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X International Chopin & Friends Festival November 6 - November 16, 2008

Honorary Patrons:

Bogdan Zdrojewski Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland

Frank J. Spula President of the Polish American Congress The Consulate GeneralX of International the Republic Chopin of Poland& Friends Festival 1 GUIDE 4 3 1 7 2 3 5 6 4 1 3 4 2 2 Janusz Skowron Janusz Lidia Kaminska Friends Festival Painting Exhibition Painting Artur Skowron & , Piano , Santi Debriano Group Vice-President Currents Executive Director Executive Vice-President Media & Communications Director Media & Communications Treasurer Gala Concert! By Performance Extraordinary Accordionist Virtuoso Faune Dance Troupe Presents Troupe Dance Faune Arts 2008 Matsuri / Jam Iv Japan York Artists In New Of Japanese Festival The Ferdy Tumakaka Ferdy Ismena Halkiewicz’s Beyond The Frame, Frame, The Beyond ConcertJazz By Digital Digital My Landscapes In Photographs, Retrospective Of Illustration 1984 - 2008 Of Illustration Retrospective Zacharow C. M. Vice-President President and Artistic Director and President 8 3 Secretary 12 19 30 34 25 Agnieszka Zak-Moskal, Zak-Moskal, Agnieszka Piasecki, Waldemar Przemyslaw Moskal, Moskal, Przemyslaw Ph.D., Walther, Eric Anna Zak, Board of directors: Board Marian Zak, Ph.D., Walther, Suzanne K. Arri Sendzimir, of this popular fall celebration of this popular fall the national and the universal, and all the art forms. New York York the and national all and New the the artuniversal, forms. is (NYDAI) the sponsor founding Inc. Arts Dance & Innovations, The The International Chopin & showcases Friends innovative artists who Festival emulate Chopin in uniting in New York the traditional and the the modern, young and the mature, November 6 - November 16, 2008 16, 6 - November November X International Chopin International X

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Regular hours: Monday-Friday, November 6 - November 25, 2008, 11AM - 5PM

Where: ARTES GALLERY Maze, 2008, 333 West 38th Street (between 8&9 Ave.) ACRYLIC ON BOARD, 11 1/2” x 8” Nowy Dziennik PORTFOLIO New York, NY 1OO18 Tel. 212. 594.2386

Admission: FREE 1

Biography: Marian Christopher Zacharow was born in Zamosc, Poland in 1954. Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow where he graduated in 1979. Zacharow left Poland for the United States in 1981, to take up permanent residence in New York. The artist specializes in book and press illustration. His work has been featured in countless magazines and newspapers, including: Time, The New York Times, Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly and Psychology Today. He has created book cover art for the Franklin Library, Viking Penguin, William Morrow, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Random House, among others. Creation, 1999, He has been a lecturer in painting at The Cooper Union ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 8” X 6” Continuing Education since 1997 and an instructor in CLIENT: VENTURE CAPITAL illustration at the Parsons School of Design since 2000. Starting in 2007, Zacharow is also the Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute. His artistic profile was discussed in several art publications, including Idea (Japan) and Grafica (Brazil). The artist’s solo exhibitions were held in Krakow (1976, 1977, 1978, 2000), Chicago (2000) and New York (10 shows since 1983). Zacharow participated in numerous group exhibitions in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Zacharow received many awards of excellence for his work, including Silver Medal from The Society of Illustrators of New York.

6 | X International Chopin & Friends Festival X International Chopin & Friends Festival 7 Ismena Halkiewicz’s Painting Exhibition

Opening Reception: Friday, November 7, 2008 7-9PM event

Regular hours: Friday, November 21, 2008 10-5

Where: Kurier Plus Gallery 145 Java Street Chopin In Carnegie Hall Brooklyn, NY 11222 OIL ON CANVAS Tel. (718) 389 3018 30" X 40” Admission: FREE

Biography: Ismena Halkiewicz was born in Poland and is a graduate of 2 the Fine Arts Academy in Krakow, Poland. From 1991 to 1992 she attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, Germany.

