• Krzysztof Jakowicz - violin
• Jerzy Semkow Sinfonia Iuventus Polish Orchestra
• Wojciech Rodek - conductor
   
• Gabriela Ułanowska - host

Programme:

• G. Rossini – William Tell Overture
• W.A. Mozart – Violin Concerto in A major, K. 219
• J. Williams – Suite from the film Harry Potter
• W. Kilar – Suite from the film Pan Tadeusz

“They asked me how many times I had read Pan Tadeusz while composing this music. Good heavens! Not once. Because, as far as I am concerned, the only Pan Tadeusz that existed for that matter was Wajda’s. I was not writing music for Mickiewicz’s epic, but for Wajda’s film. Yet Pan Tadeusz lives within every Pole, and therefore it lives within me as well, even if I do not keep a copy on my bedside table. I have read it many times, and all those scenes are deeply ingrained in my memory. It is part of my Polish identity. And when it came to composing, the music seemed obvious.” 

This is how Wojciech Kilar described the creation of the score for Andrzej Wajda’s acclaimed film Pan Tadeusz. The music earned the composer numerous distinctions, including the Golden Duck Award for Best Music in a Polish Film (2000), the Polish Film Academy Eagle Award for Best Original Score (2000), and a Platinum Record for sales exceeding 20,000 copies. In 2007, the famous Polonaise scene received a special Golden Duck Award as part of the magazine’s 50th-anniversary celebrations, winning in the category of Best Dance Scene. At the Jordanki Culture and Congress Centre, the audience will have the opportunity to hear the Pan Tadeusz Suite from this legendary film. 

The evening will also take audiences on a journey into the magical world of Harry Potter. The programme includes the Suite from the film series about the young wizard, composed by John Williams, one of the most celebrated and influential film composers of all time. A true record-holder in the history of the Academy Awards, Williams has received an extraordinary 54 Oscar nominations and won five. Among the most iconic film franchises for which he has written music are Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Harry Potter. 

The programme will also feature the overture to Rossini’s four-act opera William Tell, which premiered in 1829. In April 1828, Rossini announced in the pages of La Revue musicale that William Tell would be his final opera.

The concert will conclude with Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, known as the “Turkish” Concerto. The composer wrote the work while serving as Konzertmeister at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg, Hieronymus von Colloredo.

The soloist for the evening will be Krzysztof Jakowicz, laureate of the First- and Second-Class Awards of the Minister of Culture and Art, the Award of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Award of the Polish Composers’ Union. He will perform with the Jerzy Semkow Sinfonia Iuventus Polish Orchestra under the baton of Wojciech Rodek. The mission of Sinfonia Iuventus is to support exceptionally talented young musicians by providing them with opportunities for debut orchestral experience. The ensemble is composed of instrumentalists under the age of thirty. The concert will be hosted by Gabriela Ułanowska. 
 

Mecenas Główny: Miasto Toruń 
Partner Główny: Samorząd Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego
Dofinansowano z Funduszy Europejskich
Patronat honorowy: Marszałek Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego Piotr Całbecki, Prezydent Miasta Torunia Paweł Gulewski
Mecenas Kultury - Główny Sponsor: PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.
Mecenas Strategiczny: Strabag Sp. z o.o.
Darczyńca: Konsul Honorowy Finlandii w Toruniu - Tadeusz Pająk 
Partnerzy: Pneuma Jarosław Pawlicki, Pirmedia Sp. z o.o., Maciej Zieliński - fotograf, KM Transport Jadwiga Łączyńska, Fisheye Production Marcin Rybicki, MZK w Toruniu Sp. z o.o., Filharmonia Pomorska im. Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego w Bydgoszczy
Partner motoryzacyjny: Toyota Bednarscy
Partner technologiczny: Vobacom Sp. z o.o.
Patronat medialny: TVP3 Bydgoszcz, TV Toruń, Nowości - Dziennik Toruński , Toruń Nasze Miasto, Polskie Radio PiK, POLMIC 
Organizator: Toruńska Orkiestra Symfoniczna Instytucja finansowana ze środków Gminy Miasta Toruń