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• Wall Street is alive with the sound of ... Chopin?

  Wall Street might not seem like the obvious location for a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of romantic composer Frederic Chopin, but it's the venue this week for 200 hours of Chopin performances by an eclectic line-up of pianists.

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• The Canadian Chopin Festival 2010

  The Canadian Chopin Festival, to be held at the John Paul II Cultural Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, from February 26^th to March 7^th 2010, is one of the most significant events in Canada commemorating the 200^th anniversary Chopin's birth.

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• Ewa Podles, one of the world's legendary operatic voices

  Ewa Podles "contralto assoluto", is one of Poland's most famous operatic voices

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• Resistance and reflection in Polish Cinema 1977-1989

  The period from the late 1970s to the fall of Communism in 1989 was one of both enormous challenges and astounding richness for Polish filmmaking.

   

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• Polish Berlin Wall doc gets Oscar nomination

  

  Rabbit a la Berlin (Krolik po Berlinsku), produced by Poland’s public television TVP has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Short Documentary category.

   

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• Hair in Wroclaw

  The legendary musical Hair has been produced by the Capital Music Theatre in Wroclaw. The first night show, Sunday, was given a standing ovation.

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• 'Chopin’ to be staged by Wroclaw Opera

  

  The Wrocław Opera Company tomorrow premieres the opera ‘Chopin’ by the Italian composer Giacomo Orefice (1865-1922)

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• Wit nominated for 2 Grammys

  Antoni Wit, conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic, has received two Grammy Award nominations, announced Wednesday night in Los Angeles

   

   

   

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• Penderecki’s tribute to Chopin

  Poland's leading composer Krzysztof Penderecki has started writing a song cycle to mark the bicentenary of Chopin's birth in 2010

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• Warsaw Village Band tour North America

  Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa (Warsaw Village Band) has opened a tour of the United States and Canada.

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