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The KF Washington DC Center

The Kosciuszko Foundation Washington DC Center 2025 O Street NW. Washington, DC

Barbara Bernhardt, The KF Vice-President, KFDC Center Director: bbernhardt@thekf.org

Izabela Eisemann, Assistant to the KFDC Center Director: ieisemann@thekf.org

 

The KF Washington, DC Chapter Leadership:

Anna Tarnawska, President: atarawska@thekf.org

Teresa Lyson, Vice-President

John Frendak, Treasurer

Newsroom

02/04/2025

2025 KF DC Polish Film Festival is almost here! Tickets and Festival Passes are now for sale!
01/14/2025

The KF Washington DC Polish Film Festival is coming in March. Mark your calendars!
12/05/2024

Ellen Kuras, an acclaimed American filmmaker of Polish descent received the Kosciuszko Foundation Pioneer Award in Washington DC
03/19/2024

The 68th Chopin Piano Competition attracted music enthusiasts in the Nation’s Capital.

Events

03/04/2025

The second edition of the Kosciuszko Foundation Washington DC Polish Film Festival is coming in March. Mark your Calendars!
02/14/2025

Chopin For Lovers: Valentine’s Day Concert by piano virtuoso Brian Ganz – SOLD OUT
02/05/2025

Concert by Mount Vernon Virtuosi Quartet with Amit Peled, Ismael Guerrero, and Martin Labazevitch
01/31/2025

Winter Concert by Karolina & Iwo at the KF Washington DC
12/21/2024

Caroling Together and Traditional Polish Holiday Meal – Christmas Celebration at the KF Washington DC
12/07/2024

Tribute to Filmmaker Ellen Kuras – The KFDC Annual Award Celebration & Dinner
11/23/2024

Piosenka Jest Dobra Na Wszystko – A Musical Tribute to the Legendary Kabaret Starszych Panów
11/14/2024

Polish Independence Day Celebration – Concert by Lukasz Kuropaczewski
10/26/2024

Celebrating the Year of Marek Hłasko: The Writer and the Legend – Talk by Jarosław Anders
10/10/2024

Humanitarian Leadership in the Times of Crisis – A Talk by Marcin Piotrowski of the Folkowisko Foundation
09/21/2024

The Kosciuszko Foundation Membership Appreciation Polish Day at the KFDC
09/05/2024

Marcin Wasilewski Trio – 30th Anniversary Tour
06/09/2024

Aleksander Dębicz – Compositions and Improvisations
06/02/2024

Celebrate International Children’s Day at the Concert by Young Pianists – Students of Dr. Martin Labazevitch
05/29/2024

Myths and Biases – Why is the West Losing Psychological War with Russia? A Discussion with Maria Domańska, PhD.
05/18/2024

Magdalena Wór, mezzo-soprano & Martin Labazevitch, piano – A Concert to Commemorate the 125th Birthday Anniversary of Polish Composer Feliks Rybicki
05/10/2024

The First Edition of the KF Washington DC Polish Film Festival
04/07/2024

REMEMBER THIS – Film Screening and Conversation with Derek Goldman
03/09/2024

Celebrating International Women’s Day – Wellness talk by Dr. Aleksandra Gajer
02/28/2024

The 68th Chopin Piano Competition
02/10/2024

The Race to Save Ukraine – Panel Discussion
01/28/2024

Brian Ganz Previews CHOPIN THE VIRTUOSO – Sold Out
01/21/2024

The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity: Kids Costume Parade & New Year Celebration
01/18/2024

Jazz Vocalist Grazyna Auguscik & Friends at An die Musik in Baltimore
12/16/2023

Caroling Together & Christmas Celebrations – Sold Out
12/02/2023

2023 KF Annual Gala Dinner & Dance
11/11/2023

Celebrating Poland’s Independence Day and the Year of Aleksander Fredro
11/09/2023

A Real Story of Enigma. Polish Mathematicians in Cryptology – A Lecture by Dr. Roman Sznajder
10/29/2023

How to win the war against Putin? – a meeting with Marek Menkiszak
10/21/2023

A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings – Film by Aviva Kempner – additional screening dates available.
10/20/2023

From Chopin to Piazzolla – Autumn Concert by Duo Klavitarre
10/11/2023

A Meeting with the Filmmaker Aviva Kempner
10/07/2023

A Memorial for Kaya Mirecka Ploss
09/23/2023

Film screening and discussion – Chopin. I Am Not Afraid of Darkness
06/03/2023

Celebrating International Children’s Day with Young Musical Talents
05/21/2023

Celebrating Intergenerational Talent Through Abstract Art: Exhibition of Paintings by Helen Ciesla Covensky and her granddaughter, Piera Kempner
05/06/2023

“Polskie Drogi” – Film Music Concert by Martin Labazevitch
04/30/2023

“Chopin. I am not Afraid of Darkness” – Film Screening
04/29/2023

“Some Like Poetry” – A Tribute to Poet Wislawa Szymborska
04/26/2023

Meeting with Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland, Dr. Tomasz Grodzki – the Honorary Patron of the Polish Diaspora
04/02/2023

Two Performances of the Makowicz-Medyna-Dingler Jazz Ensemble
03/11/2023

Women’s History Month Celebration with prof. Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak
02/05/2023

The Art of the Rehearsal: Chopin’s Great Chamber Music with Brian Ganz, Carter Brey, and Laura Colgate
12/10/2022

2022 Annual Fundraising Gala: In the Spirit of Jan Karski. Celebrating Individual Courage
11/14/2022

Kosciuszko Jazz Series: Cichocki/ Kicinska Quartet
11/12/2022

Celebrating Poland’s Independence Day with the Music by Chopin
10/13/2022

DC Chapter Meeting
10/03/2022

WM Project: Pianist Andrzej Winnicki and saxophonist Krzysztof Medyna with their Quartet
09/11/2022

Magdalena Adamek Online Piano Recital
08/02/2022

Guitarist Pawel Ignatowicz with his Quartet
04/30/2022

Kuba Cichocki/Brandon Seabrook – “Brisk Distortions,” Jazz Concert
04/02/2022

The Highlights of the 67th Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition
04/02/2022

The King Who Created a Republic. Sigismund II Augustus and the Union of Lublin.
02/05/2022

The 67th KF Chopin Piano Competition

The Kosciuszko Foundation is dedicated to promoting educational and cultural exchanges between the United States and Poland and increasing American understanding of Polish culture and history.

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