Radom Chamber Orchestra, known in Polish as Radomska Orkiestra Kameralna was established as a municipal cultural organisation on 1 January 2007 by the

Radom, Poland Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the seat of a separate Radom Voivodeship (1975–1 ...

city authorities. It is made up of sixteen musicians under the direction of

Maciej Żółtowski Maciej Żółtowski - alternative spelling: Zoltowski (born 1971, Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish conductor and composer. Maciej Żółtowski studied violin at the F. Chopin and J. Elsner Music Schools in Warsaw. Having earned his diploma in violin p ...

, the ensemble's managing and

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the ...

in the years 2007-2017.Meksykańska Gala Sylwestrowa w wykonaniu Radomskiej Orkiestry Kameralnej
31 December 2013 In addition to regular concerts, the orchestra organised special events like the Krzysztof Penderecki International Composers' Competition ARBORETUM, International Conductors' Competition AUDITE, International Festival of String Quartets and Conductors’ Academy. The orchestra has performed with such prominent soloists and conductors as Lidia Grychtołówna,

Adam Wodnicki Adam Wodnicki (25 December 1930 – 9 June 2020) was a Polish professor, writer, and translator. He translated many works from French language, French into Polish language, Polish. Biography As a young teenager, Wodnicki participated in the Polis ...

, Piotr Pławner, Tytus Wojnowicz, Jacek Mirucki,

Patrick Gallois Patrick Gallois (born 1956) is a French flutist and conductor. Gallois was born in Linselles near the town of Lille in the north of France. At the age of 17 he began studies at the Conservatoire de Paris with the celebrated flutist Jean-Pierre Ra ...

Avri Levitan Avri Levitan (born 1973) is an Israeli violist based in Berlin. He conceived the nonprofit Musethica with Carmen Marcuello in 2009 and launched it in 2012 in Zaragoza, Spain. Levitan has received nominations at the ''BBC Music Magazine'' Awards ...

Marko Ylönen Marko may refer to: * Marko (given name) * Marko (surname) * Márkó, a village in Hungary See also *Marco (disambiguation) *Markko (disambiguation) *Marka (disambiguation) *Markov *Marku Marku is an Albanian surname. Notable people with the ...

, Jonathan Brett

Łukasz Borowicz Łukasz or Lukasz () is a Polish masculine given name, derived from Greek Λουκᾶς, Lukas. Derived family names are Łukaszewski, Łukaszewicz/ Łukasiewicz/ Lukashevich, Lukash (as transliterated from Ukrainian and Belarusian), Lukashenk ...

and Krzysztof Penderecki. Its diverse repertoire included works from the staple string orchestra repertoire as well as the less known, recently discovered or commissioned pieces. In 2009 the orchestra released its first CD with music by the famous Polish woman composer,

Grażyna Bacewicz Grażyna Bacewicz Biernacka (; 5 February 1909 – 17 January 1969) was a Polish composer and violinist. She is the second Polish female composer to have achieved national and international recognition, the first being Maria Szymanowska in the ...

(DUX 0691). This CD has been nominated for an

International Classical Music Award The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are music awards first awarded 6 April 2011. ICMA replace the Cannes Classical Awards (later called MIDEM Classical Awards) formerly awarded at MIDEM. The jury consists of music critics of magazines ...

(ICMA) and received enthusiastic reviews in the international press (Diapason, Scherzo). In 2011 and 2013 further recordings have been released, including a CD in the special series with works by Krzysztof Penderecki. After Maciej Zoltowski's departure the orchestra's profile changed towards pop, folk and jazz music under new directorship of Natalia Rogińska.

Discography

(

Dux Records Dux is a Polish classical recording label. It was founded in 1992 by sound engineers Małgorzata Polańska and Lech Tołwiński.Gramophone - Volume 83, Nos 1001-1005 2006 "... met many heads of smaller, sometimes tiny, labels, and was struck by the ...

0691). * Krzysztof Penderecki Lukasz Dlugosz, Rafal Kwiatkowski. (Dux)

References

External links

ROK's official website
Polish orchestras Arts organizations established in 2007 Radom {{orchestra-stub