers:Marta Gidaszewska \u2013 violinRobert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violinMonika Gardo\u0144-Preinl \u2013 pianoHerbert Piano Trio:Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 pianoJoanna Kreft \u2013 violinDominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 celloChristopher Gross \u2013 celloSteven Beck \u2013 pianoLydia Saylor \u2013 sopranoJoseph Martin \u2013 pianoProgram: works by K. Rathaus, K. Krzewinska (premiere), J. Nichols, B. Saylor, E.Smaldone\\nSunday, November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PMManhasset Public Library30 Onderdonk Ave, Manhasset, NY 11030\\nPerformers:Herbert Piano Trio:Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 pianoJoanna Kreft \u2013 violinDominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 celloProgram: works by E. Smaldone, A. Panufnik\\nMonday, November 10 at 12:15 PMLeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367\\nPerformers:Herbert Piano Trio:Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 pianoJoanna Kreft \u2013 violinDominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 celloMonika Gardo\u0144-Preinl \u2013 pianoProgram:Works by P. Kocha\u0144ski, J. Koffler, E. Smaldone, M. Weinberg\\nTuesday, November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PMCullen Hall, University of St. ThomassZilkha Hall, Hobby Center3800 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006\\nPerformers:Polish Violin Duo:Marta Gidaszewska \u2013 violinRobert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violinGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by M. Weinberg, H. Wieniawski, G. Fitelberg, F. Chopin, S. Laks, K. Szymanowski\\nThursday, November 20, 2025 Charleston, South Carolina\\nPerformers:Polish Violin Duo:Marta Gidaszewska \u2013 violinRobert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violinGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by M. Weinberg, S. Laks, R. Ryterband, G. Fitelberg\\nHanna Hipp \u2013 mezzo-soprano\\nBartosz Koziak \u2013 cello\\nMarta Gidaszewska and Robert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violin\\nPolish Violin Duo is formed by violinists Marta Gidaszewska and Robert \u0141aguniak. Founded in 2014 at the M. Kar\u0142owicz Secondary Music School in Pozna\u0144, the duo has since gained international recognition for their dynamic performances and extensive competition success. Marta studies at the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Pozna\u0144 under Prof. Bartosz Bry\u0142a and Dr. Hab. Karina Gidaszewska, while Robert graduated from the G. and K. Bacewicz Academy of Music in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a in the violin class of Dr. Hab. Karina Gidaszewska. The duo has won over 180 awards in international and national competitions across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including top prizes at the Stanis\u0142aw Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music (2019), the A. Rubinstein International Chamber Music Competition (2019), and numerous Grand Prix awards in Japan, Germany, Austria, France, Canada, and Russia. They have also been nominated for the \u201cKoryfeusz of Polish Music\u201d award in the category \u201cDiscovery of the Year\u201d (2020). Polish Violin Duo performs widely, presenting concerts at major venues including the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Lublin and Pozna\u0144 Philharmonics, the Podkarpacka Philharmonic in Rzesz\u00f3w, and the International Gala in Beijing, where they inaugurated the new air connection from Warsaw to China. Their festival appearances include Rzesz\u00f3w Music Autumn, the Czarnolas Arts Festival, \u201cWith Classics Through Poland,\u201d and \u201cMasterpieces of Chamber Music.\u201d They have collaborated with orchestras including the Witold Lutos\u0142awski Chamber Philharmonic in \u0141om\u017ca and the Pozna\u0144skie Smyczki Orchestra, and their recordings feature world premieres by forgotten Polish composers such as Joachim Kaczkowski.The duo has also appeared on Polish TV and radio, including TVP Kultura programs \u201cScena Klasyczna\u201d and \u201cSunday with the National Institute of Music and Dance,\u201d as well as Polish Radio Two and Merkury Klasyka. In 2021, they recorded their first album for DUX, presenting the world phonographic premiere of two duets for violins by Joachim Kaczkowski, and toured China with a program of rediscovered Polish music. In 2020, Micha\u0142 Janocha dedicated his piece Attra for two violins to them, reflecting their commitment to promoting contemporary Polish music alongside classical repertoire.