The Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( pl, Polska Orkiestra Radiowa) is a Polish

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founded in 1945 in

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by Stefan Rachoń. Initially, the

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 ...

made records only for

Polish radio Polskie Radio Spółka Akcyjna (PR S.A.; English: Polish Radio) is Poland's national public-service radio broadcasting organization owned by the State Treasury of Poland. History Polskie Radio was founded on 18 August 1925 and began making ...

and

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. In 1970, the orchestra began to tour and release recordings, particularly of

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such as that of

Wojciech Kilar Wojciech Kilar (; 17 July 1932 – 29 December 2013) was a Polish classical and film music composer. One of his greatest successes came with his score to Francis Ford Coppola's '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' in 1992, which received the ASCAP Award a ...

Zygmunt Krauze Zygmunt Krauze (born September 19, 1938) is a Polish composer of contemporary classical music, educator, and pianist. Biography Zygmunt Krauze is an important artist of his generation: a respected composer, valued pianist, educator, organiser of ...

and others.

Musical Directors

* Stefan Rachoń (1945—1976) * Wlodzimierz Kamirsky (1976—1980) * Ian Prushak * Mieczyslaw Nowakowski * Tadeusz Strugala * Wojciech Raisky * Łukasz Borowicz (2007—2015) * Michał Klauza (since 2015)

References

The Ludwig Van Beethoven Association

Predan Voigt

External links

Official site
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