Tomasz Golka, conductor, Winner of the 2003 Eduardo Mata Conducting Competition
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RECENT NEWS: Click here to read a great review of Tomasz's opening concert of the 2011-12 season with the Riverside County Philharmonic.
RECENT NEWS: Click here to read an excellent and eloquent review of Tomasz's opening concert of the 2011-12 season with the Lubbock Symphony: all five Beethoven piano concerti in two consecutive nights with his brother Adam as soloist.
RECENT NEWS: Click here to read the entire rave review of Tomasz's 2010-11 season finale concert with Riverside County Philharmonic.
MORE NEWS: Click here to read a great review of Tomasz's April concert with Riverside County Philharmonic.
OTHER NEWS: Tomasz named Music Director of Riverside County Philharmonic. For more details of the announcement click here.
In the pressread more press reviews
First, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5. Golka, an expressive and physical conductor, kept the piece alive and fascinating with intense attention to detail -- moving the other sections out of the way of the basses' statement in the first movement, shaping the clarinet solos, and lightening the pizzicato beneath the theme in the second movement. He directs every line as if it was the most special in the work. The second movement's instantly recognizable theme, poignant and rich by principal horn Sarah Bach, emerged like a graceful ship out of the mists of the quiet, dark opening. Notably, Golka manages the audience, seeming to absolutely refuse to allow between-movement applause. With exaggerated holds on the ends of the movements and lengthy pauses between movements, he completely controls the musical offering.