\\nBart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 piano, Joanna Kreft \u2013 violin and Dominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 cello\\nEstablished in autumn 2013, the Herbert Piano Trio took as its patron the figure of the great Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert. The Trio made its debut at the Polish Radio Concert Studio in Katowice in 2014. The Trio consists of Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 piano, Joanna Kreft \u2013 violin and Dominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 cello. The musicians are graduates of eminent professors and artists: Ewa Pob\u0142ocka, Marcin Baranowski and Andrzej Bauer. The Herbert Piano Trio\u2019s activity is lively and vibrant, performing at, among others: Opole and Gorz\u00f3w Wielkopolski Philharmonics (L. van Beethoven\u2019s Triple Concerto, Op. 56), the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz, Chopin Centres in Szafarnia and \u017belazowa Wola, the W\u0142adys\u0142aw Szpilman Studio of the Polish Radio in Warsaw, the Aula Nova in Pozna\u0144, the Artus Court in Toru\u0144, and the Polish Embassy in New York. The ensemble\u2019s repertoire ranges from classicism to contemporary music. The ensemble has drawn inspiration from participating in the courses of eminent artists such as Gregor Sigl (Artemis Quartett), Trio Jean Paul, Niklas Schmidt (Trio Fontenay), Clive Brown and Marcin Sikorski. They have performed at many festivals, including the International Krystyna Jamroz Music Festival in Busko-Zdr\u00f3j, the Krak\u00f3w Music Salon, the Rzesz\u00f3w Music Autumn and the Silesian Beethoven Festival in G\u0142og\u00f3wek. The Herbert Trio has also given concerts at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, the transVOCALE and PianOdra Festivals in Frankfurt, and the 16th Schwandorfer Klavierfr\u00fchling in Schwandorf. The ensemble has recorded for Radio Suisse, Dw\u00f3jka Polish Radio and Polish Radio PiK, among others. An important mission of the ensemble is also the promotion of Polish chamber music. Since 2020, the trio has released recordings of piano trios by J\u00f3zef Wieniawski (in the form of a documentary film, under the patronage of Dw\u00f3jka Polish Radio and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society), Henryk Melcer and Franciszek Lessel. The ensemble also inspires composers to create new chamber works. It premiered compositions written for it by Szymon Godziemba-Trytek (Elegy for the Departure of Pen Ink and Lamp to a poem by Zbigniew Herbert for vocal ensemble and piano trio, 2018), Rafa\u0142 Janiak (Sounds of Robots to a text by Stanis\u0142aw Lem for act, piano trio and percussion, 2021 and Copernicana for actor, piano trio and percussion, 2023) and Pawe\u0142 Kwapi\u0144ski (Game of Reflections for piano trio, 2024), as well as new versions of works by Micha\u0142 Dobrzy\u0144ski, Hanna Kulenty and Pawe\u0142 Mykietyn. A special place in Herbert Piano Trio\u2019s activity is occupied by an interdisciplinary project combining music with the recitation of Zbigniew Herbert\u2019s poems.\\nKarolina Miko\u0142ajczyk \u2013 violin, Iwo Jedynecki \u2013 accordion\\nDuo Karolina Miko\u0142ajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki are one of the most vibrant and innovative chamber ensembles of the young generation. Recognized by artists such as Maxim Vengerov and Krzysztof Penderecki, they are multiple winners of Grand Prix and 1st prizes at international music competitions (France, Italy, Austria, Croatia, Poland), performing i.e. at the New York Carnegie Hall, Guangzhou Opera House and Warsaw Philarmonic, where they enjoyed their debut to a sold-out audience. They have played more than a hundred recitals in France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Georgia, United States, Cuba, Chile, China, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Brunei and Thailand. The Duo\u2019s performances are described as perfect and mature, yet luminous and filled with youthful vitality. Hailed by Maxim Vengerov as \u201ean ensemble that sounds like one instrument\u201d, the Duo brings completely new qualities and original interpretations to classical masterpieces thanks to Iwo Jedynecki\u2019s accordion