Chopin with Cherries
Maja Trochimczyk on poetry, music and more...
Maja Trochimczyk
- Location
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Birthday
- December 30
- Title
- President
- Company
- Moonrise Press / lulu.com
- Bio
- As an author of four scholarly books and hundreds of articles and book chapters, I'm well established in the music history world, with two main specializations: Polish music of the 19th and 20th centuries, and 20th-century contemporary music (Andriessen, Brant, Lutoslawski, and others). More about that aspect of my life may be found on my website. Here, I'm primarily a poet. An avid reader of poetry since my Polish childhood, I started writing in English. The flexibility, richness and focus of this language never cease to amaze me! I like illustrating my poetry books with photographs, taken mostly in my garden and neighborhood of Southern California. In 2006, I decided to share my work at public readings and in journals, chapbooks, and books. Here, I'd like to share my delight in Chopin's music and poetry...
MY RECENT POSTS
- Chopin's Revolutionary Etude
in a California Jail
April 05, 2012 02:00AM - On Kocyan Playing Chopin and
Liszt
March 13, 2012 09:54PM - Chopin's Valentines and His
Letters
February 14, 2012 02:25AM - Postcards from Paris and
Chopin in Pasadena
February 10, 2012 02:54AM - Chopin, Taffeta, and Dance
December 20, 2011 07:26PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thanks for the comment.
I played some music and
brought quite
a few pictures
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March 12, 2011 02:31AM
Maja Trochimczyk's Links
AUGUST 8, 2010 11:54AM
Chopin in Transcription at Disney Hall
On July 24, IPalpiti Orchestra, conducted by Eduard Schmieder, gave the gala concert of the 13th Festival of International Laureates at Disney Hall in Los Angeles. I have attended their galas practically since the group's inception and consider their annual festivals to be the most enjoyab…
JULY 18, 2010 4:21AM
Cherry Summer and Fall
Cherries are different here, than in Poland. What we call "cherries" in America, are "czeresnie" in Poland, huge, sweet and juicy, overflowing. Their flavor is not good for baking, though: too bland, boring. The other cherries, "wisnie," are smaller and much more tart, so you… Read full post »
JULY 12, 2010 11:34PM
Making Mazurkas in Exile
In a beautiful scene from Ophra Yerushalmi’s documentary film
“Chopin’s
Afterlife” – one
of the pianists asked about Chopin reflects on the deceptive
simplicity of the opening of Chopin’s Mazurka in A-minor, Op.
17, no. 4. As he says – and I paraphras… Read full post »
JULY 9, 2010 10:36AM
Chopin and The Karate Kid
“You have to play the pauses” – says the distraught American teacher to his scatterbrained Chinese student, after she rushed through a beautiful melody without paying attention to proper phrasing and expression. She played all the notes mechanically, like a music box. Her…
JULY 7, 2010 9:34PM
Chopin by Emma Lazarus
Soon after Chopin’s death, his friend and rival, Franz Liszt established the topos of Chopin’s art as pure poetry in a biography published in 1852. In Liszt’s lofty language (co-authored by Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein), Chopin “moved among us like a spiri…
JULY 6, 2010 3:05AM
Chopin Heard and Woven in Pasadena
On April 11, 2010, at South Pasadena Library's historic Community Room, poets and pianists gathered to celebrate Chopin's birthday and share the treasures of Chopin with Cherries. The terrible tragedy of a Presidential plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, with the death of 95 victims on the…
JULY 5, 2010 7:16PM
Why Chopin with Cherries
In 2010 the world of music celebrates the birthday of Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), a pianist, composer, and "poet of tones" who inspired generations with the beauty of his music. I decided to add my little bit to this celebration and published an anthology, Chopin with Cherries: A… Read full post »
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