Stefania Woytowicz (8 October 1922, Orynyn,

Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion () is one of the three administrative Raions of Ukraine, raions (district) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi. Population: On 18 July 2020, ...

– 31 August 2005, Warsaw) was a Polish concert

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

. Woytowicz was the soprano soloist in the first public performance of

Henryk Górecki Henryk Mikołaj Górecki ( , ; 6 December 1933 – 12 November 2010) was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. According to critic Alex Ross, no recent classical composer has had as much commercial success as Górecki. He became a l ...

's Symphony No. 3 (''Symphony of Sorrowful Songs''), and sang the part on the first recordings of the symphony.

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