Ismena Halkiewicz is an accomplished fine artist, with an extensive history of exhibitions, mural work, interior restoration, and faux finishing. She has exhibited her work in five countries in Europe, Canada and the United States for close to 20 years; she has shown her work in fine art galleries, universities, public buildings such as restaurants and performing arts organizations, government buildings, art festivals, etc. Her work is retained in universities, private collections and with foreign consulate buildings around the world. She was awarded as top fine art student at the Academy of Fine Art Krakow. She has completed approximately 60 murals in buildings both public and private, including a variety of styles and techniques from renaissance to super-realism. Halkiewicz Times Square At Night OIL ON CANVAS works with all kinds of faux finishing techniques including 30" X 40” glazing, stipping, dragging, Venetian plastering, sponging, Distressed Wood Finish, and more. She paints realistic and stylized portraits to meet commercial and personal needs. Materials range from oil on canvas to watercolor, acrylic and mixed media; color schemes include monochromatic, sepia and full color palettes from traditional to contemporary.

”… the act of creating, be it a poem or a painting, is a form of confession. If one wants to tell the truth about oneself, although it may be painful, one must overcome self-consciousness to expose the innermost self, for that is the price authenticity demands. I am an artist and was born to paint.”

U.S. Czêstochowa OIL ON CANVAS 30" X 40”

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Group Exhibition of Digital Art: Mariusz Dabrowski, Ben Dunkle, Jamie O’Neil, Przemyslaw Moskal and Bartosz Smoragiewicz Quintet event

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 7:30 PM 8:30 PM Bartosz Smoragiewicz Quintet performance and Przemyslaw Moskal’s installation

Where: New Dance Group 305 West 38th Street (at Eighth Ave) New York, NY 10018 Phone: 212.904.1990 3 Admission: FREE 8X8X1 Digital Print 2008 Ben Dunkle

Ben Dunkle, M.F.A. (born 1971, Freeport, NY) is a digital printmaker. With degrees in traditional paper-based printmaking techniques, Ben has expanded his processes into digital realms. He is an Associate Professor at Digital Media Arts Program at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY.

“My work examines the process by which concept is transformed from the imagined to the visible. We use words as a way of circumventing the difficulty this presents for those who are “bad at drawing”, and as a way to quickly and seamlessly transfer conceptions from one brain to another without embellishment. 8x8x1 is a way confronting the viewer with the problems of visually symbolizing abstract concepts.”

Mariusz Dâbrowski graduated with distinctions in painting As an icon designer, I’ve spent countless hours plotting from the Academy of Fine Art in Warsaw, Poland where he was grids that are governed by parameters of varying a student of professor Stanisław Wieczorek, professor Walter constraint; e.g., width, height, bit-depth, operating system, Karling, professor Tadeusz Dominik and professor Zbigniew user demographic, and most notably, resistance to being Gostomski. In 2005 he received Ph.D from Leon Schiller, Film visualized, or “imageability”. The goal is always the same; Academy, Lodz, Poland. He is a Chair of Photography Institute, i.e., what is the most efficient way to transfer the concept Graphics Department, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw and an to the target audience under the given parameters? author of numerous exhibition and events, among others: And the parameters can be hopelessly oppressive–a 16 Warsaw Biannual of Media Art, Warsaw Art Photography pixel octopus, an 8 pixel clock, the debate over whether Festival, Spokojna Media Art Gallery, Fine arts Academy, to use a mailbox or an envelope to symbolize mail, and Warsaw; 2005-2007 photo open air workshop, in Sousse, North how to plot the concept of “Exit” all come to mind. Africa; photo workshop in Kazimierz Dolny and over a dozen I measure an icon’s effectiveness by the amount of time of young art exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He is also an spent by the user in interpreting the icon. One bad pixel Editor-in-Chief of “Media Art/ Sztuka Mediów” magazine. can diminish an icon’s effectiveness and each mouse click demands assessment. However, the process of determining what pixels should be eliminated, added, and modified is highly meditative. 8x8x1 invites the viewer to participate in this process.”

