Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in partnership with the Polish Culture Society of Edmonton and the Chopin 2010 Celebration Committee presents concert "Rafał Blechacz plays Chopin"  William Eddins, conductor and Rafał Blechacz, piano February 22, 2011 7:30pm at Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre.

tickets: $50 Dress Circle (A)
           $40 Terrace (B)
           $35 Orchestra (C)
           $20 Orchestra Front (F)

at: http://www.edmontonsymphony.com

and at the Box office #4 Sir Winston Churchill Square.

"Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz performs the masterful music of his countryman, Fryderyk Chopin. Having unanimously won the 15th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Mr. Blechacz is a musician of consummate artistry and technical brilliance. This will be effortlessly evident as he performs Chopin’s Grande Polonaise Brillante and Second Piano Concerto, along with an all-Chopin solo recital in the concert’s second half."

Faces of Chopin   by Gabriella Zoë Sikorski

art exhibition

Upper Lobby Winspear February 22, 2011 from 6:15 pm

Inspired by the music of classical composer Frederic Chopin, "Faces of Chopin" is a visual representation linking music and portraiture. By listening to the dynamic compositions, the artist interprets the melody and tune to capture an expressive portrait of the composer.

     Musician in the Making  Andrew Yang

        piano recital

    Main Lobby Winspear February 22, 2011 6:45 pm

CHOPIN’S Steps in Warsaw and the Mazovia

Śladami CHOPINA w Warszawie i na Mazowszu

photography exhibition 

Czesław Czapliński

Main Loby Winspear February 22, 2011 from 6:15 pm 

Czas to najlepsza cenzura i cierpliwość najdoskonalszy nauczyciel

Time is the best censor, patience is the most excellent teacher

— Fryderyk Chopin (Nohant, 11 X 1846)

January 15^th, 7:30pm Saturday and January 16^th, 2011,  2:00pm Sunday at Timm’s Centre for the Arts, University of Alberta Citie Ballet’s presents works of international choreographer, Waldemar Bartkowski and guest company, The Youth Ballet of Saskatchewan with two performances.

January 15^th, 2011 – 7.30 pm Performance & Reception – Silent Auction/Light Fare/ String Quartet | Tickets $55

January 16^th, 2011 – 2.00 pm Matinée Performance | Tickets  Adults-$25 / Student, Senior-$20 / Under 12-$15.

 are now available at Tix on the Square, (780) 420-1757 www.tixonthesquare.ca and www.citieballet.com

November 14, 2010, 7:00 P.M. at Muttart Hall (Alberta College Conservatory of Music, 10050 MacDonald Drive) you are invited to chamber concert of Magda Adamek Trio; Magda Adamek-Kurgan piano, Tanya Prochazka cello and Joanna Ciapka-Sangster. violin.

Tickets cost $35 ($30 for students/seniors) and are available at TIX On The Square, 780-420-1757 or www.tixonthesquare.ca.

Calgary’s 15-year old piano prodigy Jan Lisiecki takes the stage at 

Douglas J Cardinal Performing Arts Centre

Grande Prairie Regional College 10726 106 Ave, 

November 5 at 7:30pm.

Tickets cost $25 ($20 for students/seniors) at 780-539-2442

Jan Lisiecki made his orchestral debut when he was nine and is already making a name for himself performing with orchestras on Canadian and international stages. At midnight January 1, Jan opened the Year of Chopin in Żelazowa Wola, Poland, the composer’s birthplace, marking the official beginning of the Chopin 200th birthday celebrations around the world.

 Polish Culture Society Chopin2010 Celebration Committee with special partner Red Deer Public Library presets CHOPIN on the Go - Chopin Songbook by Kuba Stankiewicz Group with Kuba Stankiewicz, Inga Lewandowska and Grzegorz Nagorski from Poland and guests Kent Sangster, Mike Lent and Sandro Dominelli. 

