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

Honorary Patrons:Bogdan ZdrojewskiMinister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland

Frank J.SpulaPresident of the Polish American Congress

The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland

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Retrospective Of Illustration 1984 - 2008M. C. Zacharow

Women in paintings inspired by Andre Zarre poems

Paintings byIsmena Halkiewiczs

Digital Currents - Mariusz Dbrowski, Ben

Dunkle, Jamie ONeil, Bartosz SmoragiewiczQuintet and Przemyslaw Moskal

My Landscapes In Photographs,Janusz SkowronBeyond The Frame,Artur SkowronJazz Concert By Santi Debriano Group

Ferdy Tumakaka, Piano

Gala Concert!Extraordinary Performance By Lidia KaminskaVirtuoso Accordionist

Faune Dance Troupe Presents

IV Japan Arts Matsuri / Jam 2008The Festival Of Japanese Artists In New York

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

The International Chopin & Friends Festival in New York

showcases innovative artists who emulate Chopin in uniting

the traditional and the modern, the young and the mature,

the national and the universal, and all the art forms. New York

Dance & Arts Innovations, Inc. (NYDAI) is the founding sponsor

of this popular fall celebration

Board of directors:Marian Zak, President and Artistic Director

Suzanne K. Walther, Ph.D., Vice-President

Arri Sendzimir, Vice-President

Przemyslaw Moskal, Vice-President

Eric Walther, Ph.D., Treasurer

Anna Zak, Secretary

Agnieszka Zak-Moskal, Executive Director

Waldemar Piasecki, Media & Communications Director

Brian Manning, Graphic Design

Ismena Halkiewicz, Cover Artwork

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Honorary Patrons:

Bogdan Zdrojewski,,Minister of Culture and National Heritage

of the Republic of Poland

Frank J. Spula, President of the Polish American Congress

Institutional Patron


Chairwoman of the Honorary Committee

Ms. Arri Sendzimir

Members of the Honorary Committee(in alphabetical order)

Elzbieta Baumgartner Writer/Publisher, New York

Dr. Wojciech Biaasiewicz, - Editor-in-Chief, Dziennik Zwizkowy,

Chicago

Hon. Marek Borowski- Deputy to the Parliament of the Republic

of Poland, Chairman Committee on Liaison with Poles Abroad

Prof. dr. Stanisaw Burzyski- President, S.R. Burzyski Research

Institute, Houston

Sen. Martin Malave Dilan New York State Senator

Jerzy Domaski - President, Journalist Association of the

Republic of Poland

Monika Fabijaska Director, Polish Cultural Institute, New York

Boena Kamiska - President, Polish & Slavic Center, New York;Vice President, Polish American Congress

Andrzej Kamiski, Esq. - Lawyer, National Director, Polish

American Congress

Dr. Czesaw Karkowski- Editor-in-Chief, Nowy Dziennik, New York

Frank J SpulaPresident of the Polish

American Congress

Bogdon ZdrojewskiMinister of Culture andNational Heritage of theRepublic of Poland

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Krzysztof W. Kasprzyk Consul General of the Republic

of Poland in New York

Zofia Kopotowska- Editor-in-Chief, Kurier Plus, New York

Israel Krakowski - American Society for Yad Vashem,

Nowy Jork

Hon. Robert Kupiecki, Ambassador of the Republic ofPoland in Washington D.C.

Hon. Krzysztof Lisek - Deputy to the Parliament of

the Republic of Poland, Chairman Foreign Affairs

Committee

Romuald Magda,Esq. - President, Pulaski Association

of Business and Professional Men, New York

Jerzy Myssura President, Myssura Trading Company

Marek Ostasz Jewelry Artist, President, The Ostasz Studio

of Fifth Avenue, New York

Kazimierz Paweek President, Jan Karski Society,

Senator of Poland (5th Term), Warsaw

Prof. dr. Marek Piekowski President, Allergic Diseases

Asthma & Immunology Clinic, Knoxville

Aneta Radziejowska- Journalist, New York

Lady Blanka Rosenstiel - Honorary Consul of the

Republic of Poland, Miami, President of the American

Institute of Polish Culture

Marek Rygielski Publisher, Super Express New York

Malina Stadnik Publisher & President, Nowy Dziennik,

New York

Mirosaw Taras- President, Wgiel Lubelski Corporation

Hon. Andrzej Towpik - Ambassador of the Republic of

Poland to the United Nations, New York

Eli Zborowski Chairman, International Society for Yad

Vashem, New York, Vice President, World Federation of

Polish Jews

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RETROSPECTIVE OF ILLUSTRATION1984 - 2008M. C. ZACHAROW

Opening reception:

