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POZNA\u0143 PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

During the opening concert, which was held on 10 November 1947, the Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic Orchestra performed under the baton of its first conductor, Stanis\u0142aw Wis\u0142ocki. He was later succeeded by Jerzy Katlewicz, Robert Satanowski, Witold Krzemie\u0144ski, Zdzis\u0142aw Szostak, Renard Czajkowski, Wojciech Rajski, Wojciech Michniewski, Andrzej Boreyko, Miros\u0142aw Jacek B\u0142aszczyk, Jos\u00e9 Maria Florencio, Grzegorz Nowak, Marek Pijarowski (2007-2021). In the 2021\/2022 artistic season, \u0141ukasz Borowicz became Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic Orchestra.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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One of the most famous and recognised Polish symphonic ensembles, the orchestra performs at major music centres at home and abroad. It has toured almost all European countries. In February and March 2020, the ensemble performed with the world-famous Polish pianist Rafa\u0142 Blechacz to deliver a series of concerts\u00a0Kompozytorzy na walizkach<\/i>\u00a0(Composers Living Out of a Suitcase) in Germany (Konzerthaus Berlin, Konzerthalle Frankfurt Oder, Staatstheater Darmstadt) and in France (Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs Elys\u00e9es, Paris). During the tour, the orchestra also appeared in Wiesbaden (with pianist Olga Scheps, and violinist Bomsori Kim), as well as at the K\u00f6lner Philharmonie (with pianist Juho Pohjonen).<\/p>\n

The ensemble has performed at several leading international music festivals, incl. the\u00a0Romaeuropa-Villa Medici, Kissinger Sommer, Ankara Sanat Festivali, Festwochen in Herrenhausen, Bregenzer Fr\u00fchling, Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Choriner Musiksommer, Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, International Music Festival Jan\u00e1\u010dk\u016fv M\u00e1j,\u00a0<\/i>or\u00a0Smetanova Litomy\u0161l International Opera Festival<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The Orchestra accompanied participants of the first post-war edition of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw; since 1952, it has regularly played with the finalists of International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competitions in Pozna\u0144. The main symphonic ensemble of the\u00a0Pozna\u0144ska Wiosna Muzyczna<\/i>, it also participates in the\u00a0Warszawska Jesie\u0144<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Wratislavia Cantans\u00a0<\/i>festivals, and frequently takes part in premi\u00e8re performances of pieces by contemporary Polish and foreign composers. A memorable event in the ensemble\u2019s history was its performance to Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.<\/p>\n

The ensemble has performed with such illustrious conductors, as Hermann Abendroth, Walerian Bierdiajew, Henryk Czy\u017c, Marco Erede, J\u00e1nos Ferencsik, Reinhard Goebel, Zdzis\u0142aw G\u00f3rzy\u0144ski, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Christopher Hogwood, Pietari Inkinen, Jacek Kaspszyk, Kazimierz Kord, Jan Krenz, Zygmunt Latoszewski, Zden\u011bk M\u00e1cal, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Sir Neville Marriner, Paul McCreesh, Rafael Payare, J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Rhorer, Witold Rowicki, Ain\u0101rs Rubi\u0137is, Jerzy Semkow, Stanis\u0142aw Skrowaczewski, V\u00e1clav Smet\u00e1\u010dek, Antoni Wit, Bohdan Wodiczko, Carlo Zecchi, as well as with outstanding soloists: Piotr Anderszewski, Martha Argerich, Piotr Becza\u0142a, Rafa\u0142 Blechacz, G\u00e1bor Boldoczki, Pavol Breslik, Sarah Chang, Andrzej Dobber, Helen Donath, Wojciech Drabowicz, Franco Fagioli, Jean Fournier, Malcolm Frager, Alexander Gavrylyuk, Monique Haas, Ida Haendel, Anita Hartig, Andrzej Hiolski, Philippe Jaroussky, Sumi Jo, Ryszard Karczykowski, Antonina Kawecka, Simone Kermes, Olga Kern, Gidon Kremer, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Aleksandra Kurzak, Sergei Leiferkus, Julia Lezhneva, Christian Lindberg, Bernard \u0141adysz, Adam Makowicz, Witold Ma\u0142cu\u017cy\u0144ski, Annick Massis, Albrecht Mayer, Francesco Meli, Midori,Johannes Moser, Leszek Mo\u017cd\u017cer, Victoria Mullova, Sergei Nakariakov, Wies\u0142aw Ochman, Garrick Ohlsson, David and Igor Oistrakhs, Gerhrad Oppitz, Emmanuel Pahud, Ewa Podle\u015b, Maurizio Pollini, Samuel Ramey, Vadim Repin, Rugierro Ricci, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Artur Rubinstein, Gil Shaham, G\u00f6ran S\u00f6llscher, Martin Stadtfeld, Akiko Suwanai, Henryk Szeryng, Maxim Vengerov, Arcadi Volodos, Wanda Wi\u0142komirska, Ingolf Wunder, Pretty Yende, Narciso Yepes, Christian Zacharias, Thomas Zehetmair, Krystian Zimerman, Nikolaj Znaider.<\/p>\n

Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic Orchestra has made recordings of symphonic, opera and ballet music for radio, television and record companies (Sony Classical, cpo, Polmusic, Polskie Nagrania, Muza, Largo Records, Dux, CD Accord, and Naxos). In 2015, the CD\u00a0Gwiazdy \u015awiatowych Scen Operowych: Ewa Podle\u015b z Orkiestr\u0105 Filharmonii Pozna\u0144skiej Live\u00a0<\/i>(World Opera Stars: Ewa Podle\u015b. Live with the Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic Orchestra<\/i>) recorded in Pozna\u0144 at a concert conducted by \u0141ukasz Borowicz, was awarded the\u00a0L\u2019Orph\u00e9e d\u2019Or\u00a0<\/i>prize by the French Acad\u00e9mie du Disque Lyrique.<\/p>\n

Conducted by \u0141ukasz Borowicz, the Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic Orchestra, the Choir of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic, as well as soloists\u2014Wioletta Chodowicz, Robert Gierlach and Wojtek Gierlach\u2014made in 2016 the world premi\u00e8re recording of\u00a0Quo vadis<\/i>\u00a0oratorio by Feliks Nowowiejski. Released in 2017 by the German record company\u00a0cpo,<\/i>\u00a0in 2018 the two-CD album was awarded one of the most prestigious record prizes in the world: the International Classical Music Award (ICMA 2018).<\/p>\n

2019 saw the release of \u201cStanis\u0142aw Moniuszko, Cantatas\u00a0Milda\/Nijo\u0142a\u201d<\/i>, which was the pieces\u2019 world phonographic premiere. Conducted by \u0141ukasz Borowicz, the Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic Orchestra recorded the two-CD album with the Choir of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic, as well as with soloists: Wioletta Chodowicz (soprano), Maria Jaskulska-Chrenowicz (soprano), Ewa Wolak (mezzo-soprano), Sylwester Smulczy\u0144ski (tenor), Robert Gierlach (baritone), and Szymon Kobyli\u0144ski (bass). In May \u00a02020, the album made the Editor's Choice list of the best records selected by the prestigious British classical music monthly Gramophone.<\/p>\n

Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic Orchestra's most recent releases include world phonographic premieres: \"Micha\u0142 Bergson, Concerto symphonique pour piano et orchestre, op. 62 \/ Music from the opera Luisa di Monfort<\/em>\" (Jonathan Plowright \u2013 piano, Jakub Drygas \u2013 clarinet, Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk \u2013 soprano, \u0141ukasz Borowicz \u2013 conductor), \"Stefan Boles\u0142aw Poradowski, Violin Concerto, op. 70, Double Bass Concerto, op. 26, Symphony No. 3, op. 29\" (Marcin Suszycki \u2013 violin, Piotr Czerwi\u0144ski \u2013 double bass, \u0141ukasz Borowicz \u2013 conductor), and \"Feliks Nowowiejski, Piano Concerto in D Minor, op. 60 (\"Slavic\"), <\/em>Cello Concerto, op. 55\" (Jacek Kortus \u2013 piano, Bartosz Koziak \u2013 cello, \u0141ukasz Borowicz \u2013 conductor), which was awarded the 2023 Fryderyk Prize, as well as albums: \"Grzegorz Fitelberg, Symphony in E Minor, op. 16\" and \"Emil M\u0142ynarski, Symphony in F Major, op. 14 (\"Polonia\")\" (conducted by \u0141ukasz Borowicz, both are available in CD and LP formats), \"Franz Xaver Scharwenka, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 32, Symphony in C Minor, op. 60\" (Jonathan Powell \u2013 piano, \u0141ukasz Borowicz \u2013 conductor), and \"Andrzej Panufnik, Nocturne<\/em> \/ Fantasia<\/em>\" (Clare Hammond \u2013 piano, \u0141ukasz Borowicz \u2013 conductor), Darius Milhaud, Salade <\/em>\/ Le pauvre matelot <\/em>(\u0141ukasz Borowicz \u2013 conductor), ,,Zygmunt Stojowski, Symphony in D Minor, Op. 21'' (\u0141ukasz Borowicz \u2013 conductor, album is available in CD and LP format), which was awarded the 2026 Fryderyk Prize, ,,Giovanni Simone Mayr, Verter\" (\u0141ukasz Borowicz \u2013 conductor), ,,Alexandre Tansman \/ Max Bruch, Tansman \/ Bruch'' (Viviane Hagner \u2013 violin, \u0141ukasz Borowicz \u2013 conductor).<\/p>\n

Published in 2024 by harmonia mundi, the album \"Urlicht. Songs of Death and Resurrection\" (Samuel Hasselhorn \u2013 baritone, Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic Orchestra, boys' voices of The Pozna\u0144 Nightingales<\/em>, the Boys and Men's Choir of the Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic, \u0141ukasz Borowicz \u2013 conductor), has been awarded the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA 2025) in two categories: Vocal Music and Recording of the Year.<\/p>\n

Famous throughout Europe for its excellent acoustic properties and exquisite Neo-Renaissance architecture, and capable of seating over one thousand listeners, the Auditorium of Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna\u0144 is the concert venue of the Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic Orchestra.<\/p>\n

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Rafa\u0142 BLECHACZ<\/b> \u2013 Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic\u2019s Artist-In-Residence in the 2025\/2026 artistic season<\/span><\/p>\n

Viviane HAGNER <\/strong>\u2013 Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic\u2019s Artist-In-Residence in the 2024\/2025 artistic season<\/p>\n

Anastasia KOBEKINA<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic\u2019s Artist-In-Residence in the 2023\/2024 artistic season<\/p>\n

MIDORI\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic\u2019s Artist-In-Residence in the 2019\/2020 artistic season<\/p>\n

Henning KRAGGERUD<\/strong> \u2013 Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic\u2019s Artist-In-Residence in the 2018\/2019 artistic season<\/p>\n

Bomsori KIM<\/strong> \u2013 Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic\u2019s Soloist-in-Residence in the 2018\/2019 artistic season<\/p>\n

Rafa\u0142 BLECHACZ\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic\u2019s Artist-In-Residence in the 2017\/2018 artistic season<\/p>\n

Nikolaj ZNAJDER\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic\u2019s Artist-In-Residence in the 2016\/2017 artistic season<\/p>\n

Bertrand CHAMAYOU\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Pozna\u0144 Philharmonic\u2019s Artist-In-Residence in the 2015\/2016 artistic season<\/p>\n

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