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 7pm in 

Snell Auditorium, Downtown Branch

Red Deer Public Library, 4818-49 Street

ADMISSION FREE

Live stream on the web: www.rdpl.org/events/liveAtRDPL

“Chopin's music was an inspiration to Kuba Stankiewicz, a leading pianist on the Polish acoustic jazz scene. 

In his project Chopin Songbook, carried out with vocalist Inga Lewandowska, Stankiewicz demonstrated considerable musical sensitivity, successfully making his own entry in the rich tradition of Chopin inspiration in Polish jazz.”

Jazz Jamboree; Warsaw Voice 23.10.2003

“Pianist Kuba Stankiewicz has produced a hauntingly atmospheric set of arrangements, which - greatly aided by the remarkable, vibrato-free voice of Inga Lewandowska - bring out the 'folk' elements of the original songs.  Suave sounds!”

                Discovery Records; Specialist Music CDs & DVDs

http://www.stankiewicz.art.pl/

for live stream go  to: www.rdpl.org/events

October 17, 2010 at 7:30 pm in Yardbird Suite, Edmonton you are invited for a Jazz Concert presenting  Chopin Songbook by Kuba Stankiewicz Group with Kuba Stankiewicz, Inga Lewandowska and Grzegorz Nagorski from Poland and guests Kent Sangster, Mike Lent and Sandro Dominelli. 

Tickets cost $35 ($30 for students/seniors) and are available at TIX On The Square, 780-420-1757 or www.tixonthesquare.ca.

The Chopin 2010 Movie Marathon

October 1, 2 & 3, 2010 at

Metro Cinema in Citadel Theatre complex 9828 – 101 A Avenue

Tickets at the door ($10/$8)

To reserve weekend pass please call 780.732.3599 ext. 2

($25 & $20-students/seniors/members)

 The Polish Culture Society’s Chopin 2010 Celebration Committee, together with Filmoteka Narodowa (National Film Archive of Poland) and Metro Cinema are thrilled to offer audiences a true festival of Polish culture. The Chopin 2010 Movie Marathon presents fictional and documentary films featuring the life and music of Chopin. For over half a century, cinematographers have actively integrated Fryderyk Chopin’s life and musical motifs in cinema. This extraordinary selection of  movies  span 1944 to 2002 and reflects the times in which they were made.

http://www.metrocinema.org/

http://en.fn.org.pl/page/

For details please check below:

Polish Culture Society Chopin2010 Celebration Committee with special partner Beatniq Jazz & Social Club in Calgary presents CHOPIN on the Go with Chopin and Jazz in One  Friday, September 24  at 7pm & 9pm. Acclaimed internationally group from Poland Andrzej Jagodzinski Trio take stage in Beatniq Jazz & Social Club Calgary,  811 1 St SW for tickets $ 25 call 403.263.1650 or visit http://www.beatniq.com/

 September 23, 2010 at 7:30 pm in Yardbird Suite, Edmonton you are invited for a Jazz Concert presenting  Chopin & Jazz in One by Andrzej Jagodzinski Trio with Andrzej Jagodzinski, Adam Cegielski and Czeslaw Bartkowski from Poland.

Tickets cost $35 ($30 for students/seniors) and are available at TIX On The Square, 780-420-1757 or www.tixonthesquare.ca.

"His first recording by the Andrzej Jagodzinski Trio, Chopin, was named Best Record of 1994 by Jazz Forum and won the Fryderyk Award (the Polish Grammy) as best jazz record of the year. Jagodzinski's organically swinging and highly interactive trio continued to explore jazz interpretations of Chopin on 1997's Live at the National Philharmonic and 1999's Once More Chopin, helping to launch a "Chopin stream" in Polish jazz."
by Brian Morton, November 1994

http://www.jagodzinski.art.pl/

Polish Culture Society of Edmonton Chopin2010 Celebration Committee presets

CHOPIN on the Go piano recital From Zelazowa Wola to Paris with

Zuzana Simurdova & Mikolaj Warszynski

Friday, September 17, 2010 at  7:30pm

 Steinway Concert Hall Irene Besse Keyboards           

Calgary, 152 11 Street SE

for tickets $10 (students/seniors) & $15 call 403.238.4508

This multimedia performance with visual slides and costumes from Romantic era, where each piano piece is presented in context of its historical significance creating a theatrical storyline alongside the musical selections will bring us closer to Chopin as a composer and a person.