Thursday, November 6, 2008, 7-9PM

Regular hours:

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

Where:

Artes Gallery333 West 38th Street (between 8&9 Ave.)Nowy DziennikNew York, NY 1OO18Tel. 212. 594.2386

Admission: FREE

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.

He has been a lecturer in painting at The Cooper UnionContinuing Education since 1997 and an instructor in

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 artists solo exhibitions were held in Krakow (1976, 1977,

1978, 2000), Chicago (2000) and New York (10 shows since

1983). Zacharow participated in numerous group exhibitionsin 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.

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1Maze, 2008,Acrylic On Board, 11 1/2 X 8Portfolio

Creation, 1999,

Acrylic On Canvas, 8 X 6Client: Venture Capital


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

Regular hours:

Monday-Friday, November 7 - November 21, 2008, 10AM - 5PM

Where:Kurier Plus Gallery145 Java StreetBrooklyn, NY 11222Tel. (718) 389 3018

Admission: FREE

Biography:

Ismena Halkiewiczwas born in Poland and is a graduate of 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 anextensive 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 held 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 works with all

kinds of faux finishing techniques including glazing, stipping,

dragging, Venetian plastering, sponging, Distressed Wood

Finish, and more. She paints realistic and stylized portraitsto 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 truthabout oneself, although it may be painful, one mustovercome self-consciousness to expose the innermostself, for that is the price authenticity demands. I aman artist and was born to paint.

Women in paintingsinspired by Andre Zarre poemsPaintingsby Ismena Halkiewicz

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2Chopin In Carnegie HallOil On Canvas30" X 40

Times Square At NightOil On Canvas30" X 40

U.S.CzstochowaOil On Canvas30" X 40


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DigitalCurrentsMultimedia Group Exhibition: Mariusz Dbrowski, BenDunkle, Jamie ONeil, Bartosz Smoragiewicz Quintet and

Przemyslaw Moskal

Opening Reception:Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 7:30 PM

Where:New Dance Group305 West 38th Street (at Eighth Ave)New York, NY 10018Phone: 212.904.1990

Admission: FREE

Icons intersect image and text. We read icons the same

way we read words; we glance at them quickly in order to

understand their meaning, and then we move on to complete

our task. We often weigh their effectiveness, perhaps when

walking into the wrong restroom or accidentally closing acomputer window.

Bad icons confuse usthey misrepresent their meaning

and lead us away from our expectations. Sometimes this is

because the concept is one that is difficult to convey visually,

such as the word exit. The meaning of the icon may be

ambiguous; e.g., it may represent a mailbox, but intend to

mean simply any communication.

Good icons are clear, low-resolution, low-memory, low-

detail blips. They lead us to expected outcomes. Icons may

be beautifully designed, but a beautiful design does not

necessarily guarantee effectiveness. On the contrary, if an

icon is to convey meaning as efficiently as possible, ornament

and eye-candy can be harmful.

As a graphic designer, I produce computer icons for

numerous projects. My process when making them is largelyguided by the limitations of the projectmainly, what digital

environment the icons will be seen in and who will use the

icons. As a result, the icons I make range from minimally simple

to colorful and complex, but always have one purposeto

communicate a universal and ubiquitous concept as clearly

and directly as possible.

Furthermore, I am constantly aware of the potential forextraneous information to interfere with the directness of

my image. In the case of computer icons, I am dealing with

minutia. Each pixel in the image is considered. Questions

abound. Is anti-aliasing necessary or even possible? Should

the hue, saturation, or brightness be adjusted? Will a vector

path improve the recognition of a 7 pixel by 7 pixel area of

the icon, where the letter W must be recognizable?

