| Registration date: |
2006-05-18 |
| Full orchestra name: |
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
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| Country: |
Poland  |
| City: |
Warsaw |
| Address: |
The National Orchestra and Choir of Poland, ul. Jasna 5, 00-950 Warszawa |
| Telephone: |
0048 (0)22 5517111 |
| Fax: |
0048 (0)22 5517200 |
| Homepage: |
http://www.filharmonia.pl |
| Contact person: |
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| Contact language(s): |
polish, english |
| Contact e-mail: |
filharmonia@filharmonia.pl |
Description
The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra (Polish: Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej w Warszawie), one of Poland's premier musical institutions, was established in 1901 on the initiative of an assembly of Polish aristocrats and financiers, not to mention musicians. Between 1901 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939, a rollcall of virtuoso- and conductor-composers regularly performed their works with the orchestra, including Grieg, Honegger, Leoncavallo, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Saint-Saens, Richard Strauss, and Igor Stravinsky. Among the other luminaries who played with the Philharmonic were the pianists Paderewski and Rubinstein, the violinists Heifetz and Sarasate, and the cellist Casals. The Philharmonic has played host to the Chopin International Piano Competition since the contest began in 1927, and also appeared at the inaugural Wieniawski International Violin Competition (1935) and Universal Festival of Polish Art (1937).
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