Witold Rowicki

Witold Rowicki (real name Kalka, born February 26, 1914 in Taganrog, † October 1, 1989 in Warsaw) was a Polish conductor.

Life

Rowicki completed his studies in 1938 from the Conservatory of Krakow, where he became professor of violin. During the occupation by the German Reich Rowicki was a member of the Symphony Orchestra of Krakow (violin and viola). After the war, in 1945 he became head of the music department of the Polish Radio in Katowice ( Katowice), southern Poland under the communist regime. He founded the Polish Radio Orchestra (now the Great Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television ).

1950 Rowicki moved on to Warsaw, where he founded the National Philharmonic. He was a three-year interruption from 1955 to 1958, Bohdan Wodiczko conducted the Philharmonic, its musical director until his retirement in 1977 ( successor Kazimierz Kord ).

1983-1985 Rowicki was the successor of James Loughran chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra ( successor to Horst Stein ).

Work

Rowickis recordings include:

  • All the symphonies of Antonín Dvořák
  • Works by Wojciech Kilar
  • The Violin Concerto by Mieczysław Karłowicz
  • Various works by Karol Szymanowski
  • Piano concertos by Schumann and Prokofiev with Sviatoslav Richter, by Mozart with Ingrid Haebler
  • Ballet Suites by Tchaikovsky
  • The 5th Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich
  • The Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E flat major by Frederic Chopin (Recording Complete Works of Muza Polskie Nagrania, XL 0057 SXL 0057)
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