Among the compositions you will hear a prelude, waltz, mazurka, nocturne, scherzo, ballade, polonaise and more…..

Polish Culture Society Chopin2010 Celebration Committee with special partner Red Deer Public Library presets CHOPIN on the Go

piano recital From Zelazowa Wola to Paris with

Zuzana Simurdova & Mikolaj Warszynski

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 2pm & 7pm

Snell Auditorium, Downtown Branch

Red Deer Public Library, 4818-49 Street

ADMISSION FREE

This multimedia performance with visual slides and costumes from Romantic era, where each piano piece is presented in context of its historical significance creating a theatrical storyline alongside the musical selections will bring us closer to Chopin as a composer and a person.

Among the compositions you will hear a prelude, waltz, mazurka, nocturne, scherzo, ballade, polonaise and more…..

for live stream go  to: www.rdpl.org/events/liveAtRDPL

Tomasz Stanko, leading Polish jazz trumpet player, will perform two sets on July 2, 2010 at 8:00pm/9:45pm in the Yardbird Suite, 11Tommy Banks Way, as part of Edmonton International Jazz Festival 2010.

A variety of the repertoire will be presented for each sets which will include Tomasz Stanko's interpretations of F. Chopin's music!

THIS WILL BE A UNIQUE MUSICAL EVENT!

Polish Culture Society Chopin2010 Celebration Committee is proud to sponsor this concert!!!!!!!!

http://www.edmontonjazz.com/cms

Events Edmonton in partnership with CHOPIN2010 Alberta invite you and your family to join us to celebrate Canada Day with the Magic of the Music of Chopin. The Chopin Canada Day festivities begin at 2:00pm at Louise McKinney Riverfront Park. The talented Polish dance ensembles "Polonez", "Piast" "Kujawiak" and "Oberek" will be showcased along with a celebration of Chopin's musical genius in the Classical, Folk and Rock styles.  Details to follow..

Admission: Free of Charge

http://www.eventsedmonton.ca/

May 10, 2010 at Muttart Hall (Alberta College Conservatory of Music, 10050 MacDonald Drive) you are invited to the concert of Alberta two amazing talents: Jan Lisiecki - piano; a 14 year old piano prodigy that has already played at the Carnegie Hall in New York and David Eggert - cello; young accompished soloist on demand, first pize winner of many competitions. For tickets please call: 780.732.3599 ext. 4.

www.janlisiecki.com

Eternal Chopin Fundraising Gala

Dinner and Silent Auction

Sunday, May 9^th, 2010 (Mothers’ Day) 

Francis Winspear Centre for Music

9720 102 Ave. Edmonton

Cocktails at 5:30 P.M.  Dinner at 6:30 P.M.

Featuring special guest performers:

Orest Soltykevych - Master of Ceremony

Jan Lisiecki (fifteen year old piano prodigy)

David Eggert, cellist

Polonez Dance Ensemble

Citie Ballet 

Dress: Black Tie/Business Formal

For tickets call: Maria Szymocha at 780.415.5582 or Irena Slatnik at 780.732.3599 ext.4

Ticket price: $130

Chopin Visual Arts Contest

WINNERS:

WALTZ CATEGORY

First - Maya Szczepek

Second  - Olivia Rojek

Third - Konrad Staniszewski

NOCTURN CATEGORY

First - Alicja Warszynski

Second - Edyta Drylo

Third - Radomir Wasowski

in celebration of Chopin’s bicentennial birthday anniversary 

This contest is open to students between the ages of 5-19 years old.

