Łukasz Długosz, the flautist on this album, is considered one of the greatest and most awarded Polish flautists in history.
Composer Biography
After the war, Weinberg settled permanently in the Soviet Union and became close friends with Dmitri Shostakovich, a prominent Soviet composer.
Performer Biography
The Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio, founded by Agnieszka Duczmal, is unique for its female conductor duo, with Anna Duczmal-Mróz joining as second conductor in 2009.
Historical Context
Weinberg was arrested for several months in 1953, possibly due to anti-Semitic sentiments in the USSR, after his wife's uncle, a Kremlin doctor, was deemed an 'enemy of the people'.
Composer Biography
Mieczysław Weinberg, a Polish composer, was born in Warsaw in 1919 and began his musical education early, performing publicly as a pianist by age ten.
Cultural Impact
Weinberg's opera The Passenger, which tells the story of a former SS woman encountering a concentration camp prisoner, is considered his most popular work.
Historical Context
Weinberg's plan to study in the United States under Józef Hofmann was thwarted by the outbreak of World War II in 1939, forcing him to emigrate to Minsk.