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Jamie O’Neil (b. 1970) is a video/multimedia designer and Przemyslaw Moskal Born and raised in Poland, performance artist. He holds a bachelor of Fine Arts degree Przemyslaw Moskal has resided in the U.S. since 1990. In from Boston University and a Master of Fine Arts from SUNY at 2003 he graduated with Master of Professional Studies Buffalo. O’Neil performs under the pseudonym of Kurt Weibers degree from Tisch School of the Arts, as the spokesman for a fictional company he created called and began his career as new media artist and consultant Global Point Strategies. He offers videos, audio programs and for a variety of non-profit and commercial projects. His seminars that mimic similar offerings in the commercial world, interactive, digital art works, which are both screen based only O’Neil’s are cleverly devised parodies that confront and installations have been recognized and exhibited the principles of marketplace manipulation. As he points at: Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, New York, U.S; Cité des out “Within any discourse of power, especially via the video Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris, France; Cornerhouse medium, there are always rhetorical binary oppositions (i.e. Gallery in Manchester, U.K.; Consulate General of the good vs. evil, true vs. false, for vs. against) and video tends to Republic of Poland, New York, U.S.; Galapagos Art Space, polarize and exaggerate these differences in order to reduce Brooklyn, U.S.; Thailand New Media Art Festival, Bangkok, analogue meanings into easily consumable digital bytes.” Thailand; WEB3DArt Consortium, Monterey, U.S.; Zacheta O’Neil confronts these principles that present themselves as National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland; SIGGRAPH 2004 objective, but utilizes their strategies in order to point out “how Gallery, Los Angeles., U.S.; Hypersonica 2004, Sao Paulo, knowledge, data or histories are easily manipulated to serve Brazil; AXA Gallery, New York, U.S; Conservatoire d’Art et political ends.” His work is so believable that, as Kurt Weibers he d’Histoire, Annecy, France; Media Art Biennale, Warsaw, has convinced audiences to reverse their mode of thinking Poland; Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland; entirely. His videos are visually dazzling, often utilizing multiple Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland; among screens and superimposed images and sound tracks, as well others. Moskal’s primary interest is design of interactive as humor. His programs include Wipersync, Groove Listening, environments that react to viewer’s movement and Creative Feedback, Relative Time Management and Identity actions, and engage in a conversation about the role Systems. Jamie O’Neil is an Assistant Professor at Digital Media of digital media in today’s society. Moskal is an Assistant Arts Program at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. Professor at Digital Media Arts Program at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY.

Nancy Weekly, Head of Collections, The Charles Cary Rumsey Curator, Burchfield-Penney Art Center