transcriptions. Both artists boldly venture into renowned works of chamber music literature giving them new character and delightfully diverse colouring. The Duo also collaborates with leading Polish composers, such as Marcin B\u0142a\u017cewicz (Double concerto for violin, accordion and symphonic orchestra dedicated to Karolina Miko\u0142\u0105jczyk and Iwo Jedynecki), Piotr Moss (performance of Opolian Concerto for violin, accordion and orchestra in 2021), and Krzysztof Penderecki (Violin Sonata in Duo\u2019s arrangement receiving an offical approval from the Master in 2019). In 2016 the debut CD \u201ePremi\u00e9re\u201d by Duo Karolina Miko\u0142ajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki was published, containing pieces for violin and accordion written between 1952 and 2015 by three generations of composers. Most of these pieces have never been recorded before, and it was the first ever album with new music by a duo violin-accordion. The Duo also shows an up-to-date approach in promoting their work through video recordings: the one with W. A. Mozart\u2019s Violin Sonata gained more than a milion views on the internet, and was shared by the most popular classical music platform \u2013 Classic FM (followed up by Bach\u2019s Goldberg Variations and excerpts from film music-inspired The Hollywood Fantasy projects). The latter was presented by the Duo in 2021 at the Cracow Film Music Festival \u2013 one of the industry\u2019s most important events in the world. Karolina Miko\u0142ajczyk plays a Duke London violin from 1776. Iwo Jedynecki plays a Pigini Sirius Millennium accordion. The purchase of both instruments was financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.\\nAlan R. Kay \u2013 clarinet\\nPraised by the New York Times for his \u201cspellbinding\u201d performances and \u201cinfectious enthusiasm and panache,\u201d Alan R. Kay is Principal Clarinetist and a former Artistic Director of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and serves as Principal Clarinet with New York\u2019s Riverside Symphony and Little Orchestra Society. Mr. Kay is the recipient of the Classical Recording Foundation\u2019s Samuel Sanders Award, the C.D. Jackson Award at Tanglewood, a Presidential Scholars Teacher Award, and the 1989 Young Concert Artists Award with the sextet Hexagon, featured in the prizewinning film, \u201cDebut.\u201d This year, anonymous donors established the Alan R. Kay Music Scholarship in perpetuity at The Juilliard School, where he has taught for over 40 years. A founding member of the Windscape Quintet, he is a regular guest in chamber music venues throughout the world including the Yellow Barn, Orlando (Holland), Bowdoin, Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society Festivals, and the Cape May Music Festival, where he curated a concert series for 25 years. A frequent performer of the clarinet quintet canon, he has collaborated with the Orion, Calidore, Mir\u00f3, Shanghai, Guarneri, Mendelssohn, Rus, Fine Arts, Chester and Colorado string quartets. Mr. Kay taught at the Summer Music Academy in Leipzig, Germany in 2004 and currently teaches at the Manhattan School of Music, The Juilliard Schooland Stony Brook University, where he also serves as Executive Director of the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra. A virtuoso of wind chamber music repertoire, Mr. Kay has recorded with Hexagon, Windscape and the Sylvan Winds; his transcriptions for wind quintet are published by Trevco Music and International Opus. Recent recording projects include the Brahms Clarinet Quintet with Rusquartet for Etcetera Records, full-length CDs of the works of Rudolf Escher and Hans Kox, both to be released in 2022, Michael Torke\u2019s \u201cPsalms and Canticles,\u201d released in 2021, \u201cTIME,\u201d released in 2022 and \u201cUnseen,\u201d released this year. He has served on the juries of international chamber music competitions in Trapani, Italy and Rolduc, Holland, Young Concert Artists, Concert Artist Guild, and the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. Also a conductor, Mr. Kay studied conducting at Juilliard with the late Otto-Werner Mueller and has led orchestras and chamber ensembles at Juilliard, Stony Brook and in the New York City area. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Stony Brook (University) Symphony Orchestra, which he conducts regularly.