Sinfonia Varsovia
Sinfonia Varsovia is a Polish symphony orchestra, founded in 1984 by clarinetist Franciszek Wybrańczyk (1934-2006).
It originated from the Polish Chamber Orchestra. When Yehudi Menuhin came to Warsaw to record some records with the orchestra, the orchestra was enlarged by new members and got its current name. Menuhin became the first permanent guest conductor.
The orchestra played under the artistic direction of Krzysztof Penderecki until his death in March 2020 . Marc Minkowski took over the musical direction from June 2008 .
From the beginning, the orchestra had to practice in rented rooms. It was not until April 2009, for the 25th anniversary, that the musicians were given their own seat in the 100-year-old building of the Veterinary Faculty of the Warsaw University of Natural Sciences at Grochowska Street 272.
The orchestra travels almost all the time. There were concerts in Germany , France , Italy , Spain , Austria , Finland , Portugal , Belgium , Holland , Great Britain , Switzerland , Greece , Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Hong Kong , Japan , Korea and Taiwan .
Famous musicians, soloists and conductors such as Marcus Kretzer , Marc Minkowski , Alexis Weissenberg , Claudio Abbado , Salvatore Accardo , Maurice André , Martha Argerich , Yuri Bashmet , Teresa Berganza , José Carreras , Sarah Chang , José Cura , Plácido Domingo performed with the orchestra , Augustin Dumay , Charles Dutoit , Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos , Philippe Entremont , James Galway , Kiri Te Kanawa , Nigel Kennedy , Witold Lutosławski , Jerzy Maksymiuk , Mstislaw Rostropowitsch and Maxim Vengerov .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 14 '48 " N , 21 ° 4' 14.8" E