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Hilary Castle - 2nd violin A native of Mystic, Connecticut, Hilary began violin studies at the age of 7. She shared first prize in the Eastern3 Connecticut Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Victor Norman Concerto Competition in 1998. While Bartosz Smorâgiewicz - clarinet, flute, baritone & tenor in high school, Hilary was a member of the Boston saxophone Youth Symphony Orchestra which performed at Boston Bartosz W. Smorâgiewicz was born in ŽagaΩ, Poland. He Symphony Hall and in several major European cities graduated from Hochschule fuer Musik in Wuerzburg, during its 2000 summer tour. She earned a Bachelor of Germany in saxophone at Prof. Leszek Žâdło’s studio and in Music in violin performance at Boston University studying composition as a student of Prof. Chris Beier. As an acclaimed with Peter Zazofsky, and spent a semester in London saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist he has succesfuly performed at the Royal College of Music under the teachings of throughout Europe and United States. Itzak Rashkovsky and Jan Repko. While in London, she He composed a great amount of music in different styles performed with the RCM symphony orchestra under (classical, , pop, folk among others) and for different groups guest conductors Bernard Haitink and John Wilson. She of instruments, from pieces for cello solo to full orchestra. His has performed in orchestras and chamber ensembles at music was performed by the group Ensamble Nuages on national and international music festivals, including the Bayerisches Jazzweekend in Regensburg, Heilbronne Jazztage, Texas Music Festival in Houston, the Bowdoin International Wuerzburger Giterrentage, Django Festival in Burgthann, Music Festival in Maine and the Casalmaggiore Jazztage Gaggenau, Germany. He served as a composer- International Festival in Italy, where she appeared as in-residence for Wuerzburger Jazz Orchestra (Germany), Big soloist in a performance of “Spring” from Band of Academy of Music in PoznaΩ (Poland) and Big Band Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Ms. Castle completed her of University of Zielona Góra (Poland). He is also a winner of Master of Music degree at Mannes College in New York IV International Krzysztof Komeda Composition Competition City, studying with violinist Lucie Robert. Hilary is currently in Słupsk, Poland. While studying in Germany he was awarded pursuing a Professional Studies Degree at Mannes under a Leni Geisler Stiftung scholarship and Adam Mickiewicz Lucie Robert. Foundation. Currently he performs in New York as a freelance artist and participates in a legendary BMI Jazz Composers’ Workshop.

Leo Adamov - 1st violin Leo Adamov studied violin at the Rotterdam Conservatory. During his six years in the Netheralands he enjoyed an active career as a freelance orchestra musician with the Netherlands Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Opera, Radio Chamber Philharmonic, and other ensembles big and small. In 2006, after getting married Leo moved to New York with his wife. Since their move, Leo has been pursuing work as concertmaster of diverse ensembles, and finding new sounds with a string trio he formed. At home in many of the world’s greatest halls, such as Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, and Symphony Hall, Leo’s musical experiences range from conservatively classical to tours with Duncan Sheik and Jill Scott to work on Broadway, to improvisation.

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Luis Casal - viola Izabela Buchowska - cello Honorary academic advisor to the Alfredo Saint Malo Festival Izabela Buchowska, one of the polish most talented and vice president of the Sinfonia Concertante of Panama, cellists of young generation, received her first 3cello Luis Casal is one of Panama’s leading violinists and lesson at the age of twelve. After graduating from the violists. Known for his charisma, versatility, and musicality, he Academy of Music in Poznan, Poland (prof. S. Pokorski, as. has represented his country in events in Japan, England, T.Lisiecki), she was granted a prestigious scholarship from Paris, Italy, and the United States. As a chamber player he the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to keeps an active agenda performing regularly violin/piano or continue her studies in Germany. During her professional viola/piano recitals, duo recitals along with his brother cellist studies diploma at the Music Academy of Luebeck Isaac Casal, and trio recitals in partnership with the Latinum with prof. Ulf Tischbirek, she won the Musikhochschule Duet. Future solo commitments include performances in Luebeck’s Association prize. Since January 2008 she 2009 with the National Symphony of Panama. Mr. Casal has works with an acclaimed professor of cello Barbara Stein- degrees from New World School of the Arts, Carnegie Mellon Mallow at Mannes College of Music in New York. Among University, Indiana University, and Oklahoma University. While her teachers have been such musicians as Kazimierz living in Laredo, Texas, he held the position of principal violist Michalik, Lynn Harrel, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, James Tocco, of the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra, violist of the Laredo Ulf Tischbirek, Grzegorz KurzyΩski and Andrzej Bauer.In String Quartet, and violin and viola instructor of the Laredo 2007 in Poland. she was awarded the prize Talent of the Community College. Mr. Casal’s discography includes Year 2007 in the category of the antique muse Euterpe, the cd Música de Cámara Folclórica Panameña Rotary Club scholarship, Warsaw Adam Mickiewicz’s (Panamanian Folk Chamber Music) released in 2002, and Institut and City of Olsztyn scholarships. Luis Casal: Homage to Panama released on January 2007 by She’s cooperated with many orchestras, among Earthcds Partners. others: Schlezwig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Warmia and Masuria Philharmonic Orchestra, Poznan Opera Orchestra, Ensemble du Monde. Contemporary music is her greatest field of interest and makes up a large part of the music she plays, numerous pieces were dedicated to her. As a soloist and chamber musician, Izabela Buchowska has performed throughout Europe.