\\nThe Rathaus Festival is presented by the Polish Chamber Musicians\u2019 Association. The project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland through the Culture Promotion Fund and is presented in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York. 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These composers, uprooted by the upheavals and totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, carried with them diverse cultural traditions and artistic visions. Uprooted from their homelands, they were never fully integrated into their new environments. The project seeks to bring them out of this \u201climbo,\u201d reclaim their legacy, and introduce audiences to their music, which holds immense artistic value.\nKarol Rathaus (1895\u20131954) was a distinguished Polish composer of Jewish origin whose life embodies the \u00e9migr\u00e9 experience. Born in Tarnopol (now Ternopil, Ukraine), he studied in Vienna and Berlin under Franz Schreker and achieved early success as a composer in Weimar Germany. When his works were condemned by the Nazis as \u201cdegenerate art,\u201d Rathaus left Europe and eventually settled in Flushing, Queens, in 1938. He became the first professor of composition at Queens College (now the Aaron Copland School of Music) of the newly-created Queens College of the City University of New York.\nThe 2025 edition of the festival presents concerts in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston, San Diego, Sarasota, and Charleston. By pairing rediscovered \u00e9migr\u00e9 voices with contemporary artists who trace their lineage to Rathaus\u2019s educational and cultural heritage, the festival invites audiences on a journey through diverse musical styles, and performances by some of today\u2019s finest musicians.\nAdmission is free to all concerts. \nTuesday, September 9, 2025 at 6:00 PMJCC Staten Island1466 Manor Rd, Staten Island, NY 10314Admission is free upon registration\nPerformers:Hanna Hipp \u2013 mezzo-sopranoGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by S. Laks, M. Weinberg, R. Ryterband, Z. Noskowski, F. Chopin, M. Kar\u0142owicz\nWednesday, September 10, 2025 at 7:30 PMCenter for Jewish History15 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011Admission is free upon registration\nPerformers:Hanna Hipp \u2013 mezzo-sopranoGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoJaros\u0142aw Nadrzycki \u2013 violinMarcin Sikorski \u2013 pianoAlan R. Kay \u2013 clarinetProgram: works by S. Laks, M. Weinberg, R. Ryterband\nThursday, September 11, 2025 at 7:00 PMCullen Hall, University of St. Thomas3800 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006\nPerformers:Jaros\u0142aw Nadrzycki \u2013 violinMarcin Sikorski \u2013 pianoProgram: works by M. Weinberg, R. Ryterband, H. Wieniawski, F. Chopin, K. Szymanowski\nWednesday, October 15, 2025 at 7:00 PMSouthwestern College900 Otay Lakes Rd, Chula Vista, CA 91910\nPerformers:Bartosz Koziak \u2013 celloGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by M. Weinberg, S. Laks, R. Ryterband, F. Chopin, I. J. Paderewski\nSunday, October 19, 2025 at 7:00 PMNewman Recital Hall, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089\nPerformers:Bartosz Koziak \u2013 celloUSC Thornton School of Music String QuartetGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by S. Laks\nTuesday, October 21, 2025Dom Polski - Polish Home Association, Seattle1714 18th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122\nPerformers:Bartosz Koziak \u2013 celloGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by S. Laks, R. Ryterband, F. Chopin, I. J. Paderewski\nThursday, October 23, 2025Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University Seattle, WA 98195\nPerformers:Bartosz Koziak \u2013 celloGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by M. Weinberg, S. Laks, R. Ryterband, K. Rathaus\nWednesday, November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PMLeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367\nPerformers:Marta Gidaszewska \u2013 violinRobert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violinMonika Gardo\u0144-Preinl \u2013 pianoProgram: works by K. Rathaus, M. Weinberg, H. Wieniawski, A. Tansman, I. Waghalter, E. Sielicki\nFriday, November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PMElebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016\nPerformers:Marta Gidaszewska \u2013 violinRobert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violinMonika Gardo\u0144-Preinl \u2013 pianoHerbert Piano Trio:Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 pianoJoanna Kreft \u2013 violinDominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 celloChristopher Gross \u2013 celloSteven Beck \u2013 pianoLydia Saylor \u2013 sopranoJoseph Martin \u2013 pianoProgram: works by K. Rathaus, K. Krzewinska (premiere), J. Nichols, B. Saylor, E.Smaldone\nSunday, November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PMManhasset Public Library30 Onderdonk Ave, Manhasset, NY 11030\nPerformers:Herbert Piano Trio:Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 pianoJoanna Kreft \u2013 violinDominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 celloProgram: works by E. Smaldone, A. Panufnik\nMonday, November 10 at 12:15 PMLeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367\nPerformers:Herbert Piano Trio:Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 pianoJoanna Kreft \u2013 violinDominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 celloMonika Gardo\u0144-Preinl \u2013 pianoProgram:Works by P. Kocha\u0144ski, J. Koffler, E. Smaldone, M. Weinberg\nTuesday, November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PMCullen Hall, University of St. ThomassZilkha Hall, Hobby Center3800 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006\nPerformers:Polish Violin Duo:Marta Gidaszewska \u2013 violinRobert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violinGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by M. Weinberg, H. Wieniawski, G. Fitelberg, F. Chopin, S. Laks, K. Szymanowski\nThursday, November 20, 2025 Charleston, South Carolina\nPerformers:Polish Violin Duo:Marta Gidaszewska \u2013 violinRobert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violinGrzegorz Mania \u2013 pianoProgram: works by M. Weinberg, S. Laks, R. Ryterband, G. Fitelberg\nHanna Hipp \u2013 mezzo-soprano\nBartosz Koziak \u2013 cello\nMarta Gidaszewska and Robert \u0141aguniak \u2013 violin\nPolish Violin Duo is formed by violinists Marta Gidaszewska and Robert \u0141aguniak. Founded in 2014 at the M. Kar\u0142owicz Secondary Music School in Pozna\u0144, the duo has since gained international recognition for their dynamic performances and extensive competition success. Marta studies at the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Pozna\u0144 under Prof. Bartosz Bry\u0142a and Dr. Hab. Karina Gidaszewska, while Robert graduated from the G. and K. Bacewicz Academy of Music in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a in the violin class of Dr. Hab. Karina Gidaszewska. The duo has won over 180 awards in international and national competitions across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including top prizes at the Stanis\u0142aw Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music (2019), the A. Rubinstein International Chamber Music Competition (2019), and numerous Grand Prix awards in Japan, Germany, Austria, France, Canada, and Russia. They have also been nominated for the \u201cKoryfeusz of Polish Music\u201d award in the category \u201cDiscovery of the Year\u201d (2020). Polish Violin Duo performs widely, presenting concerts at major venues including the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Lublin and Pozna\u0144 Philharmonics, the Podkarpacka Philharmonic in Rzesz\u00f3w, and the International Gala in Beijing, where they inaugurated the new air connection from Warsaw to China. Their festival appearances include Rzesz\u00f3w Music Autumn, the Czarnolas Arts Festival, \u201cWith Classics Through Poland,\u201d and \u201cMasterpieces of Chamber Music.\u201d They have collaborated with orchestras including the Witold Lutos\u0142awski Chamber Philharmonic in \u0141om\u017ca and the Pozna\u0144skie Smyczki Orchestra, and their recordings feature world premieres by forgotten Polish composers such as Joachim Kaczkowski.The duo has also appeared on Polish TV and radio, including TVP Kultura programs \u201cScena Klasyczna\u201d and \u201cSunday with the National Institute of Music and Dance,\u201d as well as Polish Radio Two and Merkury Klasyka. In 2021, they recorded their first album for DUX, presenting the world phonographic premiere of two duets for violins by Joachim Kaczkowski, and toured China with a program of rediscovered Polish music. In 2020, Micha\u0142 Janocha dedicated his piece Attra for two violins to them, reflecting their commitment to promoting contemporary Polish music alongside classical repertoire.