Polski Ośrodek Społeczno-Kulturalny

02.03 | Piotr Zubek & Janek Pentz live concert
2024-03-02 20:30 - 22:30 UTC | Jazz Cafe POSK, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
PIOTR ZUBEK & JANEK PENTZ: PIAZZOLA DUO AND MORE!

Jazz singer Piotr Zubek & fingerstyle guitarist Janek Pentz rediscover forgotten songs of the Argentinian composer, pioneer of tango nuevo.

Media Patronage: Londynek.net

2nd March
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01.03 | Concert: The Blues Eternity - A Tribute to Mark "Beast" Olbrich with Eddie Angel Group.
2024-03-01 20:30 - 22:30 UTC | Jazz Cafe POSK, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
The Blues Eternity – A Tribute to Mark “Beast” Olbrich with Eddie Angel Group, Laurie Garman & Friends!
Line up:
EDDIE ANGEL GROUP
Eddie Angel – vocals & guitar (GB)
Mar Todani – guitar (France/Japan)
Andy Blowers – bass (GB)
Tomek Bubienczyk – drums (Poland)
Danny Martin – keyboards (GB)
PLUS
Laurie Garman – harmonica (GB).
Special Guests: Todd Sharpville, Sam Kelly, Manny Fizzotti, and others….
A concert in celebration of the life and musical prowess of top British-Polish blues bassist, Mark Olbrich – by the electrifying Eddie Angel Group (joined by Danny Martin) with legendary harmonica player, Laurie Garman and many special guests. This unique performance is presented by Mark’s family and friends as the only fitting tribute for a man devilishly devoted to the blues!
All proceeds donated to the British Heart Foundation.
After many, many years’ touring, recording, and living a true bluesman’s live with his friend Mark Olbrich, Eddie Angel is bringing his full band, The Imperial Ravens to the UK to play selected tracks from ‘The Blues Eternity’, which he and Mark co-wrote and produced. Sounds from this exceptional contemporary blues LP, which the band played live at festivals and gigs across Europe and America, will form the first half of the show. The second part of the evening will see specially guest musicians join the Eddie Angel Group and Laurie Garman [The Yardbirds, Freddie King] to serve up a rocking testament to their friend and to the blues eternal.

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17.09. | Cyclic social project "Family"
2023-11-19 13:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | Sala Orłów, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
| Cyclic social project “Family”
Free entrance
POSK Family is free advice, benefits, debt relief, social issues.

The new year for most people is a motivator to change, improve the quality of their lives and implement new goals.
These are usually matters related to health, diet or study/personal development, or resolutions to save money.
However, the mere change of the number in the calendar is not enough to motivate you not to give up on your goals.
What if you start this year with a general cleaning “in the basement”?
How many things do you put off for sometime, for later, so much you do not want to deal with them now?
One of the most hated activities is all official matters, facing debts, tax settlements and penalties.
There will always be other activities that simply “MUST” be done now, thus drastically reducing the chances of dealing with documents.
The POSK Families project in cooperation with the Nati Care Social Club organizes regular meetings for everyone who needs help.
POSK Families are welcome 17.09.2023 from 1pm to 3:30pm

23.09. | Concert: Jurij Tokar
2023-11-05 13:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Teatr POSK, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
Concert: Jurij Tokar

Jurij Tokar, a bard of Ukrainian origin, known throughout Europe.
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, practicing doctor, living in Poland for 25 years. He sings ballads and romances, folk songs in new arrangements, sung poetry, Ukrainian dumkas and many other songs in several languages for a wide audience. His mini recital will take place during the Final Gala of the Polonus Festival on September 24.
On the other hand, we invite you to the CONCERT on Saturday, September 23 this year. at 19.00 to Studio POSK (Jazz Cafe) in London.

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28-29.10. | Opera: Straszny Dwor
2023-10-28 19:30 - 2023-10-29 22:00 UTC | Teatr POSK, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
Stanisław Moniuszko’s opera in 4 acts Straszny Dwór (Haunted Manor)

Moniuszko’s Straszny Dwor was composed at a time when Poland was opressed by the Russian Czarist rulers. Director Marek Śledziewski presents his London debut with the Polish Opera in London for a new take on Moniuszko’s masterpiece featuring an international cast of singers, actors and dancers and stage design transporting us from 1802 revolutionary Haiti to the Haunted Manor of Kalinowie in Poland.