16 | X International Chopin & Friends Festival X International Chopin & Friends Festival 17 My Landscapes in Photographs Janusz Skowron Beyond the Frame, Artur Skowron Jazz Concert by Santi Debriano Group event Opening and Reception: Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 6PM Concert 7PM - 8:15PM Where: Polish Slavic Center 177 Kent Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11222 4

Arthur Skowron Print 2008

Arthur Skowron is a Polish-American artist living in NYC. He studied at New York’s High School of Art & Design, graduating as valedictorian of art. He has received a B.A. in fine arts from Queens College. Arthur has displayed his work in nine solo exhibits and over three dozen Water group shows. He holds several art awards, including Janusz Skowron 2008 the Alexander Medal, the Ralph Sansone Scholarship, and the PSC Scholarship. His work has been published Janusz Skowron was born in Poland where he studied Fine in Utopia Pkwy., Magazine Art, and Super Express USA, Arts at University UMCS in Lublin and received a Master Degree amongst others. Arthur is a member of the Emotionalism in Lithography in 1983 from Professor D. Kolwzan- Nowicka. In Art Group. He does painting, printmaking, and black & 1978 he co-founded the “KONT Gallery” and in 2006 SHTOOKA white photography. Gallery. Since 1989 Janusz has been living and working in New York City. He is a member of “Emotionalism Art Group” “… his work stands out with daring expression. (from 1999), “The Polish Artists Association”, “The Polish Institute His sense of color is outstanding, and his of Arts & Sciences of America” (PIASA), and “New Century drawing technique could easily be the envy of Artists”. He took part in more than a hundred exhibitions, many artists.” - Lubomir Tomaszewski displaying his works in Poland, Hungary, USA, South Korea, China, France, Denmark and Germany. Janusz does painting, Arthur puts an accomplished realist technique, drawing and graphic arts. Since 2001 his illustrations have enlivened by an unusual textural richness, been published by the New York magazine Kurier Plus. ”. He to the service of a deeply private vision… a was curator of several exhibitions and promoter of Polish Art cinematic sense of narrative with a succulent in America. painterliness. -Jeannie McCormack, Gallery and Studio 2005 “Photography for me is a spontaneous registration of a „micro-landscape”. A fascinating snapshot of “Beyond the Frame: nature with a camera lens. They are photo-sketches In my recent series of large-scale paintings of nature, which I find with delight beyond the four and prints I explore the expressive & physical walls of my painting studio” –Janusz Skowron, qualities of the act of painting and printmaking. 2008 Through their large-size, dynamic compositions, organic subject matter, symbolic undertone, and rich application of paint, I tried to create a tension that goes beyond the frame, giving the works a loud, physical presence where they become a part of the viewer’s space.”

18 | X International Chopin & Friends Festival X International Chopin & Friends Festival 19 Santi Debriano Jazz Group The son of a renowned Panamanian composer, Santi Debriano is one of the busiest jazz bassists in the New York area. In addition to leading his own bands, including the multi-ethnic jazz ensemble Circlechant, Debriano has been a member event of the Trio, the Group, the Group, the Band, the Quintet, the Group, and the Quartet. As a sideman, Debriano has performed with Chucho Valdés, , , , and .

