Orchestra
The State Chamber Orchestra was a state institution until 1990. Then it was taken over by the Toruń Muncipal Authorities and on 22 October 1992 it assumed the name of the Toruń Chamber Orchestra. On 9 February 2006 our great dream came true. That day The Toruń Council set up the Toruń Symphony Orchestra.
In the artistic season 2008/2009 the Torun Symphony orchestra celebrated a great feast – The Orchestra’s 30th anniversary.
From the very start until present the Orchestra has been doing its best to satisfy your need for music – to respond to the needs of music lovers and to “infect” with the love of classical music those, who only start to learn about it. Orchestra give concerts mostly in Toruń, but music lovers from other cities know us very well –we take part in various cultural events. Orchestra also perform abroad and has given concerts in Belgium, Switzerland, Slovakia, Germany, Denmark, the UK, Italy, France, Belarus, China and Lithuania. Toruń Symphony Orchestra perform with Jose Carreras during his concert in Torun, in July of 2010.
Since 2005 we have organized shows for schools and concerts for children and youth, both in Toruń and in the whole Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province. Moreover, the Orchestra has cooperated for years with the Karol Szymanowski Complex of Music Schools in Toruń, making it possible for outstanding young artists to perform as soloists at special concerts with the Orchestra.
The most important event organized is the annual Toruń – Music and Architecture Festival, initiated in 1997. The main idea of the festival is to present classical music in historic interiors. The festival concerts take place during the summer holidays in July and August in the most beautiful monuments of the Toruń Old Town. The festival has become a landmark in the cultural calendar of the city, emphasising the unique ambient of the treasures of the Toruń architecture. The artists who participate in the summer concerts come from various countries from a world and show mastery in their domains.
In 1996 the Toruń Chamber Orchestra recorded a CD entitled Famous Classical Miniatures and in 1997 a monographic CD with F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s music. Another CD, also in 1997, was recorded in Soro (Denmark) under the baton of Knud Vad, together with the Soranus Choir and the soloists Bożena Harasimowicz-Haas (soprano), Katarzyna Suska (soprano), Ole Hedegaard (tenor) and Ole Stovring Larsen (baritone). The CD features W. A. Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor KV 427. With the sane artists, in 1999 in Soro, the Orchestra recorded other Mozart’s works, namely: Requiem in D minor KV 626, Ave verum corpus KV 618 and Laudate Dominum KV 339. In 2001 in Soro, together with the Soranus Choir, the Copenhagen Academic Choir and the soloists Ann Petersen (soprano), Adam Zdunikowski (tenor) and Ole Stovring Larsen (baritone) the Toruń Chamber Orchestra conducted by Knud Vad recorded L. van Beethoven’s work: Iuverture Leonore Op. 72a and Oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives Op. 85.
Orchestra has also made recordings for the Polish Radio and Television, as well as Suisse Romande Radio.
The Orchestra is proud to have cooperated with such Conductors as: T. Bugaj, M. J. Błaszczyk, Ł. Borowicz, S. Chrzanowski, J. Domarkas, A. Duczmal, M. Dworzyński, Z. Frieman, St. Gałoński, Cz. Grabowski, J. W. Hawel, J. Kosek, J. Maksymiuk, S. Marczyk, K. Missona, M. Niesiołowski, M. Nesterowicz, M. Pijarowski, Z. Rychert, J. Salwarowski, R. Silva, J. Swoboda, K. Stryja, K. Teutsch, J. Walczyński, T. Wicherek, T. Wojciechowski, S.A. Wróblewski, such soloists instrumentalists as: U. Bartkiewicz-Siemiątkowska, K. Baranowski, A. Bauer, B. Bilińska, R. Blechacz, V. Brodski, E. Bukojemska, K. Danczowska, Ł. Długosz, K. Duda, J. Godziszewski, J. Grubich, L. Grychtołówna, W. Herman, B. Hołownia, E. Indjic, R. Jabłoński, J. Jakowicz, K. Jakowicz, M. Yashvili, R. Kabara, E. Karaś-Krasztel, B. Kawalla, K. Kenner, A. Klocek, K. A. Kulka, R. Kwiatkows
Lisak, A. Makowicz, W. Malicki, U. Mazurek, K. Meisinger, H. Miśkiewicz,I. Monighetti, B. Nizioł, G. Olkiewicz, J. Olejniczak, P. Paleczny, P. Piekutowska, P. Pławner, K. Pełech, Z. Piernik, E. Pobłocka, J. Ptaszyn Wróblewski, A. Ratusiński, O. Rega, B. Ringeissen, R. Smendzianka, A. M. Staśkiewicz, D. Stabrawa, J. Stanienda, E. Stefańska-Łukowicz, T. Strahl, T. Shebanova, B. Świątek, J. Wawrowski, A. Wodnicki, T. Wojnowicz, W. Wiłkomirska, Z. Zgraja, G. Żyslin and the vocalists: K. Boreczko, G. Brodzińska, J. Carreras, B. Harasimowicz, A. Hiolski, I. Hossa, U. Kryger, Cz. Gałka, A. Kurowska, J. Kusiewicz, P. Kusiewicz, Z. Krzywicki, J. Laszczkowski, M. Lendzion, G. Łobaszewska, T. May-Czyżkowska, J. Mechliński, J. Rappe, J. Rawik, I. Socha, D. Stachura, K. Suska, L. Szafraan, A. Szerszeń, M. Szczucka, S. Toczyska, E. Towarnicka, J. Wolniak, A. Wolska, A. Zdunikowski.
