Little Poland Performing Arts

Little Poland Performing Arts is a collaboration between The Polish American Foundation of Connecticut and the Polish Studies Program and Department of Music at Central Connecticut State University.

2026 Little Poland Concert Series

Ignacy Gaydamovich, Artistic Director

Davidson Hall, Central Connecticut State University, Stanley Street, New Britain, CT

Schedule of Concerts for Summer 2026

All concerts begin at 6:30pm. Admission is free.

June 24
Veronika Schreiber, violin | Jaroslaw Lis, viola | Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello
Polish Trio
String trios by Beethoven and Schubert.

July 8
Mary Bonhag, soprano | Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello | Michael Sitton, piano
Voices from Far Away
John Tavener – Akhmatova Songs
Johannes Brahms – Two Songs, Op. 91
Additional repertoire to be announced.

July 15
Jaroslaw Lis, violin I | Gary Capozziello, violin II | Geoffrey Baker, viola | Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello | Corbin Beisner, piano
Slavic Chamber Music
Juliusz Zarębski – Piano Quintet
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quintet.

July 22
Jiayan Sun & Yang Liu, piano
Four Hands Extravaganza
Igor Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring (four-hand piano version)
Additional repertoire to be announced.

July 29
Evie Chen, violin | David Kovac, viola | Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello | Katherine Benson, piano
Confrontations with Fate
Mozart – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Brahms – Piano Quartet in C minor.

PAST EVENTS

Special Concert
All-Chopin Piano Recital with Corbin Beisner
Sunday, March 1 st, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

PROGRAM:

Works by Chopin, including the four Ballades, Waltz in A-flat major Op. 42, Barcarolle Op. 60, Scherzo No. 3, and the Polonaise in A-flat major “Heroic.”

2025

Concert I: Dreams & Visions, July 23, 2025

Special Program with soprano, cello and piano:

PROGRAM:

  • F. Schubert - Suleika I (6’), Die Forelle (2’)

  • G. Fauré — Le papillon (3’) (cello/pn)

  • F. Schubert (sop/pn):

    An die Musik (3’)
    Gretchen am Spinnrade (3’)
    Im Frühling (the summer reference!) (4’) 

  • G. Bacewicz - Mazovian Dance (3’) (cello/pn)

  • Hildegarde von Bingen - Ave Generosa (6’) (sop)

  • K. Saariaho - Mirage (12’) (trio)

  • S. Rachmaninoff - Sonata in G minor, Op. 19, Andante (6’) (cello/pn)

  • L. Bernstein - Dream with Me (5’) (trio)

  • F. Chopin - Aime-moi (4’) (sop/pn)

Concert II: Extraordinary Cello and Piano Recital, July 30, 2025

Leland Ko, cello
(1st Prize-winner at 2024 Naumburg Competition)

Albert Cano Smit, piano
(1st Prize-winner at 2017 Naumburg Competition)

PROGRAM:

  • L. Janacek - Pohadka (11’)

  • R. Schumann - FAE Intermezzo (3’)

  • F. Mendelssohn - Sonata No.1 (25’)

  • C. Debussy - Sonata (11’)

Concert III: Classical Traditions, August 6, 2025

Trio and Quartet:

PROGRAM:

  • W.A. Mozart - Piano Quartet in G minor

  • Ludwig van Beethoven - Serenade in D major, Op. 8
    - Allegretto alla polacca

  • L. van Beethoven - String Trio in G major

Concert IV: Piano Trio, August 13, 2025

Piano Trio:

PROGRAM:

  • A. Pärt - Mozart-Adagio

  • F. Schubert - Piano Trio Op. 100 in E flat major

Thank You to our Sponsors

Charles Parker Trust for Public Music Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee

Mariola & Andrzej Banaszuk

Renata & Tomasz Bulzak

Tereas's Herbs and Flowers, 292 Broad St, New Britain

Photos from Past Concerts