The International Chopin & Friends Festival is coming in November for the 18th time to New York. The festival is organized by the New York Dance & Arts Innovations Inc., a not-for-profit established with the aim of multi-national creative support and promotion of the performing, visual and literary arts. The program consists of ntwo parts: musical and visual arts. There will be art and photo exhibitions during both concerts at the Consulate General Republic of Poland in New York. On November 3rd an art axhibit will feature Polish visual artists: Ewa Zeller, Mira Satryan, Maria Miller, Rafal Ekwinski, Izabela Katreniok, Anna and Antoni Szostka, and Magdalena Zawadzka. On November 19, there will be a photo exhibition People of Greenpont II. Presenting a story of two young Poles, who came to the United States after year 2004. The photographer, Blazej Sendzielski, accompanies them during their work and free time. Do they consider themselves immigrants? Do they identify with Polish community? The exhibit gives a visual insight to the changing trends of Polish immigration to the United States. Its part of the “Greenpoint. The Transition 2016” project, co-financed by the Polish Senate’s patronage of Polish Diaspora and Poles Abroad.
3rd of November, 8.00 PM, Consulate General Republic of Poland in New York Opening Gala Szymanowska Music of the night Broadwood Junction — Lucy Dhegrae, Francis Liu, Patrick Jones
10th of November, 7.30 PM, Polish-Slavic Center Songs for you Sylwia Zawrotniak, William Beaufort, Steve Marks, Hashem Assadullahi
19th of November, 7.00 PM, Consulate General Republic of Poland in New York Young Vision Robert Bronchard; Karolina Beimcik Trio; Dorota Piotrowska Project
20th of November, 5.00 PM, Stanislaw Kostka Church in Greenpoint The 1050th anniversary of Christianity in Poland Missa apuncta composed by Jan Polaczyk and Kyrie composed by Malgorzata Staniszewska.
This festival is supported by Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York, Polish-Slavic Center, Polish-Slavic, Federal Credit Union, Polish Cultural Institute New York. Media partners are: Nowy Dziennik, Kurier Plus, Super Express New York.
