Poznań Opera House Orchestra is one of the leading ensembles in Poland and has collaborated with renowned conductors, including Walerian Bierdiajew, Jacek Kasprzyk, Tadeusz Kozłowski, Grzegorz Nowak, Andrzej Borejko and Gabriel Chmura. Apart from the opera repertoire, the ensemble performs contemporary compositions, commissioned especially for Poznań Opera House, as well as symphonic works.
The ensemble toured in Poland and abroad, incl. a concert version of Stanisław Moniuszko's "Halka" at the Berlin Philharmonic in 2019. The performance organized on the occasion of the Moniuszko Year was enthusiastically received by foreign media and the audience.
The musicians of the orchestra also develop their talents as soloists and perform in chamber ensembles. They are also responsible for educational activities.
1st violins
Eliza Schubert - concertmaster
Sandra Haniszewska – Kubasik - concertmaster
Magdalena Olech
Maciej Piórkowski
Anna Machowska – Czachor
Aleksandra Lesner
Piotr Kostrzewski
Giedy Jędrzejczak
Magdalena Pacek
Patrycja Muszkieta
Iwona Nowakowska
Hanna Banaszak
Yumi Ueno – Jurga
Agata Kabacińska – Mączka
2nd violins
Dawid Fabisiak
Monika Norkiewicz
Bartłomiej Skorobohaty
Iwona John – Skorobohata
Andre Kasztelan
Dawid Walczak
Joanna Modzelewska
Barbara Słomian
Volha Drazhenka
Agata Muchalska
Violas
Łukasz Kierończyk
Remigiusz Strzelczyk
Zuzanna Ogorzelec
Zuzanna Wesołowska
Dominika Sikora
Małgorzata Karasiewicz-Trzcińska
Monika Cieślińska
Julia Polowczyk – Janocha
Cellos
Dorota Hajzer – concertmaster
Krzysztof Kubasik – II concertmaster
Jan Wójcik
Marta Łupacz
Andrzej Nowicki
Agata Maruszczak
Aleksandra Jóźwiak
Double basses
Donat Zamiara
Maciej Pakuła
Tomasz Grabowski
Kacper Bardzki
Mateusz Bałdyga
Mateusz Gref
Harp
Paulina Kostrzewska
Flutes
Magdalena Ficner
Sebastian Łukaszewski
Maciej Piotrowski
Brygida Gwiazdowska-Binek
Oboes
Mariusz Dziedziniewicz
Piotr Furtak
Wiesław Markowski
Maria Pasternak
Clarinets
Jakub Majda
Sławomir Heinrychowski
Tomasz Goliński
Krzysztof Mayer
Bassoons
Mateusz Nowicki
Dariusz Rybacki
Błażej Pasternak
Joanna Kołodziejska
French horns
Mikołaj Olech
Paulina Chudzyńska
Miłosz Żurawicz
Mirosław Sroka
Joanna Mazur
Trumpets
Maciej Słomian
Maciej Gwóźdź
Leszek Kubiak
Henryk Rzeźnik
Trombones
Zbigniew Starosta
Piotr Nobik
Tomasz Stanisławski
Tomasz Kaczor
Tuba
Jacek Kortylewicz
Percussion
Piotr Kucharski
Piotr Szulc
Małgorzata Bogucka-Miler
Sandra Mika
Grzegorz Słomian
Piano
Krzysztof Leśniewicz
Orchestra inspectors
Błażej Pasternak tel. 602 452 020
Dominika Sikora tel. 605 674 277
Email: orkiestra@opera.poznan.pl
Orchestra technical support
Artur Furtacz
Przemysław Kuczkowski