news

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The idea of ​​the "Women's Month" concert series at the Zielona Góra Philharmonic is to popularize works of Polish and foreign composers and to present this legacy by recognized artists.

Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto, Beethoven's Fifth and a piece written especially for this occasion by Elżbieta Sikora will be performed during the concert on the 1^st of March, 2024 at 7.00 p.m., inaugurating the third edition of the project. The final concert will take place on the 28^th of March.

Detailed programme and ticket information available on the website www.filharmoniazg.pl 

At the age of 55, the opera singer Marcin Bronikowski, a great chamber musician and winner of many vocal competitions, died during a trip to Albania.

He made his stage debut at the age of 24 at the Sofia National Opera as Figaro in Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville. Two years later, in 1994, he performed for the first time at the Grand Theater in Warsaw, as Albert in Jules Massenet's Werther.

He sang on the most famous opera stages in the world, including: at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Gran Teatro "La Fenice" in Venice, at the National Opera in Shanghai, in Hong Kong; at festivals in Bregenz, Macau, San Sebastian, Martina Franca, Schlezwig-Holstein, Varna and others.

He was the only Polish opera singer whom José Carreras invited to participate in his charity concert on the occasion of the 50^th anniversary of UNICEF. This concert took place at the Stanisławowski Theater in Warsaw on Christmas Day in 1996.

During his career, he sang over 40 opera roles.

He recorded for Bulgarian Radio, the 2^nd Program of the Polish Radio, Bavarian Radio in Munich, Spanish Radio, Finnish National Radio, and also took part in many domestic and foreign television programmes (including Belgium, China, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, Israel, Korea, Norway and South Africa).

He received the Honorary Silver Ace in 1996 for artistic achievements, the Honorary Pearl in the CULTURE category awarded by the "Polish Market" monthly for "promoting Polish music on the largest opera stages in the world" (2010) and the Annual Award of the Capital City of Warsaw (2013).

Honor his memory!

On the 28^th of February, the outstanding cellist, chamber musician and teacher Andrzej Orkisz (1937-2024) died at the age of 86.

He studied cello with Józef Mikulski at the State Higher School of Music in Cracow and in Paris with Paul Tortelier.

In the years 1962-72 he was deputy concertmaster and concertmaster of the Warsaw Philharmonic

Andrzej Orkisz has performed as a soloist in Poland, many European countries and Mexico. He also worked as a chamber musician - in the years 1969-85 he was a member of the Warsaw Piano Quintet.

He has made numerous recordings for the Polish Radio and Polish Television, as well as for Polskie Nagrania and Olimpia record companies.

In the years 1969-84, Andrzej Orkisz taught at the Academy of Music in Warsaw, in the years 1980-82 also at the Academy of Music in Cracow, and from 1984 to 1992 at the Conservatory in Tarbes (France). He also taught at the Academy of Music in Łódź (since 1992), at the Music School Complex No. 1 in Warsaw (since 1992) and at the Academy of Music in Warsaw (since 1997). In 1994 he received professor title. He was a jury member of Polish and international competitions.

Honor his memory!

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 1^st of March, 2024 at 7.00 p.m. the Opole Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra will perform directed by the young conductor and composer Jakub Montewka, who served as the Philharmonic's assistant conductor in the 2022/2023 artistic season. The solo part in Karol Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 1 will be performed by a recognised Polish violinist Jakub Jakowicz, who plays the instrument made by the Gand Brothers (Paris, 1859).

Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 1 opened a new chapter in the history of instrumental concerts. It differs from the great Romantic compositions in virtually everything: the form of the work is one-piece, but composed of five links, and the performing virtuosity is presented in a completely new approach.

Ticket information: https://filharmonia.opole.pl/wydarzenia/muzyka-niesmiertelna/