Orkiestra
{oh!} Orkiestra was founded in 2012. Already in its first decade, this constantly evolving ensemble, under the leadership of Martyna Pastuszka, has established itself as a leading orchestra specializing in period performance in Poland and one of the most musically interesting orchestras on the European stage.
About the Orchestra
{oh!} Orkiestra was founded in 2012. Already in its first decade, this constantly evolving ensemble, under the leadership of Martyna Pastuszka, has established itself as a leading orchestra specializing in period performance in Poland and one of the most musically interesting orchestras on the European stage.
{oh!} Orkiestra currently collaborates with major cultural institutions in Poland, such as the Fryderyk Chopin Institute and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, as well as with the Misteria Paschalia, Chopin and His Europe, Warsaw Autumn, and Actus Humanus festivals.
{oh!} Orkiestra currently collaborates with major cultural institutions in Poland, such as the Fryderyk Chopin Institute and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, as well as with the Misteria Paschalia, Chopin and His Europe, Warsaw Autumn, and Actus Humanus festivals.
Since 2018, the orchestra has regularly collaborated with the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Thanks to this collaboration, {oh!} Orkiestra received an invitation from the Institute to record the complete Mozart symphonies, as well as works of Polish Romantic music.
Since 2018, the orchestra has regularly collaborated with the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Thanks to this collaboration, {oh!} Orkiestra received an invitation from the Institute to record the complete Mozart symphonies, as well as works of Polish Romantic music.
The band enjoys international recognition, as evidenced by concerts in major concert halls such as Wigmore Hall, Theater an der Wien, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Auditorium de l'Opéra de Dijon, Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Kölner Philharmonie and at major festivals in Europe such as Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, Bachfest Leipzig, Händel-Festspiele in Halle, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, Tage Alter Musik in Herne and Stockholm Early Music Festival.
The ensemble enjoys international recognition, as evidenced by concerts in major concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall, Theater an der Wien, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Auditorium de l'Opéra de Dijon, Pierre Boulez Saal, Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Kölner Philharmonie, Musikaliska Kvarteret and at major festivals in Europe, such as Bachfest Leipzig, Ambronay Early Music Festival, Händel-Festspiele Halle, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, Tage Alter Musik Herne, Haapsalu Early Music Festival and Stockholm Early Music Festival working with outstanding soloists and conductors such as
Marta Argerich, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Kristian Bezouidenhout, Julia
Lezhnieva, Julien Chauvin, Vincent Dumestre,Max Cencic, Chouchane Siranossian, Andreas Staier, Franco Fagioli, Jacob Lehmann and Vaclav
Luks.
Zespół cieszy się uznaniem na arenie międzynarodowej,o czym świadczą koncerty w najważniejszych salach koncertowych, takich jak Wigmore Hall, Theater an der Wien, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall w Moskwie, Auditorium de l'Opéra de Dijon, Margravial Opera House w Bayreuth, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Kölner Philharmonie oraz na najważniejszych festiwalach w Europie, takich jak Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, Bachfest Leipzig, Händel-Festspiele w Halle, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, Tage Alter Musik w Herne i Stockholm Early Music Festival.
The ensemble enjoys international recognition, as evidenced by concerts in major concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall, Theater an der Wien, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Auditorium de l'Opéra de Dijon, Pierre Boulez Saal, Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Kölner Philharmonie, Musikaliska Kvarteret and at major festivals in Europe, such as Bachfest Leipzig, Ambronay Early Music Festival, Händel-Festspiele Halle, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, Tage Alter Musik Herne, Haapsalu Early Music Festival and Stockholm Early Music Festival working with outstanding soloists and conductors such as Marta Argerich, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Kristian Bezouidenhout, Julia Lezhnieva, Julien Chauvin, Vincent Dumestre,Max Cencic, Chouchane Siranossian, Andreas Staier, Franco Fagioli, Jacob Lehmann and Vaclav Luks.
{oh!} Orkiestra has released eighteen CD albums and was broadcast on European, Asian and American radio stations, as well as on Mezzo, Medici.tv, and Arte TV. In 2021, TVP Kultura recorded a documentary about Martyn Pastuszka and {oh!} Orkiestra called “I am not a maestro”.
The orchestra continually rediscovers forgotten Baroque opera repertoire and has premiered stage versions of Domenico Sarri's Didone Abbandonata, Johann Adolf Hasse's Arminio, and Leonardo Vinci's Alessandro nell'Indie, as well as concert versions of Leonardo Vinci's Gismondo re di Polonia and Antonio Caldara's Il Venceslao. Jacob Schuback's oratorio Die Jünger zu Emmaus and more than a dozen instrumental works have also been revived. The year 2022 brought the orchestra a fruitful collaboration with the Krakow Misteria Paschalia festival. {oh!} Orkiestra was invited as the resident ensemble, with Martyna Pastuszka as Artistic Director. The orchestra was also the resident ensemble at the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival in 2022.
Accomplishments
{oh!} Orkiestra has released eighteen CD albums and was broadcast on European, Asian and American radio stations, as well as on Mezzo, Medici.tv, and Arte TV. In 2021, TVP Kultura recorded a documentary about Martyn Pastuszka and {oh!} Orkiestra called “I am not a maestro”.
The orchestra continually rediscovers forgotten Baroque opera repertoire and has premiered stage versions of Domenico Sarri's Didone Abbandonata, Johann Adolf Hasse's Arminio, and Leonardo Vinci's Alessandro nell'Indie, as well as concert versions of Leonardo Vinci's Gismondo re di Polonia and Antonio Caldara's Il Venceslao. Jacob Schuback's oratorio Die Jünger zu Emmaus and more than a dozen instrumental works have also been revived. The year 2022 brought the orchestra a fruitful collaboration with the Krakow Misteria Paschalia festival. {oh!} Orkiestra was invited as the resident ensemble, with Martyna Pastuszka as Artistic Director. The orchestra was also the resident ensemble at the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival in 2022.
