CHAMBER ORCHESTRA BALTIC NEOPOLIS ORCHESTRA

Baltic Neopolis Orchestra, winner of the 2015 Fryderyk award in the “Best Chamber Music Album” category, is a string chamber orchestra established in 2008 in Szczecin, Poland. Since then, the orchestra has performed hundreds of concerts, creating and performing their own series, as well as being invited by important festivals and concert series worldwide.

The artistic identity of BNO was shaped by a number of musical personalities, out of which the most influential to the group still is the world-renowned violinist and concertmaster Vasko Vassilev – the artistic director of the group since 2015. The group has earned wide recognition from listeners and critics alike, performing in concert halls in Europe and Asia, in countries such as Germany, France, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Greece, Norway, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia and Philippines, among others.

Since its foundation, Baltic Neopolis Orchestra is managed by violist Emilia Goch Salvador. Due to her effort and passion, the orchestra gathers some of the best Polish instrumentalists to play together in important national and international musical projects. The orchestra repertoire ranges from standard to new commissions therefore BNO musicians are always keen to take part in avant-garde projects.

Appreciated in Poland, Europe and the World, Baltic Neopolis Orchestra is still looking for new fields in musical inspiration. They work regularly with renowned composers and artists, such as: Tomasz Tomaszewski, the concertmaster of Deutsche Oper in Berlin; Marat Bisengaliev, violinist and artistic director of the India Symphony Orchestra; Maria Machowska, the concertmaster of the National Philharmonic; Daniel Rowland, the leader of Brodsky String Quartet; Alina Mleczko, the best classic saxophonist in Poland; Marcelo Nisinman, bandoneonist branded as the successor of Astor Piazzolla; Carmine Lauri, concertmaster of London Symphony Orchestra; Adam Bałdych, best Polish jazz violinist of the young generation, as well as composers such as Mikołaj Górecki, Hanna Kulenty and Paweł Łukaszewski, winner of 7 Fryderyk awards.

The current artistic legacy of the Orchestra comprises eight records: Ego Sapientia by Marek Jasiński, realized together with the Academic Choir named after professor Jan Szyrocki, of the Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Techniczny (West Pomeranian Technical University) (2013), Compositions of Mikołaj Górecki and Paweł Łukaszewski, recorded with Tomasz Tomaszewski (2013), Compositions of Szczecin, with the pieces by Piotr Klimek, Michał Dobrzyński, Zbigniew Bagiński and Janusz Stalmierski (2013), Tribute to Carl Loewe, with Urszula Kryger, Adam Kruszewski and Paweł Kotla (2014), Sonatina für Alina, recorded with the saxophonist Alina Mleczko (2014), Il Tramonto, with the soprano singer Joanna Tylkowska-Drożdż (2015), Musica Sacra 5 by Paweł Łukaszewski’s, featuring BNO (2014), winning the Fryderyk award in the Best Chamber Music Album category, and 4 AM Tango with Marcelo Nisinman (2019).

The Orchestra – with its passion and dedication – creates a part of the most prestigious, and at the same time, unique and modern cultural offer. Furthermore, it still surprises with its openness to forms of artistic cooperation and the multidimensionality of its concerts. Baltic Neopolis Orchestra attempts to always be close to its audience, using original methods of expression and selects its repertoire with precision in a truly world class level.