The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce it is bringing the American jazz and soul group Laurin Talese and a Novel Idea on a tour of eastern Poland from October 3-7, 2019. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s American Music Abroad program under the auspices of the Association of American Voices, the renowned jazz and soul singer Laurin Talese will appear for the first time in Poland, along with a group of talented musicians that includes Eric Wortham II on piano, Jonathan Michel on bass, and Julius Rodriguez on drums.
Laurin Talese and a Novel Idea will make their Polish debut at American Days in Krosno on October 3 before appearing at Lublin’s Centrum Spotkania Kultur on October 4. The group will then perform at the Agnieszka Osiecka Studio in Warsaw on October 6 before their grand finale concert at the spectacular Branicki Palace in Białystok on October 7. The U.S. Embassy in Warsaw and U.S. Consulate General in Kraków are delighted to partner with the Regionalne Centrum Kultur Pogranicza in Krosno, the Centrum Spotkania Kultur in Lublin, Polish Radio 3 in Warsaw, and Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej Polska-Izrael in Bialystok on these goodwill concerts celebrating the further strengthening of U.S.-Polish ties.
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![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 9, 2022. [Photo by Freddie Everett/Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/23/blinken_rau_small-750x450.png "Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 9, 2022. [Photo by Freddie Everett/Public Domain]")
