West Side Sinfonietta nominated for the Fryderyki award

Fryderyki nomination for the West Side Sinfonietta

The band West Side Sinfonietta was nominated for the Fryderyki Music Award in the Concert Music Album of the Year category. Their debut album "Moritz Moszkowski", released last year, was highly appreciated.

Fryderyki are the prizes awarded by the Phonographic Academy, a jury appointed by the Audio Video Producers Association, consisting of over 1.5 thousand people. artists, creators, producers, journalists and representatives of the phonographic industry. Fryderyki nominees are selected by secret ballot of all members of the Academy, which is divided into three sections: popular, classical and jazz music.

The full list of nominees in the classical music categories is available HERE

Listen to the songs from the album during the concert

We cordially invite you to a concert promoting the latest album of the West Side Sinfonietta orchestra. The album with works by Moritz Moszkowski was premiered in July 2020 and released by the National Forum of Music.

On the album and during the concert on April 23rd, we will hear: "Prelude and Fugue, Op. 85 for string orchestra "," Violin Concerto in C major, Op. 30 "and" Spanish Dances op. 12 "

The idea for the album was to show different sounds. The Prelude and the Fugue is a chamber orchestra, while the violin concerto is a large symphonic ensemble. By the way, Moszkowski was not a violinist and he wrote his violin concerto in a rather inconvenient way for the soloist (those practicing him wonder if they are unwittingly falling victim to the composer's planned "revenge"). "Spanish Dances", originally written for piano, have been arranged for twelve different performances, this time they will sound in a surprising and sparing instrumentation.

More about the concert HERE

West Side Sinfonietta

The ensemble was founded on the initiative of musicians from the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic and the Szczecin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. The instrumentalists of both excellent institutions from the western region of Poland exchange various artistic experiences. The orchestra is traditionally not led by a conductor, but by violinists. This function is performed by the concertmasters Marcin Danilewski and Paweł Maślanka, who together with the excellent double bass player Jacek Sosna constitute the core of the ensemble.