Witold Rowicki
Witold Rowicki (real family name Kałka , born February 26, 1914 in Taganrog , † October 1, 1989 in Warsaw ) was a Polish conductor .
Life
Rowicki completed his studies at the Krakow Conservatory in 1938 , where he became professor of violin. During the occupation by the German Reich , Rowicki was a member of the Krakow Symphony Orchestra (violin and viola). After the war in 1945, under the communist regime, he became head of the music department of the Polish radio in Katowice (Kattowitz) , southern Poland. There he founded the Polish Radio Orchestra (today: Great Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and TV).
In 1950 Rowicki moved to Warsaw and founded the National Philharmonic there . With a three-year hiatus from 1955 to 1958, when Bohdan Wodiczko directed the Philharmonic, he was its musical director until his retirement in 1977 (successor Kazimierz Kord). He was best known as an interpreter of modern Polish music.
From 1983 to 1985 Rowicki was the successor of James Loughran as chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (successor Horst Stein ).
plant
Rowicki's recordings include:
- all symphonies by Antonín Dvořák
- Works by Wojciech Kilar
- the violin concerto by Mieczysław Karłowicz
- various works by Karol Szymanowski
- Piano concertos by Schumann and Prokofiev with Swjatoslaw Richter , by Mozart with Ingrid Haebler
- Tchaikovsky ballet suites
- the 5th symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich
- the Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E flat major by Fryderyk Chopin (recording Complete Works by Muza Polskie Nagrania, XL 0057 SXL 0057)
Web links
- Witold Rowicki at Discogs (English)
- Obituary in the New York Times
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rowicki, Witold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taganrog |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1989 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |