orchestra
O artyście
The orchestra was founded in 2012. Already in the first decade of its existence, this constantly growing ensemble led by Martyna Pastuszka has earned the title of the best orchestra specialising in historically informed performance in Poland and one of the most interesting orchestras – musically speaking – on the European scene. {oh!} Orkiestra currently cooperates with the most important cultural institutions in Poland, such as the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Adam Mickiewicz Institute, as well as with the following festivals: Misteria Paschalia, All’Improvviso, Chopin and His Europe, Actus Humanus.
The ensemble enjoys international recognition, as evidenced by concerts in the most important venues, including Wigmore Hall, Theater an der Wien, Auditorium de l’Opéra de Dijon, Markgräfliches Opernhaus in Bayreuth, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Kölner Philharmonie and at renowned festivals in Europe, such as the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, Bachfest Leipzig, Händel-Festspiele in Halle, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, Tage Alter Musik in Herne or Stockholm Early Music Festival.
{oh!} Orkiestra has released 11 CD albums and has been broadcast on most European radio stations, as well as on Mezzo, Medici.tv, Arte TV and Polish Radio PR2. In 2021, TVP Kultura made a documentary about Martyna Pastuszka and {oh!} Orkiestra entitled Nie jestem maestro [I Am Not a Maestro]. Together with the All’Improvviso Improvised Early Music Festival in Gliwice and the Vienna-based agency Parnassus Arts Productions, {oh!} Orkiestra constantly rediscovers forgotten Baroque operatic repertoire. The orchestra has premiered stage versions of Didone abbandonata by Sarri, Arminio by Hasse and Alessandro nell‘Indie by Vinci, as well as concert versions of Gismondo, re di Polonia by Vinci and Venceslao by Caldara.