Sinfonia Varsovia

The Sinfonia Varsovia is an orchestra and a musical institution based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in 1984 by Yehudi Menuhin, Waldemar Dąbrowski and Franciszek Wybrańczyk,^[1] as a successor to the Polish Chamber Orchestra.^[2] From 2003 until his death in 2020, the orchestra was led by Krzysztof Penderecki as its artistic director.^[1]

Main building of Sinfonia Varsovia's headquarters (272 Grochowska Street, Warsaw)

Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra during La Folle Journée in Nantes, 2009

Menuhin had a close relationship with the orchestra that he helped to found, conducting them in the recording of a full cycle of Schubert's symphonies released in 1998.^[2] This followed a cycle of live performances of Beethoven's symphonies in 1994. The cycle was recorded and commercially released.^[3] Other conductors to have worked with the orchestra include Claudio Abbado, Charles Dutoit, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Marc Minkowski, Valery Gergiev and Lorin Maazel.^[4]

See also

• Warsaw Philharmonic

References

1. "Sinfonia Varsovia". sinfoniavarsovia.org.
2. Greenfield, Edward. "Schubert The Symphonies-Yehudi Menuhin". Gramophone. No. January 1998. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
3. Osborne, Richard. "Beethoven Symphonies, etc (review)". Gramophone. No. April 1996. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
4. "Conductors and Soloists". sinfoniavarsovia.org.