Sent to Haiti to crush the Slave Rebellion for Napoleon and his French Empire a garrison of soldiers exiled from their native Poland see the immorality in their mission and change sides to help the Haitians resulting in the first ever successful Slave revolt in history 1900 years after Spartacus’s failure against the Roman Empire.

Highlights include Stefan’s aria “Cisza dokoła” and the Mazur for dancers and chorus.
Full cast to be announced soon.

Stephen Ellery conducts
Stage Director – Marek Sledziewski
Zbigniew – Marcin Gęsla
Miecznik – Leopold Stawarz
Jadwiga – Violetta Gawara
Skoɫuba – Tomek Smiɫek
Maciej – Bernard Stawarz
Stara Niewiasta – Grazyna Bonk
Grześ – Dawid Bonk
Marta – Malgorzata Patecka
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28.10. 19:30 – 22:00
29.10. 16:00 – 18:30

20.07. | Exhibition: PUNKS PRINCES AND PROTESTS
2023-10-24 10:30 - 2023-11-09 20:30 UTC | Galeria POSK, 238-246 King Street, London, Hammersmith, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
Exhibition: PUNKS PRINCES AND PROTESTS: The Chronicles of Feliks Topolski RA
Partnership Anglo-Polish Cultural Exchange and Foundation Topolski Memoir

Located in the Studio of Feliks Topolski on Southbank, exhibition „Punks, princes and protests:
the Chronicles of Feliks Topolski RA”. some of the most Anglo-Polish reporters evocative and historically relevant work, documenting London’s social, cultural and ethnic diversity over the years. As an outspoken critic of the “world of mercantile art”, Topolski’s non-conformist views distinguished him from many of his peers. Topolski relied on artistic independence from artistic institutions as a means
fulfilling its commitment to cultural democracy. He developed two of his available, non-commercial
projects – Kronika Topolski’s newspaper and immersive painting-painting-painting autobiography installation “Diary of the Century” – from Southbank, thanks in large part to the independence granted to him by the Studio. The Studio itself was its creative and social core and it doubled as an egalitarian exhibition space – which allowed it to “skip the art scene” and exist as something more than a traditional Renaissance artisan who
“worked from the back and showed from the front” “before art middlemen came along.”

This exhibition inherently addresses the broader issues of representation of émigré artists in Britain, once again shining a spotlight on Topolski’s excellent work that has been unfairly judged to have fallen out of public memory. Topolski tirelessly documented the changing social, cultural and political currents of the 20th century, traveling around the world but always returning to London, and from 1951 in his Studio underneath the Hungerford Bridge. The area has changed tremendously since then, but the Studio remains an example of a bygone era of bohemian, progressive and independent London. This is the first opportunity to open a unique space for the curatorial exhibition of Topolski’s works taken from the archives, restoring the Studio’s democratic exhibition status, as well as a place of independent thought and the promotion of reportage as art and artistic practice. As a South Bank character becomes increasingly commercial, it is more important than ever to establish and protect authentic and independent artistic and educational spaces that cater to a diverse UK audience. The studio has always been a guardian of these values. Feliks was present here.
Curators: Julia Griffin and Lucien Topolski

21.10 | The Chopin Festival - Chopin Jazz
2023-10-21 21:00 - 23:00 UTC | Jazz Cafe POSK, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
CHOPIN JAZZ – Stephen Ellery Project
in The Jazz Club
Stephen Ellery is a multi-instrumentalist and orchestral conductor. He has conducted orchestras in Europe, Asia and Latin America. His attachment to Polish Music and Poles saw him conducting a 65 piece London Gala Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in 2018 at the “STO LAT” Concert celebrating 100 years of Poland’s return to Independence. For a moment during this concert he switched to play solo saxophone in the middle of Edyta Górniak’s performance. Stephen has worked extensively with orchestras and singers from Poland and in London he has organised and conducted productions of many operas by Stanisław Moniuszko. As a saxophone player he has performed at music festivals and played on recordings. In 1989 he happened to be in Berlin and as the Wall was being torn down he climbed up upon it and played his sax – an image captured by many photographers.
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21.10. | The Chopin Festiwal: GALA CONCERT
2023-10-21 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Teatr POSK, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
GALA CONCERT in the POSK Theatre with
After the outstanding success of last year’s Chopin Festival, and many curtain calls for an encore, it returns once more to the Polish Social and Cultural Centre POSK, in London, on Saturday the 21st October 2023 with an equally captivating programme of exquisite music performed by world class artistes.

