The Pomeranian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

The Symphonic Orchestra was founded in 1946 and after years found its home in the building of the Pomeranian Philharmonic.

The orchestra was co-created and conducted by Robert Satanowski, Zbigniew Chwedczuk, Witold Krzemieński, Antoni Wit, Tomasz Bugaj, Mieczysław Nowakowski, Jerzy Salwarowski, Michael Zilm, Roman Kofman, Marek Pijarowski, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Kai Bumann and Mykola Diadiura.

Concerts with outstanding conductors and composers are the testimony of the position of the musicians. The performances have featured: Ernest Ansermet, Roberto Benzi, Benjamin Britten, Aram Chaczaturian, Riccardo Chailly, Juozas Domarkas, Jerzy Katlewicz, Kazimierz Kord, Jan Krenz, Witold Lutosławski, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Krzysztof Penderecki, Kurt Redel, Witold Rowicki, Jerzy Semkow, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Saulius Sondeckis, Leopold Stokowski, Tadeusz Strugała, and Carlo Zecchi.

The performances in Italy, Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Scotland, Switzerland, Russia, South Korea and Cyprus have also met with applause and appreciative reviews.

The orchestra has performed in the renowned concert halls of the Berlin Philharmonic, the Konzerthaus Berlin and the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna.

It has numerously appeared at national and international music festivals such as Wratislavia Cantans, Warsaw Autumn, Berliner Festwochen, International Summer Festival Ljubljana, Schweriner Musiktage, Frankfurter Festtage der Musik.

The musicians of the orchestra have recorded the following pieces for Polish and international record companies: Yun’s symphonies (for Bild-Kunst, Bonn), Lutosławski’s "Chain 2" (awarded Diapason d’Or, Thorofon), Szymanowski’s works (for DUX), albums for Polskie Nagrania, Veriton, CPO Osnabrück and Naxos.

In 2013, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Pomeranian Philharmonic the Orchestra, conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk, recorded the Symphony in B minor "Polonia" by Ignacy Jan Paderewski (DUX).

On 29 June 2018, as part of the celebration of 100 years of Polish Independence, Mozart's "Requiem" was performed and dedicated to the Patron of the Philharmonic on the 77th anniversary of his death. The performance included the Orchestra of The Pomeranian Philharmonic, leading Polish soloists and the Chamber Choir of the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań conducted by Kai Bumann. The concert was held in Archcathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Warsaw where the patron of the Philharmonic and Poznań University rests.

An important event was the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the World War II with three concerts of the Pomeranian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra with the participation of soloists and the Singakademie Frankfurt (Oder) Choir in Potsdam, Bydgoszcz and Toruń in 2019. The large audience listened to Wojciech Kilar - Missa pro pace, conducted by Rudolf Tiersch.

In February 2020, the Pomeranian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra together with the Berliner Cappella Choir, conducted by Sergi Gili Solé, gave a concert at the Berlin Philharmonic. The program included such compositions as Brahms - Schicksalslied Op. 54, Nänie Op. 82 and Gija Kantscheli - "Styx" for viola, choir and orchestra.