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This program receives funding through charitable contributions and through grants provided by the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program and administered by the Putnam Arts Council. Putnam County Public Libraries provide space and coordination.
Prelude to the 100th Anniversary of Poland’s Regaining of Independence
Tickets: located in the orcherstra center, include a donation for CAST School support – $85
We also cordially invite you to meet the artists in a nearby restaurant after the concert. Tickets with dinner – $150
Tickets can be ordered at the Nowodworski Foundation tel. 914-260-8178, and by e-mail by sending an order to office@siteNF.org and by sending a check to the Nowodworski Foundation, 18 Central Way, Purdys, NY 10578.
The Nowodworski Foundation would like to thank you cordially for supporting the CAST School project
Thursday, November 30th, 2017 ● Ars Activa Foundation and Finitor Foundation cordially invite you on December 11th at 8PM at the Weil Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, to a concert dedicated to Piłsudski and Paderewski, fathers of the Poland’s Independence in 1918. In this way, they will be inaugurating the New York celebrations of the 100th Anniversary of the regaining of Independence of Poland. The star of the evening will be Dang Thai Son, winner of the 1980 Chopin Competition.
“A genuine musician” – Isaac Stern. An outstanding international musician of our time, Vietnamese – Canadian pianist Dang Thai Son was propelled to the forefront of the musical world in October 1980, when he was awarded the First Prize and Gold Medal at the Xth International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. It was also the first time that a top international competition was won by an Asian pianist. Since winning the Chopin Competition, his career has taken him to over forty countries. He has worked with Neville Marriner, Pinchas Zukerman, Mariss Jansons, Pavvo Järvi, Frans Brüggen and John Nelson, and with such world-class orchestras as the Czech, St Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw and BBC philharmonic orchestras, the Orchestre de Paris, NHK Symphony and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Career highlights have included performances at the Opening Gala Concert of Chopin Year 1999 and the 2005 Chopin Competition. Dang has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Melodya, Polskie Nagrania, CBS Sony, Analekta, Victor JVC and the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.
2017 marks the 150th Anniversary of birth of the main creator of the regaining of Independence – Marshall Józefa Piłsudski. As for Jan Ignacy Paderewski – great pianist and statesman – he was instrumental in obtaining the explicit inclusion of independent Poland as point 13 in Wilson’s peace terms in 1918. In the words of Consul General of the Republic of Poland Maciej Golubiewski „New York is an ideal place to musically honor the actions of two national heroes who contributed to the regaining of Independence of Poland. Thanks to these kinds of initiatives we are popularizing the achievements of Poles amongst the Polish-American Community and Americans, highlighting at the same time our presence in the United States.
The concert’s program will be comprised of works by Polish composers Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) and Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937).
In the first half of the concert:
The second half of the concert will be the recital of Dang Thai Son:
Scherzo nr 2 in b flat minor op.31 and Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante op.22
The concert is taking place under the Honorary Patronage of the General Consulate of the Republic of Poland and is part of the celebrations of the Polish Slavic Center 45th Anniversary.
Dang Thai Son about Chopin: “I was born during the war in Vietnam, and when I was very young, we had to evacuate and move into the mountains. There was of course no electricity at the time, and even more difficulties learning music and getting our hands on musical scores. There were all kinds of shortages with respect to materials and information. And there were obviously no concerts and no recordings. This period was totally a kind of darkness. But suddenly, with Chopin, I got very lucky. In 1970, my mother was invited to attend the international Chopin competition in Warsaw as a guest, to simply observe. Being a pianist herself, she brought back from the competition complete scores and sets of recordings of Chopin’s works. The first music I heard in my life, the very first recording, was Chopin’s Piano Concerto in E minor played by Martha Argerich. I was so impressed. I did not have any music of Bach, Mozart, or Beethoven, only that of Chopin. If I think back, when I was maybe eight or nine years old and still living in the mountains, I can remember my first contact with Chopin’s music. I was with my mother, and I read his scores, silently in the dark, using only lit candles. My mother played some short melodies for me – nocturnes and mazurkas. I felt it was all so beautiful and I fell in love with this music. I learned his music day and night, and I could feel Chopin’s music in my blood from then on.”
Sunday, December 3rd, 1PM– 3PM
Riverfront Library 1 Larkin Center, Yonkers NY
in the Yonkers Room.
Art Session One: 1-2 PM
DANCING BRUSH STROKES (Ages 5–90+)
Art Session Two: 2–3 PM
ROCK CREATURES (Ages 7–90+)
Free of Charge • Bring Your Friends • Make New Friends • Have Fun
An opportunity to learn more about planned opening of the International Academy of Culture, Arts, Sciences and Technology – CAST 100 – Charter High School in Yonkers.
