The finalists and winners of the 8th Zdzisław Skwara National Vocal Competition will perform at the Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic in Olsztyn on April 26, 2019 at 7.00 p.m.
The competition organized by the Andrzej Krzanowski State Music School Complex in Mława is attended by young opera singers and vocalists from many parts of Poland. As in previous years, the competition will have two stages. First, the participants will perform in Mława with piano accompaniment, then the finalists will perform in Olsztyn accompanied by the symphony orchestra of the Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic under the direction of Jerzy Kosek.
The programme of the evening will consist of arias from selected operas of such composers as: Gaetano Donizetti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Stanisław Moniuszko, and Feliks Nowowiejski. Jerzy Kosek, who will lead the Warmian-Masurian Philharmonics, worked the majority of symphony and chamber orchestras in Poland, as well as in Germany, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Hungary, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Venezuela, Israel, Portugal, China, USA (including Carnegie Hall in New York). His portfolio includes sixteen CDs, music for movies, music for radio and Polish, Israeli and American television.
More information at: https://filharmonia.olsztyn.pl/