Paderewski Festival Raleigh

As of last night -- our wonderful volunteer webmaster, Piotr Gucwa, has put up--on our website--the listing of the four pianists for our 13th Annual Ignacy Jan Paderewski Piano Festival of Raleigh!
https://www.paderewski-festival.org/

There you can find some basic information on our four pianists:
Julie Haismann -- November 7, 2026, Saint Mary's School
Maria Stratigou -- November 8, 2026, Saint Mary's School
Elia Cecino -- November 14, 2026, NC Museum of Art
Seunghum Jeong -- November 15, 2026, NC Museum of Art

We have to thank Kaine Riggan of Chamber Music Raleigh for his wonderful cooperation in helping in all local arrangements. Please google "Chamber Music Raleigh" to see all the other great musical offerings this burgeoning organization has arranged for the coming year. Raleigh's on a roll!

Another of the programs by Paderewski.
This program covers actually two concerts by Paderewski, immediately following the program I put up two days ago. That program was played in Philadelphia on Monday, December 2, 1907. The second program, the one entered below, also contains 52 pages and a cover -- but it presents two concerts in Carnegie Hall in New York three and five days later the same week, on Thursday AND a matinee on Saturday -- December 5 and December 7, 1907.
The Thursday evening performance set out the same program as in Philadelphia, exactly. The Saturday afternoon concert featured a completely different program, including two pieces (Boehe and Reznicek) being performed for the first time in New York. AND, Paderewski played the Anton Rubinstein Concerto in D minor, No. 4 (Perkowska repertoire no. 191). It appears from Perkowska's compilation that this was the last time Paderewski ever performed the Rubinstein Concerto.
The program, again, has the Weber piano as instrument. It also has an advertisement for New England Conservatory of Music -- not at all surprising since NEC is located across the street from Boston's Symphony Hall, home of the BSO. It's my wife's old school; she has proudly taken me about the area.

Kosciuszko Squad Plus has this morning put out a note on the diplomatic efforts of Ignacy Jan Paderewski in cooperation with Roman Dmowski. 108th anniversary, at the height of the war with the US forces beginning to arrive in France.

🇵🇱 June 3, 1918 - The Versailles Declaration. An important step towards Polish independence! 🇵🇱.. in Versailles the Prime Ministers of France, Great Britain and Italy announced a joint declaration, in which for the first time they officially spoke for the rebirth of an independent Polish state. ❤🇵🇱
This event, known as the Versailles Declaration, was a breakthrough in the diplomatic struggle for a free Poland. For the first time, the three biggest powers of the Entents acknowledged that an independent Poland is necessary for future peace in Europe.
📜 "The creation of a united and independent Poland, encompassing the territories inhabited by an undoubtedly Polish population, with free access to the sea, is one of the conditions for lasting and just peace." ” - declared the Versailles Declaration.
✅ There wouldn't be this historical document without the effort of the Polish National Committee, which has been operating in Paris since 1917 as the official representation of the Polish case against Ententa states.
At his head was Roman Dmowski - a prominent politician and diplomat, who effectively convinced the Western leaders that the rebuilding of Poland was a condition for a stable Europe. To, m. in. thanks to his work, the Polish case was recognized as an international priority.
The role of Ignace Jan Paderewski is also impossible to overlook - a world-famous pianist and patriot who used his authority, especially in the United States, to garner support for Poland, especially from President Wilson.
🇵🇱 Paderewski and Dmowski later represented Poland together at the peace conference in Versailles, where they signed the treaty ending World War I.
The declaration of June 3, 1918, was not only a political gesture, but also a turning point - Poland was returning to the map of Europe as an international issue and a real political necessity. ❤🇵🇱

Pics:
Black and white photograph - The Polish National Committee in Paris presents the nomination to General J. Haller for the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces in France, 1918.
Black and white photograph - Polish National Committee in Paris, 1918 Collection of the Polish Army Museum
Postcard - Roman Dmowski, President of the Polish National Committee, Paris 1914-1918
Badge with the image of I. Padarewski turned to the right. Along the rim there is an inscription: "IGNACY PADEREWSKI", at the bottom: "1918". Collection of the Polish Army Museum

https://www.facebook.com/MuzeumWP/posts/pfbid022uYgVGrZ9muZJdN1AK2xLmRmNFQ45LCzEFYpuQSmy1yv1JDvnraUUkxUMj5jGLXYlKSQ Versailles June 3, 1918 - The Versailles Declaration. An important step towards Polish independence https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/503428416_1156614989832843_7775854480495350326_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=0Mgrzm47iDsQ7kNvwETnFUP&_nc_oc=Adk1MnH4sLFHMoO4kQEIgLT1GPRpyQlmGrTHqHkQYFpO8cchluAH53JdP5cB7kxpKgE&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&_nc_gid=OkD_P532j9yL3lq0zvf_fA&oh=00_AfL5Gc37GYzg_CTudQp9bWKWhf8aQzBvbFv2p0Tup4JIyw&oe=684572A9 https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/502641820_1156615089832833_3641380679166293507_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=0YEW7Ht3KTYQ7kNvwFqP2zp&_nc_oc=AdkR5UR0E0nFNC0ttEwhntZCjDxewnaTzVgjGBaUYarlIttKClN4xYcmn5IwOZXsKyg&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&_nc_gid=OkD_P532j9yL3lq0zvf_fA&oh=00_AfL7JYroeLyWFKLGJfKV-M5Yb_KwQOt2DK_0unDtAcKV0A&oe=68457BD5 https://scontent-lga3-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/502587288_1156615646499444_4613265130659488125_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=SO7XdaZwOFkQ7kNvwE7gkSY&_nc_oc=AdlhgBPwRAlg_P7OzRCWI66EAs7V3T0nihr3oMzXmDl__gi-eTHYGADfRZCX-qWYDls&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-3.xx&_nc_gid=OkD_P532j9yL3lq0zvf_fA&oh=00_AfKeWsE4zJkeCswfVNs7KBeD_lF_50XStS9uMhkmXtRv5w&oe=6845612F

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