Tag: Music

“Biesiada” Sing-Along Concert

The Polish Choir Vivat Musica! invites everybody to a sing-along “Let the Apple Trees Blossom” / “Niech no tylko zakwitną jabłonie”. It will be an evening filled with well-known and liked Polish songs, good food & wine, and laugh and cheerful atmosphere. The choir will be accompanied by Maria Grabowska

Luke Fitzpatrick Plays Pączkowski at Wayward Music Series

Wayward Music Series presents the concert “Luke Fitzpatrick: The Light Strikes” with violinist Luke Fitzpatrick. The program with solo works fusing violin, electronics and voice includes newly commissioned works by composers Kerrith Livengood, Sam Krahn, Marcin Pączkowski and Luke Fitzpatrick. The concert will also feature a “golden” classic: a work for violin

Inaugural Chopin Concert

The Polish Home Association and the Seattle Polish Foundation present an inaugural Chopin concert showcasing the new excellent Steinway B concert grand piano that has been recently purchased through a very successful fundraiser honoring memory of Barbara Strutynski. The concert is open to the general public.  The program of this

Student Chopin Piano Recital

Polish Home Association and Marzena Lilian Szlaga Piano Studio, of Kirkland, WA, present the annual student piano recital celebrating both Chopin’s music and the 223rd anniversary of the great composer’s birthday (he was born on March 1, 1810). The program includes Chopin’s mazurkas, nocturnes, preludes, waltzes and preludes played by

Polish Band Riverside in Seattle

The Polish Band Riverside is coming to Seattle to play at Neumos. The band plays hard progressive rock and includes Mariusz Duda – leader, lead vocals, bass guitar & guitar, Piotr Kozieradzki – drums, Michal Łapaj – keyboard, vocals and Maciej Meller – guitar. Their newest album released in January

Donors’ Appreciation Concert

The Polish Home Association and the Seattle Polish Foundation present an appreciation concert for donors who contributed to the recent grand piano fundraiser in memory of Barbara Strutynski. The fundraiser has gathered over $60,000 to purchase an excellent Steinway B concert piano for the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski in

New Year’s Eve Party at the Polish Home

The Polish Cultural Center invites everybody to the annual New Year’s Eve party. Polish traditional cuisine by Kamila / Sebi’s Bistro includes: 5 hot courses, 9 different appetizers, dessert stations, hot and cold beverages, a glass of champaign at midnight. Music by DJ Justin. The plan for the evening is

Poland’s Independence Day Celebrations

The Seattle Polish Scout Troop “Kaszuby” invite everybody to the Polish Cultural Center at 2:30 pm on Sunday November 13 for a celebration of the Polish Independence Day commemorating Poland emerging as an independent nation on November 11, 1918, after over a century of partitions. The program prepared by Iwona

Lutosławski Concerto at Benaroya

The Seattle Symphony presents Hilary Hahn in the Brahms’ epic Violin Concerto. The program includes the Concerto for Orchestra by the Polish composer Witold Lutosławski and the Tragic Overture by Brahms. Lutosławski is praised for using “folk melodies to intriguing effect in his Concerto for Orchestra, making instrumental colors the

Volunteer Appreciation Party

Polish Festival Seattle 2022 was the first in-person post-Covid festival. We would like to mark this reopening by gathering all our amazing volunteers to be recognized and celebrated! All volunteers who contributed to the Polish Festival Seattle and the Pierogi Fest throughout the years are invited! The Seattle Polish Foundation would

Seattle Symphony Opening Night with Jan Lisiecki

Seattle Symphony presents the Opening Night Concert and Party to start the new in-person season, featuring Polish pianist Jan Lisiecki. The concert directed by Ludovic Morlot includes the following works: Seattle Symphony commissioned work by Angelique Poteat Grande valse brillante and other works by Chopin, Jan Lisiecki, piano La muse

Hania Rani in a Jazz Concert

Hania Rani is an award-winning pianist, composer and vocalist coming to Seattle right after playing at the Toronto Jazz Festival. The concert organized by Fremont Abbey Arts Center has been moved from Fremont to the St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral to accommodate a bigger audience; however, this a regular jazz concert

Joanna Kurkowicz Plays Bacewicz at Benaroya

Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra presents a “serene cheer and warm sunshine” concert that includes Brahm’s Symphony no 2 and the Violin Concerto no. 4 by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz. Joanna Kurkowicz is a renown violinist with a wide repertoire, who is also an active propagator of Grażyna Bacewicz oeuvre. More: concert