\nBart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 piano, Joanna Kreft \u2013 violin and Dominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 cello\nEstablished in autumn 2013, the Herbert Piano Trio took as its patron the figure of the great Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert. The Trio made its debut at the Polish Radio Concert Studio in Katowice in 2014. The Trio consists of Bart\u0142omiej Wezner \u2013 piano, Joanna Kreft \u2013 violin and Dominik P\u0142oci\u0144ski \u2013 cello. The musicians are graduates of eminent professors and artists: Ewa Pob\u0142ocka, Marcin Baranowski and Andrzej Bauer. The Herbert Piano Trio\u2019s activity is lively and vibrant, performing at, among others: Opole and Gorz\u00f3w Wielkopolski Philharmonics (L. van Beethoven\u2019s Triple Concerto, Op. 56), the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz, Chopin Centres in Szafarnia and \u017belazowa Wola, the W\u0142adys\u0142aw Szpilman Studio of the Polish Radio in Warsaw, the Aula Nova in Pozna\u0144, the Artus Court in Toru\u0144, and the Polish Embassy in New York. The ensemble\u2019s repertoire ranges from classicism to contemporary music. The ensemble has drawn inspiration from participating in the courses of eminent artists such as Gregor Sigl (Artemis Quartett), Trio Jean Paul, Niklas Schmidt (Trio Fontenay), Clive Brown and Marcin Sikorski. They have performed at many festivals, including the International Krystyna Jamroz Music Festival in Busko-Zdr\u00f3j, the Krak\u00f3w Music Salon, the Rzesz\u00f3w Music Autumn and the Silesian Beethoven Festival in G\u0142og\u00f3wek. The Herbert Trio has also given concerts at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, the transVOCALE and PianOdra Festivals in Frankfurt, and the 16th Schwandorfer Klavierfr\u00fchling in Schwandorf. The ensemble has recorded for Radio Suisse, Dw\u00f3jka Polish Radio and Polish Radio PiK, among others. An important mission of the ensemble is also the promotion of Polish chamber music. Since 2020, the trio has released recordings of piano trios by J\u00f3zef Wieniawski (in the form of a documentary film, under the patronage of Dw\u00f3jka Polish Radio and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society), Henryk Melcer and Franciszek Lessel. The ensemble also inspires composers to create new chamber works. It premiered compositions written for it by Szymon Godziemba-Trytek (Elegy for the Departure of Pen Ink and Lamp to a poem by Zbigniew Herbert for vocal ensemble and piano trio, 2018), Rafa\u0142 Janiak (Sounds of Robots to a text by Stanis\u0142aw Lem for act, piano trio and percussion, 2021 and Copernicana for actor, piano trio and percussion, 2023) and Pawe\u0142 Kwapi\u0144ski (Game of Reflections for piano trio, 2024), as well as new versions of works by Micha\u0142 Dobrzy\u0144ski, Hanna Kulenty and Pawe\u0142 Mykietyn. A special place in Herbert Piano Trio\u2019s activity is occupied by an interdisciplinary project combining music with the recitation of Zbigniew Herbert\u2019s poems.\nKarolina Miko\u0142ajczyk \u2013 violin, Iwo Jedynecki \u2013 accordion\nDuo Karolina Miko\u0142ajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki are one of the most vibrant and innovative chamber ensembles of the young generation. Recognized by artists such as Maxim Vengerov and Krzysztof Penderecki, they are multiple winners of Grand Prix and 1st prizes at international music competitions (France, Italy, Austria, Croatia, Poland), performing i.e. at the New York Carnegie Hall, Guangzhou Opera House and Warsaw Philarmonic, where they enjoyed their debut to a sold-out audience. They have played more than a hundred recitals in France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Georgia, United States, Cuba, Chile, China, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Brunei and Thailand. The Duo\u2019s performances are described as perfect and mature, yet luminous and filled with youthful vitality. Hailed by Maxim Vengerov as \u201ean ensemble that sounds like one instrument\u201d, the Duo brings completely new qualities and original interpretations to classical masterpieces thanks to Iwo Jedynecki\u2019s accordion transcriptions. Both artists boldly venture into renowned works of chamber music literature giving them new character and delightfully diverse colouring. The Duo also collaborates with leading Polish composers, such as Marcin