page_title: Bydgoszcz
section_title: Classical music
hierarchical_section_title: Bydgoszcz / Culture / Classical music
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Filharmonia Pomorska, 1954-1958 Bydgoszcz, ul. Libelta 16
context_page_description: Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers. With a city population of 348,190, and an urban agglomeration with more than 470,000 inhabitants, Bydgoszcz is the eighth-largest city in Poland. It has been the seat of Bydgoszcz County and the co-capital, with Toruń, of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. Prior to this, between 1947 and 1998, it was the capital of the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship, and before that, of the Pomeranian Voivodeship between 1945 and 1947. Located in the historical region of Kuyavia, it is its largest city.
  The city is part of the Bydgoszcz–Toruń metropolitan area, which totals over 850,000 inhabitants. Bydgoszcz is the seat of Casimir the Great University, University of Technology and Life Sciences and a conservatory, as well as the Medical College of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. It also hosts the Pomeranian Philharmonic concert hall, the Opera Nova opera house, and Bydgoszcz Airport. Due to its location between the Vistula and Oder rivers, and the watercourse of the Bydgoszcz Canal, the city forms part of a water system connected via the Noteć, Warta and Elbe with the Rhine and Rotterdam.
context_section_description: Filharmonia Pomorska im. Ignacego Paderewskiego (Ignacy Paderewski's Concert Hall) is one of the best classical music concert halls in Europe, thanks to the superbly designed acoustic qualities of the main concert hall.
caption: Pomeranian Philharmonic Orchestra House
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