National Philharmonic, Warsaw

National Philharmonic in Warsaw
Location in Poland
General information
Type	Concert Hall
Architectural style	Socialist realism, Eclecticist
Country	Poland
Coordinates	52°14′03″N 21°00′40″E
Current tenants	Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Construction started	1900
Completed	1901 (1901)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Karol Kozłowski (1901), Eugeniusz Szparkowski (1955)
Website
filharmonia.pl

The National Philharmonic in Warsaw (Polish: Filharmonia Narodowa w Warszawie) is a Polish cultural institution, located at 5 Jasna Street in Warsaw. The building was built between 1900 and 1901, under the direction of Karol Kozłowski, to be reconstructed in 1955 by Eugeniusz Szparkowski. The director of the institution is Wojciech Nowak. It is the main venue of the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since 1955, the institution hosts the International Chopin Piano Competition.

The building hosts the annual festival Warsaw Autumn.

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  Warsaw Philharmonic, 1901
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  Warsaw Philharmonic, c.1901
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  Interior of the Warsaw Philharmonic, c.1901
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  Warsaw Philharmonic, 1939

The Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

The ensemble began its professional artistic activity in 1953 under the direction of Zbigniew Soja. Subsequent directors were Roman Kuklewicz (1955-71), Józef Bok (1971-74), Antoni Szaliński (1974-78), and Henryk Wojnarowski (1978-2016). In January 2017, Bartosz Michałowski took over the direction.

The Warsaw Philharmonic Choir conducts intensive artistic activity on the international arena. It has given concerts in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Spain, Iceland, Israel, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Lithuania, Latvia, France, Italy and the United Kingdom. It has been invited by such orchestras as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Muncher Philharmoniker, Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, RIAS Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker, symphony orchestras in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

Repertoire

The vast repertoire of the Choir includes over 400 oratorio and a cappella works from various eras, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Polish music, especially the works of Krzysztof Penderecki, has a special place in it.

Awards

2020 - Fryderyk for the recording of the operaHagith (with the Polish Radio Orchestra conducted by Michał Klauza).

2018 - Fryderyk for the album with Litany to the Virgin Mary, Stabat Materi Symphony No. 3 „Song of the Night” (with the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jacek Kasprzyk).

2017 - Grammy in the Best Choral Performance category for the album „Penderecki conducts Penderecki” series (Dies illa, Psalms of David and Hymns to St. Danilo and St. Adalbert).

2011 - Fryderyk for the 1989 recording of Requiem. Missa pro defunctis by Roman Maciejewski.

2010 - „Golden Orpheus” of the French Academie du Disque Lyrique in the category „Best Phonographic Initiative” for the promotion of the works of Stanislaw Moniuszko.

2009 - Fryderyk in the category Album of the Year - Choral and Oratorio Music for the album of the year with Stanisław Moniuszko's masses (DUX).

2005 - Record Academy Award (awarded by the Japanese magazine „Record Geijutsu”).