The Sinfonia Varsovia is an orchestra and a musical institution based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in 1984 by Yehudi Menuhin, Waldemar Dąbrowski and Franciszek Wybrańczyk, [1] as a successor to the Polish Chamber Orchestra. [2] From 2003 until his death in 2020, the orchestra was led by Krzysztof Penderecki as its artistic director. [1]
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Menuhin had a close relationship with the orchestra that he helped to found, conducting them in the recording of a full cycle of Schubert's symphonies released in 1998. [2] This followed a cycle of live performances of Beethoven's symphonies in 1994. The cycle was recorded and commercially released. [3] Other conductors to have worked with the orchestra include Claudio Abbado, Charles Dutoit, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Marc Minkowski, Valery Gergiev and Lorin Maazel. [4]
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References
- ^ a b "Sinfonia Varsovia". sinfoniavarsovia.org.
- ^ a b Greenfield, Edward. "Schubert The Symphonies-Yehudi Menuhin". Gramophone. No. January 1998. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ Osborne, Richard. "Beethoven Symphonies, etc (review)". Gramophone. No. April 1996. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ "Conductors and Soloists". sinfoniavarsovia.org.
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The Sinfonia Varsovia is an orchestra and a musical institution based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in 1984 by Yehudi Menuhin, Waldemar Dąbrowski and Franciszek Wybrańczyk, [1] as a successor to the Polish Chamber Orchestra. [2] From 2003 until his death in 2020, the orchestra was led by Krzysztof Penderecki as its artistic director. [1]
Menuhin had a close relationship with the orchestra that he helped to found, conducting them in the recording of a full cycle of Schubert's symphonies released in 1998. [2] This followed a cycle of live performances of Beethoven's symphonies in 1994. The cycle was recorded and commercially released. [3] Other conductors to have worked with the orchestra include Claudio Abbado, Charles Dutoit, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Marc Minkowski, Valery Gergiev and Lorin Maazel. [4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Sinfonia Varsovia". sinfoniavarsovia.org.
- ^ a b Greenfield, Edward. "Schubert The Symphonies-Yehudi Menuhin". Gramophone. No. January 1998. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ Osborne, Richard. "Beethoven Symphonies, etc (review)". Gramophone. No. April 1996. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ "Conductors and Soloists". sinfoniavarsovia.org.
| International | |
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| National | |
| Academics | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
| This article about a Polish band or other musical ensemble is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |