Mariusz Smolij

Name: Mariusz Smolij
Contacts: cfcatena@gmail.com

È considerato uno dei più promettenti direttori della generazione. Recensito dal New York Times per le sue numerose performances avendo diretto più di80 orchestre in quattro continenti nelle maggiori sale da concerto del mondo.

In USA ha diretto le orchestre di Atlanta, Houston, New Jersey, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Rochester, Indianapolis. Ha diretto in Germania, Italia, Francia, Svizzera, Olanda, Israele, Sud Africa, Canada, Bulgaria, Repubblica Ceca, Repubblica Slovacca ed in Polonia. In particolare con “Sinfonieorchester Basel”, “Johannesburg Philharmonic”, “South Africa”, “Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina” ed “Israele Symphony Orchestra”. Tra il 2000 e 2003, grazie al personale invito del Maestro Christoph Eschenbach, è stato Resident Conductor della Houston Symphony, dirigendo più di cento concerti.

In Europa, Smolij ha lavorato con la “Wroclaw Philharmonic” in Polonia con la quale ha effettuato tournées in Germania (Rheingau Music Festival), Repubblica Ceca (Janacek May Festival), Francia (concerto di apertura in Strasbourg per “The Year of Polish Culture”) in USA (concerti in New York’s Lincoln Center e Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, ecc). Nel 2004 ha diretto nel Concertgebouw in Amsterdam con la Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra, e nel 2002, ha debuttato in Parigi con l’”Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux” nella prestigiosa Salle Gaveau e nel 2001, ha debuttato a New York’s Carnegie Hall con la Sinfonia Varsovia.

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Mariusz Smolij is considered one of the most exciting conductors of his generation. A frequent recording artist for Naxos International, he has been consistently gaining international critical acclaim, including praise from The New York Times for “compelling performances.” Maestro Smolij has led over 100 orchestras in 27 countries on five continents, appearing in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls. In North America, he conducted (among many others) the Houston Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, the Orchestra of the Chicago Lyric Opera, the St. Louis Philharmonic, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the New Orleans Philharmonic, the Hartford Symphony and Symphony Nova Scotia.

Internationally, he enjoys a notable reputation, appearing with important symphonic ensembles in Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, Holland, Israel, South Africa, Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Poland. His engagements have included collaborations with the Berner Symphony and Sinfonieorchester Basel in Switzerland (recording a CD and leading a series of concerts at the Tonhalle in Zürich with the latter), performances with Sinfonia Rotterdam, the Florence Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Symphony Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony, Orchestre Lamoureux in Paris, the Jena and Kiel Philharmonics in Germany, the Belgrade Philharmonic, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, the Sofia Philharmonic, the Bogota (Colombia) Philharmonic, the Johannesburg Philharmonic in South Africa, and all the leading orchestras in his native Poland—including Sinfonia Varsovia, the Lutoslawski Philharmonic and the Warsaw National Philharmonic.