Following his debut with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra in 2014, distinguished Italian conductor Oleg Caetani returns to Poland to conduct two concerts with the dynamic Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra on May 29th and 30th, 2026. One of the last legendary conductors of the older generation, Caetani leads the orchestra in Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C-major The Great . The Schubert’s masterpiece is proceeded by the acclaimed Hungarian violist, violinist and composer Tibor Serly’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra with Polish viola player Karolina Lewińska-Bąk as soloist.
Award-winning Canadian violinist Yi-Jia Susanne Hou returns to the revived Brott Music Festival in Hamilton in its 39th edition. Together with the National Academy Orchestra of Canada under the button of the Festival’s Artistic Director Maestra Tania Miller they bring the virtuosic Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto on 30th of July at the FirstOntario Concert Hall.
The outstanding Polish-Ukrainian conductor Yaroslav Shemet appears with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra in Vilnius for the first time on 3rd of October this year. In his debut concert at the Vilnius Philharmonic Hall Shemet brings his beloved Polish-Ukrainian music of composers connected to Lithuania. Boris Lyatoshinsky’s Symphony No 3 subtitled Peace will Defeat War completed in 1951 which suffered under the initial censorship, is heard here in its restored original version. Lyatoshinsky is known to have influenced the work of the Lithuanian composer Osvaldas Balakauskas who studied with him at the Kyiv Conservatory. The programme opens with the Fairy Tale Overture by Stanisław Moniuszko who spent his most creative period in Vilnius. Chopin’s nostalgic Piano Concerto No 2 in F-minor will be performed by the award-winning Lithuanian pianist Aleksandra Žvirblytė as soloist in her anniversary season.
Postponed from the original engagement in December 2024, Yaroslav Shemet makes his debut with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra in Ankara at the CSO Ankara Main Concert Hall on April the 3rd. Mo Shemet’s programme opens with the Turkish premier of Stanisław Moniuszko’s Concert Overture “Bajka” (The Fairly Tale) followed by Henryk Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor with Canadian award-winning violinist Yi-Jia Susanne Hou as soloist. In the second part of the concert Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 brings to focus the tradition bridged with a new beginning.
Canadian award-winning violinist Yi-Jia Susanne Hou returns to Ontario’s Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra to work with its new Music Director James S. Kahane. In their danced-themed programme featuring music by Ravel, Philippe Hersant and Dvořák Yi-Jia Susanne Hou performs Saint-Saëns’ fiery Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso on March 21st at the FirstOntario Concert Hall.
Antoni Wit makes debut appearance with Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse on 27th of November at the Halle aux-grains conducting Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony and Wagner’s Prelude to Lohengrin in an exceptional musical evening. As part of a well-established tradition in the Orchestre du Capitole’s season, young musicians from the Toulouse Conservatory join forces with the orchestra for this concert, which concludes a week of academy training under the tutelage of orchestra’s musicians.
Violinist Yi-Jia Susanne Hou returns to South Africa to work with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra in the Early Spring Season concert. Susanne Hou will perform Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No 2 in d-minor on 28th of August under the baton of Mo Daniel Boico. Their concert will be repeated with the Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban on September the 4th.
Yaroslav Shemet, General Music Director of the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk, makes his debut with Prague State Opera in the 2025/2026 season conducting Puccini’s La Bohème. A highly successful production directed by Ondřej Havelka with dramaturgy by Jitka Slavíková and sets by Martin Černý will see its revival in nine performances between December 2025 and January 2026.
Polish distinguished maestro Antoni Wit appears with Saarländisches Staatsorchester in two concerts on May 4th and 5th 2025 at the Saarland State Theater in Saarbruecken. Maestro Wit is joined by the orchestra’s Artist-in-Residence renowned violinist Kirill Troussov in Henryk Wieniawski’s virtuosic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in D minor. A defiant 20th century classic, Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra is the focus of Polish music exploration in the second half of the concert preceded by Wojciech Kilar’s Orawa for strings. Glazunov’s obscure unfinished Symphony No 9 opens the programme. The concert is recorded by SR kultur Radio.
Polish distinguished conductor Maestro Antoni Wit makes a much-awaited return to his former Orquestra Sinfónica de Navarra to conduct a poignant programme of youthful works by Mendelssohn juxtaposed with the sombre Dvořák’s Symphony No 7. Their two concerts will take place at the Auditorium Baluarte in Pamplona on March the 20th and at Teatro Gaztambide de Tudela on March 21st.
