<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Musician Name]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harmonizing Scholarship and Performance Expertise]]></description><link>https://www.amandawolschleger.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 20:08:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.amandawolschleger.com/pl/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[XIII International Paderewski Piano Competition: Highlights - Bydgoszcz, PL (09/11/2025 - 23/11/2025)]]></title><description><![CDATA[First Stage - Day 1: Ms. Julie Haismann of France began with Scarlatti’s Sonata in B-flat major, K. 545, which featured skilled and tasteful use of finger legato. This was followed by her performance of Paderewski’s Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 21, bringing the first day of Stage I to a stunning close. The entire opus demonstrated an admirable sense of continuity and large-scale musical processes, highlighting motivic relationships both within and between the movements. Throughout the piece,...]]></description><link>https://www.amandawolschleger.com/post/xiii-international-paderewski-piano-competition-highlights-bydgoszcz-pl-09-11-2025-23-11-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fca26e666cfccd9416e9a4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:33:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Amanda Wolschleger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[XIII International Paderewski Piano Competition: Laureate Concert - Warszawa (24/11/2025)]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Monday, November 24th, the Laureates performed a final concert in the hall of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. The first half of the evening began with the highest-ranked Polish pianist, Mr. Michał Oleszak, who started with a performance of the competition commission, Herdzin’s Arrectis auribus, from his second stage program, notable for it’s well-voiced octaves. This was followed by a performance of “Shéhérazade” from Szymanowski’s Op. 34 Masques, which—as during the first day of the...]]></description><link>https://www.amandawolschleger.com/post/xiii-paderewski-international-piano-competition-laureate-concert-warszawa-24-11-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fc9ee4fd9cdd8bcdb38522</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 14:19:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Amanda Wolschleger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jarred Dunn: Masterclass &#38; Recital - Peabody Institute, April 18th, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Aria Anderson © 2026 On Saturday, April 18th, students of the Peabody Preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland had the opportunity to work with concert pianist and pedagogue Jarred Dunn during a masterclass, which was followed by a performance and Q&#38;A session. While this was undoubtedly an invaluable experience for the students with whom Dunn worked directly, the benefits of the event extended equally to the audience members, who were treated to a demonstration of Dunn’s masterful...]]></description><link>https://www.amandawolschleger.com/post/review-of-jarred-dunn-s-masterclass-recital-peabody-institute-april-18th-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fc8041666cfccd94167ac6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 12:08:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/abda16_978fc6e5948d470fbf1cc74bb4d99477~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amanda Wolschleger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Olga Kern with NOSPR -  Katowice, PL (04/12/2025)]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the evening of Thursday, December 4 th , I had the pleasure of attending a sold-out performance at the concert hall of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. Although this wonderful orchestra, under the exceptional direction of Marin Alsop, began the evening with a lovely rendition of Iryna Aleksiychuk’s Go Where the Wind Takes You and concluded with a monumental presentation of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, it was pianist Olga Kern’s stunning performance of the Grieg...]]></description><link>https://www.amandawolschleger.com/post/olga-kern</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6944149af98824434c15f6fd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:56:01 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Amanda Wolschleger</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>