You are invited to attend Kosciuszko Gala Concert on Sunday, November 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weill Recital Hall at the Carnegie Hall. The Concert is organized by Ars Activa Foundation and is held under the honorary patronage of Deputy Prime Minister of Poland , Minister of Culture and National Heritage Piotr Glinski. The concert will feature works by most prominent Polish composers including the New York premiere of Polonaise Metamorphoses on the theme by Tadeusz Kosciuszko for violin, viola and string orchestra.
Carnegie_Kosciuszko_Gala-Concert, click here to download PDF file
Monday, October 30, 2017, 11:00AM
Yonkers City Hall, 40 S Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701
Polish side guests:
Anna Maria Anders, Secretary of State of the Republic of Poland for International Dialoque; Anna Obrycki; Katarzyna Kostro, Trade and Investment Mission of the Republic of Poland in New York; Jola Burnett, Market Research Strategist; Jerzy Lesniak, Architect, President Nowodworski Foundation.
Yonkers side guests:
Liam J. McLaughlin, Yonkers City Council President; John Liszewski, Finance Commissioner, City of Yonkers; Wilson Kimball, Esq, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Development; Euthimios Theotokatos , Director of the Mayor’s Office of Constituent Services; Christopher St. Lawrence – Assistant Director of Waterfront Development /Planning and Development Department; Katherine Spencer, Chief of Staff to Liam McLaughlin; Kevin Cacace, President Yonkers Chambers of Commerce; Jeanne Martinelli, Director of Marketing, Yonkers Chambers of Commerce
Welcome and entry words
Liam McLaughlin, Anna Maria Anders
Introduction of participants
Poland – open to business, opportunities and know-how. Presentation by Anna Obrycki and Katarzyna Kostro, Trade and Investment Mission of the Republic of Poland in New York
Overview of market development in Poland at current stage. Emphasized positive assessment of economy by Ernst & Young. Market measures indicate that Poland is the fastest growing economy in Europe at this moment and creates good climate for pursuing successful business. Special economic zones were created with tax breaks and other incentives specific for each zone. Poland uses own currency PLN (polish zloty) and stays away from Euro, what is favorable for bilateral commerce.
Selected areas of business opportunities in Poland are:
Polish business offer is in the following areas:
Information about Yonkers
As the third-largest City in New York State, Yonkers has nearly 200,000 people located on the Hudson
River adjacent to New York City northern border. Five major highways give Yonkers the best north-south and east-west connections in the northern suburbs. Add two commuter train lines with six stations, plus the greatest number of bus lines in the County, and you can see that Yonkers has a transportation network that cannot be matched. Travel time by commuter train from Yonkers to Grand Central Terminal is under a half hour. Whether you are moving goods out, or employees and customers in, Yonkers is the location to meet your needs. (per Yonkers Industrial Development Agency)
Yonkers represents business/investment opportunity in the following areas:
Discussion
Setting channels for future communication
Yonkers side:
Poland side:
by Gooseberry Studio. 5 Buena Vista Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701
This project was and funded by an Arts Alive Project Grant made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program (DEC), a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature, and administered by ArtsWestchester. Supported by Nowodworski Foundation.
The year 2017 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Tadeusz Kościuszko. It is one of the anniversaries, covered world-wide by the patronage of UNESCO and an excellent opportunity to commemorate this outstanding figure of Polish culture and history.
The Foundation Ars Activa begins these celebrations by organizing a gala concert of Polish music in New York’s Carnegie Hall, “Musical Tribute to Tadeusz Kościuszko”.
New York, the cultural capital of the United States, is an ideal place to start the celebrations of this 200th Anniversary, and to honor Tadeusz Kosciuszko, “hero of two nations”, Polish and American. The concert will take place on Sunday November 13th 2016 at 7:30pm in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
The program will showcase some of the most beautiful chamber music written by 12 Polish composers, from Fryderyk Chopin to Krzysztof Penderecki. It will be a unique opportunity, to hear works by F. Chopin, St. Moniuszko, I.J. Paderewski, H. Wieniawski, M. Karłowicz, Z. Noskowski, K. Szymanowski, L. Różycki, G. Bacewicz, R. Twardowski, H.M. Górecki, W Kilar i K. Penderecki, all in one evening. The performers of this concert will be Polish, American, Canadian and Brazilian musicians (e: Mariusz Monczak and Nadia Monczak – violin; Małgorzata Kellis – soprano; and pianists Durval Cesetti and Dan Smith. The concert will be hosted by actress Liliana Komorowska.The concert is held under the honorary patronage of the Consulate General of Poland in New York. The partners, in the realization of this project are the Kosciuszko Foundation, the Nowodworski Foundation and the Westchester Pułaski Association.
Tickets, $49.00, are on sale at Carnegie Charge, 212-247-7800 or at the Box Office at 57th St & Seventh Ave.
More info: ( 917) 455 6641 arsactiva@gmail.com