Submissions are to be inspired by Chopin’s life or his music.

Students are to provide a description about how Chopin inspired their work.

Official announcement of the winners will be made during

“Akademia 3 Maja”

May 2^nd 2010 in the Polish Hall.

March 22, 2010 you are invited to Monday Noon Music at Convocation Hall, University of Alberta

Pianist  Magdalena Adamek, will present Chopin 24 Preludes, Opus 28

Free Admission

February 25, 2010 Jan Lisiecki and the Penderecki String Quartet in UNICEF Benefit Concert Celebrating Chopin's 200th Birthday in Echhart-Grammatte Hall; University of Calgary at 7:30 P.M.

www.janlisiecki.com

February 11, 2010 at Muttart Hall (Alberta College Conservatory of Music, 10050 MacDonald Drive) piano recital of the first prize winner of the prestigious Chopin Competition in Warsaw,  Dang Thai Son

You can purchase tickets at "TIX on the square":

Box office: Sir Winston Churchill Square 9930 - 102 Ave

Online: http://www.tixonthesquare.ca

By phone: 780.420.1757

or to reserve your ticket call 780.732.3599 ext.2

"Let music enrich our lives" - Dang Thai Son

Chopin 2010 Celebration Committe launched a media release for the CHOPIN 2010 ALBERTA to unveil details around the year-long, province-wide festivities, honouring composer's life and work and enjoy a performance by pianist Simon-Marc de Freitas.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:45am

The City Room, City Hall

1 Sir Winston Churchil Square

 "The Nocturnes by Chopin" Lecture and Masterclass presented by Magda Adamek Monday, February 1, 2010 at Don's Piano Warehouse 8 Riel Drive, St. Albert from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Let us know about any celebrations or events related to Chopin in 2010. We are also opening an online image gallery for all interested.

If you have an image showcasing places related to Chopin, his life and legacy, please send them to gallery@chopin2010.ca We look forward to your creative contributions.

We would like to invite you to two upcoming piano recitals of Simon-Marc de Freitas at Stanley A. Milner Theatre Edmonton Public Library at New Year's Eve Downtown, at 9 P.M and 11 P.M..

Get ready for New Year's Eve Downtown celebration! Produced by Events Edmonton in partnership with Chopin 2010 and the City of Edmonton have some great things planned for New Year's Eve so plan on joining us for a night of celebration as 2009 comes to a close.

For detail information please visit http://www.eventsedmonton.ca/nyed.php

Events Edmonton launched a media release for the New Year's Eve celebrations and officially presented the Chopin 2010 Celebration Commitee.

Please see the gallery below for pictures from the event.

We would like to invite you to upcoming Piano Recital of Stephane Lemelin in memory of Marek Jablonski this Saturday, October 17, 2009 in Convocation Hall, U of A, at 8 P.M.

A sold out concert “Chopin Piano Concertos with String Quintet” sponsored by the Polish Culture Society took place on Saturday, October 10, 2009. The Convocation Hall at the University of Alberta was filled with a very exceptional atmosphere. This extraordinary event featured Chopin’s Piano Concertos in the original version for chamber ensemble. Edmonton’s audience had an opportunity to hear this version for the first time. The concert was a big success. The two Chopin’s Concertos were played by two different soloists, Zuzana Simurdova and Mikolaj Warszynski with the accompaniment of the “Mazurka String Quintet” – high profile Edmonton musicians: Guillaume Tardif violin, and Aaron Au viola, both on faculty of the U of A music department; Joanne Yu cello, on faculty of the Alberta College; Tatiana Warszynski violin, and Rob Aldridge bass, both of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. This chamber version was a refreshing and unique alternative to the usual orchestral performance, both for the musicians and the audience. Zuzana Simurdova played Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op. 1 1in the first part of the evening. Mikolaj Warszynski performed Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 in the second half.