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West End Off-Broadway United States International Entertainment Log In Re Washington, DC Sections Shows Chat Boards Jobs Students Video Industry Insider Join the National Philharmonic In a Hot Stories BroadwayWorld TV Triumphant Celebration of Poland's 100th Anniversary of Independence Complete Casting Announced for HOW TO by BWW News Desk May. 23, 2018 Tweet Share SUCCEED at the Kennedy Center TV Exclusive: Florida State Universi The National Philharmonic ends its 2017-2018 Southern Heat to Broadway S season at The Music Center at Strathmore with a musical celebration, "100th Anniversary of Poland's Independence," on Saturday, June 2 at 8 p.m. at the Concert Hall at the Music Center at Parris, Breckenridge, & More Strathmore. Conducted by world-renowned Join Drew Gehling in DAVE at Arena Stage Polish Maestro Miroslaw Jacek Baszczyk, the 10 DAYS TO GO ­ CLICK HERE TO V concert will feature music composed by LIVE UPDATE: Poland's greatest musicians, performed by SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS or ME some of today's leading vocalists and musicians. for Best Musical... The performance will commence with an introduction by the Ambassador of Poland, Mosaic's Third Season Concludes With Epic World Piotr Wilczek. The 100th anniversary of Poland has signicant meaning for The National Premiere Starring Hadi Philharmonic, which is led by Polish-born Music Director and Conductor Piotr Gajewski. Tabbal One of The National Philharmonic's veteran artists, Brian Ganz-who will perform at the Polish celebration concert-is also a frequent performer of Frédéric Chopin, beginning a quest in 2011 to perform all of the great Polish composer's works. During this celebratory concert, Maestro Baszczyk will lead The National Philharmonic Chorale, accompanied by Esther Heideman, soprano; Magdalena Wór, mezzo-soprano; Tyler Duncan, baritone; DC's National Announces and The National Philharmonic in Krzesimir Dbski's Hussars' Polonaise and Karol World Premiere of BEETLEJUICE, and More Szymanowski's Stabat Mater and Mr. Ganz in Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21. Ticket prices are $23-$76 and are free for young people age 7-17. Strathmore is located at 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.nationalphilharmonic.org or call 301.581.5100. WASHINGTON, DC SHOWS In November 1918, after more than a century of invasion, partition, and subjugation by MEAN GIRLS and More Take Spring Awakening Home 2018 Helen Hayes Beyond the Page Theatre Co the Austro-Hungarian, German, and Russian empires, Poland regained its Awards! Potomac High School (5/25 independence as a sovereign country. Throughout its long history, Poland maintained a PHOTOS VIDEOS CA strong nationalist spirit as well as pride in its cultural and artistic traditions. The concert, which represents almost two centuries of Polish music, pays tribute to this spirit. Indecent Arena Stage (11/23 ­ 12/30 Maestro Blaszczyk, who also serves as the artistic director of Poland's Silesian Dave Philharmonic, studied in Ktowice under Karol Stryja. He was a prizewinner at the fourth Arena Stage (7/13 ­ 8/19) Grzegorz Fitelberg International Conductors' Competition in 1991 and, two years later, ON THE TOWN was awarded a scholarship from the American Society for Polish Music. Blaszczyk went Olney Theatre Center (6/23 on to conduct orchestras throughout the country. Since May 1998, Blaszczyk has served GYPSY as artistic director of the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra in Ktowice and of the Grzegorz Showtimers of Roanoke Val Fitelberg International Conductors' Competition. In September 2008, he was appointed 8/26) musical director of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Lower Silesian Philharmonic in Jelenia Góra. Blaszczyk's career has brought engagements throughout Poland and VIEW ALL ADD A SHOW AUD internationally, with a series of acclaimed premieres and recordings. He received the Mayor of Ktowice Cultural Award for promoting Polish music, with special emphasis on Ticket Central Browse contemporary music, and for the achievements with the Silesian Philharmonic in 2001. A BRONX T In 2009, Blaszczyk was appointed a Knight of the Silver Medal's "Gloria Artis." ESCAPE TO MARGARITAV A veteran National Philharmonic performer, Ganz is widely regarded as one of the BEAUTIFUL leading pianists of his generation. An award-winning pianist, Ganz has shared First TRAVESTIE Grand Prize in the Marguerite Long Jacques Thibaud International Piano Competition PUFFS and won a silver medal in the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Competition. He has performed as a soloist with such orchestras as the St. Louis Symphony, the St. Watch Now on BWW TV Petersburg Philharmonic, the City of London Sinfonia, and Paris' L'Orchestre Lamoureux, and under the direction of conductors such as Leonard Slatkin and Mstislav Rostropovich. Ganz is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Leon Fleisher. Gifted as a teacher himself, Ganz is a member of the piano