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.

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.”

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 | Mohamed Shams, 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 - 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