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Music
2006
- August 5, Rocky Mountain Accordion Celebration, Philipsburg, MT
SOLO RECITAL - September 25, Polish Center of Wisconsin, Franklin, WI
SOLO RECITAL
7:00 PM, 6941 South 68th Street
Milwaukee Accordion Club
Polanki - July 27, Ocean Grove Summer Stars Classical Series, Ocean Grove, NJ
Ocean Grove Summer Stars
RECITAL with pianist HUGH SUNG
The Great Auditorium
BOX OFFICE OPENS for the 2006 SEASON
May 15th at 10:00 am
The Highly acclaimed classical series is set in a casual seaside setting. Without a doubt these fine performances are the finale to a perfect summer evening get-away. Come early. Have dinner in one of Ocean Grove fine restaurants, stroll the quiet boardwalk and watch the sky and sea darken as night draws near. Then head through the park, past Victorian homes and inn towards the lights of the Great Auditorium. Then enjoy an unforgettable performance.
All performances are on Thursday evenings at 7:30pm in the Great Auditorium. $12 each performance or $55 for the series of five. Tickets are available at the Great Auditorium Ticket Office or call 732-988-0645, or use our ticket order form. Visa and MasterCard accepted - May 13, Tango Festival, Philadelphia, PA
SOLO Performance at The Mighty Milonga
Mitten Hall, Temple University
Saturday, May 13, 2006 -- 8:00 pm - 3:00 am
Argentine tango music & dance performances - April 8, Tango Festival, Lincoln, NE
Concert with Tango Lorca - March 20, Chicago Accordion Club, Chicago, IL
SOLO RECITAL
8pm
310 W Butterfield, Elmhurst, IL 60126
tel. (630)833-7800 - March 19, Polish American Accordion Association, Chicago, IL
SOLO RECITAL
3pm
5825 W. Diversey Ave
Contact: Edward Smolen, tel. 773-763-2642 - February 26, Philadelphia Salon Series, Philadelphia, PA
Salon Series
7:30pm, 400 South Sydenham Street (near 15th and Pine)
Performers: Tom Lawton, The Relache Ensemble, Lidia Kaminska, Negin Moshtague, Group Motion Dance Company, Dennis Petrunin, Magdaliz Roura and Trio Crisol, Karen Slack, Betsy Spivak, Andrew Shapiro, Keisha Hutchins and Andrea Clearfield. - January 22, Association of Performance Arts Presenters 2006 Member Conference, New York, NY
About February, Choreographed by Matthew Neenan to music performed live by Accordionist, Lidia Kaminska
5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. (20 minutes each)
New 42nd Street Studios, Studio 3A
229 West 42nd Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues
Reservations required:
MichaelSheridan@verizon.net or 215.313.5705 - January 21, Kimmel Center presents Mozart: Reloaded, Philadelphia, PA
The Kimmel Center Presents Mozart: Reloaded, as part of the Kimmel Center Mozart Festival: 250th Birthday Celebration, on Saturday, January 21 at 7:30pm in the Perelman Theater.
Curated by local award-winning composer Andrea Clearfield, the multi-media program features local artists including pianist Uri Caine, vibraphonist Tony Miceli, accordionist Lidia Kaminska, composer Gloria Justen, Group Motion dance ensemble, and the University of Delaware ensemble Delaware Steel under the direction of Harvey Price, each paying tribute to the genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in their own form. The performance also features four world premiere piano commissions based on Papageno Birdcatcher Theme from The Magic Flute performed by pianist Charles Abramovic. - January 20, Festival de Tangophilia, Durham, NC
Performance with Tango Lorca
2005
- December 3, Mariana Sadovska; Lidia Kaminska; Elaine Hoffman Watts, Philadelphia, PA
First Unitarian, 2125 Chestnut Street
doors 6:30pm; showtime 7pm SHARP
ALL AGES ADMITTED - GENERAL ADMISSION
Tickets: $20 at the door or $15 advance tickets available at...
virtuous.com - October 28-30, Festival of Tango Music and Dance, Boston, MA
Performance with Tango Lorca, Tango de los Muertos - September 25, Philadelphia Salon Series, Philadelphia, PA
19 Year Anniversary Salon concert, 7:30pm, 400 South Sydenham Street (near 15th and Pine) - September 11, Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
FREE show to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Featuring Lidia Kaminska, the Brothers Suggarillo with Dito van Reigersberg, Dirty Diamond, Rich Wexler, BINGO, Kate Watson-Wallace, and Billy Blaise Dufala.
