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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 General of the Republic of Poland
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November 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
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Retrospective Of Illustration 1984 - 2008
M. C. Zacharow
Women in paintings inspired by Andre Zarre poems Paintings by Ismena Halkiewiczs
Digital Currents - Mariusz Dbrowski, Ben Dunkle, Jamie ONeil, Bartosz Smoragiewicz Quintet and Przemyslaw Moskal
My Landscapes In Photographs,Janusz Skowron Beyond The Frame, Artur Skowron Jazz Concert By Santi Debriano Group
Ferdy Tumakaka, Piano
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Gala Concert! Extraordinary Performance By Lidia Virtuoso Accordionist
Kaminska
Faune Dance Troupe Presents
IV Japan Arts Matsuri / Jam 2008 The Festival Of Japanese Artists In New York
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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Bogdon Zdrojewski
Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
Frank J Spula
President of the Polish American Congress
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
The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland
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. American Congress Lawyer, National Director, Polish
Dr. Czesaw Karkowski - Editor-in-Chief, Nowy Dziennik, New York
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Krzysztof W . Kasprzyk Consul General of the Republic of Poland in New York Zoa Kopotowska - Editor-in-Chief, Kurier Plus, New York
Israel Krakowski - American Society for Yad Vashem, Nowy Jork Hon. Robert Kupiecki, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland 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
HONORARY PATRONS
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RETROSPECTIVE OF ILLUSTRATION
1984 - 2008
M. C. ZACHAROW
Opening reception: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 7-9PM Regular hours: Monday - Friday, November 6 - November 25, 2008, 11AM - 5PM Where: Artes Gallery 333 West 38th Street (between 8&9 Ave.) Nowy Dziennik New York, NY 1OO18 Tel. 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 Union Continuing 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 prole was discussed in several art publications, including Idea (Japan) and Graca (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 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.
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Maze, 2008, Acrylic On Board, 11 1/2 X 8 Portfolio
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Creation, 1999, Acrylic On Canvas, 8 X 6 Client:Venture Capital
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Women in paintingsinspired by Andre Zarre poems Paintings by Ismena Halkiewicz

Opening Reception: Friday, November 7, 2008 7-9PM Regular hours: Monday-Friday, November 7 - November 21, 2008, 10AM - 5PM Where: Kurier Plus Gallery 145 Java Street Brooklyn, NY 11222 Tel. (718) 389 3018 Admission: FREE Biography: Ismena Halkiewicz was 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 ne artist, with an extensive history of exhibitions, mural work, interior restoration, and faux nishing. She has exhibited her work in ve countries in Europe, Canada and the United States for close to 20 years; she has shown her work in ne 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 ne 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 nishing techniques including 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.
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Chopin In Carnegie Hall Oil On Canvas 30" X 40
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Times Square At Night Oil On Canvas 30" X 40
U.S.Czstochowa Oil On Canvas 30" X 40
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DigitalCurrents
Multimedia Group Exhibition:
Mariusz Dbrowski, Ben Dunkle, Jamie ONeil, Bartosz Smoragiewicz Quintet and Przemyslaw Moskal Opening Reception: Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 7:30 PM Where: New Dance Group 305 West 38th Street (at Eighth Ave) New York, NY 10018 Phone: 212.904.1990 Admission: FREE
Articon by Ben Dunkle