faculty and Artist-in-Residence at St. Mary's College of Maryland. He also serves on the piano faculty of the Peabody Conservatory, and has been a member of the jury of the Tina Fey Tries to Join Al Pacin MEAN GIRLS on Chastain Long Thibaud Competition in Paris. Broadway in Saturday on Broad Night Live Sketch In 2010, Ganz visited Poland, invited by Maestro Blaszczyk to play with the Filharmonia Slaska and Filharmonia Pomorska. Visiting Chopin's home country affected Ganz profoundly. "Chopin is Poland's National Treasure. His face was pictured everywhere, sometimes with no name under it and no caption of any kind. It is almost as if he is the Exclusive: Get A First Jaret Win Look At Stratford's Perform air people breathe. This was profoundly satisfying to me, because he has always been THE MUSIC MAN LA BEAU the air I breathe," Ganz said. In January of 2011, Ganz began a multiyear project in BEAST partnership with The National Philharmonic in which he will perform the complete works of Chopin at the Music Center at Strathmore. After the inaugural recital, The Washington Post wrote: "Brian Ganz was masterly in his rst installment of the complete works [of Chopin]." Heideman's career began at Carnegie Hall singing Handel's Messiah. Since then, she has performed with major orchestras throughout the world, such as the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2000, Heideman won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Licia Albanese Competition, followed by her 2001 Metropolitan Opera debut singing as Pamina in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Die Zauberöte. These performances were immediately followed by her debut with the New York Philharmonic in Bach's Christmas Oratorio, and her European debut with the Prague Radio Symphony, singing in Mahler's Symphony No. 2. In addition to performing the staples of traditional concert repertoire, such as Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Heideman has been featured prominently in the premieres of some of today's most respected contemporary composers, including performing in the role of Jenny Lind in Libby Larsen's opera Barnum's Bird. Upcoming performances include R. Evan's Ireland's Poet Patriots with the National Cathedral, Britten's War Requiem with Music Worcester, and a holiday concert at the Kennedy Center. Heideman is also currently recording a CD to be released on iTunes. Polish-born Wór moved to the United States in 1991. She is often praised by music critics and fans alike for the rich color of her voice and her vocal exibility, which allows her to sing low and high mezzo repertoire, spanning Baroque through the 21st Century. Of Wór's debut in Madama Buttery with Virginia Opera, Anne Midgette of The Washington Post wrote, "Magdalena Wór almost stole the show as a well-dened and well-sung Suzuki." In 2016, Wór debuted with the Seattle Symphony as a soloist for their performances of Handel's Messiah. She portrayed Maddalena in Opera Birmingham's Rigoletto and performed with The National Philharmonic in Bach's Mass in B minor and Handel's Messiah. In 2011-2012, Wór performed in Carmen for Lyric Opera of Virginia, Subscribe Now Handel's Messiah with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Alabama Symphony Register for discounts, specia Orchestra, was a soloist for Leoš Janáek's Glagolitic Mass with the Cathedral Choral Society of the Washington National Cathedral, Bach's Magnicat with The National Philharmonic, and gave recitals at the Polish and Hungarian Embassies in Washington, D.C. Wór is winner of the Heinz Rehfuss Vocal Competition, a Metropolitan Opera Competition National nalist, and an alumna of the San Francisco Opera's Merola Summer Opera Program and Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at the Washington National Opera. Canadian baritone Duncan has performed leading roles in world-renowned international concerts, most recently performing at the Metropolitan Opera as Prince Yamadori in Giacomo Puccini's Madam Buttery. Other appearances have included the role of the Journalist in Alban Berg's Lulu and Fiorello in Gioachino Rossini's Barber of Seville, both at the Metropolitan Opera; Dandini in Rossini's La cenerentola with Pacic Opera Victoria; and Demetrius in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Princeton Festival. Among various concerts, Duncan has performed Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony with the American Symphony Orchestra; Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the Munich Bach Choir, Montreal Symphony, and the Oregon Bach Festival; and Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Philharmonie der Nationen in Munich, Berlin, Stuttgart, and Frankfurt. He has given recitals in New York, Boston, and Paris, and throughout Canada, Germany, Sweden, France, and South Africa. Among other prizes, Duncan won the 2010 Joy in Singing Competition, the 2008 New Recommended for You York Oratorio Society Competition, and the 2007 Prix International Pro Musicis Award.
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