The National Forum of Music (''Narodowe Forum Muzyki'') is a music venue located in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

, Poland. It was completed in 2015 and houses a large concert hall with 1800 seats and three chamber halls (from 250–450 seats) and is home to many major ensembles and festivals in Wrocław. The postmodern building of the National Forum of Music (NFM) was designed by APA Kuryłowicz & Associates. It is one of the largest and most modern music venues in Poland.

History

Narodowe Forum Muzyki we Wrocławiu, Sala Główna

The construction of the venue started in 2009 and was completed in 2015. It covers the area of 48,500 square metres and is situated in the Liberty Square in the city centre near the historic

Wrocław Opera The Wrocław Opera ( Polish: ''Opera Wrocławska'') is an opera company and opera house in the Old Town of Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in t ...

. The building consists of six floor above ground level as well as three underground floors. The

Witold Lutosławski Witold Roman Lutosławski (; 25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor. Among the major composers of 20th-century classical music, he is "generally regarded as the most significant Polish composer since Szyman ...

National Forum of Music is a cultural institution that is headquartered in the building. It was created in 2014 due to a merger of two other institutions -

Wratislavia Cantans The Andrzej Markowski International Festival Wratislavia Cantans is a music festival held every September in Wrocław and Lower Silesia, Poland, organized by the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music in Wrocław. The name ''Wratislavia Cantan ...

International Festival of Music and the Wrocław

Philharmonic An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola ...

. Andrzej Kosendiak, the current director of NFM, was one of the main initiators of the project to create the new venue. The NFM organizes a wide range of educational projects for children such as Choir Academy (''Singing Wrocław'', ''Singing Poland'', ''Polish National Youth Choir''), Singing Europe, Family Philharmonic, Philharmonic for Youngsters as well as for adults e.g. Music Lovers' Choir. The NFM was one of the key cultural institutions responsible for establishing the cultural programme of Wrocław as one of co-host cities bearing the title of the European Capital of Culture in 2016.

Events

Presently, the National Forum of Music organizes the following national and international festivals and events: *

, *Jazztopad, *Musica Polonica Nova, *Musica Electronica Nova, *Forum Musicum, *Leo Festival, *Early Music Festival.

Orchestras

The venue is home to such

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

s and music bands as: *NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, *NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra, *Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, *NFM Choir, *NFM Boys' Choir, * Lutosławski Quartet, *LutosAir Quintet, *NFM Ensemble, *Polish Cello Quartet, *NFM Leopoldinum String Trio, *Wrocław Baroque Ensemble, *Artrio (cooperation) *Pakamera Quartet (cooperation) *NFM Salon Orchestra.

References

External links

Website of the NFM

National Forum of Music in Wroclaw in Google Cultural Institute
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