The newest record by Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra has reached good music shops. Published by DUX, the ensemble’s “Zygmunt Stojowski, Symphony in D minor op. 21” recorded under Łukasz Borowicz has been released in CD and LP formats, and is also available on the publisher’s webpage www.dux.pl., as well as in streaming services.

Born in 1870, Zygmunt Stojowski belonged to a generation merely a dozen or so years older than artists of the Młoda Polska (Young Poland) movement. Piano virtuoso, friend of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, tireless champion of the cause of Poland regaining independence, Stojowski spent most of his life in the United States (he died in New York in 1946), where, side by side with his concert activity, he also developed a career in education.

One of his early works, Symphony in D minor, brought him the First Prize at a composer competition organised by Ignacy Jan Paderewski at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. Following the piece’s staggering success, its score and piano reduction were released by the prestigious publishing house Peters Edition. The list of premiere performances is truly imposing: the first concert in Berlin was followed by events in Leipzig, Paris, Krakow and New York. The symphony was also performed at the ceremonious concert to inaugurate operation of the Warsaw Philharmonic Society on 5 November 1901 with the newly-established orchestra conducted by Emil Młynarski.

Co-financed by Minister of Culture and National Heritage with resources from Culture Promotion Fund under programme “Musical Trace” operated by National Institute of Music and Dance.