B\u0142a\u017cewicz (Double concerto for violin, accordion and symphonic orchestra dedicated to Karolina Miko\u0142\u0105jczyk and Iwo Jedynecki), Piotr Moss (performance of Opolian Concerto for violin, accordion and orchestra in 2021), and Krzysztof Penderecki (Violin Sonata in Duo\u2019s arrangement receiving an offical approval from the Master in 2019). In 2016 the debut CD \u201ePremi\u00e9re\u201d by Duo Karolina Miko\u0142ajczyk & Iwo Jedynecki was published, containing pieces for violin and accordion written between 1952 and 2015 by three generations of composers. Most of these pieces have never been recorded before, and it was the first ever album with new music by a duo violin-accordion. The Duo also shows an up-to-date approach in promoting their work through video recordings: the one with W. A. Mozart\u2019s Violin Sonata gained more than a milion views on the internet, and was shared by the most popular classical music platform \u2013 Classic FM (followed up by Bach\u2019s Goldberg Variations and excerpts from film music-inspired The Hollywood Fantasy projects). The latter was presented by the Duo in 2021 at the Cracow Film Music Festival \u2013 one of the industry\u2019s most important events in the world. Karolina Miko\u0142ajczyk plays a Duke London violin from 1776. Iwo Jedynecki plays a Pigini Sirius Millennium accordion. The purchase of both instruments was financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.\nAlan R. Kay \u2013 clarinet\nPraised by the New York Times for his \u201cspellbinding\u201d performances and \u201cinfectious enthusiasm and panache,\u201d Alan R. Kay is Principal Clarinetist and a former Artistic Director of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and serves as Principal Clarinet with New York\u2019s Riverside Symphony and Little Orchestra Society. Mr. Kay is the recipient of the Classical Recording Foundation\u2019s Samuel Sanders Award, the C.D. Jackson Award at Tanglewood, a Presidential Scholars Teacher Award, and the 1989 Young Concert Artists Award with the sextet Hexagon, featured in the prizewinning film, \u201cDebut.\u201d This year, anonymous donors established the Alan R. Kay Music Scholarship in perpetuity at The Juilliard School, where he has taught for over 40 years. A founding member of the Windscape Quintet, he is a regular guest in chamber music venues throughout the world including the Yellow Barn, Orlando (Holland), Bowdoin, Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society Festivals, and the Cape May Music Festival, where he curated a concert series for 25 years. A frequent performer of the clarinet quintet canon, he has collaborated with the Orion, Calidore, Mir\u00f3, Shanghai, Guarneri, Mendelssohn, Rus, Fine Arts, Chester and Colorado string quartets. Mr. Kay taught at the Summer Music Academy in Leipzig, Germany in 2004 and currently teaches at the Manhattan School of Music, The Juilliard Schooland Stony Brook University, where he also serves as Executive Director of the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra. A virtuoso of wind chamber music repertoire, Mr. Kay has recorded with Hexagon, Windscape and the Sylvan Winds; his transcriptions for wind quintet are published by Trevco Music and International Opus. Recent recording projects include the Brahms Clarinet Quintet with Rusquartet for Etcetera Records, full-length CDs of the works of Rudolf Escher and Hans Kox, both to be released in 2022, Michael Torke\u2019s \u201cPsalms and Canticles,\u201d released in 2021, \u201cTIME,\u201d released in 2022 and \u201cUnseen,\u201d released this year. He has served on the juries of international chamber music competitions in Trapani, Italy and Rolduc, Holland, Young Concert Artists, Concert Artist Guild, and the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. Also a conductor, Mr. Kay studied conducting at Juilliard with the late Otto-Werner Mueller and has led orchestras and chamber ensembles at Juilliard, Stony Brook and in the New York City area. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Stony Brook (University) Symphony Orchestra, which he conducts regularly.\nThe Rathaus Festival is presented by the Polish Chamber Musicians\u2019 Association. The project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland through the Culture Promotion Fund and is presented in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York. 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