CHOPIN ACADEMIA ORCHESTRA

• Art
• • Sym­phony Orches­tra of the Fry­deryk Chopin Uni­ver­sity of Music
  • Mixed Choir of the Fry­deryk Chopin Uni­ver­sity of Music
  • Inter-College Baroque Orchestra
  • Chopin Acad­e­mia Orchestra
  • The FCUM Brass and Wood­wind Band
  • The FCUM Big-Band
  • War­saw Boys’ and Men’s Choir at the FCUM in Warsaw
  • Chopin Vocal Consort
  • War­saw Soloists Con­certo Avenna
  • Wilanów Quar­tet

Artis­tic Direc­tor — Pro­fes­sor Jan Stanienda

At Pro­fes­sor Błażej Sroczyński’s sug­ges­tion Jan Stanienda founded the Chopin Acad­e­mia Orches­tra in 1995. The band con­sists of selected stu­dents and grad­u­ates from the Fry­deryk Chopin Uni­ver­sity of Music, prize-winners of domes­tic and inter­na­tional com­pe­ti­tions. From the very begin­ning, the founder, the out­stand­ing vio­lin­ist Jan Stanienda, has per­formed the duties of artis­tic direc­tor and con­duc­tor. His pas­sion, expe­ri­ence and high require­ments con­cern­ing the musi­cians, com­bined with the tal­ent and great devo­tion of the young instru­men­tal­ists, result in the musi­cal cre­ations of the high­est order.
Chopin Acad­e­mia Orches­tra coop­er­ated with such out­stand­ing artists as: V. Yagling, N. Gerner, O. Baadsvik, R. Zimak, J. Stanienda, K. Duda, M. Zdunik, J. Ole­jniczak, E. Wolanin, P. Kowal­ski, J. Kor­tus, J. Jakow­icz, T. Wojnow­icz, G. Nowak, T. Woj­ciechowski. The orches­tra has many record­ings on its score­card, e.g. for the DUX record­ing com­pany. Apart from its mother uni­ver­sity, the ensem­ble has also per­formed in the National Phil­har­monic, Pomeran­ian Phil­har­monic, the Lutosławski Con­cert Stu­dio, the John Paul II Col­lec­tion Museum and on the fes­ti­vals: Organ Fes­ti­val in Lublin, the Janáček Fes­ti­val in Huk­valdy, the “Young-Euro Clas­sic” Fes­ti­val in Berlin, “In the Land of Chopin” in Babice Stare, Euro­pean Music Fes­ti­val in Otwock. One of their most impor­tant pre­sen­ta­tions were: a per­for­mance in the Con­gress Hall in War­saw at the invi­ta­tion of the J. Kwaśniewska “Com­mu­ni­ca­tion with­out Bar­ri­ers” Foun­da­tion (2003), pre­miere per­for­mance of the con­tem­po­rary operas: “Alpha Kry­onia Xe” by A. Gryka and “Fedra” by D. Jaskot in the Cham­ber Hall of the National Opera (2006), par­tic­i­pa­tion in the cin­ema shows of the Oscar-winning car­toon “Peter and the Wolf” based on the orches­tral tale by Prokofiev at the invi­ta­tion of the Eng­lish com­pany Break­thru Films (2007) and a per­for­mance in the pres­ti­gious Poly The­atre Hall in Bei­jing, inau­gu­rat­ing the Pol­ish Cul­ture Days in China.
For more infor­ma­tion about the orches­tra, check: www.chopinacademia.com.