Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

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50°15′50″N 19°01′35″E / 50.263929°N 19.026527°E / 50.263929; 19.026527

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
NOSPR building
Short nameNOSPR
Founded1935/1945
LocationKatowice, Poland
Principal conductorMarin Alsop
Websitenospr.org.pl/english

The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Polish: Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia (NOSPR)) is one of Poland's radio orchestras and premier musical institutions. It was founded in 1935 in Warsaw and was later re-established in Katowice in 1945. Since 2006 it has been a "National Cultural Institution".

History

The

symphonic orchestra was created in 1935 and led by Grzegorz Fitelberg until the outbreak of World War II.[1] In March 1945 Witold Rowicki revived the orchestra in Katowice. In 1947, Grzegorz Fitelberg, upon his return from abroad, took over the post of the artistic director. In 2019, the orchestra also joined the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO), which includes European concert halls who collaborate in the interests of enhancing audiences, exploring music repertoire and stimulating music practice at all levels.[2]

The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra has collaborated with many world-famous

Paweł Klecki, Kirill Kondrashin, Witold Lutosławski, Charles Mackerras, Mischa Maisky, Neville Marriner, Kurt Masur, Shlomo Mintz, Ivan Monighetti, Garrick Ohlsson, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Hermann Prey, Ruggiero Ricci, Thomas Schippers, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Isaac Stern, Henryk Szeryng, İdil Biret, Marzena Diakun and Pieter Wispelwey.[3][4]

Musical directors

In September 2000, Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa was appointed the general and programme director. From 2012 to August 2019 Alexander Liebreich was Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the NOSPR.

In September 2018, Ewa Bogusz-Moore took up the post of General and Programme Director of the NOSPR. From September 2019 maestro Lawrence Foster is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the NOSPR.

Recordings

NOSPR's concert hall

The orchestra has recorded more than 200 vinyl and compact discs for many Polish and foreign labels:

Maurice Moszkowski and Henryk Górecki and for Chandos Records they made a three record album with music of Mieczysław Weinberg. Recorded by PNRSO K. Penderecki's Credo, H. M. Górecki's Symphony No. 3
and W. Kilar's Missa pro pace were released on DVD and SACD by Polish Radio as The Sacred Triptych.

For phonographic achievements the orchestra was honoured with numerous prizes: among others, Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater was chosen Record of the Year by the

Fryderyk Awards
for Album of the Year - Archival Recording for Polish Conductors: Jan Krenz, Polish Conductors: Grzegorz Fitelberg and Polish Conductors: Henryk Czyż respectively.

A record for DUX with works of Krzysztof Penderecki (Capriccio for violin and orchestra, De natura sonoris no. 2 for the piano and orchestra, Resurrection) with participation of NOSPR as well as soloists Beata Bilińska and Patrycja Piekutowska conducted by the composer received prestigious

MIDEM Classical Award 2008 in the category of Contemporary Music. In 2017, the orchestra received the ICMA Award
in the best collection category for Szymanowski: Overture op. 12, Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 4 while in 2018, the orchestra also received the ICMA Special Achievement Award.

New seat of the orchestra

NOSPR at dusk

The construction of the building started in 2012 and was completed in 2014. The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice has been operating in the new building located at

music venues in Poland and the world. In 2014, around 154,219 music lovers attended concerts in the newly-build seat of the orchestra [5]

The venue is situated in the post-industrial area of Katowice formerly belonging to KWK Katowice coal mine. The building was designed by

acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota who works for Nagata Acoustics
Company. NOSPR, from April 2019 The European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO), an organisation of Europe’s best concert halls.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Historia". Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Historia". Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. ^ "NOSPR Biography". Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Historia". Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Siedziba Narodowej Orkiestry Symfonicznej Polskiego Radia". Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. ^ "O nas". Retrieved 16 November 2019.

External links

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