They will perform

Mateusz Borowiak
Known for his “ profound musicality and musical profundity” ,he has played many top venues and festivals around the world – such as The Wigmore Hall, , Sejong Arts Center in Seoul, The Merkin Hall in New York,The Shanghai Symphony Hall, The International Chopin Festival in Duszniki and the Rubinstein Piano Festival. Awarded top prizes at international piano competitions including The Queen Elisabeth in Brussels and the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe. Performed with The Royal Philharmonic, The National Orchestra of Belgium, The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has released a number of critically acclaimed CDs, continues to give masterclasses and is currently assistant professor at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland. .
Alina Bzhezhinska & Margaret Preston (Harp and Flute Duet)
Alina is undoubtedly one of the leading harpists in the world today, a one-woman powerhouse on a mission to bring the harp to the fore of contemporary sound. She studied Classical Harp at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, was the resident harp tutor at the prestigious Royal Conservatory of Scotland for seven years and has performed at Balmoral Castle for HM the Queen’s 80th Birthday.
“…Bzhezhinska shares with Alice (Coltrane) a mastery of the jazz harp.” ★★★★★, The Times She has strongly condemned the Russian invasion of her Ukrainian homeland. Margaret has a busy concert schedule playing orchestrally with Aberdeen Sinfonietta and in chamber music ensemble with wind quintet Corten5, McCash percussion Ensemble and in duo with Alina, guitarist Anne Chaurand and pianist Joseph Long. Her concerts have taken her to Russia, Ukraine, Norway, Belgium, Canada and all over the UK. As visual artist she has work in national Collections and has been the recipient of numerous awards and residencies. Margaret and Alina have enjoyed working together on projects that combine their passions for art words and music.
Adam Palma
Adam Palma is an extraordinary and accomplished guitar player, acknowledged by his peers such as Al Di Meola, Biréli Lagréne, Janusz Olejniczak and Leszek Możdżer. His album “Adam Palma Meets Chopin” was the first album to present Chopin’s compositions in arrangements for the acoustic guitar. He is a professor of musical arts, lecturer at the University of Salford and at the Music Academy in Gdańsk. He was awarded the Bronze “Gloria Artis” for his contributions to Polish Culture by the President of Poland Andrzej Duda.
Jakub Kuszlik
is the winner of many laurels in piano competitions – in
particular 4th Prize ex aequo of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition and the Polish Radio Prize for best mazurka performance.
2nd prize in the X International Ignacy Jan Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz (2016).
2nd prize at the Hilton Head International Piano Competition in USA March 2019.
3rd prize at the Top of the World International Piano Competition in Tromso, Norway June 2019.
semi-finalist of the Beethoven Competition in Bonn (2017). He has given concerts in, among others, the USA, Japan, Vietnam, Germany, Italy, Greece, Norway, Iceland, France, Lithuania, Kosovo, Brasil as well as Poland. In November 2018, the pianist performed with great success at the Lincoln Center in New York. In February 2022 his first solo album “Brahms, Chopin” was released by Polish Radio.

Tickets are available to purchase online:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-chopin-festival-gala-concert-tickets-669834812957https://bit.ly/3TQBORa

Time: 6:30pm – 9:00 pm
Place: POSK Theathe

21.10. | TALKS in The Jazz Club
2023-10-21 17:30 - 18:00 UTC | Jazz Cafe POSK, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
Chopin Festival

TALKS in The Jazz Club
Free entrance!

Professor John Rink
Professor of Musical Performance Studies in the Cambridge Faculty of Music, and Fellow and Director of Studies in Music at St John’s College.
“ How did Chopin Play “ ?
Time: 3:30pm – 4:00pm
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John Rink is Professor of Musical Performance Studies at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow and Director of Studies in Music at St John’s College, Cambridge. He is a prize-winning author and expert in the fields of performance studies, nineteenth-century music, music analysis and digital musicology.

