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The Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra was founded on the initiative of Jerzy Semkow, one of the most
prominent Polish conductors. Established by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage with
a decree of 1 October 2007, it is a state artistic institution, the guiding principle of which is to give
young musicians an opportunity for an orchestral debut and prepare them to work in similar
professional ensembles. The Orchestra is composed of the most talented graduates of art music
academies under 30 years of age.
Sinfonia Iuventus began its artistic activity in June 2008. It has worked with many renowned
conductors, including Jerzy Semkow, Kazimierz Kord, Jan Krenz, Krzysztof Penderecki, Gabriel Chmura,
Antoni Wit, Tadeusz Struga\u0142a, John Axelrod, Charles Dutoit, Agnieszka Duczmal, Nicolae Moldoveanu,
Juozas Domarkas, Grzegorz Nowak, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Michai\u0142 Jurowski, Kiry\u0142 Karabits, Tadeusz
Koz\u0142owski, Andrzej Boreyko, Marek Pijarowski, Miros\u0142aw Jacek B\u0142aszczyk, Jerzy Salwarowski, George
Tchitchinadze, Evgeny Volynsky, Gerd Schaller, Eugene Tzigane, Massimiliano Caldi, Andriy Yurkevych,
Ruben Silva, Pawe\u0142 Przytocki, Paul Esswood, Piotr Su\u0142kowski, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Jerzy Swoboda,
Monika Woli\u0144ska, Wojciech Rodek, Marcin Na\u0142\u0119cz-Niesio\u0142owski, \u0141ukasz Borowicz, Marek Mo\u015b,
Krzysztof Herdzin, Marek Wroniszewski, Johannes Wildner, Juya Shin, Alexandr Iradyan, Susanna
M\u00e4lkki, Micha\u0142 Klauza, Norbert Tw\u00f3rczy\u0144ski, Maciej Tworek, Joanna Natalia \u015alusarczyk, Julian Gilewski,
Mirian Khukhunaishvili and soloists, including Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Piotr Paleczny, Ivan
Monighetti, Zakhar Bron, Krzysztof Jakowicz, Daniel Stabrawa, Pawe\u0142 Kowalski, Aleksandra Kurzak,
Roman Lasocki, Roberto Alagna, Tatiana Szebanowa, Janusz Olejniczak, Jonathan Plowright, Abdel
Rahman El Bacha, Eugen Indjic, Krzysztof Jab\u0142o\u0144ski, Olga Pasiecznik, Jadwiga Rapp\u00e9, Vadim Repin, Jan
Stanienda, Tomasz Strahl, Jakub Haufa, \u0141ukasz D\u0142ugosz, Alena Baeva, Leszek Mo\u017cd\u017cer, Yulianna
Avdeeva, Bomsori Kim, Agata Szymczewska, Jakub Jakowicz, Piotr P\u0142awner, Patrycja Piekutowska,
\u0141ukasz Kuropaczewski, Jos\u00e9 Torres, Adam Ba\u0142dych, Mateusz Smoczy\u0144ski, Hyuk Lee, Rafa\u0142 Bartmi\u0144ski,
Iwona Hossa, Piotr Nowacki, Olga Szoma\u0144ska, Patric Gallois, Michael Lethiec, Claudio Bohorquez,
Stathis Karapanos, Alicja \u015amietana, Jakub Waszczeniuk, Ma\u0142gorzata Walewska, Heidi Stober,
Aleksandra \u015awigut, Piotr Orzechowski, Seina Matsuoka to mention just the few of them.
The Orchestra has made a number of albums, radio and television recordings for Universal Music, CD
Accord, DUX, Polish Radio, Albany Records, TVP Kultura and Warner Classics. A special place in the
Orchestra\u2019s discography belongs to two albums with a symphonic repertoire: Schubert (2008) and
Czajkowski (2010), recorded under the baton of Jerzy Semkow. An important position is also occupied
by albums with music by Krzysztof Penderecki under his direction \u2013 the complete symphonies (2010\u2013
2012) and albums with solo concerts (2014\u20132023). Selected recordings in the series have been
honoured, including the International Classical Music Award (2014 and 2016), Fryderyk Award in
Concerto Music Album category (2021). In its repertoire recorded by the Orchestra on the CD\u2019s there
is a big number of pieces of the Polish music composed by the Polish composers including Frederic
Chopin, Gra\u017cyna Bacewicz, Zygmunt Stojowski, J\u00f3zef Koffler, Karol Kurpi\u0144ski, Roman Palester, Henryk
Wieniawski, Miko\u0142aj G\u00f3recki, Krzysztof Meyer, Stanis\u0142aw Moryto, Roman Statkowski, Antoni Sza\u0142owski,
Piotr Moss.
The Orchestra has performed on many concert stages and at numerous festivals in Poland and abroad:
in Austria (Musikverein), China (National Grand Theatre), France (Grand Auditorium UNESCO, Palais
de la Musique et des Congr\u00e8s), Spain (Auditorio Nacional de M\u00fasica), Germany (Konzerthaus), Portugal
(Grande Audit\u00f3rio), Italy, Switzerland, Lithuania and Ukraine.
Since April 2009, the Orchestra has been a member of the European Federation of National Youth
Orchestras, and since September 2018, the Polish Philharmonic Association. In 2013-2020 Krzysztof
Penderecki was a honorary artistic patron of the Orchestra. In October 2018 Orchestra officially
adopted the name of Jerzy Semkow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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