Maestro’s birthday – inauguration of the Year of Krzysztof Penderecki

The Maestro’s jubilee year will be inaugurated on 23 November at the University Auditorium in Poznań with a concert by the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki.
The concert will feature a premiere of the composer’s latest work – Double Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, which will be performed by excellent young instrumentalists: Fumiaki Miura (violin) and Julian Rachlin (viola). The Double Concerto was commissioned for the 200th anniversary of the Musikverein in Vienna, where the world premiere was held on 22 October 2012. The concert is dedicated to Julian Rachlin.
The concert will be broadcast by Polish Radio 2. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 will be performed in the second part.
After the concert, Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki will receive the Jerzy Kurczewski Award for outstanding achievements in choral music. The Polish Chamber Choir conducted by Jan Łukaszewski will perform Krzysztof Penderecki’s works for a cappella choir.
The evening will conclude with the premiere of a debut solo album (Experiment: Penderecki) by Piotr Orzechowski, a young Cracovian pianist and jazz composer. Piotr Orzechowski will present Krzysztof Penderecki with the first copy of the CD and play several of his compositions.