Photographer Wojtek Kubik captures the essence of the Nowodworski Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Concert and Dance at the Bronxville Women’s Club on March 8, 2025. The evening featured performances by renowned bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny, recipient of the King Jan III Sobieski Award for championing Polish culture worldwide. To see photos click HERE
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Celebrating 25 Years: Concert & Dance
The Nowodworski Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year! Join us in celebrating this milestone on Saturday, March 8th, at the Bronxville Women’s Club.*
The Nowodworski Foundation Concert & Dance
Saturday, March 8, 6:00 PM
*Bronxville Women’s Club
135 Midland Ave.
Bronxville, NY 10708
Host: Rita Cosby
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Daughter of Polish Resistance Fighter
Nowodworski Foundation
25th Anniversary Concert
The 400th Anniversary of Bartłomiej Nowodworski’s Life
Honoring
TOMASZ KONIECZNY
world-renowned bass-baritone, this year’s recipient of the
KING JAN III SOBIESKI AWARD
for championing Polish Culture Throughout the World
Saturday, March 8th, 2025, 6:00 pm
Bronxville Women’s Club*
135 Midland Ave, Bronxville, NY 10708
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more info: office@sitenf.org | 914.260.8178
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Nowodworski Foundation, we invite you to a special event that blends tradition, culture, and passion.
On stage, alongside other distinguished artists, such as the Ensemble Con Brio de Montreal, Medyna & Winnicki WM Project, we will feature Tomasz Konieczny – an exceptional bass-baritone whose voice has brought the glory of Poland to the world’s most prestigious stages, and who is currently captivating audiences at the Metropolitan Opera as Don Pizarro in Fidelio. His talent and charisma have earned him worldwide recognition.
All of this will unfold in the enchanting setting of the Bronxville Women’s Club, further enriched by a performance by the Polish Folk Dance Company. After the artistic program, DJ Tomasz will lead us into a lively dance celebration, ensuring that this evening will be unforgettable.
*Welcome to the Bronxville Women’s Club. Located just 15 miles north of Midtown Manhattan, Bronxville is a charming English-style village nestled along the banks of the Bronx River in southern Westchester. Despite its small size—only one square mile—this village has a unique energy that extends far beyond its dimensions. The Club is within walking distance of the Metro-North station.
First International Christmas Carols Competition Concert • Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 2 PM • Consulate General of Poland
2023 Christmas Carols Competition
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Polish-American Fantasy
October 26, 2019, Anniversary Gala
Click HERE to see Gala photos
Celebrate with us.
Fundraising for Culture, Arts, Science & Technology Educational Program
Under Honorary Patronage of
Maciej Golubiewski
Consul General of the Republic of Poland
HONOREES
KING JAN III SOBIESKI AWARD
Dr. Dorota Andraka, President
Centrala Polskich Szkół Dokształcających w Ameryce
Polish Supplementary School Council of America, Inc
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Alicja Andrejczuk, Nowodworski Foundation volunteer • Daniel Andrejczuk, Nowodworski Foundation volunteer • Ewa Natkaniec, Nowodworski Foundation CFO, volunteer
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AWARD
Jessie Ferreira Cavallo, Police Officer Hastings-on-Hudson
Laura Yakaboski, Police Officer 2 Precinct Yonkers
COMMUNITY EAGLE AWARD
Nnenna Akoma-Ononaji, former President YSEPTA • Marzena Chioccola, volunteer PSD Yonkers • Bozena Fiedorczuk, teacher PSD Yonkers • Slawomir Konrad, volunteer • Zuzanna Golec, teacher PSD Yonkers • Edyta Grzelakowski, volunteer PSD Yonkers • Ardena Seaward, Journalist • Karol Spisak, volunteer PSD Yonkers • Monika Spisak, volunteer PSD Yonkers
Culture, Arts, Science and Technology
all together form the foundation of our future
and success for young generation.
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For sponsorship opportunities call 914.260.8178
or email us: office@sitenf.org
Cong Bi, piano
Presented by Paulus Hook Music Foundation
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
881 tth Avenue, New York NY 10019
Friday, April 12, 2019 | 7:30 pm

Cong Bi, Piano
PROGRAM
SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor “Appassionata”
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
Cong Bi is a Chinese pianist currently residing in the United States. Invited by the Paulus Hook Music Foundation in the United States, Mr. Bi presents a solo piano recital in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-US diplomatic relations.
Join Nowodworski Foundation, CAST Team and Friends; https://www.carnegiehall.org/
Discovering the true elegance, and beauty of music, Cong Bi is a young Chinese pianist residing in the United States. A dedicated, professional musician, Maestro Conductor Yu Long found his piano-playing very handsome. Juilliard professor Robert McDonald had described Cong as “an extremely talented and promising pianist. Ilya Hampus, a professor at the Cologne Conservatory in Germany, once commented, He is very charming, with tremendous talent. I sincerely enjoy his performance, his music and sound are both wonderful.In 2019, invited by the Paulus Hook Music Foundation in the United States, Cong prepares to premiere a piano solo recital at the world-famous Carnegie Hall in New York. This performance is in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-US diplomatic relations.
Musical Tribute to Pilsudski & Paderewski
Prelude to the 100th Anniversary of Poland’s Regaining of Independence
Monday, December 11th 2017 – Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
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:
- F. Chopin – Polonaise in A flat major, op. 53,
- I. J. Paderewski – Violin Sonata in a minor op. 13 oraz
- K. Szymanowski – Myths for violin and piano op. 30.
The second half of the concert will be the recital of Dang Thai Son:
- I. J. Paderewski – Melody G flat major, Nocturne in B flat major, Krakowiak in B flat major
- F. Chopina – Three Mazurkas B flat major op.17 nr 1, f minor op.7 nr 3, c sharp minor op.50 nr 3
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.”
Kosciuszko Gala Concert
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 7:30 PM
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.
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