SYMPHONIC CONCERT — ROMANTIC MOODS

ZARINA ZARADNA harp
FŚ SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
PIOTR WIJATKOWSKI conductor
Ludomir Rozycki - Mona Lisa Gioconda
Reinhold Gliere - Concerto for harp and orchestra in E flat major, Op. 74
Jean Sibelius - Sad Waltz op.44
Edvard Grieg - Norwegian Dances Op. 35 No. 1-4

During the symphony concert Romantic moods will be performed by harpist Zarina Zaradna and the Symphony Orchestra of the Świętokrzyska Philharmonic under the baton of Piotr Wijatkowski.

The evening will begin with Ludomir Różycki's Mona Lisa Gioconda - an atmospheric symphonic prelude kept in late Romantic style and distinguished by colorful orchestration.

This will be followed by Reinhold Gliere's Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 74, in which lyrical melody is combined with a spectacular, virtuosic part of a solo instrument.

The program will also include Jean Sibelius's Valse Triste Op. 44 - a melancholic waltz that was created as part of the music for Kuolem's drama and over time became one of the composer's most recognizable works.

The concert will conclude with Edvard Grieg's Norwegian Dances Op. 35 No. 1 - 4 - a series of four pieces inspired by Norwegian folk music, combining exuberant rhythmics with more lyrical passages.

Zarina Zaradna

She is a fifteen-year-old Polish harpist who, despite her young age, already has extensive concert and orchestral experience. In 2023, Zarina Zaradna won first place in the international music program Virtuosos V4+ in Budapest. This success opened her way to performances with renowned ensembles such as the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Pannon Philharmonic, the Concerto Budapest and the Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra.

She has collaborated with prominent conductors, including János Kovács, Tibor Bogányi, András Keller and Gábor Hollerung. She also performed as a soloist with the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra named after Jerzy Semkow, and in 2025 presented a harp recital in Istanbul.

In April 2026 she won the Grand Prix of the National Competition “Musical Spring” in Bielsko-Biała. In her repertoire a special place is occupied by concert music, including Reinhold Glière's Harp Concerto in E flat major op. 74. Zarina studied at the Zenon Brzewski School of Music in Warsaw.

At the age of 12, Zarina recorded an album of more than one hour in the S2 Studio of Polish Radio. The album: “PRIMA Zarina Zaradna harp”, contains more than 64 minutes of harp music — from classicism to the present, including her own arrangement of “Lacrimosa” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Piotr Wiyatkowski

He graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, where he studied conducting in the class of Henryk Czyż (diploma concert with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra). He continued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Mozarteum in Salzburg under the direction of Michael Gielen. He attended interpretation courses taught by David Epstein. In 2008 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Arts, and in 2018 the degree of Doctor of Habilitation of Arts conferred by the Council of the Faculty of Conducting, Composition and Theory of Music of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.He is the author of publications, as well as an active participant in scientific conferences and study and training visits abroad (Germany, France, Luxembourg). He currently works at the Department of Choral Studies and Vocal Education as a professor at the university.

Since 2019, he has been the director of the Institute of Music of the UMCS and the chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute.

He began his artistic activity in 1989. He has over 500 symphonic concerts performed in Poland and abroad, including in the United States, South Korea, Egypt, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Portugal, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ukraine and Albania. He has also hosted more than 50 theatrical musical performances. He conducted orchestras of most Polish philharmonies, including the Warsaw Philharmonic. Among the outstanding soloists he accompanied were: Wanda Wiłkomirska, Idil Biret, Aldona Dvarionaite, Marina Jaszwili, David Garrett, Mohamed Saleh, Krzysztof Jakowicz, Jakub Jakowicz, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Alena Baeva, Avri Levitan, Radovan Vlatković, Ewa Pobłocka, Piłocka Paleczny, Stanisław Drzewiecki, Lidia Grychtołówna, Leszek Możdżer, Jadwiga Rappe, Wiesław Ochman. He has participated in many national and international festivals.

In his repertoire he has most of the most important symphonic works and many works of contemporary musical literature. He has made world and European premieres of works by Bertold Hummel (Partita for chamber orchestra), Craig Russell (Concierto Romantico), Manuel Millan (Concierto para Guitarra y Orquesta de Cuerda), Daniel Galay (Symphony III), Philippe Chamouard (Les Figures de I'invisible, Symphony III) and recordings for radio and television, including TVP2, TV Poland, 2nd PR Programme, Ukrainian Television, Egyptian Television (satellite broadcast of concerts with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra), Albanian Television (broadcast of a concert with the Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra in Tirana).

The artist's discography includes eight albums. Six of them were published by the Polish phonographic company DUX, and two were published abroad (Orphée in France, SEM Gramophone in South Korea).

In the years 1993-2011 he worked at the Henryk Wieniawski Philharmonic in Lublin - from 1997 as first conductor, and in 2009-2011 - its artistic director. He has performed with the Lublin Philharmonic Orchestra on many national stages, including the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and the W. Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio. He has also conducted ten foreign tours of the orchestra (European countries and South Korea). For the first time on the Lublin stage, he introduced such acclaimed works as: the Seventh Symphony by Dimitr Shostakowicz, the Faustian Symphony by Ferenc Liszt, the September Symphony, the Missa pro Pace, the Second Piano Concerto by Wojciech Kilar and Planets by Gustav Holst. He collaborated with Elżbieta Penderecka on the organisation of the concerts of the soloists of the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Württembergische Philharmonie orchestra, which took place as part of the 14th and 15th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival.

In the years 2013-2015 he was associated with the Music Theatre in Lublin, where he worked as artistic director and served as musical director of four premiere performances: The Musical Show (directed by V. Suska, 2013), Fantastic Concert - multimedia show (2014), G. Wasowski, A. Marianowicz/R. M. Groński - Machiavelli (directed by T. Obelli) 2014), A. Barciś - Three Times Piaf (directed by A. Barciś, 2015). He also served as musical director and conductor of the first Lublin presentation of the musical Zorba, realized in a co-production of the Polish Theater in Bielsko-Biała and the Musical Theater in Lublin: J. Kander, F. Ebb Zorba (dir. W. Mazurkiewicz, 2015).

A significant role in the artist's work is played by the promotion of the works of composers associated with the Lublin region: Henryk Wieniawski, Karol Lipiński and the representative of contemporary music - Andrzej Nikodemowicz.

In 2008, he acted as a conductor in the feature film Spring 1941 (directed by Uri Barbash), made in a Polish-Israeli co-production.