Antoni Wit returns to work with Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra this week where he will conduct Japanese premier of Osaka-born contemporary composer Dai Fujikura. The new piece Solaris Suite will be performed in two concerts on February 22 and 23 at Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater, The Concert Hall. The programme will also feature Dvorak’s Violin Concerto with the acclaimed German soloist Veronika Eberle and Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5. For more details, see HERE
*Maestro Wit premiered Fujikura’s other orchestral work Rare Gravity in Nagoya during his visit to the Orchestra in 2016.
Swiss – Canadian Teo Gheorghiu will join forces with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Andrei Feher playing Ravel Piano Concerto for Left Hand in two concerts on 15th and 16th February. The concerts will take place at one of the Orchestra’s many performing venues in Kitchener, Centre in The Square.
For his penultimate guest-conducting week with Orquesta de Navarra in Spain this season, Maestro Wit brings Bruckner Symphony No 5 which he will lead in two concerts at Baluarte on February 14th and 15th. For further details see here.
Maestro Wit returns to his former orchestra National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice to conduct a special anniversary concert on 7 February. The concert programme linked to 110th year since Karłowicz’s premature death in the Tatra mountains will feature his “Rebirth” Symphony. At the brand new NOSPR concert hall, Antoni Wit will be joined by the renowned Canadian pianist Louis Lortie performing Lutosławski’s Piano Concerto, which will mark the 25th anniversary of the composer death. Wit recorded both works on Naxos Records as part of the complete works cycle by Lutosławski and Karłowicz.
Following last year successful performances of Pagliacci at the Ravenna Festival , Vladimir Ovodok will make his debut conducting Leoncavallo’s iconic opera at the Bolshoi Theatre Belarus on 14 February. Mentored by Riccardo Muti at the Italian Opera Academy , Minsk-based Vladimir Ovodok launched his international career conducting Pagliacci in 2017 in Ravenna as part of the Opera Trilogy with Tosca and Cavalleria Rusticana.
Teo Gheorghiu starts the New Year at the spectacular setting of Schloss Elmau, legendary hotel & concert hall with over 100 years concert tradition. He will be joined by the Swiss cellist Chiara Enderle and the clarinettist Moritz Roelcke on 8th of January performing a programme of chamber works by Brahms and Beethoven. All three young artists are among the most promising of their generation and passionate chamber musicians in addition to their solo careers.
On November 11th Maestro Wit will make his debut with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra in all-Polish programme of Moniuszko, Karłowicz and Lutosławski. He will be joined by the award-winning young generation Polish violinist Agata Szymczewska in the Karłowicz Violin Concerto. The concert will take place at Bulgaria Hall in Sofia and will mark the 100th Anniversary of Independent Poland. For more details see here.
