“Behind perfect technique, musicianship,
and presentation ... Lidia Kaminska has in her a great power
that influences the audience immensely.”
Prof. Bogdan Dowlasz,
Dean of the Lodz Academy of Music, Poland
perfect virtuosity and noble emotion… Accordion Express
Music
2006
- December 17,
Kosciuszko Foundation
Concert, Radnor, PA
Recital with violinist Saeka Matsuyama
4:00 PM
The Montrose Mansion at the Villanova Conference Center
601 County Line Rd, Radnor, PA 19087 - November 4,
Milonga Nueva,
Philadelphia, PA
Performance with quartet TANTO TANGO
9PM - 1AM
PA Dance Conservatory
7500 Germantown Avenue
(215) 247 4272
Tickets: $15 - October 21, "Hispanos...Many
Roots, Many Faces",
Union, NJ
Performance with LATIN FIESTA
8:00 PM
Kean College - September 25, Polish
Center of Wisconsin,
Franklin, WI
SOLO RECITAL
7:00PM
6941 South 68th Street
Milwaukee Accordion Club
Polanki - September 24, 20th
Aniversary of the Salon
Series, Philadelphia, PA
7:30 PM
400 South Sydenham Street (near 15th and Pine)
Tickets $10 - August 24, BACH TO
PIAZZOLLA,
Philadelphia, PA
RECITAL
Featuring accordionist Lidia Kaminska, pianist Hugh Sung, and ballet dancers Emily Waters and Elysia Lichtine
Choreography by Jorge Laico
Works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian, Gubaidulina, Zolotariev, and Piazzolla
8:00 p.m.
The Ethical Society Building
1906 South Rittenhouse Square
TICKETS: $9 available online at Virtuous /$10 at the door - August 17</>, Interview
at Radio Times with Marty
Moss-Coane, Philadelphia
Lidia will perform and be interviewed on WHYY, 91 FM. - August 5, Rocky
Mountain Accordion
Celebration,
Philipsburg, MT
SOLO RECITAL - 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 - June 24, Summer
Solstice Celebration,
Philadelphia, PA
7:00 PM Commonwealth Plaza
$12 in advance; $15 day-of
Featuring accordionist Lidia Kaminska, Curtis Institute pianist Hugh Sung and dancers Emily Waters and Elysia Lichtine.
Repertoire: classical to experimental, traditional to tango nuevo.
SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION
The Kimmel Center's all day, all night musical extravaganza starts June 24 at 11am. Stay up all night and explore every corner of the Kimmel Center during 19 straight hours of entertainment. - June 19, Kwartet
Akord Preview Concert,
Kansas City, MO
7:00PM
All Souls Universalist Church
4501 Walnut
Free Admission
Craig Akin - Bass
Jennifer Bryan - Violin
Brad Cox - Piano
Lidia Kaminska - Accordion
Music of Bach, Corelli, Monteverdi, Bester, Piazzolla and Brad Cox. - 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
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



