Aleksander Konstanty Sielski (born April 12, 1886 in Warsaw - active until 1955) - conductor, Kapellmeister, organizer of musical and theatrical life. Son of Ludwik and Magdalena née Rzepecki, husband of Kamila née Celinska. He was educated at the Warsaw Institute of Music - he studied trumpet playing with G. Ziegler, composition and conducting with Z. Noskowski. From 1905 he led amateur music ensembles, and from 1906 firefighter and military orchestras. From 1915 to 1918 he was a conductor in Moscow. Upon his return to the country in 1919, he organized the Representative Orchestra of the Polish Army and was its Kapellmeister until 1925. He then headed the Representative Orchestra of the State Police until the outbreak of World War II. He established ties with the theater early on - in 1900-1906 he was a trumpet player in the orchestra of the Grand Theater in Warsaw, and later participated in productions on that stage with the orchestra of the Warsaw Fire Brigade, sometimes also as conductor (e.g., K. Kurpiński's "Jadwiga", 1915). He organized musical theaters in Warsaw several times: Buffo Opera (1919, 1932), an attempt to create a People's Opera (1925), a short-lived Music-Hall (1927). After the war, he worked with the Central Artistic Ensemble of the Polish Army (1945-1947), the Orchestra of the Railway Workers' Union (1948-1950) and as artistic director of the Touring Opera (1953-1955), where he conducted, among other things, the premiere of "Janek" (1953, Kielce). He was also involved in pedagogy - he taught at the Warsaw Conservatory (1937-1939) and taught conducting (1945-1949).
Dimensions: 14.1 x 9 cm.
