Polish Heritage Society of presents a Concert in Honor of Fryderyk Chopin On the 210th Anniversary of Chopin’s Birth In the 100th Anniversary Year of the Miracle on the Vistula Featuring: Martin Labazevitch Date: Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 2:30 pm Location: Settlement Music School, 6128 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia, PA A light reception follows performance.

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Tickets: $30 per person; $20 for students No tickets will be mailed; no refunds issued. Reservations may be made through the Concert Chairperson: Debbie Majka tel: 215-627-1391 - e-mail: [email protected] or regular mail

Checks payable to: Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia may be mailed to: Debbie Majka; 812 Lombard Street #12; Philadelphia, PA, 19147

Martin Labazevitch Born in Poland, Mr. Labazevitch studied at the Conservatory in , with Anatoly Kardashev, before immigrating to the United States, and obtaining scholarship to study at the School of Music with Mme Nina Svetlanova and later with Cuban-American virtuoso Horacio Gutierrez - whom he considers his greatest inspiration. Currently, he is pursuing his doctoral studies with Jose Ramos Santana in Washington DC. He has worked with such renowned artists as Dmitri Bashkirov, Lazar Berman, Isidore Cohen, Bella Davidovich, Philippe Entremont, Stephen Hough, Ruth Laredo and Earl Wild. He has also collaborated with contemporary composers such as Richard Danielpour, Jan Radzynski, Haskel Small, and Lukas Foss. His performances have been broadcast on radio stations throughout the U.S. such as WQXR, WWFM, and WFMT in , WFMT in Chicago as well as classical radio stations in Poland and Lithuania. Mr. Labazevitch has been a soloist with leading orchestras in Spain, Poland, Lithuania, Japan, and the United States. As a chamber musician, he is a founding member of the Paderewski Trio, an all-Polish ensemble, which for the entirety of its existence had been coached by the late Isidore Cohen - member of the Juilliard and the . The highlights of the 2019/20 season include performances with Dominican violinist Aisha Syed Castro at ’s Zankel Hall, in Chicago and Lima, Peru, recitals in Spain with Polish cellist Rafal Jezierski as well as solo recitals in Philadelphia, Miami, Washington D.C. and . Support the Chopin Concert Thank you for your ticket reservations In addition, please consider supporting our event as a patron or sponsor which will assist us in making this concert possible. All sponsors and patrons are listed in the concert program.

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