Calendar of Cultural Events

All programs are subject to change. Please verify dates and times with The Kosciuszko Foundation Director of Cultural Affairs
Tom Pniewski -- (212) 734-2130 ext. 214

Baltic Piano Trio with Henryk Melcer, Alicia Jonas, Panufnik and Faure on the program
Sunday, April 13

The Baltic Piano Trio makes its New York debut on Sunday, April 13 at 3 PM. Their program features the lush late Romantic Trio in G Minor, Op. 37, of Henryk Melcer (1869-1928 ; the bold Trio No. 1 (1934) of Andrzej Panufnik; the Piano Trio of Alicia Jonas, a Polish-born composer currently living and teaching New York; and closes with the Trio in D Minor of Gabriel Faure. Tickets for the concert are $30 ($25 for Foundation members) and include a reception with the artists afterwards.

The concert will be recorded for broadcast over WQXR-FM 96.3 on Sunday, April 20 at 6 PM.
Members of the Baltic Trio are all on the faculty of the Moniuszko Conservatory of Music in Gdansk, Poland.

Maciej Sobczak, violinist, has appeared as soloist, orchestral and chamber musician in Europe, Asia, and South America. He currently serves as Dean of the Department of Instrumental Music at the Conservatory.

Jerzy Wujtewicz, cello, studied at conservatories in Kiev and Moscow, and has been on the Moniuszko Conservatory faculty since 1988. Bogumila Weretka-Bajdor, piano, studied at the same Moniuszko Conservatory, and has toured through Europe and the US.

All events take place at the Foundation House, unless otherwise noted. Programs subject to change. Click here for directions.

Kosciuszko Foundation programs are supported by the Mary F. Koons Charitable Trust, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), the Tadeusz Solowij Literary Fund, and the KF Cultural Fund.

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Baltic Piano Trio