A carnival concert of the Toruń Symphony Orchestra entitled "Dances of the World" will be held on February 1, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Nicolaus Copernicus University Auditorium.
The concert will present dance traditions of many parts of our globe, captured and atisticaly transformed by outstanding composers. Europe will be represented by Antonín Dvořák and Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov, the border of Europe and Asia by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. Musical journey will also include Cuban dances, New Orleans jazz, country music from Texas, and the big band sounds of Duke Ellington, popular throughout the United States.
The concert will also promote the first TOS album for the world record label NAXOS – a CD with works by Romuald Twardowski, released in December 2018. Two compositions from this album: Spanish Fantasy and Capriccio in Blue will be performed by violinist Kinga Augustyn together with the orchestra under the baton of Mariusz Smolja. During the concert, the album will be available a promotional price.
Information on tickets at: http://tos.art.pl/pl/wydarzenie_715_Tance_swiata.html