Calendar of Cultural Events

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

Silesian String Quartet Featured in Carnegie's Weill Hall
Friday, March 4
"A Celebration of Polish Music and Musicians"
The Silesian String Quartet, Poland's foremost chamber group, will make its only New York appearance this season at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall on Friday, March 4, at 8 PM. Their program, "Szymanowski & Friends: A Celebration of Polish Music and Musicians," is being presented by the Kosciuszko Foundation and the Polish Cultural Institute; it features music of three master Polish composers of this century - Karol Szymanowski, Andrzej Panufnik, and Henryk Gorecki. Tickets are $20- $40, and can be ordered at CarnegieCharge (212.247.7800) and online at www.carnegiehall.org.
More info...

Tomasz Stanko and his Jazz Trio Visit
March 8, 2005
Polish jazz legend trumpeter Tomasz Stanko and his Trio will visit the Foundation on Tuesday, March 8, coinciding with a 4-day engagement at Birdland and the release of a new CD. More info...

One Hundred Years: Joseph Conrad and Nostromo - Conference on Poland's Master Novelist.
Opening Keynote Speaker:
Zdzislaw Najder, University of Opole, Poland
Conrad biographer and scholar
March 12, 2005
admission is $10 and $5 for students and seniors
Reservations are required. More info...

56th Chopin Piano Competition
Chicago Preliminaries
Saturday and Sunday March 19-20
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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.

Silesian String Quartet

Tomasz Stanko

Joseph Conrad