{"id":4826,"date":"2024-04-15T00:52:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T22:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinfoniavarsovia.org\/poznaj-nasze-wydarzenia\/sinfonia-varsovia-swojemu-miastu\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:51:39","slug":"sinfonia-varsovia-to-its-city-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sinfoniavarsovia.org\/en\/our-events\/sinfonia-varsovia-to-its-city-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>26th Franciszek Wybra\u0144czyk <\/strong><strong>Sinfonia Varsovia To Its City Festival<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>31 May \u2013 14 June 2026<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Although Sinfonia Varsovia has been performing regularly around the world for over 40 years, the orchestra\u2019s heart beats strongest for its home city \u2013 Warsaw. It is here that every year, in late spring, the orchestra performs a series of concerts for Varsovians as a part of the Franciszek Wybra\u0144czyk <em>Festival Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City<\/em>, which will celebrate its 26th edition this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inauguration of the Festival \u2013 in Memory of the Patron<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition is particularly significant as it marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Franciszek Wybra\u0144czyk \u2013 founder and long-time director of the Polish Chamber Orchestra and Sinfonia Varsovia \u2013 which falls on May 31, 2026. On that very same day, at the Auditorium of the Polish History Museum, the festival\u2019s grand opening will take place, during which Sinfonia Varsovia will be conducted by Rados\u0142aw Szulc. The evening will be framed by works that draw on the history of American music: the concert will open with the overture to Bernstein\u2019s operetta <em>Candide<\/em>, and the second half will feature Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s famous Symphony No. 9 in E minor, <em>From the New World<\/em>. The centerpiece of the program will be Friedrich Gulda\u2019s unique work \u2013 Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra. This five-movement piece combines influences of jazz (and at times even rock), Austrian folk music, and the traditions of classical European music. The soloist will be world-class cellist Julian Steckel \u2013 winner of the Witold Lutos\u0142awski International Cello Competition in Warsaw in 2003 and the prestigious ARD International Music Competition in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Beloved <em>A Different Point of Hearing<\/em> Concerts are Back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sinfonia Varsovia was the first institution in Poland to introduce a concert format that allows the audience to sit inside the orchestra. This year, as part of the <em>Sinfonia Varsovia to Its City<\/em> festival, <em>A Different Point of Hearing<\/em> concerts will return for the third time. The three-part format allows the audience to change seats and listen to the music from different perspectives \u2013 including sitting side by side with the performing artists. The program for the concerts on June 6 and 7 (a repeat performance) at the Sinfonia Varsovia\u2019s Concert Pavilion will feature masterpieces of classical music from the second half of the 18th century to the early 20th century: works by Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bizet, Sibelius, Debussy, and Ravel. The orchestra will be conducted by Piotr Jaworski.<\/p>\n<p>Previous editions of <em>A Different Point of Hearing <\/em>concerts in 2024 and 2025 were met with exceptional enthusiasm from the audience. A video featuring participants from last year\u2019s event can be watched on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B4IgPyWpGxg\">Sinfonia Varsovia\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Polish Premiere of Roxanna Panufnik\u2019s Latest Composition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The festival\u2019s closing concert will take place on June 14 at the Witold Lutos\u0142awski Concert Studio of Polish Radio. The program, inspired by the night, will take listeners to a world of dreams \u2013 featuring Berlioz\u2019s <em>Symphonie fantastique<\/em> and Mussorgsky\u2019s symphonic poem <em>Night on Bald Mountain<\/em>. The highlight of the evening will be the Polish premiere of Roxanna Panufnik\u2019s Double Concerto for Oboe and English Horn, <em>Lunar Solar<\/em>. The piece\u2019s narrative unfolds through a cycle of sunrises and sunsets (symbolized by the oboe) as well as moonrises and moonsets (symbolized by the English horn), weaving a musical tale of their interplay. The work was commissioned by the Liverpool Philharmonic and written for two of the orchestra\u2019s musicians: oboist Helena Mackie and hornist Drake Gritton. Its world premiere will be presented by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Domingo Hindoyan on June 11, 2026. Three days later, the piece will be performed in Warsaw by Sinfonia Varsovia under the baton of Aleksandar Markovi\u0107, featuring the orchestra\u2019s soloists \u2013 Paulina Sochaj (oboe) and Arkadiusz Krupa (English horn).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26th Franciszek Wybra\u0144czyk Sinfonia Varsovia To Its City Festival 31 May \u2013 14 June 2026 Although Sinfonia Varsovia has been performing regularly around the world for over 40 years, the orchestra\u2019s heart beats strongest for its home city \u2013 Warsaw. 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