The talk will include live examples on the piano,references to Chopin’s improvising, his pianos and his distinctive technique, along with discussion of the expressive qualities of his playing as captured by first-hand witnesses.

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Dr Ewa Sławińska-Dahlig
Director General of the Fryderyk Chopin Society in Poland
“ Pupils of Fryderyk Chopin “
Time: 16:15 – 16:45
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EWA SŁAWIŃSKA-DAHLIG is the general manager of the Fryderyk Chopin Society in Warsaw – which has existed since 1934. The Society’s focus is on the promotion of Chopin’s legacy.
This includes the organisation of – the International Chopin Competition for Amateur Pianists, concert cycles in Warsaw’s Royal Łazienki Park, in the church where Chopin was baptised in Brochów and in the Botanical Gardens in Powsin,
These are some of a wide range of activities pursued by the Chopin Society and its six local branches in different parts of Poland.
Ewa obtained the title of doctor of humanities in 2017 on the basis of a dissertation entitled ‘Adolphe Gutmann in the circle of Fryderyk Chopin’s students and friends’. A Warsaw University musicology graduate in 2003. Author of several books (including “Adolphe Gutmann. Chopin’s Favourite Student”, Warsaw 2013); author of several dozen scientific and popular science articles on Chopin and ethnomusicology, editor-in-chief of the “Rocznik Chopinowski” [Chopin Yearbook].

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Lady Rose Cholmondeley
President of the Chopin Society in the UK
“ Chopin in Majorca “
Time: 17:00 – 18:00
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In the autumn of 1838, with his fragile health and motivated by the benefits the Mediterranean climate could bring him, Fryderyk Chopin travelled to Majorca with his 6 years older love the French writer George Sand (pen name for Amantine Dupin) and her two children. He spent the winter of 1838-39 mostly at a quite comfortable three room cell ( no.4) with private garden in the former charterhouse of the Carthusians in the mountain village of Valldemossa. It’s difficult to put together a complete and final list of compositions that Chopin wrote while on Majorca, since he started many of them before leaving for the island, some he composed during his stay there, and others he began there, but finished them later.

21.04. | Marzena Konarzewska - Law advices
2023-10-19 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Sala Orłów, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
Already on April 14 at 6 pm, the Polish Social and Cultural Center POSK cordially invites you to free monthly legal advice for Poles in the UK. The duty will be run by Mrs. Marzena Konarzewska, who has extensive experience in British courts and has specialized in family law for several decades.

WHERE: Polish Social and Cultural Center POSK, Sala Orłów, 238-246 King Street, London W6 0RF

WHEN: April 14, 6pm – 8pm

FEE: free

26.07. | Seminar: Healthcare Today
2023-10-13 19:00 - 2023-10-15 21:00 UTC | Teatr POSK, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
How Orthomolecular Medicine Can
Help You Take Control Of Your Health
…
…
Dr Luigi Vorluni
PhD, PGCert, BSc (Hons), RSPHCert, KFAQCert
Seminar Outcomes:

Learn about different medicine approaches
Acquire knowledge about the principles of Allopathic
Medicine & Orthomolecular Medicine
Gain insights into the advantages and disadvantages
of each approach
Take informed decision about the treatments currently available
Become proactive towards your wellbeing
Gain key information to take control of your health

Healthcare Today!
Event address: 238-246 King St, London W6 ORF, Multimedia Room, 4th Floor
NB: The seminar is in English with a Polish translator.
Contact us: synergyvita@gmail.com +4478303150907
Tickets: Can be purchased at the door or via Eventbrite
Buy your ticket in advance to secure your place:
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02.09. | The meeting with Irena Delmar-Czarnecka
2023-09-24 11:00 - 17:00 UTC | POSK, 238-246 King Street, London, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
The Polish Library POSK cordially invites you
A unique meeting with Irena Delmar-Czarnecka

The meeting will take place on Saturday, September 2 at 17:00.
The conversation on the stage of the POSK Theater will be attended by:
Irena Delmar
Anna Maria Anders
and Ewa Urszula Stepan

The Polish Library of POSK in London cordially invites you to the promotion of a book published by the Theater Institute of Z. Raszewski in Warsaw by Ewa Urszula Stepan under the title:“On the stage of life. Irena Delmar-Czarnecka”.
The conversation on the stage of the POSK Theater in London will be attended by: Irena Delmar, Anna Maria Anders and Ewa Urszula Stepan.
During the meeting, you will be able to buy a copy of the book autographed by Irena Delmar.
Free entrance

We would like to remind you that in order to take part in the meeting with Irena Delmar, you must book an admission ticket in advance at this link:
CLICK HERE

You can also do this by writing to us at library@polishlibraryposk.org.uk
You’re welcome!