To an artist, this would seem too stifling an area to enter.Why, then, obsess over these tiny things? Where is the beauty

in such a mundane, technically crippled medium? I see

opportunity in technical restriction. Its what drew me to

printmaking when I first tried it in college. The limitations are

Articon by Ben Dunkle

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38X8X1Digital Print 2008Ben Dunkle


actually focal points, guiding my approach and keeping

me from imposing chaos onto the surface.

Another part of the answer has to do with my love of

words and language. I love the connection between a

specific word and the icon it serves. We have conventions,

of coursestop is a red octagon, home is a house. But

every once in a while, a new word emerges that must

be iconified. An image must be chosen that optimally

encapsulates the word. This process fascinates me, as I

have discovered it is amazingly similar to the process of

my work.

An intriguing participant in all these effortsthe threadthat connects the conscious and visible imageis the

label. When designing icons, we often add labels to

them that supplement their meaning and bind their

interpretation to a specific concept. But these labels

can also be misleadingin the most obvious scenario,

the viewer does not speak the same language as the

designer.

The process of assigning a label to an icon is one we

rarely consider. Normally, labels are the starting point

in forming a mental image and constructing an icon

to realize the idea. There is beauty in reversing that

process; starting with an image and choosing a label.

Scrutinizing the image, we explore an enormous set of

possible labels. Memory and nostalgia play a part in

selecting a label that makes sense. We are presentedwith the image of a house. I envision it as a house I visited

on the Atlantic coast in 1980; you recall a relatives house

where you broke your arm. We assign different labels, or

maybe we both call it home and leave it at that, but we

have both experienced that beautiful process.

This is similar to the way I construct imagery in my fine

art, which is largely guided by my memories of eventsand places in my life. I call up a word from my memory,

conceptualize the image of what I want to create, and

transfer my image from conscious to surface. I evaluate

each line and shape for its directness, its clarity of

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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 istransformed from the imagined to the visible. We usewords as a way of circumventing the difficulty thispresents for those who are bad at drawing, and asa way to quickly and seamlessly transfer conceptionsfrom one brain to another without embellishment.

8x8x1 is a way confronting the viewer with theproblems of visually symbolizing abstract concepts.

As an icon designer, Ive spent countless hours plotting grids

that are governed by parameters of varying constraint; e.g.,

width, height, bit-depth, operating system, user demographic,

and most notably, resistance to being visualized, or

imageability. The goal is always the same; i.e., what is

the most efficient way to transfer the concept to the target

audience under the given parameters? And the parameters

can be hopelessly oppressivea 16 pixel octopus, an 8 pixel

clock, the debate over whether to use a mailbox or an

envelope to symbolize mail, and how to plot the concept of

Exit all come to mind.

I measure an icons effectiveness by the amount of time

spent by the user in interpreting the icon. One bad pixelcan diminish an icons 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.

connection to the conscious image. If its insufficient or

ineffective, its erased and redrawn, often yielding imagerythat appears to emerge from a ghostlike environment.

Essentially, I am attempting to resolve a polarity of the

two states of image making; purpose-driven practicality

vs. reflective meditation. I want the attention to detail that

I apply to icon design to influence my tendency toward

looseness in my fine art. Conversely, I want the immediacy

of my fine art to yield deeper connections to mental images

in my icon design. More than anything, I seek to share theseconnections with the viewer.

We see icons everywhere, in both our physical and our vir tual

environments. They take on the task of communicating ideas

in our increasingly globalized world, where words meet barriers

in language and culture. Its as though a new language is

emerging, expressed in icons that are as universal as possible,

in 8x8x1, and in future projects that investigate the possibilitiesthat lie within the intersection of image and language.

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3Mariusz Dbrowski,Ph.D.Mariusz Dbrowski graduated with distinctions from

the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Poland where he

studied painting with professor Stanislaw Wieczorek,professor Walter Karling, professor Tadeusz Dominik and

professor Zbigniew Gostomski. In 2005 he received Ph.D

from Leon Schiller Film Academy in Lodz, Poland. He is

a Chair of Photography Institute, Graphics Department,

Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and an author of

numerous exhibition and events, among others: Warsaw

Biennale of Media Art, Warsaw Art Photography Festival,Spokojna Media Art Gallery at Warsaw Academy of

Fine Arts; 2005-2007 Photo Open Air Workshop in Sousse,

North Africa; Photo Workshop in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland

and over a dozen of young artists exhibitions in Poland

and abroad. He is an Editor-in-Chief of Media Art/

Sztuka Mediow magazine.