Raised in the United States from the age of four, Debriano played guitar and bass by the age of nine. After studying composition at Union College in New York and bass violin at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, he continued his studies at , where he earned a master’s degree in music, with an emphasis on 4 ethnomusicology and world music. A member of the Archie Shepp Quartet in the late ‘70s, he was featured on four albums and appeared in the documentary film Imagine the Sound. Moving to Paris, Debriano spent three years with the Trio. Upon his return to the United States, he quickly made his presence felt on the jazz scene in New York.

As a bandleader, Debriano has presented his music in a variety of contexts. He led a two-bass quintet and a trio during the late ‘80s and played Latin music as a member of Santi Debriano the Panamaniacs. He leads Circlechant, a culturally diverse group that includes Brazilian pianist , former Living Colour and Mos Def drummer , and tenor saxophonist Abraham Burton.

In 2006, Debriano wrote and arranged the music for the French documentary film Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out by Marc Huraux. The score features his acoustic bass trio, Castle Magic, playing arrangements of songs by Jimi Hendrix.

Debriano has been equally influential as a music teacher. As the music director for the performing arts program at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, NJ, he placed an emphasis on African, Afro-Caribbean, Latin American, and African-American music. He received a jazz educator award from New York University in 2001. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide

20 | X International Chopin & Friends Festival X International Chopin & Friends Festival 21 Ferdy Tumakaka, Piano featuring Ferdiko Piano Duo (Noriko Suzuki & Ferdy Tumakaka)

When: Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 8PM event Where: Consulate General of the Republic of Poland 233 Madison Avenue (37 Street) New York, NY 1001

Admission: FREE, Suggested donation of $20. Reservations are required, please call: (646)344-0094.

Program: Franz Schubert, Sonata in A Major, Op. 120, D. 664 I. Allegro moderato 5 II. Andante III. Allegro Frederic Chopin, Nocturne No. 13 in c minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Frederic Chopin: Mazurka in C Major, Op. Posth. 67 No. 3 Mazurka in a minor, Op. 17 No. 4 Mazurka in c-sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 4 Frederic Chopin, Bolero, Op. 19 ~intermission~ Samuel Barber, Souvenirs, Op. 28 Ferdy Tumakaka 1. Waltz 2. Scottische Ferdy Tumakaka made his debut at 17 as the First Prize 3. Pas de deux Winner of the 2001 Jakarta Piano Competition, has performed as a soloist on three continents, and is the 4. Two-Step recipient of numerous awards including the 2002 Golden 5. Hesitation-Tango Willem Pijper Prize. He has served as music director and 6. Galop arranger for musical productions in both his native Ferdiko Piano Duo Jakarta and New York, and is currently music director Noriko Suzuki & Ferdy Tumakaka, piano and co-arranger of a new musical in development at Francis Poulenc, Three Novelettes the Workshop Theatre Company in New York. In 2005, he No. 1 in C Major: Modere sans lenteur was appointed Music Director for the New York Theatre No. 2 in b-flat minor: Tres rapide et rythme Ballet. Mr. Tumakaka is a Manhattan School of Music alumnus where he studied with Donn-Alexandre Feder. No. 3 in e minor (Sur un theme de Manuel de Falla ‘El Amor Brujo’): Andantino Tranquillo Alberto Ginastera, Suite de danzas criollas, Op. 15 I. Adagietto pianissimo II. Allegro rustico III Allegretto cantabile IV. Calmo e poetico V. Scherzando

22 | X International Chopin & Friends Festival X International Chopin & Friends Festival 23 Gala Concert! Extraordinary Performance by Lidia Kaminska, Virtuoso Accordionist

When: event Friday, November 14, 2008, Friday 8PM

Where: Consulate General of the Republic of Poland 233 Madison Avenue (37 Street) New York, NY 1001

Admission: FREE, Suggested donation of $20. Reservations are required, please call: (646)344-0094.

