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Sinfonia Chamber
Orchestra
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Founded by conductor Piotr Sulkowski, the Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra was organized to perform at the "Young
Composers' Forum," a festival held originally in 1993. The commitment of the
ensemble members resulted in the continuation of the event. "Forum Sinfonia"
acts under the auspices of the Academy of Music in Krakow and cooperates with
other musical institutions of the city such as the P.W.N. Edition and the
publishing house "VIVO."
The orchestra has been invited to take part in
such Polish and international festivals as the Organ Music Days, the Canadian
Music Festival, and Silesian Day of Contemporary Music. In 1994, they received
the Best Performance Award from the Chapter of Critics at the Young Composers'
Forum and were asked by the P.W.M. Edition Composers' Competition to perform a
work by Rajumund Pietrzak. Their prize-winning performance was broadcast by
Polish radio. Their CDs contain music from "Four Seasons" by Vivaldi, "Serenada"
by Czajkowski, and the German musical "Deorecording." Their repertory ranges
from Baroque to contemporary compositions such as those by Widlak, Chyrzynski,
Minqjiqi, Lukaszewski, Zielinski, and Dziadek and includes many first
performances.
The Director
 Piotr
Sulkowski is the conductor, founder,
and artistic director of the Chamber Orchestra Academy of Music in Krakow. He
graduated with honors from the Academy of Music in Krakow, was named first in
the faculty of musical education (1993) and, in 1996, conducted the class of
Professor Jerzy Katlewicz. He holds the scholarship of the International
Bachakademi, having taken part in master courses lead by Helmuth Rilling and
Jean Eliot Gardiner in Germany. He also received an Oregon Bach Festival
Scholarship in the United States and the Creative Scholarship from the President
of the City of Krakow.
Along with the energetic concert activities that
he leads with the Forum Sinfonia, Mr. Sulkowski works with the Krakow
Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sinfonia Varsowia and is involved with
educational work. In 1993 he began conducting the chorus and orchestra "Ostinaato"
of the State Musical Lyceum in Krakow, with whom he toured Germany and France.
Since 1996, he has been the conductor of the Krakow Opera and Operetta.
In 2002 he
was named the music director for the Krakow Opera.
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