Editing Bydgoszcz (section)

== Culture ==
[[File:Bdg kasyno 1a 05-2013.jpg|thumb|The Arts House on Gdańska Street, currently in the hands of [[Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy]].]]
Bydgoszcz is a major cultural centre in the country, especially for music. Traditions of the municipal theatre date back to the 17th century, when the Jesuit college built a theatre. In 1824, a [[Former Municipal Theatre in Bydgoszcz|permanent theatre building]] was erected, and this was rebuilt in 1895 in a monumental form by the Berlin architect Heinrich Seeling. The first music school was established in Bydgoszcz in 1904; it had close links to the very well-known European piano factory of Bruno Sommerfeld. Numerous orchestras and choirs, both German (Gesangverein, Liedertafel) and Polish (St. Wojciech Halka, Moniuszko), have also made the city their home. Since 1974, Bydgoszcz has been home to a very prestigious [[Bydgoszcz Music Academy - "Feliks Nowowiejski"|Academy of Music]]. Bydgoszcz is also an important place for contemporary European culture; one of the most important European centers of jazz music, the Brain club, was founded in Bydgoszcz by Jacek Majewski and Slawomir Janicki.

Bydgoszcz was a candidate for the title of [[European Capital of Culture]] in 2016.
<ref name="MW">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929100714/http://www.bydgoszcz.eu/ City of Bydgoszcz Municipal website]</ref> It joined the list of [[UNESCO]]'s [[City of Music (UNESCO)|Cities of Music]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/55-new-cities-join-unesco-creative-cities-network-world-cities-day|title=55 new cities join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network on World Cities Day|access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>

=== Museums ===
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[[File:Muzeum Okregowe Gdańska 4 2023.jpg|thumb|The seat of [[Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz|Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum]], originally a 17th-century nunnery.]]
Muzeum Okręgowe im. Leona Wyczółkowskiego ([[Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum]]) is a municipally-owned museum. Apart from a large collection of [[Leon Wyczółkowski]]'s works, it houses permanent as well as temporary exhibitions of art. It is based in several buildings, including the old granaries on the [[Brda (river)|Brda]] River and [[Mill Island in Bydgoszcz|Mill Island]] and the remaining building of the Polish royal mint. [[Exploseum]], a museum built around the [[World War II]] [[Nazi Germany]] munitions factory,  is also part of it.

In Bydgoszcz, the [[Gdańska Street, Bydgoszcz#Main edifices|Pomeranian Military Museum]] specializes in documenting 19th- and 20th-century Polish military history, particularly the history of the Pomeranian Military District and several other units present in the area.

The city has many art galleries, two [[Pomeranian Philharmonic|symphony orchestras]], many chamber orchestras and choirs. Bydgoszcz's cultural facilities also include libraries, including the [[Provincial and Municipal Public Library in Bydgoszcz|Provincial and Municipal Public Library]] with an extensive collection of volumes from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The municipally-owned [[Palaces and park ensemble in Ostromecko]] near the city contains the [[Andrzej Szwalbe]] Collection of Historical Pianos, one of the largest such collections in Poland.

=== Classical music ===
[[File:Filharmonia Pomorska 2.jpg|thumb|[[Pomeranian Philharmonic|Pomeranian Philharmonic Orchestra House]]]]
* The Pomeranian Philharmonic performance home with full name ''Filharmonia Pomorska im. Ignacego Paderewskiego'' (Ignacy Paderewski's [Concert Hall]) includes its 880-seat main hall, the [[Arthur Rubinstein]] Hall, a key European, rectangular, concert hall with superb acoustic qualities, still mainly hosting all types of [[classical music]].

=== Popular music ===
* Concerts of [[popular music]] in Bydgoszcz are usually held in Filharmonia Pomorska, [[Łuczniczka]], Zawisza and Polonia stadiums as well as [[Grassland|open plains]] of Myslecinek's Rozopole on the outskirts of the city.
* [[Alternative rock|Alternative music]] festival "Low Fi" [http://www.lowfi-festival.com/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121221743/http://lowfi-festival.com/ |date=2015-11-21 }}
* Smooth Festival Złote Przeboje Bydgoszcz
* Eska Music Festival Bydgoszcz
* Hity na Czasie Festival Bydgoszcz
* Bydgoszcz Hit Festival

=== Theatre ===
[[File:Bdg Luczniczka 13 10-2013.jpg|left|thumb|[[Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz]]]]
[[Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz|Teatr Polski im Hieronima Konieczki]] (Hieronim Konieczka's Polish Theatre): Despite its name, the theatre offers a wide variety of shows both of national and foreign origin. It also regularly plays host to a large number of touring shows. Founded in 1949, since 2002 the theatre has taken part in the "Festiwal Prapremier" where the most renowned Polish theatres stage their latest works. There are also a number of private theatre companies operating in Bydgoszcz.

From 1960 to 1986, there was an outdoor theater, the reactivation of which is currently being pursued by the Theatre Culture Association, "Fides" and the Acting School A. Grzymala-Siedlecki.
[[File:Bdg OperaNova 8 07-2013.jpg|right|thumb|''Opera Nova'' on the Brda River bank]]
The [[Pomeranian Philharmonic]] named after [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]] has existed since 1953. The concert hall, which can hold 920 people is classified, in terms of sound, as one of the best in Europe, which is confirmed by well-known artists and critics (including [[Jerzy Waldorff]]). Due to the phenomenon of acoustics, it attracts the interest of many famous artists. Bydgoszcz's stage has been frequented by many global celebrities, including [[Arthur Rubinstein]], [[Benjamin Britten]], [[Witold Małcużyński]], [[Luciano Pavarotti]], [[Shlomo Mintz]], [[Mischa Maisky]], [[Kevin Kenner]], [[Kurt Masur]], [[Kazimierz Kord]], [[Jerzy Maksymiuk]] and [[Antoni Wit]]. In recent years, the city has also hosted an excellent range of bands such as the BBC Radio Symphony Orchestra, the [[Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra]], and others.

The [[Opera Nova Bydgoszcz|Opera Nova]], in existence since 1956, started the construction of a new building in 1974 which was to consist of three main halls, situated on the Brda. The Opera Nova has become a cultural showcase of Bydgoszcz in the world. Considering the short history of the Opera, its success has been astounding; a large number of famous opera singers have performed there and theatrical troops from the Wrocław Opera, Theatre of Leningrad, Moscow, Kiev, Minsk, and Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon have also made appearances.

=== Cinematography ===
* The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography [[camerimage|CAMERIMAGE]] is a festival dedicated to [[cinematography]] and its creators [[cinematographer]]s.