Lidia Kaminska A winner of Astral Artists’ 2007 National Auditions, accordionist 6 Lidia Kaminska has performed extensively in both the U.S. and Europe. Astral presents her in recital in its 2008-2009 concert season. Ms. Kaminska’s chamber music, concerto, and solo performances explore the complex and expressive range of the accordion as a classical instrument, and her repertoire includes a broad range of classical, contemporary, and avant-garde music. She conceived her first album, Breaking Boundaries, as part of her mission to change the perception of the accordion from parlor entertainment to a serious classical instrument; Philadelphia Magazine claims “she transforms the accordion into a massive force – more Lidia Kaminska pipe organ than squeezebox – and burns through [classical repertoire] with virtuosic speed and technique.” Symphony in C recently featured Ms. Kaminska in a sold- out performance, as soloist in Piazzolla’s Aconcagua Ms. Kaminska began playing the accordion at the age concerto for bandoneón; she returns to Symphony of eight. By eleven she was competing in international in C this season. She has also been a featured soloist competitions in Bulgaria and Germany, and just a year later with the Kielce Philharmonic Orchestra of Poland, the gave solo performances in Holland, Austria, and Germany, as Strings of Lodz, the Concord Chamber Orchestra, the well as in her native Poland. Upon receiving a Master’s degree North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, and the Kansas from the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, she came to City Chamber Orchestra. She has also been presented the U.S. to study at the University of Missouri/Kansas City; at 25 at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. she became the first (and only) person in the U.S. to receive a Philadelphia Magazine featured her in its 2006 “Best of Doctorate in Accordion Performance. Philly” issue, and her interview with Marty Moss-Coane was recently broadcast on WHYY and NPR. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, Ms. Kaminska received First Prize in the 2002 Accordion Teachers Guild Spring 2007 marked Ms. Kaminska’s bandoneón debut, International Competition in Orlando, Florida, and recently at New York’s Lincoln Center. Upcoming performances received the Special Prize in NewYork City’s InternationalTango include an appearance with the Brooklyn Friends of Music Competition, with the Argentine tango ensemble Tango Chamber Music, and the Piazzolla Aconcagua concerto Lorca. She has researched and performed the works of Astor with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra under David Piazzolla extensively. Also possessing a special interest in new Amado, in October 2008. music, Ms. Kaminska has premièred works by Julia Alford Fowler and Paul Rudy, and has appeared with the contemporary music ensembles New Ear and Musica Nova. She has also performed with both the Owen/Cox Dance Group and at the world première of BalletX; she went on to collaborate with Mathew Neenan of BalletX, and with dancer/choreographer Jorge Laico, for Pennsylvania Dance Theatre.

24 | X International Chopin & Friends Festival X International Chopin & Friends Festival 25 Faune Dance Troupe Presents IV JAPAN ARTS MATSURI / JAM 2008 The Festival of Japanese Artists in New York event Co-presented by New York Dance & Arts Innovations, American Dream Club Supported by The Consulate General of Japan in New York, Asian Society of Arts, and Dokoudovsky New York Conservatory of Dance. Japan Arts Matsuri - Jam 2008 When: November 15th, 2008 (Sat) , 6:00 PM (door opens at 5:00 PM) November 16th, 2008 (Sun) , 3:00 PM (door opens at 2:00 PM)

Where: Polish Slavic Center 177 Kent Street (b/w Manhattan Ave & McGuinness Blvd) Brooklyn, NY 11222 7

Tickets: general admission / $25 advanced admission or reservation / $20 www.smarttix.com / www.faunedance.com Tel: (917) 689-1899 e-mail: [email protected]

Description: Japan Arts Matsuri is a Japanese performing arts festival that we are proud to present again in the Fall of 2008 in collaboration with Faune Dance Troupe, the main producer of this event and many other Japanese organizations and artists who make this event a true success every year. The goal of Japan Arts Matsuri is to support the Japanese art, culture and tradition through live performances and exhibitions. It brings together Japanese artists who come from various backgrounds and live through various experiences in NYC, in a festive spirit that radiates across cultures.

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