ADDRESS:
The National Orchestra and Choir of Poland
ul. Jasna 5, 00-950 Warszawa
www.filharmonia.pl
dESCRIPTION:
Warsaw Autumn – International Festival of Contemporary Music, held in September at Warsaw Philharmony.
The Warsaw Philharmonic – The National Orchestra and Choir of Poland, which celebrated its centenary in 2001, is one of the oldest musical institutions in Europe. It was created thanks to the initiative of a group of Polish aristocrats and financiers: Natalia, Stefan and Stanisław Lubomirski, Maurycy and Tomasz Zamoyski, Władysław Tyszkiewicz, Leopold Julian Kronenberg (son of the founder of the Bank of Commerce) and, from the musical world: Ludwik Grossman, Emil Młynarski, Aleksander Rajchman, Marian Sokołowski, and others. The architect Karol Kozłowski designed the building in the Viennese Secession style, modelling it on the Paris Opera. The first concert was held on 5 November 1901.