Doors at 10pm
829 North American Street, Philadelphia
215-413-1318 - September 7-11, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA
For its world premiere, BALLETX will present an exciting program entitled 2Different, on September 7-11 as part of the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. The program includes two new works, one by BALLETX co-founder Mathew Neenan with music performed live by accordionist Lidia Kaminska, and one by London-based choreographer, David Fielding.
September 7-10, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. and September 11 at 2:00 p.m.
Philadelphia Arts Bank, 601 S. Broad Street - September 1, Day-Before-First-Friday Cabaret at L'Etage, Philadelphia, PA
L'Etage, 2nd floor of Beau Monde, 9:30PM
6th & Bainbridge streets
215-592-0656
Tickets on sale online now for only $5!!! Reserve your entry to this
intimate venue! - August 14th, Lidia Kaminska CD Release Concert, UMKC White Recital Hall, Kansas City, MO.
The concert will feature classical and contemporary chamber music, as well as modern tango and klezmer. In addition to performing solo accordion literature Ms. Kaminska will be joined by Tango Lorca, Beau Bledsoe, Scotty McBee, P. Alonzo Conway, Fernando Achucarro and Aleksandra Kemble. - May 29, Brad Cox Ensemble, Kansas City, MO.
- May 27, Noche de Flamenco Y Tango, Kansas City, MO.
A unique concert of Spanish flamenco and Argentine tango artists
combining two traditions for one spectacular performance. Featuring Tango Lorca, Esencias Flamencas and Rey Duran. - April 22, South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI.
Jerome Kitzke — Breath and Bone - March 18, Brad Cox Ensemble, Kansas City, MO.
Performing the music of: Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Charles Mingus, Randy Newman, Kurt Weill, The Cracow Klezmer Band, Led Zeppelin and Brad Cox.
2004
- December 11, Music Journeys INC, Coyne Performing Arts Center, Syracuse, NY, Jerome Kitzke — Breath and Bone
- September 24, SAY WHAT? The Cutting Room, New York City.
A 3-concert exploration of music and the spoken word at the Cutting Room in New York City. Will include world premieres of new works written for Russo by Derek Bermel and Marc Mellits, plus premieres and performances of new works by Rzewski, Kitzke, ter Veldhuis, Baltakas, and Silverman. - August 21 & 22, From the Gutter to the Sky. The life and music of a legend, Jacques Brel. Belger Arts Center, Kansas City
- April, Contemporary Music Festival, Wichita State University.
Jerome Kitzke — Breath and Bone, Alone on a Hill in a Grandfather Night
Selected past performances
2003
- November, Strega Nona, Paul Mesner Puppets, Kansas City
- September, New Ear, Sofia Gubaidulina — In croce
- June, Soloist with the Concord Chamber Orchestra from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Bronislaw Kazimierz Przybylski — Concerto Classico
- May, Kansas City Ballet, Moving Sketches, choreographer — Jorge Laico
- February, AHA Dance Theatre, Breath: An Improvisation
- January, Chicago Accordion Club, duo with Beau Bledsoe
2002
- November, UMKC Composer’s Guild Concert Series, Julia Alford Fowler — A mothful for alto saxophone and accordion
- November, New Ear, Chiel Meijering - No Pain, No Gain, Jacob Ter Veldhuis — Insonnia
- October, Carlsen Center Recital Hall, duo with Beau Bledsoe, JCCC
- June, Solo recital, Alabama, Troy,
- June, Solo Recital, Chicago Accordion Club
2001
- May, Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, Kurt Weill — The Threepenny Opera
- April, UMKC Musica Nova, Sofia Gubaidulina — De Profundis
- March, The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts Department of Music and Dance, Music Midst Us, Kansas Symposium of New Music & SCI Region VI Conference, Lied Center, Paul Rudy — “Out of crooked Timber…”
- February, Soloist with the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Alan Hovhaness — Rubayat, music director Jeannine Wagar
2000
- November, Solo recital, Sacred Heart Church, Columbia, Missouri
- September 25, Soloist with the UMKC Accordion Orchestra, Paul Rudy — “…Out of Crooked Timber…”
- July, ATG, Paul Rudy — “Out of Crooked Timber…” commissioned piece for the UMKC Accordion Orchestra and Accordion Soloist, Lidia Kaminska
- June, Solo Recital, Polish-American Accordion Association
- June, Solo Recital, Chicago Accordion Club
- March, Solo Recital, Texas Accordion Convention
- March, UMKC Percussion Ensemble, Garth Farr — Volume Pig
1999
- January, Solo Recital, the Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw
1998
- September, Solo Recital, Bruckner-Conservatory, Linz, Austria
- June, Soloist with Kielce Philharmonic Orchestra, Bogdan Dowlasz — Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra