My Anniversary: Twenty Years of artistic work in the USA and Ten Years of promoting Polish music and Polish artists at New York’s most prestigious concert halls and featuring the American premiere of Stabat Mater by Stanislaw Moryto, President of Frederic Chopin University of Music, Warsaw, Poland – Honorable Guest of the Evening. Also featuring the Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13 by Frederick Chopin and the Polonaise from the film Pan Tadeusz by Wojciech Kilar.

Saturday, October 10, 2009- Aberdeen, Maryland and Sunday, October 18, 2009, at 2:00 pm Carnegie Hall – Isaac Stern Auditorium

Hosted by: David Dubal, Author, Radio Presenter and Olek Krupa, actor with the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, the Choir of the Cathedral of St. Patrick, the Paderewski Festival Choir, and Monika Wolińska, Conductor, Sheldon Bair, Conductor, Janusz Sporek, Conductor.

Born in Rajcza near Zywiec, South of Poland, Janusz Sporek graduated from the College of Pedagogy, Department of Music in Kielce, where he studied conducting under Prof. Henryk Gostomski, and piano with professor Wlodzimierz Kutrzeba. He earned his Master’s Degree under the guidance of Prof. Jozef Swider at the Silesian University in Katowice, Department of Music Education, majoring in Piano under Prof. Marian Preiss and in Conducting under Prof. Helena Danel. Mr. Sporek worked at Music School in Rybnik, and with several artistic groups. He made numerous artistic tours with his ensembles throughout Western Europe (Germany, Belgium, France and Italy), giving concerts and participating at international festivals.

Mr. Sporek has conducted choruses and orchestras at all prestigious concert halls of New York including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and Alice Tully Hall of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Peter’s Church, John Adams Playhouse of Hofstra University, Long Island and Mary Washington College of Fredericksburg VA. He performed in Detroit, MI, Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA, and New Britain, CT. In October 2000, he made a very successful artistic trip to Poland conducting the choir and orchestra at the Cracov Philharmonic Orchestra House. In May 2001, in Johnstown, PA, Mr. Sporek lead the “Festival of J. Świder’s Choral Music” at the International Convention of the Polish Singers Alliance of America and Canada. In August 2001 he established the Paderewski Festival Singers, a mixed choir that has already made two appearances at Isaack Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall. He holds the posts of music director and conductor of this group.

Between November 1999 and January 2004, Mr. Sporek has organized ten concerts at Carnegie Hall, promoting Polish musical culture, and becoming the only Polish producer to present over three hundred performers including choruses and individual artists on this prestigious stage in such a short period of time.