Soprano Ewa Vesin will appear as the soloist in Szymanowski’s Veni Creator, while the internationally-renowned Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski will perform Bartok’s Third Piano Concerto.
The Warsaw Philharmonic will be conducted by Andrzej Boreyko in his first appearance with the orchestra as its new music director.
Andrzej Boreyko
Boreyko takes over from Jacek Kaspszyk, who held the post since 2013.
Born in 1957 to a Polish father and a Russian mother, Boreyko spent his childhood in Poland before moving to Leningrad to study conducting. After returning to Poland in 1991, he served for four years as music director of the Poznań Symphony Orchestra in western Poland.
He later worked as music director and guest conductor with many leading orchestras in Europe and the United States.
In 2014, Boreyko conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the world premiere of the Fourth Symphony by Polish composer Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and gave the American premiere of the work with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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