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 a computer 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 difcult 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, lowdetail 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 efciently 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 largely guided 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 for extraneous 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 stiing 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 rst tried it in college. The limitations are
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8X8X1 Digital Print 2008 Ben Dunkle
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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 specic 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 iconied. 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 thread that 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 specic 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 presented with 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 ithomeand leave it at that,but we have both experienced that beautiful process. This is similar to the way I construct imagery in my ne art, which is largely guided by my memories of events and 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 continues
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continued connection to the conscious image. If its insufcient or ineffective, its erased and redrawn, often yielding imagery that 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. reective meditation. I want the attention to detail that I apply to icon design to inuence my tendency toward looseness in my ne art. Conversely, I want the immediacy of my ne art to yield deeper connections to mental images in my icon design. More than anything, I seek to share these connections with the viewer. We see icons everywhere,in both our physical and our virtual 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 possibilities that lie within the intersection of image and language. 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.
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 efcient 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 pixel can diminish an icons effectiveness and each mouse click demands assessment. However, the process of determining what pixels should be eliminated, added, and modied is highly meditative. 8x8x1 invites the viewer to participate in this process.
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"Two Pictures by Mariusz Dbrowski
Mariusz 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.
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Glass of Wine Video Art
TV Set Video Art
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Four Mad Humours: Remote Dance Project Choreographer: Gerry Trentham Video Designer: Jamie ONeil Four Mad Humours: Remote Dance Project Gerry Trentham has 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 has a 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 to experience the project in non-theatrical settings as well as conventional performance spaces. Gerry Trentham Choreographer: Four Mad Humours: Remote Dance Project Gerry Trentham has 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 ONeil Video Designer: Four Mad Humours: Remote Dance Project Jamie ONeil is a video/multimedia designer and performance 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 ctional company he created called Global Point Strategies. He offers videos, audio programs and seminars that mimic similar offerings in the commercial world, only ONeils are 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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"Reections: Suite of Light", a multimedia performance by Bartosz Smoragiewicz Quintet and Przemyslaw Moskal. Bartosz Smorgiewicz was 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 signicant in culture. Color, which whispers 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 Possibilities 2. Blue Becoming Pink 3. Silver-Green 4. Fiery 5. Dark Azure 6. Yellow Sparkling With Gold
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Bartosz Smorgiewicz - clarinet, ute, 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 utist he has succesfuly performed throughout Europe and United States. He composed a great amount of music in different styles (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 in continues
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continued 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 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 nding 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
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Hilary Castle - 2nd violin
A native of Mystic, Connecticut, Hilary began violin studies at the age of 7. She shared rst prize in the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Youth Orchestras Victor Norman Concerto 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 Rashkovsky and 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 International Festival 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.
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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 events in 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 continues
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continued University. While living in Laredo, Texas, he held the position of principal 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.
Izabela Buchowska - cello Izabela Buchowski, one of Polands most talented young cellists, received her rst 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 the Music 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 eld 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.
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Reections: Painting With Pixels Przemyslaw Moskal Interactive Installation, 2008 Przemyslaw Moskal
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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-prot 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 Art Consortium, 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 Electronic Festival. 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.
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My Landscapes in Photographs Beyond the Frame, Artur Skowron Jazz Concert by Santi Debriano Group
Opening and Reception: Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 6PM Concert 7PM - 8:15PM Where: Polish Slavic Center 177 Kent Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11222
Janusz Skowron
Water Janusz Skowron 2008 Janusz Skowron was born in Poland where he studied Fine Arts 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 NewYork 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 registration of a micro-landscape . A fascinating snapshot of nature with a camera lens. They are photo-sketches of nature, which I find with delight beyond the four walls of my painting studio Janusz Skowron, 2008
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Arthur Skowron Print 2008 Arthur Skowron is 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 ne 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 of many artists. - Lubomir Tomaszewski Arthur puts an accomplished realist technique, enlivened by an unusual textural richness, to the service of a deeply private vision a cinematic sense of narrative with a succulent painterliness. - Jeannie McCormack, Gallery and Studio 2005 Beyond the Frame: In my recent series of large-scale paintings and prints I explore the expressive & physical qualities 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 create a tension that goes beyond the frame, giving the works a loud, physical presence where they become a part of the viewers space.
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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 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, and Freddie 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 he earned 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 lm 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 lm, 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 inuential 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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Santi Debriano
The Polish Cultural Institute in New York

would like to congratulate
President and Artistic Director, New York Dance & Arts Innovations, Inc.
Marian M. Zak,
and
the International Chopin & Friends Festival

for 10 years of showcasing excellence in the arts.
Monika Fabijanska
Director
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Ferdy Tumakaka, Piano

When: Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 8PM
featuring Ferdiko Piano Duo (Noriko Suzuki & Ferdy Tumakaka)
Where: Consulate General of the Republic of Poland 233 Madison Avenue (37 Street) New York, NY 10016 Admission: FREE Reservations are required, email: rsvp@polishconsulateny.org please call: (646)237-2112, (646)237-2114 Program: Franz Schubert,Sonata in A Major,Op.120,D.664 I. II. III. Allegro moderato Andante 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 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ~intermission~ Waltz Scottische Pas de deux Two-Step Hesitation-Tango Galop Samuel Barber,Souvenirs,Op.28
Ferdiko Piano Duo Noriko Suzuki & Ferdy Tumakaka, piano Francis Poulenc,Three Novelettes No. 1 in C Major: Modere sans lenteur No. 2 in b-at minor:Tres rapide et rythme No. 3 in e minor (Sur un theme de Manuel de Falla El Amor Brujo):Andantino Tranquillo Alberto I. II. III IV . V . Ginastera,Suite de danzas criollas,Op.15 Adagietto pianissimo Allegro rustico Allegretto cantabile Calmo e poetico Scherzando
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Ferdy Tumakaka Ferdy Tumakaka made 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 Golden Willem 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 Suzuki made 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 Symphony Orchestra, playing Beethovens Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor in front of ve 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 in the 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 by
Lidia Kaminska, Virtuoso Accordionist

When: Friday, November 14, 2008, 8PM Where: Consulate General of the Republic of Poland 233 Madison Avenue (37 Street) New York, NY 10016 Admission: FREE Reservations are required, email: rsvp@polishconsulateny.org please call: (646)237-2112, (646)237-2114. Lidia Kaminska
A 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 rst 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 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 rst (and only) person in the U.S. to receive a Doctorate 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 ensemble Tango 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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Lidia Kaminska Symphony in C recently featured Ms.Kaminska in a soldout performance, as soloist in Piazzollas Aconcagua concerto for bandonen; she returns to Symphony in C this season. She has also been a featured soloist with 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.
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Faune Dance Troupe Presents
IV JAPAN ARTS MATSURI / JAM 2008

The 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 / $25 advanced admission or reservation / $20 www.smarttix.com / www.faunedance.com Tel: (917) 689-1899 e-mail: jam@faunedance.com 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 2007

photo by Zosia Zeleska-Bobrowski
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