The lightheartedness of the traditional folk music that his ancestors brought with them from Poland belies the many hardships they suffered, Enfield native Gary Sredzienski says. “That traditional, ...

BUFALO, N.Y. -- The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo, in collaboration with the UB Polish Studies Program, the Polish Arts Club of Buffalo and the Kosciuszko Foundation, Western New ...

Polish folk music and dance, traditional food and a history exhibition offer a taste of the rich traditions, culture and history of Poland during Phoenix’s annual Polish celebration. In its 13th year, ...

Poland’s Śląsk Song and Dance Ensemble is set to tour Japan, with performances in Tokyo, Gifu and Kyoto. Founded in 1953, the Śląsk Song and Dance Ensemble is based in Koszęcin, in Poland's southern ...

To commemorate Frederic Chopin’s 200th birthday (he was born March 1, 1810, in the village of Zelazowa Wola in the Duchy of Warsaw, to a French-expatriate father and Polish mother), the La Jolla ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Wojciech Kilar, a symphonic composer who gained fame writing film scores for “The Pianist” and “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” was hailed as a glorious figure in Polish and European ...

Each week Nari Safavi, one of the co-founders of Pasfarda Arts Exchange, gives you his guide to your global weekend in Chicago. This week, we've got a Latin dance revue, Indian folk art, contemporary ...

On funeral compositions, from Baroque clock songs and Old Polish music from the ‘camp of grief’ to electronic laments and brutalist tributes to the victims of Hiroshima. The rhythm of life in ...

Wojciech Kilar, a Polish pianist and composer of classical music and scores for more than 130 films, including Roman Polanski’s Oscar-winning “The Pianist” and Francis Ford Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s ...

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The dark stone urn with the ashes of Poland’s pianist and composer Wojciech Kilar placed in front of the altar during the composer’s state funeral at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Katowice, ...