On Thursday, February 24, at 3 p.m. Polish time, Russian troops attacked Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s troops struck from various directions, both from the ground and from the air. In the morning of February 25, the Russians began bombing the capital of Ukraine. The situation changes minute by minute, we have a special relationship.
On Friday evening, Andrzej Boreyko conducted the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. As reported by the National Philharmonic, in which Boreyko is the artistic director, the conductor decided to add the Ukrainian national anthem to the repertoire. After listening to the song “Szcze ne wmerła Ukrajiny ni slava, ni wola”, which opened the Milan concert, its participants could listen to musicians in the repertoire of Shostakovich and Grieg.
Boreyko, the son of a Pole and a Russian woman, has been working as the artistic director of the FN for three concert seasons. In previous years, he was the music director of such bands as Jenaer Philharmonie, Symphoniker Hamburg, Berner Symphonieorchester, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Orchester National de Belgique.
Concerts dedicated to Ukraine at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw
The National Philharmonic has decided to dedicate to Ukraine and its citizens the Friday and Saturday performances of the National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir conducted by Agnieszka Duczmal. As we read on Facebook, “the program of the concert included Symphony in D minor by Cesar Franck and Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The program put together many months ago turned out to be adequate to the current situation. The concert ended with a standing ovation”.
Thus, the Philharmonic has joined numerous cultural institutions in Poland that show support and solidarity with the war-torn Ukraine. Native filmmakers’ organizations have expressed their readiness to assist with efforts to accommodate refugees. Jacek Bromski, president of the Polish Filmmakers Association, in a letter to the Ukrainian ambassador to Poland wrote, inter alia: “If the group of war refugees includes representatives of the film industry (all professions), we can help them find employment in the productions of the Munk Studio operating at the SFP”.
The Russian war against Ukraine continues. There is information about houses destroyed, wounded and killed. Needs are increasing hour by hour. Gazeta.pl joins forces with the Polish Center for International Aid Foundation (PCPM) to support humanitarian aid for Ukrainians and Ukrainians. Anyone can join the fundraiser by paying via Facebook or pcpm.org.pl/ukraina. More information
Source: Gazeta
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