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About Antoni Wit
Artist Biography
Veteran conductor Antoni Wit has been a major champion of Polish contemporary music but also has a wide repertory of music from many countries. He was conductor of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, and then the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra for many years. From 1977 to 1983, Wit began a long track record of conducting new Polish music, leading the premiere of Penderecki's Lacrimosa in 1980. Wit became the conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, in 1983, remaining in that position until 2000. With that group, he made his recording debut in 1988, backing violinist Roman Totenberg in concertos by Brahms and Karol Lipiński. In 2023, Wit issued an album of works by 19th century composer Zygmunt Noskowski.
Hometown
Cracow, Poland
Genre
Classical
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