09.09. | Dariusz Zeller and Remi Juśkiewicz
2023-09-09 18:00 - 2023-10-10 21:00 UTC | Atrium, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
Dariusz Zeller and Remi Juśkiewicz cordially invite you to the London Meetings with Authors.

The event starts at 18:00

Free admission

29.04. | ALLE CHOIR & NORDIC BLUE
2023-07-12 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Jazz Cafe POSK, 238-246 King Street, London, W6 0RF, United Kingdom
ALLE CHOIR LONDON feat Kevin Fox & NORDIC BLUE (NORWAY)

“A very good small jazz choir with a tight sound and solid swing” These comments by the judges at the Voice Festival 2017 sum up what Alle Choir London is all about.

Since musical director Marta Mathea Radwan founded Alle Choir London in 2015, they’ve added a wealth of jazz classics, modern vocal compositions, and traditional material to their repertoire – mostly a cappella, occasionally with cool instrumental backing. As well as jazz, they sing traditional material (such as winter and Christmas music) – with a non-traditional twist.
Line up:
Klaudia Baca – voc
Gosia Janek – voc
Anita Łazińska – voc, piano
Marta Radwan – voc
Justyna Rafalik – voc
Krzysztof Suwała – voc
Kevin Fox – voc, vocal percussion
www.allechoirlondon.com
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30.06 | LA BOUCHE MANOUCHE
2023-06-30 19:30 - 23:00 UTC
Price: £15 on the door and Eventbrite
Bar 7:30 pm / music 8:30 pm

La Bouche Manouche featuring Irene Serra present an evening of much-loved gypsy jazz tunes and foot-tapping swing numbers from the Great American Songbook, all in their inimitable Manouche style!
Featuring critically acclaimed Irene Serra on vocals, La Bouche Manouche are a vintage jazz quintet influenced by the chic era of the Jazz Age. Their creative repertoire is rooted in the sound of the Parisian Hot Club, featuring Django Reinhardt originals, gypsy tunes and Edith Piaf classics as well as charlestons, Latin flavors and the Great American Songbook.
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Table booking (11AM-8PM): 7583969014

For this performance, they will be showcasing music from their newly released second album, “Got A Little Rhythm!” and playing a set of their most popular repertoire that has seen them amass over 5 million views on Youtube. From Django Reinhardt originals to Billie Holiday classics, favorite swing tunes, French chansons and tangos, this show is an unmissable evening of gypsy jazz celebration.
With Andy Ruiz-Palma on lead guitar, Nathan Mansfield on violin/trumpet, Amy Baldwin on double bass and on rhythm guitar, La Bouche Manouche is made up of highly experienced, in-demand performers who have played in many prestigious venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, the Barbican Centre, the Southbank Centre, the Royal Festival Hall and Ronnie Scotts. Catch this highly anticipated performance from one of the UK’s top gypsy jazz bands!
Irene Serra is a critically acclaimed Italian Jazz vocalist and composer raised in Denmark and now based in London. She is known for her varied and eclectic repertoire, masterfully performing gypsy jazz, swinging standards, blues, Brazilian music, and her own original compositions.
Irene has performed in world-class venues in and around the UK, including the Barbican (with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra), Southbank Centre, Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express Jazz Club, Union Chapel & King’s Place.
She just released her second album with La Bouche Manouche, “Got A Little Rhythm” this past May and is currently working on her 5th album of original music with her project ISQ.
“…Serra’s voice is graceful and sensual, an occasional added vibrato giving it a hint of the chanteuse. The sound is beautiful…” – All About Jazz
Line up:
Irene Serra – vocal
Nathan Mansfield – violin/trumpet
Andy Ruiz Palma – lead guitar
Patrick Naylor – rhythm guitar
Amy Baldwin – double bass
www.ireneserra.com
www.labouchemanouche.co.uk
