{"id":19789,"date":"2025-12-16T11:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paris.pan.pl\/?p=19789"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:09:52","slug":"report-from-the-france-as-our-route-of-emigration-a-musical-encounter-with-jan-mlynarski-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paris.pan.pl\/en\/report-from-the-france-as-our-route-of-emigration-a-musical-encounter-with-jan-mlynarski-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Report from the \u201cFrance as our route of emigration: a musical encounter with Jan M\u0142ynarski\u201d event"},"content":{"rendered":"

On December 10, the Polish Academy of Sciences Scientific Centre in Paris hosted a musical meeting with Jan Emil M\u0142ynarski. The event was co-organized by ADDP (Association for the Defense of Democracy in Poland, based in Paris) as part of the project \u201cCaf\u00e9 Polska Europa: France on Our Emigration Route\u201d, together with the Open Dialogue Foundation, and was funded under the patronage of the Senate of the Republic of Poland for the Polish community abroad in 2025.<\/p>\n

The evening featured a presentation by Jan Emil M\u0142ynarski, who shared stories about the history of Warsaw\u2019s cultural life, interspersed with live performances on the mandolin-banjo. The narratives referred to the interwar period, cabarets, dance halls, and salons, as well as the lives of figures associated with Polish and international culture, such as Adrianna Godlewska, Andrzej W\u0142ast (Gustaw Baumritter), Alfred Szer, Henryk Wars, Stanis\u0142aw Grzesiuk, Marian Hemar, Wojciech M\u0142ynarski, and Edith Piaf. References were also made to Lviv, Israel, Hollywood, and Australia.<\/p>\n

Jan Emil M\u0142ynarski is a drummer, music producer, vocalist, and radio host specializing in the history of Warsaw, particularly during World War II and the post-war period. He is a recipient of music awards including the Fryderyk, the City of Warsaw Award, and the \u201cMateusz\u201d Award from Tr\u00f3jka. He graduated from the Drummers Collective school in New York. He is the leader of music projects in the fields of independent, experimental, and jazz music, and the founder of the Warsaw Dance Combo, where he performs traditional Warsaw songs. He recorded the album M\u0142ynarski Plays M\u0142ynarski, dedicated to the work of his father, Wojciech M\u0142ynarski. Together with Marcin Masecki, he co-founded Jazz Band M\u0142ynarski-Masecki, which performs pre-war dance repertoire. In 2024, he released his first solo percussion album, Gambit. Since 2018, he has hosted the radio program Salon, Ulica, Dancing, dedicated to Polish popular music up to 1949. He is also a member of an expert team at the Warsaw City Culture Bureau, where he works on safeguarding intangible heritage, highlighting, among other things, the significance of Polish tango as a cultural asset.<\/p>\n\n\t\t