“Frederic Chopin’s 200th Birthday Party”

Chopin

 
Chopin “Frederic Chopin’s 200th Birthday Party” joins outstanding Polish jazzmen, contemporary musicians, and folk music performers in a common undertaking. The show presents well-known established artists performing alongside young, talented musicians at the beginning of their careers. Under this tab we invite you to get to know the performers who are in our unique show…
 
Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center

at 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, USA
September 27, 2010 at 7 pm
Tickets $35  Call CSO at 312-294-3000
go to www.cso.org or visit the box office
                                                                               
Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
at 57th Street & Seventh Ave., New York, USA

October 4, 2010 at 8 pm
Tickets $42 Call Carnegie Charge at 212-247-7800
go to www.carnegiehall.org or visit the box office

 
 Krzesimir Debski (Poland/USA) – music director, violin
 Agnieszka Wilczynska (Poland) – vocal  
 Gunhild Carling (Sweden) – trombone  
 Azar Lawrence (USA) – alto saxohone 
 Janusz Prusinowski Trio (Poland)
 Janusz Prusinowski – violin, Polish accordion, vocal / Piotr Piszczatowski – baraban drum, bass /
 Michal Zak – wooden flutes, shawm, clarinet / Piotr Zgorzelski – bass 
 Kwadrofonik (Poland)
 Emilia Sitarz – piano, Bartlomiej Wasik – piano, Pawel Nowicki i Milosz Pekala – percussion instruments 
 Grazyna Auguscik World Sound (USA)
 Grazyna Auguscik – vocal,  Goran Ivanovic – acoustic guitar, Matt Ulery – double-bass
 The Chicago International Trombone Ensemble:   Arkadiusz Górecki, Christopher Davis, Zsolt Szabo, David  Hagee – trombones 
 Slawomir Jaskulke (Poland) – piano
 Andrzej Jagodzinski Trio (Poland)         Andrzej Jagodzinski – piano,

Czeslaw Bartkowski – drums, Adam Cegielski – double-bass
 
The event is organized by the High Arts Society of Warsaw, Poland, whose mission is to encourage the development of all aspects of Poland’s musical, artistic, literary, drama and film culture. A second goal of the society is to propagate high art by organizing festivals, exhibitions, concerts, theater and opera performances, and by publishing CDs and books. A further goal of the society is to manage and support all international relationships in order to coordinate all cultural and artistic undertakings, as well as to propagate knowledge of Polish art outside the country.
  http://chopinusa.pl/en

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