Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra with the Fryderyk Prize again! This time, the ensemble received the award for the album “Zygmunt Stojowski, Symphony in D minor op. 21” recorded under Łukasz Borowicz. Published by DUX, the album was recognised in the category “Album of the Year: Orchestral Music”.

Symphony in D minor, Op. 21 is Zygmunt Stojowski’s early work which brought its author staggering success at a composing competition staged by Ignacy Jan Paderewski at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. The piece won the first prize at the event, owing to which its score and piano reduction were released by the prestigious Peters Edition publishing house. The list of first performances is truly imposing: Berlin’s world premiere was followed by concerts in Leipzig, Paris, Krakow and New York. The work was also performed on 5 November 1901 at the formal concert to inaugurate operation of Warsaw Philharmonic Society: the newly-established orchestra was conducted by Emil Młynarski.

Over a century later, the piece returns in a new interpretation… only to reap coveted laurels again.

Furthermore, Fryderyk statuettes have gone to two other albums featuring Łukasz Borowicz: “Andrzej Panufnik, Universal Prayer” by Polski Narodowy Chór Młodzieżowy (Polish National Youth Choir) conducted by Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny and Łukasz Borowicz (in the category “Album of the Year: Choral Works”), and “Andre Tchaikovsky: Two Piano Concertos, Piano Sonata” with the pianist Peter Jablonski and Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia (Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra) conducted by Łukasz Borowicz (in the category “Most Outstanding Recording of Polish Music”).