The 15th edition of La Folle Journée de Varsovie, held under the motto City Vibrations, has come to an end. In just three days, 57 concerts took place across six stages – at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, the Church of the Art Societies, and in the Concert Pavilion on Teatralny Square. Nearly 1,000 performers, 15 chamber ensembles, 18 conductors and 14 orchestras – including nine youth orchestras from Polish music schools – contributed to this year’s programme. Altogether, La Folle Journée de Varsovie attracted an audience of 29,000.

For 15 years, La Folle Journée de Varsovie has thrived not only thanks to its artists but also to the hundreds of people engaged behind the scenes. The festival entails countless hours of work, piles of invoices and contracts, and kilometres run during the event. It is also posters, billboards and advertising campaigns in the city space, in cinemas, trams, on the radio and online, as well as thousands of printed programmes. Each year, the team of Sinfonia Varsovia – both permanent staff and those engaged specially for the festival – including producers, stage managers, technicians, piano tuners, members of the operations, marketing, stage and front-of-house teams, box office staff, artist liaisons, the print team, photographers, impresarios and programme coordinators, security staff, together with a group of volunteers, the directing team from the Academy of Film and Television documenting the Young Performers concerts, dozens of drivers and logistics personnel, and tutors accompanying the visiting school ensembles – all contribute to the organisation of the festival. Their dedication is a reminder of the enormous organisational machinery that makes La Folle Journée de Varsovie possible. Thank You for coming and we will see You next year!