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Posts tagged as “Poland”

Masters of the Keyboard: Rafal Blechacz

One of today’s most celebrated young pianists–Rafal Blechacz, the most recent winner of the quadrennial Gilmore Artist Award and first-prize winner at the Chopin International Competition–marks his 92Y debut with a program featuring Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin. Praised by the great pianist Martha Argerich as “a very honest, extraordinary and sensitive artist,” he’s only the second Polish artist to be…

Democratic Backsliding or Authoritarian Charm? On Unexpected Political Development in Poland and CEE

On April 19th, 2017 please join us for “Democratic Backsliding or Authoritarian Charm? On Unexpected Political Development in Poland and CEE” featuring Radoslaw Markowski, University of Social Sciences and Humanities and PI of the Polish National Election Study. The event is part of the Occasional series, sponsored by the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. After 20 years in Hungary and…

A Tribute to Andrzej Wajda

A Tribute to Andrzej Wajda will include a selection of the influential Polish director’s films in celebration of his monumental lifes work. It will include his acclaimed war trilogy: A Generation (his first feature), Kanal, and Ashes and Diamonds. Also featured will be Man of Marble, his political treatise on the Solidarity movement, and its Palme d’Or-winning sequel Man of…