"Two Pictures by Mariusz Dbrowski

Glass of WineVideo Art

TV SetVideo Art

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Four Mad Humours: Remote Dance Project

Choreographer: Gerry TrenthamVideo Designer: Jamie ONeil

Four Mad Humours: Remote Dance Project

Gerry Trenthamhas choreographed a dance quartet that

takes place, as four solo performances, in four different

locations that are connected together via real-time video

streams and the Internet. The four dancers represent each

of the four humours / temperaments / elements / cognitive

types (dating back to antiquity). Each of the dancers hasa distinct physical and vocal characterization. Although

this is dance, it is common in contemporary dance for

the dancers to speak, sing or make sound in addition to

performing choreographed movements. The live feeds

are mixed in real-time with pre-recorded footage. As the

project has advanced, the idea of creating a touring video

installation has been developed, allowing audiences toexperience the project in non-theatrical settings as well as

conventional performance spaces.

Gerry TrenthamChoreographer: Four Mad Humours: Remote Dance Project

Gerry Trenthamhas performed extensively throughout North

America and Europe. He has danced the works of many of

Canadas most prominent contemporary choreographers

including Jean-Pierre Perreault, David Earle, Bill James,Claudia Moore, Tom Stroud as well as a seven-year tenure

with Serge Bennathans Dancemakers. Mr. Trenthams

choreography has developed over the last two decades to

include over 30 works for the stage including two epic works.

Jamie ONeilVideo Designer: Four Mad Humours: Remote Dance Project

Jamie ONeil is a video/multimedia designer andperformance artist. He is Assistant Professor of Digital

Media Arts at Canisius College. He has collaborated with

Gerry Trentham since 2001, designing video graphics for

performances. In his solo artistic projects, ONeil performs

under the pseudonym of Kurt Weibers as the spokesman for a

fictional company he created called Global Point Strategies.

He offers videos, audio programs and seminars that mimic

similar offerings in the commercial world, only ONeilsare cleverly devised parodies that confront the principles

of marketplace manipulation. His solo videos have been

screened in numerous festivals internationally, and locally, at

venues such as the Rooftop Films festival in Brooklyn.

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"Reflections: Suite of Light", a multimedia performance by

Bartosz Smoragiewicz Quintet and Przemyslaw Moskal.Bartosz Smorgiewiczwas commissioned to compose

music to honor the 10th Anniversary of the International

Chopin & Friends Festival by the president of New York

Dance & Arts Innovation, Mr. Marian Zak. The suite recalls

color not only in a sense of perceiving it as a stimulant

of impressions, but also as its symbolic sense; color

participating and significant in culture. Color, whichwhispers screaming about its own history. Przemyslaw

Moskal designed an interactive environment that

transforms physical into virtual, music into color,

and movement into image. The generated image

continuously reinvents itself according to participants

movement creating an ephemeral space of light.

1. White Crossing Over With Possibilities2. Blue Becoming Pink

3. Silver-Green

4. Fiery

5. Dark Azure

6. Yellow Sparkling With Gold

Bartosz Smorgiewicz - clarinet, flute, baritone & tenor

saxophone

Bartosz W. Smorgiewicz was born in aga, Poland. He

graduated from Hochschule fuer Musik in Wuerzburg,

Germany in saxophone at Prof. Leszek dos studio

and in composition as a student of Prof. Chris Beier. As

an acclaimed saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist he has

succesfuly performed throughout Europe and United

States.

He composed a great amount of music in differentstyles (classical, jazz, pop, folk among others) and for

different groups of instruments, from pieces for cello solo

to full orchestra. His music was performed by the group

Ensamble Nuages on Bayerisches Jazzweekend incontinues

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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 Yorkwith 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 worlds

greatest halls, such as Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw,

and Symphony Hall, Leos musical experiences range from

conservatively classical to tours with Duncan Sheik and Jill

Scott to work on Broadway, to improvisation.

