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Rudewicz Polish Concert Series to Feature Noted String Quartet

NEW BRITAIN – April 1, 2008 – The Sylveen String Quarter will be the featured performers at this year’s Alex and Regina Rudewicz Polish Music Series, scheduled for April 11 at Central Connecticut State University.  The event, which is free and open to the public, is planned for 7 p.m. in Founders Hall, in the Lawrence J. Davidson Administration Building on Stanley Street.  Refreshments will be served and parking is available without charge in CCSU’s parking garages and surface lots.

Founded in 2004, the Connecticut-based ensemble makes at least one New York appearance each year and debuted in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. The quartet has also performed with the Connecticut Virtuosi at the Kościuszko Foundation.

The CCSU concert will include:  The String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56 by Szymanowski; the String Quartet “Already it is Dusk (“Juz sie zmierzcha”) by Gorecki, as well as Ravel’s String Quartet in F major.  Performers are: Adrian Sylveen Mackiewicz, violin; Brunilda Myftaraj, violin; Maranne Vogel, viola; and Hans Twitchell, cello. 

The evening is sponsored by the Stanislaus. A. Blejwas Endowed Chair in Polish and Polish American Studies.   Dr. Alex M. and Mrs. Regina Rudewicz endowed the Rudewicz Polish Music Series.  Dr. Rudewicz is a dentist whose practice is in Weatogue.  The couple is active in Polish American cultural affairs.  Dr. Rudewicz is on the Board of the Polish National Home and serves on CCSU’s Polish Studies Advisory Committee.

For further information please contact the Polish Studies program at   (860) 832-3010 or jacquesm@ccsu.edu.