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MEDIA CONTACT: Susan Hagen susan.hagen@rochester.edu
585.276.4061
September 14, 2012
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3, in Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY.
WHAT: Music and writings of Karol Szymanowski will be featured in a concert commemorating the 130th anniversary of the composer's birthday and 75th anniversary of his death.
Karol Szymanowski (1882 – 1937) was one of the most important composers of the first half of the 20th century, and his position in Polish music can only be compared to that of Chopin. His works included four symphonies, two violin concertos, two operas, Hagith and King Roger, the ballet-pantomime Harnasie, the oratorio Stabat Mater, as well as numerous piano, violin, vocal and choral compositions. They are more widely performed and recorded today than ever before.
Outstanding musicians from the Eastman School of Music–Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano; Clay Jenkins, trumpet; Jan Opalach, bass-baritone; Maria Raczka, violin; Dariusz Terefenko, piano; as well as Hwaen Ch'uqi, piano and Karolina Terefenko, violin–join, forces in this tribute to the great composer. Matthew Ames, assistant professor of theatre arts at Nazareth College, will read excerpts from Szymanowski's writings.
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public.
SPONSORS: The Eastman School of Music, the University of Rochester's Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies, and Nazareth College.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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