Luis Casal - viola

Regensburg, Heilbronne Jazztage, Wuerzburger Giterrentage,

Django Festival in Burgthann, Jazztage Gaggenau, Germany.He served as a composer-in-residence for Wuerzburger Jazz

Orchestra (Germany), Big Band of Academy of Music in

Pozna (Poland) and Big Band of University of Zielona Gra

(Poland). He is also a winner of the IV International Krzysztof

Komeda Composition Competition in Supsk, Poland. While

studying in Germany he was awarded a Leni Geisler Stiftung

scholarship and Adam Mickiewicz Foundation. Currently he

performs in New York as a freelance artist and participates ina legendary BMI Jazz Composers Workshop.

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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 Eastern

Connecticut Symphony Youth Orchestras Victor NormanConcerto Competition in 1998. While in high school,

Hilary was a member of the Boston Youth Symphony

Orchestra which performed at Boston Symphony Hall

and in several major European cities during its 2000

summer tour. She earned a Bachelor of Music in violin

performance at Boston University studying with Peter

Zazofsky, and spent a semester in London at the Royal

College of Music under the teachings of Itzak Rashkovskyand Jan Repko. While in London, she performed with

the RCM symphony orchestra under guest conductors

Bernard Haitink and John Wilson. She has performed in

orchestras and chamber ensembles at national and

international music festivals, including the Texas Music

Festival in Houston, the Bowdoin International Music

Festival in Maine and the Casalmaggiore InternationalFestival in Italy, where she appeared as soloist in a

performance of Spring from Vivaldis Four Seasons.

Ms. Castle completed her Master of Music degree at

Mannes College in New York City, studying with violinist

Lucie Robert. Hilary is currently pursuing a Professional

Studies Degree at Mannes under Lucie Robert.

Luis Casal - viola

Honorary academic advisor to the Alfredo Saint Malo

Festival and vice president of the Sinfonia Concertante

of Panama, Luis Casal is one of Panamas leading

violinists and violists. Known for his charisma, versatility,

and musicality, he has represented his country in eventsin Japan, England, Paris, Italy, and the United States.

As a chamber player he keeps an active agenda

performing regularly violin/piano or viola/piano recitals,

duo recitals along with his brother cellist Isaac Casal,

and trio recitals in partnership with the Latinum Duet.

Future solo commitments include performances in 2009

with the National Symphony of Panama. Mr. Casal has

degrees from New World School of the Arts, Carnegie

Mellon University, Indiana University, and Oklahoma

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Izabela Buchowska - cello

Izabela Buchowski, one of Polands most talented young

cellists, received her first cello lesson at the age of twelve.

After graduating from the Academy of Music in Poznan,

Poland (prof. S. Pokorski, as. T.Lisiecki), she was granted

a prestigious scholarship from the German Academic

Exchange Service (DAAD) to continue her studies in

Germany. During her professional studies diploma at theMusic Academy of Luebeck with prof. Ulf Tischbirek, she won

the Musikhochschule Luebecks Association prize. Since

January 2008 she works with an acclaimed professor of

cello Barbara Stein-Mallow at Mannes College of Music in

New York. Among her teachers have been such musicians

as Kazimierz Michalik, Lynn Harrel, Pierre-Laurent Aimard,

James Tocco, Ulf Tischbirek, Grzegorz Kurzyski and Andrzej

Bauer.In 2007 in Poland. She was awarded the prize Talent of

the Year 2007 in the category of the antique muse Euterpe,

Rotary Club scholarship, Warsaw Adam Mickiewiczs Institute

and City of Olsztyn scholarships.

She has performed with many orchestras, among others:

Schlezwig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Warmia and Masuria

Philharmonic Orchestra, Poznan Opera Orchestra, Ensemble

du Monde. Contemporary music is her greatest field ofinterest 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.

University. While living in Laredo, Texas, he held the position ofprincipal violist of the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra, violist

of the Laredo String Quartet, and violin and viola instructor

of the Laredo Community College. Mr. Casals discography

includes the cd Msica de Cmara Folclrica Panamea

(Panamanian Folk Chamber Music) released in 2002, and

Luis Casal: Homage to Panama released on January 2007 by

Earthcds Partners.

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Przemyslaw Moskal

Born and raised in Poland, Przemyslaw Moskal has

resided in the U.S. since 1990. In 2003 he graduated

with a Master of Professional Studies degree from Tisch

School of the Arts, New York University and began his

career as new media artist and consultant for a variety

of non-profit and commercial projects.

His interactive, digital art works, which are both screen

based and installations have been recognized and

exhibited at: Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, New York, U.S;

Cit des Sciences et de lIndustrie, Paris, France;

Cornerhouse Gallery in Manchester, U.K.; Consulate

General of the Republic of Poland, New York, U.S.;

Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, U.S.; Thailand New

Media Art Festival, Bangkok, Thailand; WEB3D ArtConsortium, Monterey, U.S.; Zacheta National Gallery

of Art, Warsaw, Poland; SIGGRAPH 2004 Gallery, Los

Angeles., U.S.; Hypersonica 2004, Sao Paulo, Brazil; AXA

Gallery, New York, U.S; Conservatoire dArt et dHistoire,

Annecy, France; Media Art Biennale, Warsaw, Poland;

Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland; Warsaw

Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland; among others.

Moskal received grants from New York State Council

on the Arts and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council for

his project Virtual and Real: K-Dron and Light. In 2004 he

participated in the New New Yorkers Festival in Warsaw,

Poland during which he presented his interactive

art works at the Zacheta National Gallery of Art in an

exhibition sponsored by the American Embassy in

Warsaw and co-organized with the Warsaw ElectronicFestival.

From 2005-08 Moskal was an adjunct faculty at East

Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania at the Department

of Media Communication and Technology. Currently, he

holds a position of Assistant Professor in the Digital Media

Arts Program at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY.

Reflections: Painting With PixelsPrzemyslaw MoskalInteractive Installation, 2008

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My Landscapes in PhotographsJanusz SkowronBeyond the Frame, Artur SkowronJazz Concert bySanti Debriano Group

Opening and Reception:Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 6PMConcert 7PM - 8:15PM

Where:

Polish Slavic Center177 Kent Ave.Brooklyn, NY 11222

WaterJanusz Skowron 2008

Janusz Skowronwas born in Poland where he studied FineArts at University UMCS in Lublin and received a Masters

Degree in Lithography in 1983 from Professor D. Kolwzan -

Nowicka. In 1978 he co-founded the KONT Gallery and in

2006 SHTOOKA Gallery. Since 1989 Janusz has been living

and working in New York City. He is a member ofEmotionalism

Art Group (from 1999), The Polish Artists Association, The

Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (PIASA), and

New Century Artists. He took part in more than a hundred

exhibitions, displaying his works in Poland, Hungary, USA, South

Korea, China, France, Denmark and Germany. Janusz does

painting, drawing and graphic arts. Since 2001 his illustrations

have been published by the New York magazine Kurier Plus.

He was curator of several exhibitions and promoter of Polish

Art in America.

Photography for me is a spontaneous registrationof a micro-landscape. A fascinating snapshot ofnature with a camera lens. They are photo-sketchesof nature, which I find with delight beyond the fourwalls of my painting studio Janusz Skowron,2008

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4Arthur SkowronPrint 2008

Arthur Skowronis a Polish-American artist living in NYC.He studied at New Yorks 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

group shows. He holds several art awards, including

the Alexander Medal, the Ralph Sansone Scholarship,

and the PSC Scholarship. His work has been published

in Utopia Pkwy., Magazine Art, and Super Express USA,

amongst others. Arthur is a member of the Emotionalism

Art Group. He does painting, printmaking, and black &

white photography.

his work stands out with daring expression.His sense of color is outstanding, and his

drawing technique could easily be the envy ofmany artists. - Lubomir Tomaszewski

Arthur puts an accomplished realist technique,enlivened by an unusual textural richness,to the service of a deeply private vision acinematic sense of narrative with a succulentpainterliness. - Jeannie McCormack, Gallery

and Studio 2005Beyond the Frame:

In my recent series of large-scale paintingsand prints I explore the expressive & physicalqualities of the act of painting and printmaking.Through their large-size, dynamic compositions,organic subject matter, symbolic undertone,

and rich application of paint, I tried to createa tension that goes beyond the frame, givingthe works a loud, physical presence where theybecome a part of the viewers space.


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Santi Debriano Jazz Group

The son of a renowned Panamanian composer, SantiDebriano 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 of the Don Pullen Trio, the Pharoah Sanders

Group, the Sonny Fortune Group, the Billy Hart Band, the

Louis Hayes Quintet, the Larry Coryell Group, and the Archie

Shepp Quartet. As a sideman, Debriano has performed with

Chucho Valds, Hank Jones, Cecil Taylor, Randy Weston, andFreddie Hubbard.

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 Wesleyan University, where heearned a masters degree in music, with an emphasis on

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 Sam Rivers 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

the Panamaniacs. He leads Circlechant, a culturally diverse

group that includes Brazilian pianist Helio Alves, former

Living Colour and Mos Def drummer Will Calhoun, 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

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Ferdy Tumakaka,Pianofeaturing Ferdiko Piano Duo (Noriko Suzuki & Ferdy Tumakaka)

When:Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 8PM

Where:Consulate General of the Republic of Poland233 Madison Avenue (37 Street)

New York, NY 10016

Admission: FREE

Reservations are required,

email: [email protected]

please call: (646)237-2112, (646)237-2114

Program:Franz Schubert,Sonata in A Major,Op.120,D.664

Allegro moderatoI.

AndanteII.

AllegroIII.

Frederic Chopin,Nocturne No.13 in c minor,Op.48 No.1

Frederic Chopin:

Mazurka in C Major, Op. Posth. 67 No. 3Mazurka 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

Waltz1.

Scottische2.

Pas de deux3.

Two-Step4.

Hesitation-Tango5.

Galop6.

Ferdiko Piano Duo

Noriko Suzuki & Ferdy Tumakaka, piano

Francis Poulenc,Three Novelettes

No. 1 in C Major: Modere sans lenteur

No. 2 in b-flat minor: Tres rapide et rythme

No. 3 in e minor (Sur un theme de Manuel de Falla El AmorBrujo): Andantino Tranquillo

Alberto Ginastera,Suite de danzas criollas,Op.15

I. Adagietto pianissimoII. Allegro rusticoIII Allegretto cantabileIV. Calmo e poeticoV. Scherzando

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Ferdy Tumakaka

Ferdy Tumakakamade his debut at 17 as the First Prize

Winner of the 2001 Jakarta Piano Competition, has

performed as a soloist on three continents, and is the

recipient of numerous awards including the 2002 GoldenWillem Pijper Prize. He has served as music director and

arranger for musical productions in both his native

Jakarta and New York, and is currently music director

and co-arranger of a new musical in development at

the Workshop Theatre Company in New York. In 2005, he

was appointed Music Director for the New York Theatre

Ballet. Mr. Tumakaka is a Manhattan School of Music

alumnus where he studied with Donn-Alexandre Feder.

Noriko Suzukimade her New York debut at Carnegies

Weill Recital Hall in 2001, presented by Artists International

in their Winners Series. In 2005, she appeared at the

Tokyo International Forum as a soloist with Great Artists,

a symphony orchestra made up of top Japanese

performers, such as members of the NHK SymphonyOrchestra, playing Beethovens Piano Concerto No. 5,

Emperor in front of five thousand people for their

25th annual event. She received The Most Distinguished

Musician Award and Kabalevsky Special Prize at the

2002 IBLA Grand Prize International Competition in

Italy, and Second Prize at the Soulima and Franoise

Stravinsky New Millennium International Competition inthe US in 1999. She received her Master of Music degree

from Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with

Donn-Alexandre Feder. Ms. Suzuki has been performing

as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist in the

United States, Europe and Japan.


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Gala Concert!Extraordinary Performance byLidia Kaminska,Virtuoso AccordionistWhen:Friday, November 14, 2008, 8PM

Where:Consulate General of the Republic of Poland233 Madison Avenue (37 Street)

New York, NY 10016

Admission: FREE

Reservations are required,

email: [email protected]

please call: (646)237-2112, (646)237-2114.