Nowadays there are 57 musicians in our artistic group, Paweł Dudzik is general manager and Piotr Sułkowski is artistic manager.
In the artistic season 2008/2009 the Torun Symphony orchestra celebrated a great feast – The Orchestra’s 30th anniversary.
From the very start until present the Orchestra has been doing its best to satisfy your need for music – to respond to the needs of music lovers and to “infect” with the love of classical music those, who only start to learn about it. Orchestra give concerts mostly in Toruń, but music lovers from other cities know us very well –we take part in various cultural events. Orchestra also perform abroad and has given concerts in Belgium, Switzerland, Slovakia, Germany, Denmark, the UK, Italy, France, Belarus, China and Lithuania. Toruń Symphony Orchestra perform with Jose Carreras during his concert in Torun, in July of 2010.
Since 2005 we have organized shows for schools and concerts for children and youth, both in Toruń and in the whole Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province. Moreover, the Orchestra has cooperated for years with the Karol Szymanowski Complex of Music Schools in Toruń, making it possible for outstanding young artists to perform as soloists at special concerts with the Orchestra.
The most important event organized is the annual Toruń – Music and Architecture Festival, initiated in 1997. The main idea of the festival is to present classical music in historic interiors. The festival concerts take place during the summer holidays in July and August in the most beautiful monuments of the Toruń Old Town. The festival has become a landmark in the cultural calendar of the city, emphasising the unique ambient of the treasures of the Toruń architecture. The artists who participate in the summer concerts come from various countries from a world and show mastery in their domains.
In 1996 the Toruń Chamber Orchestra recorded a CD entitled Famous Classical Miniatures and in 1997 a monographic CD with F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s music. Another CD, also in 1997, was recorded in Soro (Denmark) under the baton of Knud Vad, together with the Soranus Choir and the soloists Bożena Harasimowicz-Haas (soprano), Katarzyna Suska (soprano), Ole Hedegaard (tenor) and Ole Stovring Larsen (baritone). The CD features W. A. Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor KV 427. With the sane artists, in 1999 in Soro, the Orchestra recorded other Mozart’s works, namely: Requiem in D minor KV 626, Ave verum corpus KV 618 and Laudate Dominum KV 339. In 2001 in Soro, together with the Soranus Choir, the Copenhagen Academic Choir and the soloists Ann Petersen (soprano), Adam Zdunikowski (tenor) and Ole Stovring Larsen (baritone) the Toruń Chamber Orchestra conducted by Knud Vad recorded L. van Beethoven’s work: Iuverture Leonore Op. 72a and Oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives Op. 85.
Orchestra has also made recordings for the Polish Radio and Television, as well as Suisse Romande Radio.
The Orchestra is proud to have cooperated with such Conductors as: T. Bugaj, M. J. Błaszczyk, Ł. Borowicz, S. Chrzanowski, J. Domarkas, A. Duczmal, M. Dworzyński, Z. Frieman, St. Gałoński, Cz. Grabowski, J. W. Hawel, J. Kosek, J. Maksymiuk, S. Marczyk, K. Missona, M. Niesiołowski, M. Nesterowicz, M. Pijarowski, Z. Rychert, J. Salwarowski, R. Silva, J. Swoboda, K. Stryja, K. Teutsch, J. Walczyński, T. Wicherek, T. Wojciechowski, S.A. Wróblewski, such soloists instrumentalists as: U. Bartkiewicz-Siemiątkowska, K. Baranowski, A. Bauer, B. Bilińska, R. Blechacz, V. Brodski, E. Bukojemska, K. Danczowska, Ł. Długosz, K. Duda, J. Godziszewski, J. Grubich, L. Grychtołówna, W. Herman, B. Hołownia, E. Indjic, R. Jabłoński, J. Jakowicz, K. Jakowicz, M. Yashvili, R. Kabara, E. Karaś-Krasztel, B. Kawalla, K. Kenner, A. Klocek, K. A. Kulka, R. Kwiatkows
Lisak, A. Makowicz, W. Malicki, U. Mazurek, K. Meisinger, H. Miśkiewicz,I. Monighetti, B. Nizioł, G. Olkiewicz, J. Olejniczak, P. Paleczny, P. Piekutowska, P. Pławner, K. Pełech, Z. Piernik, E. Pobłocka, J. Ptaszyn Wróblewski, A. Ratusiński, O. Rega, B. Ringeissen, R. Smendzianka, A. M. Staśkiewicz, D. Stabrawa, J. Stanienda, E. Stefańska-Łukowicz, T. Strahl, T. Shebanova, B. Świątek, J. Wawrowski, A. Wodnicki, T. Wojnowicz, W. Wiłkomirska, Z. Zgraja, G. Żyslin and the vocalists: K. Boreczko, G. Brodzińska, J. Carreras, B. Harasimowicz, A. Hiolski, I. Hossa, U. Kryger, Cz. Gałka, A. Kurowska, J. Kusiewicz, P. Kusiewicz, Z. Krzywicki, J. Laszczkowski, M. Lendzion, G. Łobaszewska, T. May-Czyżkowska, J. Mechliński, J. Rappe, J. Rawik, I. Socha, D. Stachura, K. Suska, L. Szafraan, A. Szerszeń, M. Szczucka, S. Toczyska, E. Towarnicka, J. Wolniak, A. Wolska, A. Zdunikowski.
Nowadays there are 57 musicians in our artistic group, Paweł Dudzik is general manager and Piotr Sułkowski is artistic manager.
Medal Thorunium.