Performers
THE POLISH NATIONAL RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BASED IN KATOWICE
Poland’s first autonomous radio symphony orchestra, established in 1935 by the legendary conductor Grzegorz Fitelberg, and reactivated after World War II in Katowice under Witold Rowicki. It won international renown and became an ambassador of Polish culture, working with the world’s top artists such as Leonard Bernstein, Martha Argerich, and Arthur Rubinstein, and performing in major concert venues. Since its inception its performances have regularly been broadcast by Polish Radio.
NOSPR has premiered works by such composers as Witold Lutosławski, Wojciech Kilar, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, and Krzysztof Penderecki, among others. It has released numerous albums under prestigious labels, as well as recording an exceptionally vast number of works for radio collections. The orchestra has been led by conductors of such calibre as Jan Krenz, Kazimierz Kord, Tadeusz Strugała, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Antoni Wit, Gabriel Chmura, Jacek Kaspszyk, Alexander Liebreich, and Lawrence Foster. Its current artistic director is Marin Alsop, and its general and programme director – Ewa Bogusz-Moore.
Since 2014 NOSPR has had its own state-ofthe- art concert venue in the centre of Katowice, designed by Konior Studio and boasting excellent acoustics by Nagata Acoustic, widely acclaimed by both musicians and audiences. The hall’s organ was built by the Slovenian workshop of Anton Škrabl after a concept by Julian Gembalski.
NOSPR has premiered works by such composers as Witold Lutosławski, Wojciech Kilar, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, and Krzysztof Penderecki, among others. It has released numerous albums under prestigious labels, as well as recording an exceptionally vast number of works for radio collections. The orchestra has been led by conductors of such calibre as Jan Krenz, Kazimierz Kord, Tadeusz Strugała, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Antoni Wit, Gabriel Chmura, Jacek Kaspszyk, Alexander Liebreich, and Lawrence Foster. Its current artistic director is Marin Alsop, and its general and programme director – Ewa Bogusz-Moore.
Since 2014 NOSPR has had its own state-ofthe- art concert venue in the centre of Katowice, designed by Konior Studio and boasting excellent acoustics by Nagata Acoustic, widely acclaimed by both musicians and audiences. The hall’s organ was built by the Slovenian workshop of Anton Škrabl after a concept by Julian Gembalski.