Lidia KaminskaA winner of Astral Artists 2007 National Auditions, accordionist

Lidia Kaminska has performed extensively in both the U.S. and

Europe. Astral presents her in recital in its 2008-2009 concert

season. Ms. Kaminskas 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, BreakingBoundaries, 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 pipe organ than

squeezebox and burns through [classical repertoire] with

virtuosic speed and technique.

Ms. Kaminska began playing the accordion at the age

of eight. By eleven she was competing in international

competitions in Bulgaria and Germany, and just a year later

gave solo performances in Holland, Austria, and Germany, as

well as in her native Poland. Upon receiving a Masters degree

from the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, she came to

the U.S. to study at the University of Missouri/Kansas City; at 25

she became the first (and only) person in the U.S. to receive aDoctorate in Accordion Performance.

The recipient of numerous awards and honors, Ms. Kaminska

received First Prize in the 2002 Accordion Teachers Guild

International Competition in Orlando, Florida, and recently

received the Special Prize in New York Citys International

Tango Music Competition, with the Argentine tango ensembleTango Lorca. She has researched and performed the works

of Astor Piazzolla extensively. Also possessing a special interest

in new music, Ms. Kaminska has premired 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 premire of BalletX; she went on to

collaborate with Mathew Neenan of BalletX, and with dancer/

choreographer Jorge Laico, for Pennsylvania Dance Theatre.

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Symphony in C recently featured Ms. Kaminska in a sold-

out performance, as soloist in Piazzollas Aconcagua

concerto for bandonen; she returns to Symphony

in C this season. She has also been a featured soloistwith the Kielce Philharmonic Orchestra of Poland, the

Strings of Lodz, the Concord Chamber Orchestra, the

North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, and the Kansas

City Chamber Orchestra. She has also been presented

at Philadelphias Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Philadelphia Magazine featured her in its 2006 Best of

Philly issue, and her interview with Marty Moss-Coane

was recently broadcast on WHYY and NPR.

Spring 2007 marked Ms. Kaminskas bandonen debut,

at New Yorks Lincoln Center. Upcoming performances

include an appearance with the Brooklyn Friends

of Chamber Music, and the Piazzolla Aconcagua

concerto with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra under

David Amado, in October 2008.

Lidia Kaminska


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Faune Dance Troupe Presents

IV JAPAN ARTS MATSURI / JAM 2008The Festival of Japanese Artists in New York

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.

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

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

Description:

New York Dance & Arts Innovations is proud to co-present

Japan Arts Matsuri 2008, a Japanese performing arts festival

produced Faune Dance Troupe. It is Faune Dance Troupe

extraordinary ability to bring together Japanese artists and

art organizations under one umbrella to make this event a

true success year after year. The goal of Japan Arts Matsuri

is to support the Japanese art, culture and tradition through

live performances and exhibitions. The festival showcases

Japanese artists, who come from various backgrounds and

various NYC experiences, in a festive spirit that radiates

across cultures.

Japan Arts Matsuri 2007photo by Zosia Zeleska-Bobrowski

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SponsorsNew York State Senator, 17th District Martin Malave Dilan


Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union

Canisius College

New Dance Group

Polish & Slavic Center

Skyline Hotel

Solarz Bros Printing Corp

Myssura Trading Company

Adamba Imports

Klimat Bar And Restaurant

Marek Maria Pienkowski Foundation

Ostasz Studio, Inc.

Media Sponsors

Nowy Dziennik

Super Express

Kurier Plus

Radio Rytm

Radio 910AM

PSCPSC

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Established 100 years ago,

Dziennik Zwiaskowy is

proud to be the oldest Polish

newspaper with a worldwide

circulation.

Nowy Dziennik is the Media

Patron of the X International

Chopin & Friends Festival.

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Touch of Class

725 Tenth Avenue @ 49th Street

New York, New York 10019Fax: 212-582-4604

Tel: 212-586-3400

Toll Free: 1-800-433-1982

Email: [email protected]

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