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2024 Digital Program
November 1, 2024
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2024 Final Press Release
October 9, 2024
This year's Paderewski Festival is less than a month away! Our Press Release has all of the information that you need to know about the events, who is performing, and what wines we'll be pouring.
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Youth Competition Applications are NOW OPEN!
June 3, 2024
The Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles Annual Youth Piano Competition will be held live and in person in downtown Paso Robles. Applications are now open for the 2024 festival season!
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Paderewski Festival 2024 Release
May 23, 2024
As it has for many decades, the Paderewski Festival returns again this Fall, with a full plate of offerings for concert-goers and wine lovers on the Central Coast.
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2023 Festival Booklet Available
November 3, 2023
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This Year's Lineup of Concerts, November 2-5, 2023
October 19, 2023
The 2023 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles is pleased to announce this year's lineup of concerts. For the first time since 2019, Thursday night concerts are back on the Festival schedule. Spotlighting leading California-based artists, the Thursday......
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Part 1: Paderewski Festival Youth Cultural Exchange: 2023 Program Diary
July 25, 2023
After years of delay due to the pandemic, the Paderewski Festival is thrilled to have restarted the Cultural Exchange in June 2023! Below is a detailed description of the 2023 Exchange participant experience...
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Part 2: Paderewski Festival Youth Cultural Exchange: 2023 Program Diary
July 25, 2023
After years of delay due to the pandemic, the Paderewski Festival is thrilled to have restarted the Cultural Exchange in June 2023! Below is a detailed description of the 2023 Exchange participant experience...
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The 2023 Cultural Exchange Program in Poland
May 31, 2023
After a few years’ suspension due to pandemic-induced travel restrictions, this summer the Paderewski Festival restarts its unique Cultural Exchange Program in Poland. Two young pianists from California’s Central Coast, who are prizewinners in the annual Paderewski Youth Piano Competition, will fly to Warsaw on June 21 to experience ...
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Paso Robles Pioneer Museum revitalized Paderewski exhibit
February 10, 2023
The life and times of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Paso Robles’s most famous resident, was celebrated on January 29, 2023, at Pioneer Museum, 2010 Riverside Avenue, in Paso Robles. A ribbon cutting took place at 2:00 p.m...
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2023 Festival Dates Announced
December 9, 2022
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Paderewski Festival Honors Steve Cass
November 14, 2022
During the 2022 Paderewski Festival, the Board of Directors formally recognized the contributions of Steve Cass....
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2022 Opening Night Concert with Cracow Golden Quintet
October 19, 2022
The Festival begins on Friday, November 4 at the Park Ballroom (1232 Park Street, in downtown Paso Robles) with a program of woodwind music presented by the Cracow Golden Quintet, an ensemble of exceptional young soloists who have concertized and recorded throughout Europe. A reception featuring top-rated local wines begins at 7 p.m. with the concert following at 7:30 p.m.
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2022 Gala Concert with Pianist Jakub Kuszlik
October 19, 2022
This year’s Paderewski Festival culminates on Saturday, November 5, with the Gala Concert held at the historic Ballroom of the Paso Robles Inn Park (1103 Spring Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446). The program includes piano music by Grażyna Bacewicz, Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Fryderyk Chopin presented by Jakub Kuszlik, a prizewinner at the 2016 International Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, and the 2021 Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. The wine reception hosted by Epoch Winery begins at 7 p.m. with the concert following at 7:30 p.m.
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2022 Youth Competition Winners!
October 19, 2022
This year’s annual Youth Piano Competition was held in Paso Robles on Saturday, October 15. Organized by the Paderewski Festival, the Competition auditions were followed by an extensive master class with Festival Artistic Director, Marek Zebrowski. Twelve participants from the Central Coast Region (including Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Fresno Counties) participated in the Junior Division (ages 10-14) and Senior Division (ages 15-18). The 2022 Youth Piano Competition winners include the following young musicians, who will receive diplomas and cash awards ranging from $100 to $750:
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2022 Fall Lineup of Concerts
October 17, 2022
The 2022 Paderewski Festival returns to present an exciting series of live concerts during the weekend of November 4-6, 2022. Performances are open to the public and will be held in various venues in downtown Paso Robles. Paderewski Patrons and Friends of Paderewski passes as well as general public tickets are now available at www.paderewskifest.com
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2020 Paderewski Festival Program Booklet
November 4, 2020
The full-color program booklet for this year’s Festival is now available!
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The Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles Announces the 2020 Fall Concert Lineup
September 11, 2020
he Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles announces the lineup of concerts and accompanying events scheduled during this year’s Festival. Due to the pandemic and social distancing restrictions, all of the 2020 Festival events will take place online on Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7.
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2018 PADEREWSKI FESTIVAL IN PASO ROBLES ANNOUNCES GALA PERFORMER
June 14, 2018
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2018 PADEREWSKI FESTIVAL IN PASO ROBLES ANNOUNCES THREE PADEREWSKIS
June 13, 2018
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THE PADEREWSKI FESTIVAL IN PASO ROBLES ANNOUNCES CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM VISIT AND CONCERTS
June 12, 2018
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2017 Youth Piano Competition
April 12, 2017
Eleventh Annual Paderewski Youth Piano Competition Announced from San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Santa Barbara & Fresno Counties.
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Firestone offering a special brew for Paderewski Festival
October 16, 2015
Ignacy Jan Paderewski is an icon of Paso Robles history – and now he will be celebrated with a locally brewed, Polish-style pilsner to commemorate the festival held in his honor.
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Student Exchange Program provides the learning experience of a lifetime
September 29, 2015
At the very heart of the annual Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles is Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s dedication to children. In his time, not only did Paderewski nourish the war torn people of Poland with food, medical and infrastructural restoration through fundraisers and concert proceeds, he sought to sustain their souls with the beauty of music...
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2014 Paderewski Youth Piano Competition Winners Announced
October 28, 2014
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Paderewski Festival returns to Paso Robles November 5-9
October 27, 2014
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2014 Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles November 5-9 Celebrates 3 Regions of World Associated with Paderewski: Ukraine, Poland, Paso Robles
October 2, 2014
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Paderewski’s Home Resonates With Music: 2013 Paderewski Cultural Exchange in review
August 2, 2013
Two 13-year old pianists from California’s Central Coast—Daniel Ha and Jack Raventos—travelled to Poland to participate in an intensive program of piano workshops, master classes, and chamber music sessions. Cellist Lars Hoefs, a USC Thornton School of Music graduate and current professor of cello at the University of Campinas in Brazil, ...
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2011 Youth Exchange In Poland
June 10, 2011
From June 22 to July 4, 2011, three winners of the 2010 Paderewski Youth Piano Competition in Paso Robles – Jordan Adams (16) and Madeline Anderson (15) from Monterey, and Evan Lin (14) from San Luis Obispo – will travel to Poland on an all-expenses-paid 12-day trip...
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