The premiere of Concerto for violin and symphony orchestra by Paweł Mykietyn will take place at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław on February 22, 2019. The work was written for and dedicated to Marcin Markowicz. The soloist will be accompanied by the orchestra of the National Forum of Music conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk.
"Today, writing a piece for symphony orchestra can be considered a sign of eccentricity." – said Paweł Mykietyn during a conversation about his latest work. Mykietyn is certainly one of the most characteristic composers of Polish music, as indicated by successive premieres of his works as well as a number of awards and prestigious distinctions he received: first place at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers in Paris (1995), "Polityka's" Passport (2000), and the Order of Polonia Restituta Fifth Class, "Knight's Cross" (2011). From the very beginning, the composer was keenly interested in creating music, and the first composing tips he received, among others, from Andrzej Kosendiak. Mykietyn developed his composer's workshop at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (today the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music) in the class of Włodzimierz Kotoński. Already at that time he made his debut during the "Warsaw Autumn" festival with La Strada.
In addition to the latest Mykietyn's composition, the cfoncert will also feature famous works from the last century: Quattro versioni originali della Ritirata Notturna di Madrid di L. Boccherini by Luciano Berio, Divertimento by Leonard Bernstein, and La valse by Maurice Ravel.
More information at: http://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/6544